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37 entries from official and volunteer blogs posted the week of March 27th, 2017.

Scout Hang-on (Chief Hang-on)

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

Snag-Tooth Clown (Snag-Tooth Charlie)

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

The Great Pie Fight (Cannibal)

Fall 2016 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 2 hour The same basic design as the Cannibal but I made it a clown instead. The head, arm and feet are carved from maple. The shield is a hobby plywood round and the pie tins are formed using a doming...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

Key Key Bird

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 3 hours Finishing: 2 hour This is a lot of fun to wear! So when people look at it you reach to the wire and all of a sudden the key-key bird moves. The "tree" was cut from a downed tree branch and...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

For Specal Award

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 1 hour Finishing: 1.5 hour It seems to me this use to be called the one match fire for the Scout who started a fire using only one match. A really easy slide to make requiring only a spare piece of wood,...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Elephant

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Reflector Oven

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: .5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Does anyone remember these? It seem like when I was a Scout (and suddenly Scouts stopped paying attention) we used reflector ovens quite often. Made from some aluminum...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Overzealous First Aid (Footsie)

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

Chinese Figurine

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

O A Slide 3

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 1.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour This one hold some nostalgia for me as I had a neckerchief slide just like this when I finished my ordeal. I had bought it at the camp store and brought it home to paint. I...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

South Sea Island

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 4 hours Finishing: 2.5 hour Funny story about these two slides, I carved these slides while traveling for business as my company was a "go-live" of a new system a couple of years ago. (We replaced this...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Cow Horn Indian Chief

January 2017 Time to carve: 3.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour A very tough slide to make as carving cow horn is very hard. First step was to cut the bonnet and expand the horn. The original article called for the horn to be boiled until the it was...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

Bones and Horns (Bone Eight)

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 1.5 hours Finishing: .5 hour Another piece of bone given by a friend which the bone was quite thick and this is a one piece slide. I sketched out the 8 on the bone similar to the 7 Ben used, rough cut...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 26th, 2017

Bones and Horns (Bone Arrowhead)

March 2017 Time to make: 1 hours Finishing: 1 hour So a good friend gave me some bones one day all cut up in neckerchief sized pieces and this is a slide made from one of the bones. I really have to ask him what animal it came from but I think it...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 26th, 2017

Overzealous First Aid (Footsie)

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

Cow Horn Indian Chief

January 2017 Time to carve: 3.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour A very tough slide to make as carving cow horn is very hard. First step was to cut the bonnet and expand the horn. The original article called for the horn to be boiled until the it was...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

Scout Hang-on (Chief Hang-on)

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

5 Super Fun and Simple Cub Scout Games

Cub Scout Ideas March 23rd, 2017

Snag-Tooth Clown (Snag-Tooth Charlie)

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

The Great Pie Fight (Cannibal)

Fall 2016 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 2 hour The same basic design as the Cannibal but I made it a clown instead. The head, arm and feet are carved from maple. The shield is a hobby plywood round and the pie tins are formed using a doming...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 21st, 2017

Chinese Figurine

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Key Key Bird

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 3 hours Finishing: 2 hour This is a lot of fun to wear! So when people look at it you reach to the wire and all of a sudden the key-key bird moves. The "tree" was cut from a downed tree branch and...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

O A Slide 3

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 1.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour This one hold some nostalgia for me as I had a neckerchief slide just like this when I finished my ordeal. I had bought it at the camp store and brought it home to paint. I...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

For Specal Award

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 1 hour Finishing: 1.5 hour It seems to me this use to be called the one match fire for the Scout who started a fire using only one match. A really easy slide to make requiring only a spare piece of wood,...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Reflector Oven

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: .5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Does anyone remember these? It seem like when I was a Scout (and suddenly Scouts stopped paying attention) we used reflector ovens quite often. Made from some aluminum...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

The Tenderfoot Camper

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour This poor sap is either to tall for the tent or too big for the sleeping bag. At least he changed out of his wet socks. The Tenderfoot Camper is one of those fun slides...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

The Tenderfoot Camper

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour This poor sap is either to tall for the tent or too big for the sleeping bag. At least he changed out of his wet socks. The Tenderfoot Camper is one of those fun slides...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Memory Slides

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: several hours Finishing: 1.5 hour "Don't you often wish you had somethin' to recall that trip you took a couple o' years ago?" wrote Wittlin' Jim. Heck I wish I could remember how to tie these. The wood...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Memory Slides

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: several hours Finishing: 1.5 hour "Don't you often wish you had somethin' to recall that trip you took a couple o' years ago?" wrote Wittlin' Jim. Heck I wish I could remember how to tie these. The wood...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Emergency Slides

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 2 to 5 minutes Finishing: got a match? Nevermind, I'll fray the ends. So your at a court of honor and you forgot your neckerchief slide but you have some paracord or light rope? These literally take just...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Emergency Slides

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 2 to 5 minutes Finishing: got a match? Nevermind, I'll fray the ends. So your at a court of honor and you forgot your neckerchief slide but you have some paracord or light rope? These literally take just...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Guitar

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 2.5 hour So a lot of parts to this one and some assembly required. The body is white maple and the hole was painted with black craft paint. The sides and back have a one step...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Guitar

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 2.5 hour So a lot of parts to this one and some assembly required. The body is white maple and the hole was painted with black craft paint. The sides and back have a one step...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

The Black Kight

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Jackknife

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour Boy this one is fun to wear! So many people think it's real. Carved from maple the rivets are made using a nail punch a light tap of a hammer. It's painted with craft paint...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

yacht

Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 1 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour A quick little slide with a piece of scrap wood, a dowel, a pin, a toothpick, and some cloth. Painted with craft paint and a couple coats of poly. Forgive me for this but if...

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017

Minature Mounted Trophy

Channeling Whittlin Jim March 20th, 2017