Osprey Guy
08-13-2002, 09:27 PM
Well I just got back from my family reunion in Chicago. We stayed at my baby sister's little joint...it's kinda small...for a spectacular palace designed and produced by her (also) multi-talented hubby!
I had brought with me, two DDR-II's for my nephews (her boys) ages 14 and 16. We ran up to Home Depot and picked up a Dremel (of course!), a stack of sandpaper 220-2,000grits and few other odds and enough misc. safety equipment, etc for all.
These are very intelligent, active, quite clever (too clever sometimes?) and all in all normal teenage boys, who are otherwise not wanting for much, and not so easily kept attuned to any one thing...like I said, Teenage Boys!
Well they sure sat still for their knifemaking lessons with Uncle Dennis. One day per boy and we wound up with two gleaming, showroom finish, first class folders!...Oddly enough, I never got around to working with G-10 scales before, never knew how pretty these could be. One red and one blue and man they are really kick-ass!
More important the boys had a blast, along with a truly rewarding, satisfying experience for both. We finished up too close to my departure to get photos...I'll see if I can get them to shoot pix and e-mail to me for posting here.
As I was leaving, the older nephew asked if I could get him one of the new kits "you know, the one that looks like a dagger!" heh, heh...I know which one he means... Another budding knifemaker in the Greenbaum family perhaps?;)
Dennis
Yeah Baby!:smokin
I had brought with me, two DDR-II's for my nephews (her boys) ages 14 and 16. We ran up to Home Depot and picked up a Dremel (of course!), a stack of sandpaper 220-2,000grits and few other odds and enough misc. safety equipment, etc for all.
These are very intelligent, active, quite clever (too clever sometimes?) and all in all normal teenage boys, who are otherwise not wanting for much, and not so easily kept attuned to any one thing...like I said, Teenage Boys!
Well they sure sat still for their knifemaking lessons with Uncle Dennis. One day per boy and we wound up with two gleaming, showroom finish, first class folders!...Oddly enough, I never got around to working with G-10 scales before, never knew how pretty these could be. One red and one blue and man they are really kick-ass!
More important the boys had a blast, along with a truly rewarding, satisfying experience for both. We finished up too close to my departure to get photos...I'll see if I can get them to shoot pix and e-mail to me for posting here.
As I was leaving, the older nephew asked if I could get him one of the new kits "you know, the one that looks like a dagger!" heh, heh...I know which one he means... Another budding knifemaker in the Greenbaum family perhaps?;)
Dennis
Yeah Baby!:smokin