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A number of years ago, I gave my younger brother a knife for Christmas. Nothing terribly expensive, just a little one-blade lockback, since he works in an office I thought it would be appropriate. Last time I was up visiting, he pulled that little thing out to open a package of hamburgers for his grill. Says everybody in the office asks to borrow it whenever they need to cut something.
That was a successful gifting.
Kids I've given them to ALWAYS appreciate it, especially my kids and the nieces and nephews.
My father-in-law has carried the same Gerber LST as long as I've known him. He works in an office, too, and it's light enough for his suit pocket. Just always carries it, uses it at work and home and opens feed sacks and fertilizer and trims the tomatoes and everything. I gave him a little one-blade Schrade peanut to take to work. Cute, likes it, but it's too small to do anything with. Still carries that LST. Gave him a nice small sheath knife I made. Loves it, talks it up whenever knives come up, but would never, ever use it -- it's too nice.
Still carries that LST.
Last time we were up there, I was sharpening a new knife I had with me, and he pulled out the LST to work on the edge. He just uses the kitchen knife steel. And that thing was dull as heck. So I worked the edge out for him. Man, that thing has been sharpened to death. Lots of life left in it, if you're going to absolutely use it up, but ... it's a fifteen dollar knife, at best, and does what he wants it to, obviously, since he still carries it.
I bought him a Mini-Copperlock this year, in black barnboard. We'll see if it's too nice to use, or if it finally woos him away from that old LST.
My dad just about stole a Case Peanut from me last summer, he thought it was so cute, so he got a red bone CV one for his birthday/Christmas. He's been carrying it every day since.
Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.
That was a successful gifting.
Kids I've given them to ALWAYS appreciate it, especially my kids and the nieces and nephews.
My father-in-law has carried the same Gerber LST as long as I've known him. He works in an office, too, and it's light enough for his suit pocket. Just always carries it, uses it at work and home and opens feed sacks and fertilizer and trims the tomatoes and everything. I gave him a little one-blade Schrade peanut to take to work. Cute, likes it, but it's too small to do anything with. Still carries that LST. Gave him a nice small sheath knife I made. Loves it, talks it up whenever knives come up, but would never, ever use it -- it's too nice.
Still carries that LST.Last time we were up there, I was sharpening a new knife I had with me, and he pulled out the LST to work on the edge. He just uses the kitchen knife steel. And that thing was dull as heck. So I worked the edge out for him. Man, that thing has been sharpened to death. Lots of life left in it, if you're going to absolutely use it up, but ... it's a fifteen dollar knife, at best, and does what he wants it to, obviously, since he still carries it.
I bought him a Mini-Copperlock this year, in black barnboard. We'll see if it's too nice to use, or if it finally woos him away from that old LST.
My dad just about stole a Case Peanut from me last summer, he thought it was so cute, so he got a red bone CV one for his birthday/Christmas. He's been carrying it every day since.
Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.
