PaPa's file

[jvholt]

This was a Simonds Mill Bast File that belonged to my Grandfather. I found the file in the tool shed when my Grandmother passed away at Thanksgiving. I made it to place in the auction at the family reunion this weekend. Good thing I found more than one file. The handle is Desert Ironwood.

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Wonderful gesture. This is a fine way to remember your grandfather.

Fred

 

[Jason Fry]

To me, that's the answer to "why do folks want to make file knives." Great way to memorialize an ancestor.

 

[Broomhead]

Fantastic job. Excellent memorial.

 

[Justin King]

The re-birth into a new tool makes a file knife wonderfully symbolic in this context, I like it!

 

[RLLyon]

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This was a Simonds Mill Bast File that belonged to my Grandfather. I found the file in the tool shed when my Grandmother passed away at Thanksgiving. I made it to place in the auction at the family reunion this weekend. Good thing I found more than one file. The handle is Desert Ironwood.

That's one of my services. I will take Dad's deer antler and put it on a blade of grandpa's file. Or use wood from the barn for a handle. Great heirloom piece. Nice looking knife.

Ronnie

 

[Danbo]

Nice knife! Looks super sharp, too.

 

[Carl_First_Timer]

Awesome job. It brightens my day to hear stories like this.

 

[jvholt]

Thanks for all the kind comments. I hope that some family members buys it and will treasure it as I would.