Knives for girls ages 8-16

I'm thinking a pretty color and small size. A bright yellow Benchmade Mini-Grip with a colorful lanyard?

Or, even smaller --- a pink Cold Steel Mini-Tuff Lite?? Zombie green would be cool, too.
 
iam thinking had i ever had a daughter that on her 13th it would have been somthing like a gerber mark 2.to back up her smith and wesson mod 60. lucky for me i had two sons
 
craytab said:
Well, its sort of progress. At least the poster is allowing girls to own knives....Double facepalm.
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We all know that knives for a young girl should not be pink...they should have My Little Pony on them. <brony-bait>
 
My daughter told me she wanted to be an astronaut when she grows up. I told her that's just fine with me, as long as her only duty will be to bring the real (male) astronauts Tang and vodka sours... ;)

</sarcasm>
 
I would suggest a combination of two knives. A Victorinox Classic for the small tools and scissors, and a Cold Steel Mini Tuff Lite (green maybe) for a strong sharp but not particularly scary folder.
 
My 4 year old little girl has informed this last week that she has dibs on most of my knives when she is a "big girl", has asked for her own pink knife, and has been drawing pictures of knives with crayons. Keep in mind she knows I always have my EDC on me and has obviously witnessed me using it, but I keep it on a low profile and don't needlessly show them off to her.....yet. That's my girl!
 
I feel like knives work the same for both boys and girls, so hand size is the only real functional factor. Maybe some girls would like different colors but that's all. Personally I think a cheap but reliable/well built knife w a single blade and lock. Spyderco ambitious, persistence etc or Byrd. Cheap, easy to sharpen and learn with, still quality.
 
My kid would love a Elsa or "Frozen" themed knife. I seen that DVD at least 50 times by now..... sometimes you must become friends with the dark side.:)
 
Seeing as how my earlier post was about taking nail nicks into consideration, I may be among the misogynistic neanderthals that some have mentioned. I would like to point out that my statement was based on my own observations of my fiancé using various items that required her to open them with her nails and her subsequent irritation at having chipped her nail polish and having to reapply it. Obviously not all females will use nail polish, nor will all of them care if their polish is chipped, but if a woman does care a knife with a nail nick is probably not the best choice. The best choice is whatever knife the user will enjoy using and learning with, regardless of color, shape, material, opening style, or sex of the user.
 
I started my kids with Opinels. I found that under the age of 10, the springless design was easier for them to manage safely. IMO, it remains the safest knife in terms of opening and closing.

Depends on the kid when they develop enough hand strength to handle a slip joint and when they can, an SAK makes sense.

Leatheman has a new tool specifically for kids worth looking at.

Edited to add: the Leatheman to look at is the Leap.
 
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i would imagine if shes 8 i would suggest a victorinox classic sd. if shes a teen a tinker would do.
 
Seriously? Wow. I gutted my first deer at age 8 while hunting with my father and I sure as hell didn't gut it with my fingernails. I used the Schrade Old Timer 15OT my father had presented to me a month earlier on my birthday. I received my first knife, a Case jackknife, when I was 7. My father (a military man) taught me well. The knife was a tool, not a toy, and a sharp tool at that. I was taught to respect the knife and to handle and care for it properly. I used it while fishing, camping, and a few half-assed attempts at whittling.

My father was an avid sportsman and hunter and because he was blessed (cursed?) with four daughters and no sons, he was happy to share his passion for hunting, firearms and knives with his daughters and to teach us his skills.

I don't know what corner of the universe you live in, but I'm willing to bet that it sure as hell isn't Northern New England.
 
My 7 year old loves her pink Vic Classic. The 11 year old has a Vic Tomo and a Spyderco Ladybug hawkbill salt. She also tries to call dibs on most of my new arrivals.
 
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