Daughter's first knife....

Daughter's first knife?

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I choose to give my Girls slipjoints to learn about folding blades and how to use them safely
These are the basic safety skills they all have

And the SAK Classic has a lanyard ring for their key ring, that makes it easier to keep the knife safe
And I gave them the SAK Sparten with a lanyard attached, to put on their belt, or find it in their packs
 
I'd say a sak with scissors and maybe a saw. The great thing about a sak is that it teaches different about different tools and how they work better for different tasks. My nephew loves his sak hunter
 
Whammy said:
Why stainless steel? I'd suggest a first knife be made of good old trusty carbon steel so they also learn to care for their knives! My first knife was a Camillus Boy Scout trapper in carbon steel, and I've been a fan of 1095 ever since.

My Grandpa who worked at a hardware store after he retired from the Navy bought my Dad a Schrade-Walden H-15 to carry in Vietnam ("You'll need a good sharp knife!", he told him). It is 1095 carbon steel, and now I have it, fantastic knife. I really despise a lot of stainless steels used today because they are very hard to sharpen properly in the field.

The only exception I've found so far is Sandvik 12c27 stainless steel, it has similar edge holding and ease of sharpening properties.

Morakniv just came out with a new "Magenta" version of the Companion in 12c27, if you aren't truly set on a folder:

http://www.baryonyxknife.com/mocost3.html
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Listen to this guy.While stainless can be OK, there's a lot more junk out there in the stainless form.
 
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My daughter's first SAK

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then she got Mora Scout 39

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next is Opinel

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but she keep "stealing" peanut :D
 
Thanks all. I THINK that I am going to give them the choice between Opie no. 6 in stainless, with the option of carbon IF they can understand the concept of blade care... or the SAK of their choice. I will make a big production of them choosing it themselves, and will report back with my results.

Again, thanks to all for your input and help.

Mongo
 
Might be a little late but I let my 6 year old use my peasant knife yesterday and she absolutely loved it. I'll probably get her the peasant mini in pink.
 
My son wanted a Peanut just like me. As a six year old he immediately learned to sharpen freehand (and strop) and set to work making firesticks and other camp-craft work. In a year or two he was carving chains and making ball-in-cages and other types of whittling. I got him a couple of whittling books for Christmas. The boxy handle helped him really get a grip on the knife for wood carving, and being a slipjoint, he learned only to put forward pressure on the blade so safe handling is second nature to him.

My youngest daughter, on the other hand, wanted a Victorinox Midnight Manager. At 2.25" it was perfect for her and had a blade, file, scissors, caplifter/driver, plus a small LED light and pen. She loved writing with it and used the LED as much as the blade. Her next knife was a Butter Bean and then a Bark River PSK so she's moving up, but I think still has a soft spot for that Midnight Manager as a 12-year old now.

Ask your daughter what she wants. If you explain the tradeoffs, and especially if she can handle the knives, she may teach you what works for her.
 
Gave my daughter her first knife 2 years ago (she is 10 now). It was a blue bone Case medium Stockman (she picked it). I still have semi-control over it, but it finds it's way into her projects on a more frequent basis now. She gets full contol over it when we go camping. I tried her on the peanuts and a couple of larger knives, but in the end she liked this one and it has served her well so far. Prior to getting her the Case she had used one of mine for a year or so and I felt she could be trusted to some extent (she also goes shooting with me now). Steven
 
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