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I have been making hunting and
survival tools all my life. Being raised in a remote area, in the
mountains of eastern Kentucky during the early 1960's, making our
own tools were, and still are, a way of life. I'm the 7th
generation to live on our family farm. Located only a few miles from
the Red River George, and Daniel Boone National park, nature and
beauty have always surrounded me. I have been truly blessed! I was
even further blessed, by having a Father that was 40 years old when I
was born. This helped me to further hone my skills because of his
vast knowledge of the “old ways”that he shared with me. His being
through the great depression and the many other hardships he had
endured, gave him a wealth of knowledge on hunting and trapping for
food and survival.
At an early age I was hunting and
trapping and helping to provide food for my family. During my
childhood, it was a time when all boys had a pocket knife and
whittling was a common playground activity. Yea! and no one was ever
stabbed or cut (or at least on purpose!) Even when I was in grade
school, I had a trap line that I ran. I got up two hours early for
school and ran my traps with a flashlight. Then I caught the bus a
mile from my home at the end of my trap line. After school I skinned
my catch, and was off to hunt with my dog Brownie. This was a typical
day for me. While many kids were playing with store bought toys, I
was in the creek, looking for those “just right” rocks for my
slingshot, making homemade thread spool tractors, or one of the many
other homemade toys that my Dad had taught me to make. Don't
misunderstand me, I had store bought toys too, I just chose to make
my own. I have always had a burning desire and need to create. My
fondest childhood memories were not the excitement of the toys I got
for Christmas or other occasions. What I remember most is the
excitement I felt when hunting, fishing, and sharing the woods with
my Dad. Things like, when my Dad came home from the bank and had
those huge rubber bands that I could make a new slingshot from or
seeing Mom with a skillet full of game that I caught with my own
snare or dead fall. The pride of making and using your own tool and
toys, these are the things I remember most.
I don't think it is too late for our
youth to find these same simple pleasures also. I want to share my
experiences with others so they too can enjoy these simple things as
I have. I hope to incorporate these things into this site as time
will let me. I want teach youth to make tools and toys, as well as
share my survival knowledge.
Over the years I have developed and
made many hunting and survival tools. I am proud to have knives and
turkey calls in some of the finest collections in the world. For now,
fire pistons have dominated my time, although in the future, I hope
to offer many more of products if time will let me.
I so enjoy making things that others
find useful and hope to do so for many years to come.
My hopes and wishes are that my works
will be enjoyed by others, for many years after I'm gone.
Thanks for stopping in,
Kelly Rose
