Knife safety

Knife skills 101

How should you supervise a child using a bushcraft knife? Should they even have one at all? Here are some kid-specific safety tips that will enable you to guide your child as a novice knife user as well as answers to frequently asked questions regarding children and knife usage.

There are a lot of anecdotes surrounding knives and the best way to handle them, one of the most popular being that if a person hands you a knife, whether open or closed, you hand it back in the same condition once you’re done. While this is very true, there are many more things you …

A sharp knife is a safe knife, but care and attention are required when working with them in the kitchen. Here are a few tips to keep you and anyone else working in your kitchen safe.

The Fake Pocketknife is a craft made from cardboard to teach Cub Scouts knife safety. Scouts learn to open, close, and handle a knife without risk of injury. It’s easy to make and gives Scouts time to practice safe techniques. Leaders can use lipstick or a marker on the “blade” to show mistakes. Scouts check…

Fork and Knife Teacher + FCS + Cooking/Baking Teacher on Instagram: "Discover a safer way to educate your culinary students on knife handling with our black and white posters. They vividly highlight the essential safety rules with images, providing a clear and concise communication tool. From basic rules like holding the knife tip down and blade back, to never running with a knife or leaving it in soapy water, each point is carefully depicted. Equip your classroom today for a safer culinary…

The Golden Book of Camping by William Hillcourt ~ pictures by Ernest Kurt Barth Western Publishing Company, 1959 Obviously, this book skew...