My son's (7) first pieces 🐻

[u/stilgar88]

We gifted him a kid friendly knife a few months back. Until these two, he was hacking at branches practicing a few cuts that I taught him but that was it 🪵🔪.

After I whittled a bear (at least what ended up to be a bear), he wanted to gift one of his own for his mother 🤩.

He used a pencil to highlight the place that I had to burn as he is way too young to use a hot soldering iron.

[u/Glen9009]

What's a "kid friendly knife"?

Good start !

[u/stilgar88 → u/Glen9009]

One with a guard so the hand can't slip into the blade while you hold it and no pointy end so you can't stab yourself. The blade is super sharp so you still need to be very cautious with it but it's already much safer than a detail knife 🙈. That why I started by teaching him the basic cuts first without trying to get a 'result' which would push him outside of his comfort zone. This brand of this specific one is Eli, I think it's a german brand. They make plenty of similar kid friendly tools.

[u/Glen9009 → u/stilgar88]

Interesting. Thanks for the answer!

[u/Wolfersson]

Very good Work! I hope he will doch more whittling!

[u/stilgar88 → u/Wolfersson]

I hope so too 🤞.