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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: Ifrit617 on June 22, 2011, 08:32:09 pm

Title: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: Ifrit617 on June 22, 2011, 08:32:09 pm: I recently finished up this knife which is my first. It will always be very special to me because I have built this knife in memory of my grandfather. He has gone into a nursing home recently and is not expected to live that much longer after living 99 long tough years. A farmer and an outdoorsman, I know that this knife would make him happy. Anyways I was helping my relatives go through his house a couple months ago and was looking through the barn when I saw an old butchers knife lying on the floor that had its tip snapped of and its handles were rotting away. So I thought mabey I could make something out of it so that I could always remember my grandpa. This is what I came up with.

The knife is high carbon steel of some sort, the blade being 4" long and the OAL being around 8.5 inches. I reshaped the blade, removed the rust on the metal and reshaped the handle, putting on a new hard maple grip. I made a new simple sheath, and finished it off with some tru oil. Sharpened it up and this thing holds a razor edge. I hope to use this as my new hunting knife for many years to come. Thanks for looking and I'm sorry my crappy pics don't do it justice.
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: _Jon_ on June 22, 2011, 08:40:29 pm: Great job I like your whole idea about it.
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: bryan irwin on June 22, 2011, 08:50:28 pm: nice looking knife you done a fine job on it.
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 22, 2011, 10:47:35 pm: I can imagine the deer you skin with that knife will taste all the sweeter.

Ninety-nice years? Imagine what all he has seen in his life, horse and buggy to cars and then to the moon and beyond.
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: Ifrit617 on June 23, 2011, 12:42:46 am: Yep and he still has the brain left to recall it... Talking to him about those years way back there is one thing I will truly miss.
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: hillbilly61 on June 23, 2011, 02:16:37 pm: Nice story and nice knife...Your Grandfather would be proud ;)
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: jonathan creason on June 23, 2011, 03:33:00 pm: Very cool!
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: Lee Slikkers on June 23, 2011, 03:40:51 pm: another neat idea if you are up for a change in direction might be to have your grandfather sign his name on something and then follow the "etch a-long" that 4esttrekker posted on here and etch his name on your blade? Just a though since he is still with you and around. Looks great.
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Post by: SA on July 09, 2011, 09:49:02 pm: nice job , looks good
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: seabass on July 18, 2011, 01:35:20 am: this is a great post.i have a similer knife though i didn't make it.my father gave me a western bowie that he got with s&h greenstamps in the 70's.he gave it to me when i was young.when he died i gave the bowie to my grandfather.when he died at 88 years old my grandmother gave it back to me.i sent it to a knife maker and had it redone in memory of them both.here is the pics.the handle scales are cal buckeye with mosaic pins.i chose buckeye because we are from ohio.hope you like,steve
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 18, 2011, 11:36:37 pm: S&H Greenstamps! I remember those! Fascinating route that knife travelled getting to you.
Title: Re: Built my first knife in memory of my Grandpa....
Post by: swamp yeti on July 25, 2011, 02:54:31 pm: Those are some nice knives,good job.