Learning the fundamentals of how to use real survival knives.
These blades are pretty much as sharp as you can get.
Most children are pushed away from danger by an over cautious and increasingly litigious society.
Here on the rewilding courses, we say; please walk on the grass, please climb trees, I’d like you to run and not walk, yes touch that it’s dangerous and try this it’s new.
None of them had held such knives, let alone used them to create a project. Yet with a little coaching and a lot of trust in them they produced beautifully carved objects without a single cut or any need for me to say, be careful.
Let’s trust our children more, they are after all the future.
Photo courtesy of the author.