So my son made his first knife…

[okie john]

Good on all three of you for this.


Okie John

[RoyGBiv]

Great looking piece of craftsmanship!

Kudos all around.

[Blades]

I like it. Great job.

[1911Nut]

Excellent work. I'm sure you are very proud of that young man!! Best wishes to him on all his future endeavors!

[JohnO]

That is a fine piece of craftsmanship. Very impressive work no matter the age of the maker. Congratulations to the 12 year old Bladesmith (wow) and dad too!

[Tensaw]

Wow! Very nice!

[Spartan1980]

I could do work like that. But I’d have to have large expensive machine tools to do it. And no way in hell could I at 12 years old!

Quality knives like that come from one of two places. Large industrial type shops or from artisans.

Buy your friend a bottle of good whiskey. And if I didn’t get the point across tell your son that’s impressive as hell.


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[Duelist]

Last year (at aged 12) my son started apprenticing with my good friend and coach at Attention2Detail. He's been regularly working there, doing a little bit of this and that as he gains more knowledge / experience.

He really wanted to buy one of the knives and Doug (owner) suggested he instead pay for materials and make it himself. Well he finally finished it yesterday: 3V steel, carbon fiber / brass scales. He's so proud of it and so am I. Thought I'd share, sorry the photos aren't more "pro":

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Looks a hell of a lot better than my first one did!

[GyroF-16]

That’s some really nice work.
Kudos to your son, and nice work, Dad!

[LJP]

That’s a gorgeous blade. Tell your son that he does awesome work! Both of you have reason to be proud.