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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This film “Knifecraft“ is produced and presented by the Boy Scouts of America in 1948. It takes place in Hales Corners Wisconsin and shows wood carving and knifecraft of Ben Hunt. Ben Hunt (1888-1970) was a craftsman who wrote many books and articles about wood carving, leatherwork, Native American arts, and whittling. Official summary: Illustrates the proper care and handling of a pocket knife, using the carving of a Kachina Doll lamp as an example. Shows initial preparations, the whittling down of material to rough dimensions, carving detail and the painting of an Indian design to finish the lamp. Craftsman Ben Hunt whittling manually as the young boy attentively watches (0:31). They continue having a conversation (1:08). They start walking towards the cabinet showing Ben’s realistic carving of animals and birds (1:26). The young boy, Jack, watches each figure carefully (1:36). Ben and Jack look at their whittling knives (1:42). Ben shows the three blades of his whittling knife (1:55). The large blade for heavy duty and blocking out rough shapes (1:57). The most used blade, small and round tip (2:05). The small square tipped blade (2:14). Ben proceeds to show the fine sides of a whetstone (2:23). Holding the blade flat against the stone, Ben sharpens his knife by slowly moving the blade in circles (2:41). Now Jack also rubs the knife against the stone as Ben supervises (2:53). Ben shows the process of making the gadget he created to sharpen a knife to young Jack (3:11). He brings a foot long stick, emery cloth, sponge rubber, and smooth leather on the table (3:21). He tacked both ends of the rubber on the stick (3:30). He then covers the rubber with emery cloth and nails it down with a hammer (3:57). Ben then cuts the leather in the exact size of the stick as Jack watches (4:18). He then tacks it down on the other side of the stick (4:57). He then rubs in some machine oil and Rouge which is a red polishing agent (5:05). Ben holds the stick at an angel and takes long strokes with the blade against both sides of the stick (5:23). He then compares his sharpened blade with that of Jack’s holding them next to each other (5:51). Ben’s sharpened blade reflects the light (6:02). The young boy tries the gadget and moves the blade up and down (6:17). The young boy helps Ben as he carries some tools from the desk and a lamp made by a Native American tribe that has a Kachina doll attached to it (6:35). Ben sketches the design of the Kachina doll with a pencil on a piece of wood (7:11). He starts the first cut of the wood with the knife as his thumb controls the wood (7:32). Continues carving around the sketch (9:04). The young boy starts practicing following his teacher (9:18). They compare the carved design with the original Kachina doll in the lamp (9:37). Ben uses watercolors to paint the design (9:48). Jack practices painting the doll (10:19). The young boy puts the bulb in the lamp and finishes final touches on the handiwork as Ben supervises (10:43). “The End” (11:08). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
