With the HEAVY rains we had the last two weeks, I had plenty of time to be in the garage messing around. I am by no means a knifemaker, just a hobby guy when it comes to knives. My son got a new bed so I had some bed frame steel to mess around with, some maple & brass pins on the bench, so I got to work. Heat treated on my ghetto cinder block forge, tempered in the wifes toaster oven, filed, sanded & sharpened. Now the kids have knives to go with their fire steels I made over the winter.
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Heavy rain = knives for my kids
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They do look really good. Great job.
Esav Benyamin
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That's a great job. Have they seen them yet?
Thanks guys! I am happy with the way they turned out. Had it not been for this forum, I would still not understand the value of the Kephart design, that is why I wanted to share them here. The kids are both very happy. My daughter gets the smaller one to go with her wood fire steel and my son gets the bigger one to go with his antler fire steel (from last years 5pt 
). Now I just have to figure out how to make sheaths 
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The larger one is proportioned 4.5"/4.5" and the smaller is 4"/4". Thanks for looking! Jeff
). Now I just have to figure out how to make sheaths .The larger one is proportioned 4.5"/4.5" and the smaller is 4"/4". Thanks for looking! Jeff
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here's a link to a quick pouch sheath tutorial. (google pouch sheath and several options come up)
http://www.stoneandsteel.net/pouch_sheath.html
good luck!
http://www.stoneandsteel.net/pouch_sheath.html
good luck!
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Great job man, you should do more!
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Plus one! Great job on those! Hmmm...maybe I won't haul that old bed frame to the dump....
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They're lovely!
I bet your kids will love having gear which their dad made for them, makes them so much more special than any store bought.
Great stuff!
I bet your kids will love having gear which their dad made for them, makes them so much more special than any store bought.
Great stuff!
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by no means a maker? I'd be proud to carry a blade like that any day of the week.
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In the last few months, I've had the utter joy to watch kids use knives. The youngest now that has a mora is 5 year old. I've found that when you make a big deal about their potential to harm, and their potential to provide, the kids listen up and respect the tool right quick! It has amazed me how much a little tool can bestow maturity amongst the little ones!
