I made these for my wee boy

[Gill]

I eventually got round to doing these for him,i had done the blades ages ago and got some oak diamond wood and red liners and some mosiac pins , i did,nt have enough diamond wood to put on the steel to match the handle so if anybody has a scrap piece please .
The blade started as this (bottom one)

I made a lot of mistakes which is good i think hopefully i will improve on the next ones the blade is 3mm o1 tool steel btw,i really dont like the handle shaping the dust gets everywhere not good :yikes:the sheath well it could have been better too,but the wee chappie is literally a happy camper .

 

[Retired Member southey]

I think it's great to make a knife for your kid. i'm in the process now for my two, when you say mistakes, would you mind sharing them.

 

[Shewie]

That's superb Gill, something he'll treasure for a long time I reckon

 

[Toddy]

Nice one
Kind of special, a knife, sheath and firesteel your Dad *made* for you

atb,
Mary

 

[JonathanD]

Nice one
Kind of special, a knife, sheath and firesteel your Dad *made* for you

atb,
Mary

It certainly is, to have something like that made by my dad or grandad would be something very special.

 

[Biker]

Nice work that. Gonna be the stuff of memories for many years to come.

Speaking of having something made by your Father. My Dad died when I was 22, he was 45, 3 years younger than I am now. I was digging through a box of stuff the other week and found his old sheath knife. Looked a bit sorry and neglected. I'd always kept it for sentimental reason, I even remember cutting my thumb open on it when I was about 7. So since my bushcraft interest had been rekindled I had a closer look at it. Turned out it's made by Solingen and the model is a Monarch. Still has the original antler handle too. Anyway I spent a couple of weekends cleaning and polishing and got it looking the biz once again. I'm going to make a new sheath for it but try and incorporate the original leather from the knackered sheath somehow into it.

So if I feel that way about a knife my Dad bought/traded from someone at work when he was in his early 20's what's a son going to feel about something his Dad put his heart and soul into crafting? Well done Gill. Great peice of workmanship that.

 

[scottishwolf]

Nice one Gill, looks like a cracker mate

 

[gsfgaz]

Nice one mate , great work

 

[Large Sack]

I have a pair of Dr. scholl toenail clippers that were my dad's....hmmm...now which would I rather....

Nice one.

Sack

 

[drewdunnrespect]

good going mate your son will really apprecieate it

 

[topknot]

A very special knife.

Topknot

 

[jdlenton]

Thats just great He'll love it and use, now you've got to teach him to look after it. My eldest boy is five now and my youngest is seven months i need ot make them knives and put them by .... of to add them to the list

 

[caliban]

That's brilliant! It's a great knife. I can't see any mistakes. Nice one!

 

[Stuart69]

You're too modest mate I've seen and held the knife and it's a cracker, you've done a great job with the sheath too. I'm sure the wee yin loves it and will treasure it for a long, long time.

 

[Gill]

Thanks for the comments folks,the mistakes i made were not serious though things like maybe going the long way round to doing things when shaping the blade i dinked it on my wee aldi linisher/grinder so that took some time to rub out.One thing i did find when trying to take the excess wood of the handle whilst trying to keep the dust down and not use any power tools, as i understand diamond wood is particuarly bad if inhaled was to use cabinet scrapers which worked great , i used these for making bows before .Has anybody used these for this before and what type of masks do you use ? i will need to get a proper mask before i make another as i felt the effects of the dust not good.

 

[mentalnurse]

very nice.

 

[Barn Owl]

Excellent work Gill!

 

[Gill]

Thanks for the comments folks, looking forward to my next one hopefully it will be better .

 

[TomBartlett]

What a fantastic gift to make your son. Let us know how he gets on with it!

 

[Matt Weir]

Very nice Gill