Promising youngster!

[MartiniDave]

I just have to share this with you!

On sunday afternoon I was in my shed making a cover for another of my axes (design copied loosley from GB) when I was joined by my 12 year old step son. He asked "What are you doing Dave?) I explained.
"Can I make one" he said.

"Yes" I replied.

"You'll have to buy me an axe then!" he said.

Quick thinking and a rumage round tured up a cheapo chinese hatchet, complete with £2.99 price sticker still in place, which I gave him.

With a bit of instruction he marked out the leather (more of my old school satchel!) and cut it out with a little mora I gave him a while back. He then set the rivets himself, only needing me to fit the snap fastener and mark where to kut the keeper strap. End result a nicely made cover for his hatchet.

From there he was straight off to the chopping block to try the axe.

Now he wants to build a shelter using his axe and mora! Excellent. :-D :-D

Dave the proud step-father!

P.S. Guess which show we're off to on sunday!

 

[Womble]

P.S. Guess which show we're off to on sunday!

urm... er... hang on, it's on the tip of my tongue...


Seriously, I get a similar buzz whenever one of the Scouts manages to do something for the first time; especially if they thought it impossible.

The smile on the face of a lad who's (for instance) just conquered a fear of heights by shimmying up a climbing wall is something to be treasured. It makes you think "hey, maybe I'm doing some good here after all!"

 

[al]

nice one dave :-D , my almost 7 year old daughter built her first shelter in challock forest the other day as a suprise for mummy and daddy,using tips she`d got from her bushcraft book :-D , then when we were watching tracks the other night she yelled out "look daddy ,ray mears has got a swanni like yours" :-D dont miss a thing do they

 

[gurushaun]

Dave

I'l be popping in on Sunday...mebby see you there :-D

Cheers

Shaun

 

[MartiniDave]

Shaun,

That'd be good, failing that Billing LRe?

Dave

 

[TheViking]

Now he wants to build a shelter using his axe and mora! Excellent. :-D :-D

Dave the proud step-father!

Great! :super: :-D Hope he stays interested, cause then we allready got 2 writers to BCUK in the future! (Me and him, for now) Buuut, surely there going to be more! :-D hehe