A new slippy for a new granddaughter.

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jackknife

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I'd planned on have a little fun using my new "knock your socks off fit and finish" peanut in chestnut bone and CV. But like all plans, sometimes things happen. Now I have to put up a few pocket knives for a brand new granddaughter named Briana. I guess I have a few years, but I have to give it some thought. Maybe a good exuse for picking up another .22 rifle to get it ready for passing on too.

I hate to put up a brand new knife, since my thinking is that a new knife is souless. I guess I have to start thinking which ones will be going to the little girl when the time is right. Peanut? Small stockman? Or maybe a Victorinox classic to start with? All of the familys females have loved the little sak sissors.

Yet another little person to refine my grandpa act with.:)

Since Karen flew out to help with the baby, I'm batcheloring it for a month, so maybe I better practice keeping out of trouble first.:D
 
Jackknife,

My wife and I have three babies, and love kids, so congratulations on your new grandbaby! I have a few things from my Grandfathers, both of whom have died in the last few years. My Paternal grandfather, I have a couple of his well used knives, which carry a lot of memories, such as the stories you share with us. I think that is a great idea. Enjoy your new grandbaby!

b.w. Durbin
 
jackknife said:
Since Karen flew out to help with the baby, I'm batcheloring it for a month, so maybe I better practice keeping out of trouble first.:D
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Well, jackknife. A guy could write a whole of stories in a month. That would keep a guy out of trouble. Just a hint. ;)

God Bless
 
I'd probably go with an SAK classic. Stainless blades mean little chance of rusting. Plus, the little tools are fun to play with and it fits the hands of children.
 
Are you serious? Peanut, of course! A pink one! :D

Congrats on the new little one!

thx - cpr
 
congrats on the newest grandbaby:thumbup:
as much as i love all the traditional standard slippies you just cant go wrong with the SAK, i dont even own one but thats why i have my 12 yr old son around:D he has a few and loves the fact that if i need scissors or a toothpick, etc that i ask to use his. He just thinks its great that that little red handled knife does all kinds of things that my cv Jumbo stockman cant:)
i say SAK followed by a peanut later and the 22 for plinking
congrats again
ivan
 
I have to say two things:

Congratulations! :thumbup:
And a YELLER PEANUT is mandatory... ;)


Take care
Peter
 
Go best of both worlds! a trad. pen knife with scissors...

Congrats to you and the family too! <tu>


G.
 
Congrads! I'd suggest what ever you use and carry for this month wile the wife is gone should be the knife you save for the new little grandaughter. :)
 
Jacknife, i'm plenty old enough to have grandchildren but my 3 adult children (27, 30, 32) as yet have no children. but i do have a 4th child, isabella, aged 3 1/2 who lives 1/2 time out in the "bush" here with me.
when she was 18 months old i bought her first knife, a Case Tiny Trapper in amber stagbone, a 'real' knife but small enough to fit her hand perfectly.
she now has her own knife collection of about 16 traditional folders, most of which she decided were hers after i opened an ebay purchase. she gets her knives out most days, opens all the blades, then wipes them down with her clean 'knife cloth' before folding blades and putting them back in her knife roll.
no cuts yet ("don't worry daddy, i'm being careful")
this is the kinda fun you can have when there is no woman around to tell you, "no way a small child should even hold a sharp knife". a little dirt bike will be next. all activities well supervised of course.

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roland
 
kidwholaughs said:
Well, jackknife. A guy could write a whole of stories in a month. That would keep a guy out of trouble. Just a hint. ;)

God Bless
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Hey kid, if I write stories for the whole month and don't make alot of headway on the honey-do list including having the house mostly painted when she gets back, I'm gonna be in a whole heap of trouble!:D
 
Thank you all for the suggestions, I'm goiing to go with all of the above. A small classic fir the sissors and nailfile, and a yella peanut that I've already been building a nice patina on.

roland- That's a great photo- a little girl with a little trapper. I love it!:thumbup: I guess soon it will be time for practice with a Daisy and then on to a .22. My kids got their first introduction to the holy trinity with a Daisy BB gun at about 5, then a Sheriden pellet rifle a few years lateer, then a .22 when they were ready. They got to "graduate" when their patterns of shots became groups that were consistant.

Has anyone ever done this; to safeguard little fingers on slippys with little kids, I wanted to impress my kids how they can get hurt. When each one of them came of age to start handling daddys knives under close supervission, I'd demonstrate how the blade could close if they pushed on it the wrong way when using. I'd take a baby carrot, the little ones they sell in the bags, and place it across the knife handle, and snap the blade closed on it. of course, I'd help it to give it the effect I wanted. It would chop the little carrot in half and then I'd hold the halfed carrot by their finger and let them see it was about the same thickness. Little eyes would go wide with awe. Then I'd hand them the knife and we'd cut up some veggies for sallid, and I'd see them being ultra careful. Ya know to this day, none of my kids ever closed a knife on a finger. They all were drilled in that cutting with a slippy, you sliced from kick to tip, and never poke the point into anything harder than cheese. Not to say they didn't get a few cuts along the way. Son Matt got his left thumb once pretty good, and son John got his left index finger, but no collapsed slippys. Daughter Jessica never cut herself at all. Or if she did, is was no minor it got taken care of with a bandaid and I never knew about it.

Yeah, Briana will get a Victorinox classic first. The female of the species seem to love having sissors available. I remember when my first granddaughter was a little girl, and she had a classic, she loved to sit with me at my desk when I'd pay the bills so she could open all the envelopes with her little sak, and then use the sissors on the bills. The perforated part where it said, "Detach here" made a little poping sound when cut allong the line with the sissors of a classic that made her giggle. I couldn't bring myself to tear it off when it was so much fun for Christy to cut with her little sak sissors.

Yeah, a classic , followed by a yellar peanut.
 
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we do our children or grandchildren a fine service by introducing them to tools in general : name, how to hold, correct tool for each job, etc at a very young age. they just suck in the knowledge and become more competent, confident youngsters and then adults.
isabella at 3 1/2 already knows many correct knife names like stockman, trapper, canoe (from Charlie), etc. and can identify a lockback from liner lock and so on. they retain so much more than we think they do.
roland
 
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jackknife said:
Hey kid, if I write stories for the whole month and don't make alot of headway on the honey-do list including having the house mostly painted when she gets back, I'm gonna be in a whole heap of trouble!:D
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:D Well, you could work on remodeling & painting the doghouse you'll be in with one of your traditionals, and write us a story about it. :thumbup:

thx - cpr
 
Hi,

Congratulations on the Granddaughter!! I don't have one of those yet. Just three Grandsons. But that's OK, I've got four Daughters.:D And give up on the Honeydo list. You're going to get into trouble anyway, and you know it!

I've noticed the women really like SAKs with the scissors. Very popular with my Girls. My Wife is a bit different, she'd carry a broad sword if she could.:D

Don't forget to put up a nice O/U 20ga shotgun for her too. Young Ladies need to learn wing shooting too.

dalee
 
Masel tov, jackknife (and kin)! Great news. Our third celebrates her first birthday next weekend. Don't have a knife picked out for her yet, but I'm thinking something from Case probably.
 
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