Fig. 1: Woodca-E2-Front
- Cloth: Khaki right twill
- Embroidery: Cotton lock stitch
Fig. 2: Woodca-E2-Reverse
- Back: Plain NO imprint with starch
Fig. 3: Woodca-E2-mve1-front
- Minor variation: Wide light border
Fig. 4: Woodca-E2-mve1-reverse
- Back: Plain NO imprint with starch
Item Name: Woodcarving 1947 - 1960
Item ID: Woodca-E2
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements January 1938 until June 1952
1. Make, with only a knife for a tool, three handy camp articles, such as pot hooks, fork, spoon, tent pegs, coat hooks or candle holder, all articles to be made from natural material.
2. 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.
3. 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, including knife and axe, and explain methods of handling the grain of the wood in designing and carving.
Requirements June 1952 until January 1965
1. Make, with only a knife for a tool, three handy camp articles, such as pothooks, fork, spoon, tent pegs, coat hooks, or candleholder, all articles to be made from natural material.
2. Plan and carve an appropriate design in low relief on some simple object such as bookends, a tray, a pair of bellows, a chest, a screen, a clock case, a letter opener, or a box. or Plan and carve in the round, smooth and finish a simple object such as a totem animal figure, or model.
3. State the qualities of hardwood and softwood and the best woods to use in woodcarving; name, describe, and explain how to sharpen the different kinds of woodcarving tools, including knife and axe, and explain methods of handling the grain of the wood in designing and carving.