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 the sheath well it could have been better too,but the wee chappie is literally a happy camper .

[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

[lannyman8]

awesome piece of work that, he will treasure it forever mate for sure......

[Jus_like_that]

I can't think of anything more special than a knife from a father to a son, nice one! and real good job too!!!

ATB

Adam

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

That is an awesome gift for a son. If I'd have been given something like that by my dad I'd have been overjoyed.
I am in no way practical minded or handy with tools but I'd love to be able to give my daughter something as special and personal as that (she's 1. Time to learn yet!).