Smallshop
KNIFE MAKER
My son is 14 and LOVES any kind of blade. He's been making wood and aluminum swords (mock blades) for a while. He lives in the shop pretty much. A couple weeks ago the pastor's kid started hanging around after school (He's 10...also a knife addict). First time he comes into the shop he stops short and slowly does a lookabout with eyes the size of platters....lol. I knew then he's gonna be here any free minute he has.(and he has been...lol)
So they've been making battarangs and other goofy stuff. All good training for fab skills...but yesterday I decided they need to make real things. So I told 'em, "You guys are going to make some real knives out of real steel that gets hardened and ground..." huge grins...So I made them each design 4 knives on paper. They did real well. Then I caught them over perusing my scale material.... told 'em to keep their paws off my Kirinite...lol. I have walnut coming out my ears.
When Scott L. turned everyone on to some great O-1 prices a couple years ago I bought a bunch. So they each have a piece of 3/32 x 2 x 8 O-1 to make their first real knife.
Then I got to thinking about it and called the pastor (who is an excellent finish carpenter and fabricator) and asked, "Say...would you like to build a knife with your son? I have all the materials...won't cost you a thing..." He jumped on the idea.
So now I will have three guys making blades. For some reason I find it exciting to have young folk in the shop making the real deal.....and seeing a dad and son working together.
This is my clandestine plan for training my future work-force....hee-hee-hee.....
So they've been making battarangs and other goofy stuff. All good training for fab skills...but yesterday I decided they need to make real things. So I told 'em, "You guys are going to make some real knives out of real steel that gets hardened and ground..." huge grins...So I made them each design 4 knives on paper. They did real well. Then I caught them over perusing my scale material.... told 'em to keep their paws off my Kirinite...lol. I have walnut coming out my ears.
When Scott L. turned everyone on to some great O-1 prices a couple years ago I bought a bunch. So they each have a piece of 3/32 x 2 x 8 O-1 to make their first real knife.
Then I got to thinking about it and called the pastor (who is an excellent finish carpenter and fabricator) and asked, "Say...would you like to build a knife with your son? I have all the materials...won't cost you a thing..." He jumped on the idea.
So now I will have three guys making blades. For some reason I find it exciting to have young folk in the shop making the real deal.....and seeing a dad and son working together.
This is my clandestine plan for training my future work-force....hee-hee-hee.....
