As a boy growing up on the farm in the early 1950’s a pocket knife was my constant companion  being used to whittle toys and other boyhood interests.  When in the early 1970’s I met wood carver David Monhollen http://www.monhollen.com/ who showed me the A-B-C’s and the 1-2-3-‘s of how to get started in carving, the pocket knife continued to be my carving tool of first choice.  Read the rest of this entry »