The joy of children

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I have been teaching my 8 year old son how to use a tomahawk safely. He has been helping me de-bark and process wood for my projects, and he has a good grasp on how to keep himself safe and get the job done.

So we go on a hike today and he asks to borrow my hawk while we are resting near a down tree. No problem, especially since mom wasn't with us. He took off a branch while I was getting a snack for my younger son and then used a flat piece of feldspar as a chopping block to trim the end.

Note to self: next lesson on tomahawk safety will be on how to keep the HAWK safe. The dings are already sharpened out, you just have to laugh about this kind of thing. After all the damage I did to my Dad's gear, my boy is just a chip off the block.
 
muleman77 said:
Well, you had an easier time explaining it to his mama than the alternative at least!

Im sure I wrecked plenty of Dad's good stuff as a kid, have some proof of it actually, but it really did shape my outlook on life getting to use all those tools and do all the things we did.
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i can't say i have too many dad's tool stories like this, i did accidentally jab him in the forehead with a particularly sharp torx bit when i was about 9...

i do foresee this being a problem with my kids though, my dad never really had many hand tools so i was relegated to screwing up my stuff, like the time i used the bolster on my pantograph knife as a hammer... sometimes i wish i could just go back and slap some sense into me
 
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