{"id":129401,"date":"2022-10-18T22:01:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snapwhole.com\/index.php\/boys-life-1958-12-neckerchief-slide-of-the-month-little-eskimo-6\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T01:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T01:05:10","slug":"boys-life-1966-12-neckerchief-slide-of-the-month-gourd-slide-whittling-jim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.snapwhole.com\/index.php\/boys-life-1966-12-neckerchief-slide-of-the-month-gourd-slide-whittling-jim\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy’s LIfe – 1966-12 – Neckerchief Slide of the Month – Gourd Slide – Whittling Jim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Whittlin Jim is an alternate author name for Ben Hunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carving Neckerchief slides using Gourds as the raw materials<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uses the same tools as wood carving and the same skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting new raw material for wood carving (gourd carving)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W Ben Hunt created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle names, and published articles under all three name – Ben Hunt wrote 2-4 articles per month for Boy’s Life, and I think he created the Whittlin Jim and Lone Eagle to make is seem like there were multiple authors writing the articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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