The use of a knife
Chopping
Use a large knife for cutting branches or chopping. Hit the middle of the blade, Far away. Cut across the jars, at an angle 45 degrees – by striking perpendicularly you expose yourself to it, that the blade can jump and hurt.
Jet
Making wooden tools often requires the ability to precisely use a pocket knife, For example, when you need to set up a harpun blade. Placing, You should always move from yourself, by pressing the knife's back with a thumb. A pocket knife is definitely better for this type of work than a large knife.
Cutting
When making cuts or carving, you should always cut from yourself. You also have to remember, by thumbs, hands, Legs and other parts of the body were beyond the reach of the blade. In order to give a piece of wood the desired shape is best cut along the grain.
Using a wire ball
1 Metal eyes from both ends the balls can hurt hands, Therefore, you need to make handles from pieces of string or material.
2 Holding both handles, pull the ball forward and backward. Cutting as a simple line of the wire blade should be preserved as possible, Although he also works then, when it is almost wrapped around the branch. Pull evenly, gently, do not jerk.
Cutting tools should always be sharpened. Using them, do not forget about the basic safety rules. By pulling the knife out of the vagina, hold it from the outside, where the knife blade is blunt. A very sharp knife can cut the skin and cut the hand. Also, the wire pit should be used carefully.
Provisional tools
1 We will get a natural blade by breaking a piece of flint by a rock. After cracking, one part of the flint will have a pointed edge.
2 Such a sharp edge can be used as a primitive, but an effective cutting tool. The blunt page will replace the hammer. When the blade goes away, you just need to split the next flint.
Other materials
Bamboo spatula
By cutting the bamboo properly, you can get very sharp, and at the same time not very brittle edges.
With a piece of bamboo stem, the bottom is a spatula, as can be seen in the drawing.
Glass knife
A piece of broken glass of the right shape is also a blade. Bulky to use, but well cutting. You just have to remember to wrap the end with a cloth or other material, to have a safe handle.
