The lads efforts

[wal]

As some of you would have seen from my post in the photography thread I have a young fell Tyler, he's 14 and my middle son ,Jordan is 16 and Ant (Anthony) is 12. All are keen on the archery, guns , hunting and fishing etc, But Ty is a bit of a hands on kid who has always looked at thing and tried to think how he could make it , so developed an interest in knife making, starting with a few kit knives off ebay, then a local fella Adam Parker joined our club and that was it , tyler had someone who knew their stuff to ask questions and was good enough show some interest in a kid that was keen and continues to be a wealth of assistance, advice and encouragement.

I know he's my kid , but i am still a little in awe of some of the stuff he does, even though I am his harshest critic, and am always encouraging to push to make each the best he can and try new ideas. The majority are grournd from 1055 hi carbon steel with a few now starting to be done from ATS34 stainless that Adam can heat treat for him, the leatherwork is all his own, I may have lost the best part of a shed corner to all his gear grinders saws etc and sick of a saw dust coating on everything, but he is gunna pick my old age home so i sort of have to support him

Anyway here's some pic's of his stuff, I'll encourage him to join up here and post more pics as he goes along in the future.

Cheers
Wayne

[jcm]

Great Work.
Wal- a keen blade smith there.
Regards

John

[Dodger]

Fantastic stuff and you have every right to be proud of him.

[Flatliner]

Man thats unreal, so good to know that the hands-on arts of the future are in such good hands. Those knives are a real credit to young Tyler, with an eye for detail like that I would say he has a great future as not just a knife maker but as prety much any thing he chooses to focus on.
Excellent work .

Rob.

[Stickbow Hunter]

Absolutely amazing talent there Tyler - beautiful craftsmanship!!!

Jeff

[Gringa Bows]

very nice work ,especially a bloke of his age,good stuff

[TazGtz]

Beautifull!

I have a 16 yo boy looking for his first knife. Are you selling any?

[Bent Stick]

Thart Boy's gort Skills Will be interesting to see some of his future creations.

[hazard]

Man thats unreal, so good to know that the hands-on arts of the future are in such good hands. Those knives are a real credit to young Tyler, with an eye for detail like that I would say he has a great future as not just a knife maker but as prety much any thing he chooses to focus on.
Excellent work .

Rob.

Couldnt have said it better! You have a tallented young lad who seems to have the best encouragement he could want! Beautifull work.

Hazard

[terryzac]

mate thats unreal. excelent work for anybody, even more impressive that he is only 14

terry

[Outbackdad]

Great Work.
I love the look of the blades.

[Flatliner]

Hey Wal, how did you manage to post 15 photos in one post?

Rob.

[wal]

Rob,

I am a technuffy , I uploadmy pics to photobucket, resize them by hovering over the top of the pic and that option appears, then when you hover over a picture in your album some codes appear so yo click on the image code , that copies it, then paste it in to your thread , then do the same with the next pic and just paste it below the previous one. If that makes any sense, like I said , I'm a techtard

I am sure I saw a how to on pics but I can't see it here ? Graeme has a few how to's on photos .


Cheers

[bigbob]

Absolutely terrific work with those knives, from the young un.every right to be very proud of him.