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 Made my daughter a survival knife
My darling (as long as her brothers aren't around) 10 yo daughter has expressed an interest in bushcraft-y stuff. She's the little girl in the video on Ron's site, starting a fire with a firesteel. She has already gotten the hang of using a bow drill, at least to the point of getting some smoke going. She's out of town these past two days at some girly thing, so I decided to make her a bush knife of her own. It's essentially a 2/3 scale version of the bush knives I'm already making. Today I scaled the proportions down, made a template, cut out the steel, ground the bevel, honed it to get rid of the grinding marks while the steel was still relatively soft, heat-treated it, and now the scales are in place, glued and clamped. She and her Mom get back tomorrow afternoon, hopefully giving me enough time to shape the handle and get a coat of finish on it. Pics to follow.  |
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What a lucky girl you have! Good for you to be paying close attention!
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now thats one cool dad
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yeah...what a cool Dad.....that kind of interest from your daughter is awesome....you must be proud....good to hear about kids getting into bushcrafting
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mook thats awesome! ever consider adoption? i know a 37 year old who's almost potty trained, loves knives and fire among other things, doesn't eat much, well behaved (MOSTLY)  |
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Wow that is cool. I gave my daughter a screwdriver years ago for protection. Aim for the eye socket I told her. She still has it with added pepper spray. Now your gonna have to make the boys each a knife.
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thats cool your daughter takes such interest. i was at a friends house last night and his 6 yr old neice was knitting. i couldnt believe it. its not exactly bushcraft but it is a lost art like so many other survival skills. next you will need to teach her how to sharpen her knife. keep up the good work bro
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