This is what happens when I can't sleep...

[Geektechnica]

So my 5 year old son has been admiring my BK14, and keeps wanting to see it and play with it. He's very high-energy, and the combination of him and a sharp blade wouldn't work out very well.

SO I was sitting here in my office, and decided to carve a BK14 for him out of a piece of red oak I had laying around. 4 episodes of Jericho on Netflix later, this is what I came up with:

It's thick, and of course not sharp. But it looks close enough for his purposes and should keep him happily poking away at a cardboard box for a while

 

[randori]

lol good stuff. Thats actually a really good idea. My son is 5 too and he likes my knives. I need to work on my carving skills anyway. I'm stealing this. Good job on the carving...from what I can tell its damn near a duplicate

 

[KYenglish]

dang, came out pretty great, feel lazy now, all I did was make a few landyards tonight.

 

[KiljoyKutlery]

Thats awesome! Looks just like it!
I carved my daughter a big survival type knife one time, we were camping in Maine...it was another reason to whittle, who doesn't like using there tools?

 

[thrillbilly]

That is very cool, excellent idea man! Im sure he will enjoy the heck out of that, nice job on it too, it's even got a FFG!

 

[The Warrior]

Very nice work, and good idea. I think OneLeggedJosh carved out a BK2.

 

[Murphnuge]

Looks great man! How long before he mods it?

 

[Geektechnica]

Thanks guys! It didn't turn out half bad for being done at 4am on a sleepless night...

He is thrilled with it. Already stabbing imaginary bad guys.

 

[thrillbilly]

Looks great man! How long before he mods it?

needs some etching and some jimping... maybe convexed. And a lanyard with some custom bead work LOL

Thanks guys! It didn't turn out half bad for being done at 4am on a sleepless night...

He is thrilled with it. Already stabbing imaginary bad guys.

that's awesome Geek!

 

[Chameleonbear]

I think he needs some Sky pants for it, and some Lam scales!


Looks awesome man! I like that idea. It's a good way to teach proper knife safety too.

Oh and Jericho is THE $#!+ Love that show!!!!

 

[Dudepal]

That's awesome! Looks like he loves it !

 

[MsNaughtyIrish]

Oh wow. That looks great. My 5 year old got to play with mine at the lake yesterday a bit. I was thinking about getting him a plastic one, but that's great. You taking orders?

 

[KP]

Nice work, man.

 

[Greybush]

Awesome man....reminds me of the Case wooden kits you cam buy....whats his opinion on the sheath?

 

[Chameleonbear]

if you get the chance to cut in the skeletonized handle, it would give him a chance to play with some paracord too... Learn how to tie the knots and wrapping.

 

[namida]

And the little one carries it cross-draw style! Aint that cool!

 

[Geektechnica]

And the little one carries it cross-draw style! Aint that cool!

What's funny was he stuck it in there like that himself without prompting. I thought he was going to wear the thing out in just one day. I brought in a cardboard box from outside which now looks like swiss cheese, hundreds of little punctures.