Miya if I were you I would probably listen to your dad because he knows more about you than anyone here. Now if you still want or need a weapon for protection or to have fun with then maybe you could encourage your dad to take you to a local gun range and shoot with him and let him teach you...
I apologize if I offended you but I own plenty of weapons and was not trying to belittle the Boy Scouts in any way except for the perverted pedophiles that get their rocks off messing with young men or boys. I am a veteran of the navy and the army and my dad and my grandfathers taught me how to...
You need to get some small kitchen knives or some cheaper pocket knives to learn with. After you have learned how to sharpen your knives then you’ll be more confident to use a tool you’ll be more familiar with and if you mess up there are good people around you to try and fix a mess up.
EZ Lap has a good choice of sharpeners, Sharpal has a few items to help, Lanskey and Smith also has some good tools. Hope this helps brother. I use an EZ Lap that resembles a brass pen. It’s my go to
I have a Remington 700 sps tactical in 6.5 creedmoor. The rifle has an adl stock and I would rather have a bdl stock with drop floor plate or magazine fed. If anyone has one that they would like to sell please let me know.