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October 1970? Time to make: unknown Finishing: 1.5 hour Design: unknown I'm often asked about my first neckerchief slide so I wanted to take this time to talk about it. Sometime in the late 60's or early 70's, as a young Scout, I saw a picture of a Turks head somewhere.
October 2017 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Design: Greg Firestone I really like this slide! It reminds of wooden buckets at my grandfather house. I'm not really sure if held water or maybe it was just the way my brother and I pumped water from the old well but it was a…
Fall 2017 Time to make: 1 hours Original design: Bill Macfarlane OK, I can't all the credit for this one since Dunkin' Donuts made it so easy for me but in honor of the first day of fall. I was in a Dunkin Donuts and saw a novelty coffee and pumpkin spice lip balm which…
September 2017 Time to make: 1 hours Boys Life "Slide of the Month" Sept. 1951, page37 Original design: E.F.S The last of the film can slides from Boys Life (that I know of) is a quick reach when you need a band-aid.
September 2017 Time to design: 2 hour Time to print: 2 hours (your times may vary Finishing: 3 hour Original designer: DigitalSpace Corporation Try it yourself: Space Shuttle The last slide in the American manned space program (for now). The Space Shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft and there were 6 built.
Scout Camp 2017 Time to carve: who cares it's Scout Camp Location: Rotary Scout Reservation #rsrbsa Finishing: at home 1.5 hour Summer Camp is one of those times when time passes effortlessly and I can just let the whittling knife take me to the things hidden in the wood.
Scout Camp 2017 Time to carve: who cares it Scout Camp Location: Rotary Scout Reservation #rsrbsa Finishing: TBD Just a quick preview of a set of backpack slides coming up that are being carved right now while at summer camp with our Troop.
July 2017 Time to design: 2 hours Time to print: 2 hours (your times may vary Finishing: 2 hour Original design: Tinkercad Original designer: xmbrst Try it yourself: Mini Apollo Mission Another in my 3d printed space series, the Apollo mission captured the imagination of many including myself.
June 2017 Time to make: 1 hours Boys Life "Slide of the Month" Sept. 1965, page 64 Original design: Bill Poese So continuing with the old film can slides here is a simple sewing kit than can be very helpful out on the trail for sewing up a button or a tent.
May 2017 Time to set up: 5 days Time to turn: 45 minutes Finishing: 2 hours Designs from: Dan Lecocq Youtube: Celtic Knot Pen Inspired by another hobby, I thought turning a 4 ring Celtic Knot would make a great slide.
May 2017 Time to design: 2 hours Time to print: 2 hours (your times may vary Finishing: 1 hour Original design: autocad123 Original designer: unknown Try it yourself: Gemini capsule slide Another slide you can 3D print and paint! Fascinated by the space race as a kid, I watched every launch I could.
April 2017 Time to make: 1 hours Boys Life "Slide of the Month" Sept. 1951, page 37 Original design: E.F.S ...and now for another new part of the blog "From Old to New" were I will attempt to update older neckerchief designs from "Slide of the Month" to updated versions.
April 2017 Time to tie: days Finishing: none though I might try Mod Podge Designs from: Clarke Green Website: scoutmasterCG.com Knot Website: Royal Carrick Bend How did I forget to post this knot with the others? Well my friend Clarke Green posted this neckerchief slide back in the summer of 2014 and it's had me…
April 2017 Time to tie: 3 hours Finishing: 1 hour Designs from: Decorative Fusion Knots Author: J.D. Lenzen Website: www.fusionknots.com Available from: Amazon , iTunes , Barnes & Nobel or your favorite book seller No its not an April Fools day joke, these are all knots I found in JD book and had lots of fun tying each…
March 2017 Time to design: 2 hours Time to print: 2 hours (your times may vary Finishing: 1 hour Original design: NASA Original designer: Michael Carbajal. NASA Headquarters Try it yourself: Mercury capsule slide Greetings, and welcome to the new Slide of the Month from Channeling Whittlin Jim.
March 3/26/2017 Time to make: 2 hours Finishing: .5 hour ...and now the final slide in this long journey. When thinking about the last slide, I thought this would be a good time to both finish the Whittlin Jim slides and transition into other Slide of the Month projects along with my own versions.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 1.5 hours Finishing: .5 hour Another piece of bone given by a friend which the bone was quite thick and this is a one piece slide. I sketched out the 8 on the bone similar to the 7 Ben used, rough cut it on the band saw…
March 2017 Time to make: 1 hours Finishing: 1 hour So a good friend gave me some bones one day all cut up in neckerchief sized pieces and this is a slide made from one of the bones. I really have to ask him what animal it came from but I think it may have…
March 2017 Time to carve: .5 hours Finishing: hour Through out this odyssey one page of slides always eluded me, the June 1950 issue of Boy's Life was missing for years on both the wayback machine and on Goggle books .
February 2017 Time to make: 3.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour One of the hardest slides to make because the Eastern Snow Armadillo is one of the hardest creatures to find as they only come out in the winter hibernating the rest of the year.
January 2017 Time to carve: 3.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour A very tough slide to make as carving cow horn is very hard. First step was to cut the bonnet and expand the horn. The original article called for the horn to be boiled until the it was pliable.
