Bear Claws Adventure

Adventure Goal: Learn use, care, and safety for knives.

Adventure Requirements:
Complete the following requirements.

1. Learn about three common designs of pocketknives.
2. Learn knife safety and earn your Whittling Chip.*
3. Do one of the following:
   1. Using a pocketknife, carve two items.
   2. With a pocket knife, safely perform each of these tasks:
      (1) Demonstrate how to cut a piece of rope, twine or fishing line; (2) Open a sealed box without damaging the contents; (3) Open a can with a can opener tool on a pocket knife; (4) Remove and replace the screws on an object with the screw driver tool on a pocket knife; (5) Open a letter.

Ideas for Adventure Requirements:

1. JackKnife, PenKnife, MultiPurpose Knife are all described in the Bear Handbook.
2. Doing a slow, thorough job of presenting and practicing all the Whittling Chip information and skills is crucial. This should take longer than one den meeting.
3. Scouts can practice with soap and a plastic knife, but a real knife is supposed to be used to do this carving.

Den Meeting Ideas for Claws Adventure:

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