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Req. | Sub. | Description: |
Trail Life Handbook (First Printing) |
Trail Life Handbook (Second Printing) |
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Explain how being a good steward and observing the low impact camping method applies to Woods Tools. | pp. 140 - 142 | pp. 116-118 |
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2. | Describe the Woods Tools Safety Rules |
Safety Rules pg. 164 |
Safety Rules pg. 140 |
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3. | Demonstrate how to clean and sharpen a pocketknife. | ||||
4. | Demonstrate how to clean, stow/cover, and change a saw blade for either a folding or bow saw. | ||||
5. | Demonstrate cleaning and sharpening an ax or hatchet. | ||||
6. | Following the Woods Tools Safety Rules, participate in skill instruction as needed and do three of the following requirements using a knife, bow saw, folding saw, hatchet, or ax: |
Safety Rules pg. 164 |
Safety Rules pg. 140 |
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a. | Whittle a cooking stick and cook a food item over a wood or charcoal fire. | ||||
b | Whittle something out of soft wood. |
"Something" is a broad term. This must be an item agreed upon ahead of time with the Trailman's Trail Guide. It should be:
For how to whittle: |
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c. | Make a fuzz stick. | ||||
d. | Prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel wood for a small fire. | ||||
e. | Saw off a piece of a log at least 2-inches in diameter. | The bow or folding saw are the perfect tools for this job. | |||
f. | Chop through a log at least 2-inches in diameter on a chopping block. | See "How to Split Wood" - | |||
g. | Split a log | ||||
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Limb a log (stand on the opposite side of the log from where you are limbing).
Use and ax to cut a V-shaped notch at least 2-inches deep in a large log (bucking). |