Just one or two, or better still, a piece from a cloth bandage roll that can be cut with penknife scissors. (bookbrowse.com)
Many primary schools have no male staff; at common law, female teachers in loco parentis are allowed to search boys and girls for penknives and catapults, but under s 550AA, they will not be permitted to do so. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
But penknife jobs are high risk, however much he likes them, because he gets carried away: scrape, scrape, cut, cut, gouge, gouge. (bookbrowse.com)