Gave my son his first knife

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yuldeli

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The weather was outstanding yesterday so I separated my son from the Simpsons on TV and we went on a day hike at a local conservation area. After a couple of hours of enjoying the sunshine, walking the trails and feeding the chickadees we sat on the rocks for a rest. While we were talking I told him that I thought that it was time that he had a knife of his own, reached into my pocket and handed him my sabre grind D4. You should have seen the expression on his face as he asked me if the knife was really his now. I told him that it was, and that when we were out together he could carry and use it. When we returned he would give it back to me and I would hold it for him. I said that when I was confident that he could safely use and care for the knife unsupervised he would not have to give it back to me after our outings. We then passed the next hour or so sitting on the rocks whittling and talking. When he came back home he was so proud and happy he showed his mom his "whittling work" and called his grandmother to tell her about our day. He told me that he can't wait to go out again. Outdoors 1, TV 0!
 
A wonderful moment of father and son bonding together. Memories that will last a lifetime.
 
FIne bit of dadding there :)

My eldest has a Roselli grandmother whittler and a SAK. The SAK is frankly dangerous for the kinds of things he uses it for - whittling with his friends - hence the Roselli

Decided to get him a Spyderco orange FRN Delica 4 for his 9th birthday - just coming up

HE is gong to be a pleased kid :D:D:D:D
 
My son is 11. He has used my knives before (all he has had to do is ask) but I have held off giving one to him till I thought he was ready. Earlier this year we went on a field trip to the Case Cutlery Museum and ever since he has been asking for a knife. He was having problems managing the nail nick and backspring of slippies (short nails) and I thought that the spydie hole would be perfect for him. I figure he can wait a while before having an SAK snap shut on his finger while closing it. I remember this happening to me when I was a kid.
 
Awesome!
I gave my sons their first knives in Cub Scouts, right after they earned their "Totin' Chip", which is a course on knive and bladed tool safety.
 
I still remember when my dad gave me my first pocket knife on my birthday in 1956. In those days it was customary for boys in my area in Upstate NY to get their first knife on their eighth birthday, and I was no exception. It was a Cub Scout camp knife, kinda like a SAK, but with the Cub Scout logo. It was mine to keep and carry from then on. I carried it to school and played mobley peg in the schoolyard with the other kids at lunch. Back in those days nobody cared, and I have carried a pocketknife of one type or other pretty much every day of my life since then. My granddad gave me an old Case stockman knife about the same time. I had that knife for decades until I lost it somewhere in Thailand in 1975. Sure wish I still had it.

It's sad how times have changed. :( I was reading a thread last night that said most boy scouts are not even allowed to carry a fixed blade knife. When I was an Eagle Scout in 1966 every senior scout carried the standard Boy Scout sheath knife, which was a Marble's type 4" or 5.5" blade with the stacked leather washer handle. You wouldn't go outside without it. [sigh]
 
what type of steel was in the sabre D4? zdp189? from what ive heard that is a difficult knife to sharpen?
 
I've noticed that most kids these days don't give a hoot about things that were important to kids years ago. I remember begging my dad for a pocket knife around my 8th or 9th birthday because most of my buddies were getting them. One day out of the blue he handed me an Imperial Barlow, showed me how to use it and told me it was mine as long as I behaved myself. I still have it...

My Scouts on the other hand can't wait to get a pocket knife :thumbup:
 
Great story! I remember when I did the very same thing with my daughter, so don't forget the girls too. My little one is in her later teen years and won't go into the brush without at the very least a neck blade...she's become quite skilled in crafting fuzz sticks, batoning and starting camp fires with her ferro rod and blade......good for the young ladies to have the skills as well.....
 
diablo_man said:
what type of steel was in the sabre D4? zdp189? from what ive heard that is a difficult knife to sharpen?
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VG10 - My favourite steel. Great balance of rust resistance, edge holding and ease of sharpening. If I'd given him zdp as a starter blade come sharpening time he'd think I had punished him. 11 year olfs are not known for their patience!
 
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