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Ok so I'm curious as to what ages you guys and gals have given your kids there first knife. I remember getting my first at a young age probably around 7. Thou it was only a cheap lil folder and didn't get my first real knife until I was a lil older. Times have changed thou and so has the mindset of knives being a normal tool a young boy should carry.
With my wife I don't have any issues and have my step son his first cheap folder around 8, then he wanted a "survival"knife he saw that was a hollow handle green skull camo fixed blade which he got around 10. After using it and having the blade come loose he learned the importance of a full tang knife and got a Gerber prodigy when he turned 12. Then I've already started teaching my 5yr old daughter how to baton, make feather sticks, and start an emergency fire thou she will need to wait for her first knife a few more years.
The problem lies with my son's mother, who is what you would consider liberal minded. When I gave him his first pocket knife at 7 (lil Swiss army knife that I had as a child) it was immediately disposed of when he went home. She doesn't want me teaching him to use knives or any thing that involves knives. Thou I do realize that when he's with me I can parent however I so choose but that's not helpful in keeping the peace and the baby mama drama down. He'll be 10 in a few months and I think it's time for him to get a knife and be taught to responsibly use it.
Just curious when you plan to give or have given your kids there first knife.
With my wife I don't have any issues and have my step son his first cheap folder around 8, then he wanted a "survival"knife he saw that was a hollow handle green skull camo fixed blade which he got around 10. After using it and having the blade come loose he learned the importance of a full tang knife and got a Gerber prodigy when he turned 12. Then I've already started teaching my 5yr old daughter how to baton, make feather sticks, and start an emergency fire thou she will need to wait for her first knife a few more years.
The problem lies with my son's mother, who is what you would consider liberal minded. When I gave him his first pocket knife at 7 (lil Swiss army knife that I had as a child) it was immediately disposed of when he went home. She doesn't want me teaching him to use knives or any thing that involves knives. Thou I do realize that when he's with me I can parent however I so choose but that's not helpful in keeping the peace and the baby mama drama down. He'll be 10 in a few months and I think it's time for him to get a knife and be taught to responsibly use it.
Just curious when you plan to give or have given your kids there first knife.