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This is a knife that a kid in my care has made , he made it for his mum
I say this is related to survival because well it is , just not the oh dam Im in an emergency situation type survival we usualy think about
He came from an extreme situation , was being father to his little brothers and sisters at 4 yrs old , saw his family split into 4 different foster homes , and other stuff ....
he went thru the usual gammit of stuff kids do in this position , hate rebelion , depression etc ... but he has always enjoyed watching me making knives , and messing with the materials himself .. cutting up steel and " handle wood" ( thats the firewood I think is too interesting looking to burn )
a couple weeks ago , he dug out a blade he began ages ago finished his first complete knife .
there is some serious thinking behind it too , he shaped the blade afer the traditional aboriginal stone knives we found ( I camp at the same spots my people have since before " settlement" so we find a lot of this kind of stuff )
The handle is a piece of wood we found in the desert while we were tripping around . That it came from such an isolated place seemed to mean a lot to him when he chose it .
I call this a survival knife , not because it can be used in a survial situation , but it marks a milestone in a kids life where he has turned around from a self destructive course , and chosen a positive constructive course instead for himself . To me , its kind of a marker that shows this kid has the spark in him it takes to survive and do well
This is a knife that a kid in my care has made , he made it for his mum
I say this is related to survival because well it is , just not the oh dam Im in an emergency situation type survival we usualy think about
He came from an extreme situation , was being father to his little brothers and sisters at 4 yrs old , saw his family split into 4 different foster homes , and other stuff ....
he went thru the usual gammit of stuff kids do in this position , hate rebelion , depression etc ... but he has always enjoyed watching me making knives , and messing with the materials himself .. cutting up steel and " handle wood" ( thats the firewood I think is too interesting looking to burn )
a couple weeks ago , he dug out a blade he began ages ago finished his first complete knife .
there is some serious thinking behind it too , he shaped the blade afer the traditional aboriginal stone knives we found ( I camp at the same spots my people have since before " settlement" so we find a lot of this kind of stuff )
The handle is a piece of wood we found in the desert while we were tripping around . That it came from such an isolated place seemed to mean a lot to him when he chose it .
I call this a survival knife , not because it can be used in a survial situation , but it marks a milestone in a kids life where he has turned around from a self destructive course , and chosen a positive constructive course instead for himself . To me , its kind of a marker that shows this kid has the spark in him it takes to survive and do well
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