Learn how to hold a knife for whittling projects

Hello gentlepeople,
Back to basics. Safety first! Knowing how to hold a knife is the most important skill for any whittlers and wood carvers.
I hope you enjoy and have a great day!
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▬ Chapters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Carving gloves or not?
1:50 - How to hold the knife?
3:12 - The "project" hand
7:27 - The pull cut
9:12 - Conclusion

[@shoaibhassan8607]

really needed this, first time whittling and already gave myself a cut on my forefinger

[@QSOutdoors]

Glad it was useful! We all cut ourselves, it's part of the work, haha. But the basics of holding a knife is often skipped.

[@whittler0507]

Thank you for this demo Jeff .. Appreciate your teaching and experience

[@QSOutdoors]

Thanks a ton Gene.

[@DoubleDowner]

True, there's some horrible cuts on reddit, people not wearing their gloves mostly. I wear mine nearly all the time now, it's just not worth the hassle of having a cut for weeks. Also wearing gloves means you can way more cavalier with the cuts too.

[@QSOutdoors]

Extra protection is good!

[@Adomarf]

What knife , or knife set do you recommend???

[@QSOutdoors]

I started with Flexcut. It served me for a while. It depends on where you live and what is available to you. There are so many knive brands on the market!