Displaying knives child friendly?

Kevin Jones said:
Here's how I've done it. But my 5 year old granddaughter knows very well how to handle knives, she owns one herself.
She may be the youngest knife collector to have a knife that's been in Blade Magazine. Jim Rodebaugh MS "mouse skinner, mini bowie"
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Kevin: What a cool little bowie :thumbsup:
 
jceckrosh said:
Yeah, I have a little boy, and everything dangerous (guns, knives, bows, broadheads, tomahawks) stays in my office. Best way to keep him away from it is to keep it away from him. Of course, as already pointed out, there are knives in the kitchen as well, but they are all on a mag strip on the wall, and for now he is too small to get to them.
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I teach in my basic firearm classes that before the milestone of taking the first step, knives and guns, etc., are safely stored "up high." Almost always, that milestone if witnessed. Mommy or Daddy are propping Junior up and are encouraging it. And then it happens. Junior is walking. Once it happens, that method of storage is no longer acceptable because a next milestone, one that will expose Junior to the danger is often UNobserved. That's the one of climbing. Sometimes the first sign of then is when pots and pans start hitting the kitchen floor.
 
Lou Castle said:
I teach in my basic firearm classes that before the milestone of taking the first step, knives and guns, etc., are safely stored "up high." Almost always, that milestone if witnessed. Mommy or Daddy are propping Junior up and are encouraging it. And then it happens. Junior is walking. Once it happens, that method of storage is no longer acceptable because a next milestone, one that will expose Junior to the danger is often UNobserved. That's the one of climbing. Sometimes the first sign of then is when pots and pans start hitting the kitchen floor.
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Yeah, understood. At the moment we are pre-walking. But even crawling he gets into everything, so I am sure the next level of precautions will come soon.
 
I'm pretty old but I've had children and grandchildren. In the end they really learn the hard way. I can distinctly remember learning about sharp things 60 years ago. Of course I was told to not touch and all that but it never sank in until I cut myself. Wasn't a big cut or anything but I sure remember seeing the blood come.
Guns is another problem. Got to have serious training there, but they have to handle them to learn to handle them. Avoidance just makes it all worse. Again, I remember my first accidental discharge. I was probably 12 hunting squirrels with my buddy who was much more gun savy and a couple years older. I had a single shot 22 boy's gun. The safety was very simple and obvious. Had a tab you rotated on the bolt to allow the hammer to move forward. We were sneaking toward a squirrel and I released the safety and the damn thing went off. Thank God my buddy was a bit off to the side. I totally learned the "never point it at something you don't want to shoot" rule.
 
Knife devotee said:
I am a teenager and I am a knife addict my family does not share the passion witch kinda sucks but nothing I can do
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Lol...you're young and have plenty of time. You'll eventually start your own family and you can then share your hobbies with them.
 
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