Safety Rules
Obey school regulations that prohibit carrying knives.
What is knife etiquette in school?
When carrying and passing blades, keep them closed
What is knife etiquette within scouting?
An axe yard is a safe area for chopping and cutting
What is an axe yard?
Wear closed toed shoes with a tread that allow you to keep your footing & protect feet in case of an accident.
What is axe safety?
This is the direction you hold a saw blade when you are carrying it.
What is away from your body?
When not using a blade keep it closed.
What is knife safety?
Keep the back of the blade raised about 15 degrees and cut into the stone.
What is the first step of knife sharpening?
To alert everyone to the axe yard an area is roped off with brightly colored rope.
What is axe yard safety?
Keep your axe sharp with file 8 or 10 inches long. The lines across the face of the file are the teeth. They angle away from the point, or tang. A sharp file will be a drab gray color. A silvery shine means a file has broken teeth that won't sharpen very well.
What is the first step of axe sharpening?
What you do with a saw blade when it becomes dull.
What is replace it?
Don't strike a knife with another tool or pry with it.
What is maintaining the quality of your knife?
When using a pocketknife cut away from yourself.
What is safe knife handling?
There is only one person allowed in an axe yard at a time, a second person is allowed for training purposes.
What are axe yard rules?
Keep an axe "buried" in a chopping block in the axe yard between uses and before putting it away.
What is proper axe storage in the axe yard?
The direction you move a saw to start a cut.
What is pull toward you?
Make sure no one is in your blood circle.
What is maintaining others safety?
If cutting food, clean knife both before and after use.
What is proper cooking safety?
When finished, clean up the chips, bark & cutting debris.
What is leave no trace?
Never chop into the ground. Rocks can break axe blade.
What is proper axe preservation?
Where your hand should be in relationship to the saw blade.
What is far away?
Use only sharp clean blades, they are less likely to slip.
What is maintaining your own safety?
Never clean the knife in a dishwasher.
What is proper knife care?
There is only one entrance to the axe yard.
What is number of entrances to an axe yard?
Carry an axe at your side with one hand, the blade turned out from your body. If you stumble, toss the axe away from you as you fall.
What is proper axe carrying?
What to keep off your saw when it is stored.
What is water?