Timberline: Carving Scoutmaster

Timberline: Carving Scoutmaster

(Timberline part 10)

I mentioned in the last segment briefly about the scoutmasters sitting back and letting the boys run the camp. Well it was at this point in my life where I learned to carve. We had to make it clear to the staff each time that this what the SM’s were suppose to do and everyone else was to keep knives in their pocket and pay attention to the program. It was a challenge a few times but generally worked OK. I started by first carving little bolo faces for wearing around the neck. After a while though I found it to be more fun to carve a stave each time we were at camp. I was usually able to complete a couple of them and would give one of them to an assistant SM or SPL. It became so fun that I even did it during the years that I attended Young Women’s camps.