 
				WOOD CARVING
				 
				These were the REQUIREMENTS which appear in the 
				2001 Boy Scout Requirements Book. A new Set of Requirements and 
				a new edition of the merit badge pamphlet were introduced on July 
				23, 2001 at the National Jamboree. 
				Those Scouts that started 
				this Merit Badge at the 2001 National Jamboree, and those that start 
				using the new Merit badge pamphlet, No. 33309A, dated 2001, should 
				use the NEW requirements. 
				Those that started this 
				badge using Merit Badge Pamphlet 33309, dated 1994, or the 2001 
				Boy Scout Requirements Book, which include the requirements listed 
				below should finish the badge using these requirements. 
				To see the NEW requirements
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					- Give the qualities of Wood that are useful for carving. 
					Tell why you chose the wood used in requirements 4 and 5.
 
					- Do the following:
					
						- Describe five wood-carving tools. Tell their use.
 
						- Describe several kinds of sharpening stones. Tell how 
						they are used.
 
						- Show how to sharpen a pocket-knife and other tools used 
						in wood carving. Use a sharpening stone and a "slipstick" 
						that you have made.
 
					 
					 
					- Show the safety principles for using a pocketknife and woodcarving 
					tools.
 
					- Plan and carve in the round a simple object. Prepare it 
					for finish.
 
					- Plan and carve in low relief a design on some simple project. 
					Prepare it for finish.
 
				 
				 
				BSA Advancement ID#: 118 
				Pamphlet Revision Date: 1994 
				Requirements last revised prior to 1982 
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