Asking parents for a knife?

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Chinook249

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Hi, I'm 16 and currently am carrying a chinese-made knife. Washers/bearings are kinda crappy - if they're loose enough to flip it open, the liner lock goes all the way over. If it's tight enough for the lock, you have to open it with two hands. Basically, I kind of make do in the middle.

I have been wanting a Kershaw RAM ever since it came out, and now it's discontinued but still for sale in some places, specifically online. I wanted to buy one and asked my parents (I don't have a credit card) for one. They said no because according to some superstition, gifting someone a knife means you 'cut' your relationship from them. Basically, they're the ones with the credit card and they won't buy me one.

My friends and I have thought up an ingenious plan about how to surpass this. My parents don't care if I buy my OWN knife, but I don't like visiting knife stores because they're typically overpriced/not as cheap as online. We figured out a method to surpass this barrier - go buy a reloadable credit/debit/whatever card from the local 7-11 and put, say, $70 on it. (You pay the cashier in cash and he loads it onto the card.) Great, right? Well, I need some advice:

1. Do they ask for my age in the store when I buy the card?
2. Good reasons to have a knife. My parents are bound to ask, "Why do you want that card?" and I must have some legitimate reasons.

Thanks for your help!
 
Talk to your parents, don't weasel around them. They've been at your place, believe it or not! I have a hard time to believe it's because a superstition they said "no", but if it really is, offer them to work around the house for the money, this way this won't be a gift?
 
Tell your parents to buy the knife then you can buy it from them. Then it isn't a gift.

That is why there is a tradition of giving a penny when you give a knife as a gift.
 
Just buy the knife at a local store because you get to handle it and you get to support your local store.
 
I like your problem solving skills so let me try to keep you from having to use them again with your parents ;D

I had the same conversation with my single Mom when I was 10 or 11, and expect to have it with both of my boys when they feel that they're ready.
Work with them, not in spite of or around them. Doing that will just prove to their parental good nature that you're ready to have it. Do something to bolster their trust in you or to impress them; when they're happy about a few of these deeds that prove that you're on the right path ask them both to sit down with you or better yet bring it up at the dinner table. If you act like an adult by treating them right they'll most likely do the same for you.

This worked for me with my single Mom and I wasn't even that good of a kid ;D but in treating those around me with respect I was able to start collecting knives when I was very young, as well as sling shots, bob guns, and even my first shotgun for hunting at 14.
Good luck to you, there are few tools as important or as able to tug at a Mans soul as a good knife
 
I had a hard time with the superstition thing too but a quick search and it turns out to be an actual thing. Sad that such ridiculous thinking can have effects in real life. Regardless you should respect your parents wishes as long as you live with them. Maybe it is a good idea that others have offered. Working for the money bypasses the gift thing while maintaining your honesty. How would you feel about that knife long term knowing the means by how you obtained it? Anyhow you sound smart enough and obviously know something about knives other than how the "Sheep" people regard knives. As well as the purchase issues, maybe educate them a bit on the subject or even refer them here.
 
Also that metaphor thing, I have heard that many times, although the one I prefer, or the interpretation I like to think of is, due to the fact it is a gift, they are cutting the irrelevant past out, because it is a gift after all. So it only break the bad ties not the good ones. Also, they dont seem to have any problem with you having a knife, just about how you obtain it.
 
I would suggest a cool uncle or someone else that has a credit card to buy it for you. The prepaid cards are an option they won't ask your age or anything, so if no cool uncle go that route.

Good luck!
Cory
 
Install a keylogger onto their computer. Then simply wait for them to buy something and enter their card info.
Seriously though, don't do that :- )
I would tell them you want to go camping together or something that involves knives. Then simply ask them to buy it for you in the process, as you would have a legit need for it.
 
Grow up, get a job, move out, and buy whatever you can afford.


All this other BS to do an end run around your parents only show disrespect.

That kind of scheming and conniving, when taken beyond this situation, is what lands people in prison.






Big Mike
 
That superstition is really unfortunate. No wonder people have not been giving me knives all these years! How can we change it?
 
im 12, i have an edgepro chosera set, a tenacious and an incoming green cts 204p paramilitary 2, youre way behind dude
 
If they don't want to cut the relationship you're supposed to give them a coin when they give you the knife, that prevents it.
 
If your parents have good credit, get a joint account and a card with your name on it and let them hold the card for you most of the time (AKA, they oversee every transaction), then getting your own account should be much easier when you turn 18. It can't hurt to start early if you manage things well.
 
As someone who was expelled from school at 16 for having a knife (many years ago), I say respect your parents decision. Work for money to buy the knife, not work to pay them back for it. Also the laws in Your area may prohibit you from actually entering a gun shop or knife store without an adult, and/or even possessing said knife.

Welcome to bladeforums, BTW. Hope you sick around and do some reading.

-Xander
 
Mow some lawns, shovel some snow, rake some leaves and buy your own knife.

They aren't that expensive and your sense of satisfaction will be much greater if your efforts are in working for it rather than begging.

I can't speak to how pre-paid credit cards work, but you can open a checking account at any local bank and then confirm your paypal account. Problem solved.

Reasons for a knife? You want one and worked for the money and have said money in your hand. Can't argue with that.

You have good taste in knives and I hope your stay here is long and fruitful.

Welcome to the forums.

best

mqqn
 
I know how you feel. Got my 1st knife (a SAK) when I was 13, and my Gran made me give my Uncle a few cents
I felt rather stupid but did as I was told

Best advise I can think of is treat your parents like the state law.
Ie: be open and honest. Come with an honest valid reason for needing a knife
(Edc, open boxes....etc whatever)

Most important don't go behind their back while you staying under their roof.

I agree on paying for the knife when your parent get it for you.
Either pay part of the amount or agree to pay it off, what ever they want.

Not only does it put the "knife gift" superstition aside, but proves to them that you matured and responsible enough to own and carry a knife.

I'm not questioning whether you are or not.
It's your parents you need to convince
 
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