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Reposting this from the original thread, as i want you to see it.

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Ok, on a slightly more serious note. Tim - I was untill recently, a minor. I understand that i can be a frustrating period of your life, and is fraught with many dangers. Making knives out of hacksaw blades is bad for everyone. It hurts the person you hurt with it, it hurts legitimate knife users, and most of all, it hurts you. Do you really want to go through life with a police record? You could end up being convicted of a serious crime, not to mention being kicked out of school and spending time in juvenlile prison(depending on what you do with the blade).

Leave your knives at home unless they are legally allowed.

Come back when you are mature enough to join in responsibly (This does not neccessarily mean once you are an adult).

Goodbye."

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Hedgetrimmer,

There are people in this forum of differing opinions...that's what makes is a wonderful and diverse place. If anyone is suggesting you leave or never post again, just interpret that as you may post and be part of this community as long as you just do so in a more "grown up" manner.

There are "childish" people of all ages. I still haven't made up my mind if I think you are older or younger than 18, but the point is that the content of your post was immature.

If you want to give more mature, thoughtful, and constructive posts, I don't think anyone would complain.

Will this place be silly? Absolutely! That's part of what makes BladeForums a great place. But we do try to respect our knives and others in the process.

If you are for real, and not a troll, you're not being asked to go way...just be more "adult-like." Take care.
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Hang around, read a lot, post a little, and get a feel for the place. If you're at all sincere, you'll fit right in in no time at all.


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Don't feel that you have to leave because people disagreed with you. I've posted much stupider things on this forum and other forums and afterwards was in awe of what I said. Usually I then delete the contents of the post, but not after getting flamed a bit. Stick around, talk about knives.
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I'm 53YO and my dad gave me and old kbar at about age 9. He taught me how to use a wet stone and a file and what he knew about using a knife. Shortly thereafter we visited the famoust Maxwell Street and I found a purple handled single bladed pocket knife. From that day forward I've carried a knife man and boy all my life-and I've turned out all right. A kid's knife is a right of passage in our culture. Lighten up
 
Don't be discouraged Hedgetrimmer, the gang here is sensitive to their public image and their legal liabilities. I'm more concerned with your using a grinder than what you make on it. Be sure you get proper instruction on power tools before you use them. I'm glad you appreciate the importance of eye protection.

A special warning about rotating tools--they love to grab onto cloth. Drills, sanders, grinders, milling machines, lathes... Rotating machines are fiends for grabbing cleaning rags, shirts, long hair, even gloves. I've had this happen several times when I try and hold or clean something I'm working on. I came close to losing my finger tips once when a grinder grabbed the tip of a glove.

Making things is very educational. It is best to find things that you can make that you can show off to your parents and teachers. Suddenly you're clever and creative in their eyes. I made knives, spears, crossbows etc when I was young. I just did it openly and had a place to experiment with them. They were always "tools", "experiments", and "explorations of ancient technology"--NOT weapons. Designing and building things is one of the ways I got into my career as an engineer. My best friend was even more that way than I was, he's now one of those guys who controls deep space probes for NASA.

If you want an interesting challenge (with parental approval of course) try making an air gun. Brass tubing, copper pipe, gas valves, bicycle pumps, epoxy... throw a bunch of these components together with a lot of ingenuity and you could make your own paintball gun. It wouldn't be the worlds best, but it is a lot of fun and a tremendous education.

If you can get reasonable approval for experimenting with knife making, experiment with heat treating. Take your hacksaw blades and bake them in the oven at around 200 degrees Celsius for an hour or two and see how much tougher they get. Play around with that sort of stuff and see if you can make a leaf spring out of a hacksaw blade.

Go over to our Shop Talk Forum and learn some of the mysteries of steel. Don't ever let people discourage you from experimenting, just be safe and stay on the good side of your parents. Find ways to work that issue. Your parents can make great allies if you convince them that you are going in constructive directions and learning skills and technology. If you are real good or lucky they might even buy you tools and supplies for your projects. See if you can fit some metalurgy into a school science project.

 
Why does this thread exist?

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