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Cliff N
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My 14 year old daughter,Julie,got a sudden urge to try her hand at fire starting after seeing one of the "LittleBear vs Wild" episodes.
I took her out back,equipped her with some kindling & PJ cotton balls & a firesteel.
Getting the feel of it:
Almost there:
Now she has it:
Next up for her...Knife skills.
We both had a good time & now she actually wants to go camping sometime.
Cliff
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Drummer Dave
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Thats great Cliffn. Getting the kids into the outdoors is a good thing.
Knife skills are another great skill to get them into. Good Dad   Cheers
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TrooperMax
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Good stuff, nice to see kids getting into it too. Its very fun once you get good at it and its useful and could potentionall save your life. This is a great confidence builder too 
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NorthernHunter
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thats awesome man congrats 
my sisters little boy is in beavers and i have been wanting to take him out and show him a few things because they dont really do to much in beavers and this way when he gets to cubs and scouts he will be ahead of the game
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turd
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Good job, Cliff N
I think everyone should have some fire starting skills.
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linsleyk
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wow good job. she'll enjoy it.
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Mystik Spiral
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Cool. I must admit it's always nice to have a parent help you with things like that because they're more likely to do them later on in life. Passin down the lagacy.
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LaraCroft
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Great job on teaching Her
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flashlightfreak9
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Are you sure she's been getting enough Survivorman in her diet? Too much ManvsWild is bad for them at that age.
Good job, Cliff. Getting young people into the outdoors is always a good thing.
What is going to be her first knife?
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Cliff N
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 | | Are you sure she's been getting enough Survivorman in her diet? Too much ManvsWild is bad for them at that age.
Good job, Cliff. Getting young people into the outdoors is always a good thing.
What is going to be her first knife? |
I have a Bark River Mini Canadian that will be hers.
Julie has always been kind of a cell phone / I Pod kind of girl so I was a little surprised at her interest in this stuff.
Nothing wrong with cell phones or I Pods , but there's more out there to do than those.
Now I just need to work on a couple of her friends & they'll all be hooked
Cliff
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flashlightfreak9
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Yes, get all her friends interested in the bush. 
Good stuff.
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NorthernHunter
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thats an awesome knife shes going to be pumped to get it
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Drummer Dave
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Great little Knife Cliff, what type of material is the handle made of ?.
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linsleyk
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I don't even own a cell phone or I pod. that is a sweet knife. yea make sure she watches Surviorman.
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Mystik Spiral
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| | Great little Knife Cliff, what type of material is the handle made of ?. |
My guess would be micarta. 
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Drummer Dave
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^ doesn't look like it though ? ........
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Mystik Spiral
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| | ^ doesn't look like it though ? ........ |
Micarta is made from linen and resin. It doesn't really look like wood to me.
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| | | | ^ doesn't look like it though ? ........ |
Micarta is made from linen and resin. It doesn't really look like wood to me. |
No,no, i didn't say it was wood.....looks like it could be carbonfibre ? i dont know the Bark river knifes very well.
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Cliff N
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That Miini C. handle is Green canvas micarta. Looks more like a shade of brown to me,but I have 9 Barkies at the moment with 4 of them being the Green canvas micarta & all 4 of them look brown.
I like it as a starter blade because of the finger grooves on the handle & blade. It's really a secure handle shape. She'll need all of her fingers to be intact for her text messaging.
2.5" blade...A2 steel...secure sheath...easy to maintain.
Should be a nice one to start her off with.
Oh and yes , she does watch Survivorman too. That other guy could get somebody hurt
Cliff
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Drummer Dave
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Ah ! settled then Micarta it is, . I like the look of it. I usually see the black handled ones, looks nothing like that. Good to see your daughter is a Survivorman watcher.
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