Kids with knives

[rcs]

Spent today teaching knife and Axe safety to my youth group, i was a bit nervous at the start of the day if I'm honest, 11 to 19 olds can be a challenge at the best of times to keep control of, more so in big groups, nerve wracking doesn't even come close. I calmed down pretty quickly once i got home though
I think it all went really well, the kids all managed to make a spoon and no one lost any limbs

cheers all,
Rob

 

[Retired Member southey]

Good work dude, Theres some fine spoonage going on there!

 

[brancho]

Well done but kids generally arent that bad at listening when its something different from the norm and they obviously did what they were supposed to.

It was nerve racking teaching Japanese scouts this sort of thing when they all said they couldnt speak english. my Scouts use knives regulalrly though and love it.

 

[Front Room Woodlander]

Well done you and the kids.

 

[tjwuk]

I feel we need more of this understanding about 'sharps' here in the UK, as they do in Sweden. Show them the proper use as I have with my daughters, then they come to respect them for what they are.

 

[Toddy]

Well done
Sounds (and looks) all good a well deserved pat on the back there

atb,
Toddy

 

[Ray Britton]

Some really good efforts there. You must have been well worth listening too, and well done for rising to the task of inspiring teenagers

 

[locum76]

Absolutely fantastic>

Good to see some girls in the group too.

 

[boisdevie]

Well done my man

 

[Man of Tanith]

nice one mate
must of been knife skills weekend on a few calenders i did the same with the other half's little un

 

[shaggystu]

great work there chap.

i would never have dared to let my youths (princess trust groups) loose with anything sharp, it really would've been asking for trouble

......when they all said they couldnt speak english.........

how?

cheers

stuart

 

[Adze]

Blimey! Look at the size of the big kid 2nd from right!

 

[rcs]

Blimey! Look at the size of the big kid 2nd from right!

He's a nightmare to feed too

 

[drewdunnrespect]

looks ausome mate well done drew

 

[stovie]

Well done...Nothing wrong with sharps and kids, just need eyes in the back of your head....

What's the youth group?

 

[Jus_like_that]

Really nice to see kids being educated in this. It would be nice if it was introduced into the curriculum, to give everyone the chance to try a great hobby and learn to respect sharps.

Some real good spoons too. The first time I tried to teach the Littlun to make a spoon, we ended up making tooth pics!!! Must be my teaching!

ATB

Adam

 

[rcs]

Well done...Nothing wrong with sharps and kids, just need eyes in the back of your head....

What's the youth group?

A well done from you means quite a lot mate, thanks for that.

The group is from my local youth drop in that runs out of the resource center i work at, its the first of four Saturdays planned for this month, next Saturday is bow making and the week after that is fire by friction. The last one is a night out in self built shelters, it should be fun. To be fair its not just Me that does all this, theres a team of five workers to plan and supervise these things.

cheers,
Rob

 

[Tony]

Good for you They made some great soon there, a credit to you all

 

[stovie]

Trust me Rob, its never just one person... without the support I wouldn't be able to do a tenth of what we achieve as a group. Post some pictures from the other sessions, sounds good.

 

[Harvestman]

Great job mate. I'm doing a bit of this myself tomorrow night to a local teenagers wildlife group. Bit of a demo, and then get them to carve a spatula. Also got some wood slices to make coasters from, and there will be a guy with a pyrography kit too. Bird box making, dream catchers, bit of a crafty night really. Looking forward to it.

Always nice to see people showing the younger generation some practical skills.