Home Made Cadet 303

300Bucks said:
For everyone's entertainment here are my two big hidden mistakes. I don't mind showing you these ...

My knife does have nice wood, my mistakes will keep it on my dresser to carry rather than in the display case.
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Warts and all, that is one hell of a knife! :thumbup:
 
As a shop teacher in a small, rural school, I invested in some good quality grinding and buffing machines, and all the supplies needed to start a section on knife building. My kids did mostly fixed blade hunting knives and then made leather sheaths to go with them. The kids loved it, the parents loved it, and then Columbine came along and tttthhhhppppppppp so much for that. It stopped.


Jack
 
Rudderjt it was still worth the effort, just think of how many lives it touched in even a short time. There are now kids that know more now than befor, and what they do may impact some one else. HL
 
This is getting a bit off the topic, and I don't want to take anything from 300Bucks fine work. The hunting knives were one of my most favorite projects and was very well received by the community and, really, I don't think they would have had a problem with our continuing, it just became too politically incorrect on a wider scale. We made a bunch of knives in around 10 years or so and whether they, the kids, ever do it again or not, they have something they can be proud of and know they did the work.

That's not any different then any of us that are proud of our Buck knives or the custom work we do. I'm proud of 300 for giving it a shot and then allowing the rest of us to see what the process looks like. Makes you appreciate what others do, especially those amongst us that do it really well.

Jack
 
:cool:...Hey 3CBucks...Where'd ya get that gorgeous wood? It would make some great grips for a couple of my pistolas...:p...:thumbup:
 
Really nice work 300, you're too hard on yourself! Besides, with it as an EDC you can take it out to use it and when people admire the beautiful wood you can say, "yeah well when I was replacing the scales on this one...."

Rudder, what a shame to have lost that program. Schools are too over zealous/politically correct now. My friends and I all carried knives throughout elementary school through high school and there was never a problem, not once. This is one of the reasons we homeschool!!
 
My wood came out of a box at the Jantz Supply (www.knifemaking.com) table at the Tulsa gun show. Any piece in the box $5.00 I had two alike and just guessed which one to get. Now I wish I would have gotten them both. ( Uh, not that I would use the other one, uh, you know just in case, uh yah thats the ticket just in case.)

Rudder,
Back in the dark ages in the 'Okie from Muskogee' Jr.High in metal shop we built sand moulds, heated our own metal and cast our own moldings. We built BBQue tools, fireplace tool, etc. We never stabbed anyone I remember.
 
I got the wild idea one day to include some foundry work in one of my advanced classes, so I took all my bullet casting equipment to school. Kids loved it. Finally, the powers that be suggested that we probably shouldn't be casting bullets. I asked if it was OK to cast fishing sinkers, since it was the same technology, I had tons of old wheel weights, and I had all the molds. Sure, that's OK, so from then on we just cast sinkers---45 caliber sinkers, 30 caliber sinkers, and 38 caliber sinkers. I just had to educate the students on what to "ask for".

I got most of my buffing compounds, wheels, etc., and blank blades from Jantz Supply. Good to know they're still in business. They were always good folks to work with.

I agree with the comment made on using your 303 as an edc--always good for a conversation starter. My coffee pards like to ask, "Well, what kinda knife you carrying today?" I try to surprise them with something different.
 
Craig, you've inspired me to try it myself after deer season closes. I'd not hesitate to carry and show that knife, fact is, no one would even notice the "flaws" and the only reason you do is 'cause you made it. We are our hardest critics.
 
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