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 ...