Well, I already bought her a Cold Steel SRK-C in CPM-3V. MidwayUSA was having an awesome sale, and Cold Steel made a special orange handle version for MidwayUSA. The sheath is also orange. That's pretty much all the knife she needs at her age. Thee aren't many better steels than CPM-3V. I have a full size SRK in CPM-3V. I've never used it. She wanted me to teach her how to widdle sticks into spikes, and a few other things. We must have widdled like 10+ large sticks. I was using my Cold Steel Drop Forged Survivalist made of 52100 ball bearing steel. I really like that knife. I was shocked when we were done. My Cold Steel Drop Forged Survivalist was still very sharp, but the edge definitely needed to be sharpened a bit, and some of the blade coating wore off. My daughter's SRK-C looked like it hadn't been used at all, and it was still hair popping sharp.Your daughter found a knife she likes that looks decent enough.
I suggest making her happy and getting her the knife she likes, so that she feels pride in choosing and using the knife she wants. She can always upgrade later, and as you said you have plenty of more expensive knives.
Not every purchase has to be a major teaching/learning experience or a lecture in politics and economics.
The list of countries/areas people "should be ethically allowed" to buy knives from seems to be shrinking daily.....
Let her have fun and God bless.
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