Almost any wood will work fine for whittling. If you’re anxious to get started and are curious about whittling techniques, just find a stick or piece of wood and start slicing away. If you want to ...

It’s not every day I get to encourage our readers to play with knives, but whittling wood might just be humankind’s second oldest playtime hobby — right after throwing large rocks into bodies of water ...

NEW BRIGHTON — For one New Brighton man, a simple hobby is the best stress reliever — the intricate, woodcarving art of whittling. Cliff Glenz, 62, started whittling in 1988 when he took a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whittling 101: whittling a spoon. The ancient art of whittling and carving bowls, mugs, spoons and other handy utensils has been ...

It’s morning at Yee Ying Hou’s Shah Alam home. Sitting in his living room, his hands and gaze are focused on shaping and carving a tiny squirrel out of a piece of wood. Yee is adept at whittling, an ...

Growing up in western Queensland as World War II drew to a close, young Ted Barraclough would carve toys for his brothers out of the timber that grew on his family's farm. Ten-year-old Barraclough ...