Item Name: Woodcarving 1928 - 1933

Item ID: Woodca-AT1

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

       

Requirements January 1928 until September 7, 1937

1. Plan and carve an appropriate design in low relief on some simple object such as book ends, a tray, a pair of bellows, a chest, a screen, a clock case, a letter opener, or a box.

2. State the qualities of hard wood and soft wood, and the best woods to use in woodcarving; name, describe, and explain how to sharpen the different kinds of woodcarving tools; and explain methods of handling the grain of the wood in designing.