My boys, ages 6 and 7 have started taking an interest in my knife collection lately.
Last week I gave them a couple cheapies. One was a free knife that I got from cheaperthandirt when I bought a bunch of ammo and the other was small folder but which was very difficult to open and close.
Well yesterday, my boys came to me because they didnt like their knives. They couldnt open the folder and the other was just plain ugly (I was in total agreement). Anyway, they wanted to pick their own knives, rather than me picking for them. Problem was, they wanted to pick from my collection.
Now most of my knives are no cheaper than $80 bucks or so, and they go way on up from there. So that was not an option.
Then I had an idea. Told the boys to get their shoes on and we'll go down to Wallmart.
Sooo, all three of us went down to the sporting goods and looked over the big cardboard picture of knives. We picked out 4 or 5, had the clerk retrieve them, talked about the merits and dislikes of each one.
With some guidance from dad, My oldest picked out a Kershaw chive, my youngest choose a stag folder. I wanted the Kershaw vapor but they were out of stock, so I got Schrade Simon keychain knife instead.
My boys are proud as punch of their new "big boy knifes". I really enjoyed sharing my hobby with them.
That $80 bucks (total) spent on three knives was more rewarding than some of my far more expensive knives that I keep to myself.
(btw, in case anyone is wondering, I promply gave the boys a "special sharpening" to reduce the chances of them hurting themselves)
Last week I gave them a couple cheapies. One was a free knife that I got from cheaperthandirt when I bought a bunch of ammo and the other was small folder but which was very difficult to open and close.
Well yesterday, my boys came to me because they didnt like their knives. They couldnt open the folder and the other was just plain ugly (I was in total agreement). Anyway, they wanted to pick their own knives, rather than me picking for them. Problem was, they wanted to pick from my collection.
Now most of my knives are no cheaper than $80 bucks or so, and they go way on up from there. So that was not an option.
Then I had an idea. Told the boys to get their shoes on and we'll go down to Wallmart.
Sooo, all three of us went down to the sporting goods and looked over the big cardboard picture of knives. We picked out 4 or 5, had the clerk retrieve them, talked about the merits and dislikes of each one.
With some guidance from dad, My oldest picked out a Kershaw chive, my youngest choose a stag folder. I wanted the Kershaw vapor but they were out of stock, so I got Schrade Simon keychain knife instead.
My boys are proud as punch of their new "big boy knifes". I really enjoyed sharing my hobby with them.
That $80 bucks (total) spent on three knives was more rewarding than some of my far more expensive knives that I keep to myself.
(btw, in case anyone is wondering, I promply gave the boys a "special sharpening" to reduce the chances of them hurting themselves)
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) I plan on teaching him about knives and how they are to be treated.
