Noah, my 7yo has been asking me for months to make him a knife. I finally talked to his mom about it, and she said as long as I taught him to be safe and that a knife is a TOOL, not a TOY, she was cool with it.
So last Sunday, I told him to cut the Wii off, we are going to the shop. So we talked about a design, and agreed on one. I drew it on the steel, Noah drilled all the holes around the profile, he held things in place while I chiseled out the shape, he had his hands in there while we ground to profile, and then he drilled all the holes in the tang. I will do the grinding and send it off for HT (CPM154CM, anyone wanna hook Noah up on HT? ) He has already picked out paduk for the handle because he likes the bright orange/red color. and solid brass pins because he doensn't like the mosaics I showed him... LOL...
So last Sunday, I told him to cut the Wii off, we are going to the shop. So we talked about a design, and agreed on one. I drew it on the steel, Noah drilled all the holes around the profile, he held things in place while I chiseled out the shape, he had his hands in there while we ground to profile, and then he drilled all the holes in the tang. I will do the grinding and send it off for HT (CPM154CM, anyone wanna hook Noah up on HT? ) He has already picked out paduk for the handle because he likes the bright orange/red color. and solid brass pins because he doensn't like the mosaics I showed him... LOL...