Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whittling 101: whittling a spoon. The ancient art of whittling and carving bowls, mugs, spoons and other handy utensils has been ...

In “50 Things to Do with a Penknife”, by Matt Collins, he provides an introductory guide to carving many functional and rudimentary items, as well as a handful of more challenging whittling projects.

It’s not every day I get to encourage our readers to play with knives, but whittling wood might just be humankind’s second oldest playtime hobby — right after throwing large rocks into bodies of water ...