Summer 2016 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 2 hour Same basic design as Chief Hang-on but this is a timid Scout climber. Carved from maple and painted with craft paint. Sealed with poly and the rope is 550 cord hanging his climbing belt.
Summer 2016 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 2 hour Same basic design as the Squaw Hang-on (from Tribe of Sides) but as a first year Scout on a winter campout. Carved from maple and painted with craft paints. Sealed with poly this poor sap is so cold, he is wrapped in this sleeping bag.
Summer 2016 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour Same basic design as Footsie (In the Tribe of Slides) but with first aid spin. Carved from maple and painted with craft paint. This poor sap is wrapped head to toe with cloth bandages and tied to a backboard.
Fall 2016 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 2 hour The same basic design as Snag-Tooth Charlie but as a clown. Carved from maple and painted with craft paints. Sealed with poly and when dry, the fake fur hair glued on.
Fall 2016 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 2 hour The same basic design as the Cannibal but I made it a clown instead. The head, arm and feet are carved from maple. The shield is a hobby plywood round and the pie tins are formed using a doming block and aluminum flashing.
I ran into a few slides that for the time they were published, they were socially acceptable. I could not make them in good consciousness so the following have my own spin on them. Cannibal Tribe of slides Snag-Tooth Charlie Chief Hangon
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 3 hours Finishing: 2 hour Carved from walnut and I struggled as walnut is very hard. The slide has a couple of coats of poly and the symbols were written on with a modeling paint pen. Whittlin Jim said this was the "God of Happiness"
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 3 hours Finishing: 2 hour This is a lot of fun to wear! So when people look at it you reach to the wire and all of a sudden the key-key bird moves.
Summer 2016 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 2 hour So one thing I discovered, there were a lot of steer head neckerchief slides that were published by Whittlin Jim and by this time I'm a bit steered out. This slide is made from a pine sapling and the horns are the branches.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 1.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour This one hold some nostalgia for me as I had a neckerchief slide just like this when I finished my ordeal. I had bought it at the camp store and brought it home to paint.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 1 hour Finishing: 1.5 hour It seems to me this use to be called the one match fire for the Scout who started a fire using only one match. A really easy slide to make requiring only a spare piece of wood, some wood putty to form…
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: .5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Does anyone remember these? It seem like when I was a Scout (and suddenly Scouts stopped paying attention) we used reflector ovens quite often. Made from some aluminum flashing, wire a couple of dowels and a couple of scrap pieces of wood.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour This poor sap is either to tall for the tent or too big for the sleeping bag. At least he changed out of his wet socks. The Tenderfoot Camper is one of those fun slides that generate so many questions and comments…
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Well Whittlin Jim was right when he called this one "you name it" because I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called. Carved from maple and painted with craft paints.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: .5 hours Finishing: none Sometimes slide take time to gather the right materials and so was the case with this slide. I had the counter top sample and the waterproof paper but where do you find a clip like this today.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: several hours Finishing: 1.5 hour "Don't you often wish you had somethin' to recall that trip you took a couple o' years ago?" wrote Wittlin' Jim. Heck I wish I could remember how to tie these.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 2 to 5 minutes Finishing: got a match? Nevermind, I'll fray the ends. So your at a court of honor and you forgot your neckerchief slide but you have some paracord or light rope?
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 2.5 hour So a lot of parts to this one and some assembly required. The body is white maple and the hole was painted with black craft paint. The sides and back have a one step stain/poly coating.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve/make: 3 hours Finishing: 2 hour This is a great slide both for the challenge of making it and the simple enjoyment of wearing it. It's carved from maple and painted with craft paints. The hoops are brass and connected together with solder. Hoop dancer
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Carved from maple and painted with a semi-gloss black paint. Gold modeler's paint was used for the highlights. Finally, the end of a red feather is glued into a hole in the helmet. Tis merely a scratch
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour Boy this one is fun to wear! So many people think it's real. Carved from maple the rivets are made using a nail punch a light tap of a hammer.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 1 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour A quick little slide with a piece of scrap wood, a dowel, a pin, a toothpick, and some cloth. Painted with craft paint and a couple coats of poly.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 2 hour Carved from maple and painted with craft paints. The mounting board is also maple with a one step stain/poly finish I'll be honest I don't remember which bass I was making when I painted this slide so ...
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour This is another slide where I really like the expression of the face of the moose. If you have ever seen one in real life you know they have a bad attitude.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old; Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, nine days old Oh, how I believe that when I see how some of…
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to make: 1 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Whittlin Jim originally called for sumac, walnut or red ceder for this slide but I happened to find a good example in maple. While there wasn't much carving in this, lots of sanding produced a mirror finish when the poly was applied.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour There is something about this slide that makes me smile. Maybe it's the simple expression or slight smile. Carved from maple this is a chip design so not much sanding but that just adds to the weather look of a wood chopping…
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 2.5 hours Finishing: 1.5 hour Carved from red maple I like how the slide came together. The tusks are made from some plastic scrape and the eyes are pins that have been cut down. A couple of coats of poly finish it off.
Sometime between 2012 and 2015 Time to carve: 4 hours Finishing: 2.5 hour Funny story about these two slides, I carved these slides while traveling for business as my company was a "go-live" of a new system a couple of years ago.
