Originally appeared on E! Online

Robert Irwin has the perfect way of keeping his dad close.

As the 21-year-old prepares for " Dancing With the Stars " semifinals on Nov. 18, Irwin detailed the two keepsakes from dad Steve Irwin — who died in 2006 — he wears on every performance day: a button-down shirt that Robert repaired, as well as a ring he created from keys to his childhood home he found in Steve’s office.

“These two things are a way to keep me close to home and to what’s most important to me,” he said in his Nov. 17 video, for which he wore both the shirt and the ring. Of the repaired shirt, he added, “I like that it still looks and feels like him. Each one of the holes, and the tears, and each of the missing buttons tells a story.”

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