My 13-year old son has been showing some interest in knives, along with outdoor stuff in general, the last couple of years. He started whittling a couple of years back and recently has developed a serious interest in knotwork. Since he uses knives enough that having to borrow mine every time would be a nuisance for both of us, I've passed along a couple of knives to him.
The green handled stockman is nothing fancy, just a Frost's Outrider that I picked up at Bass Pro, but it does a good job for him as a whittling knife.
I just gave him the Mercury Marlinspike knife this evening. He has been spending so much time with a couple of chunks of rope and Ashley's book on knots that I figured he could use something to unpick the knots to keep his fingertips from getting sore.
I figure there will be plenty more as time goes by, but these are getting him off to a decent start.
The green handled stockman is nothing fancy, just a Frost's Outrider that I picked up at Bass Pro, but it does a good job for him as a whittling knife.
I just gave him the Mercury Marlinspike knife this evening. He has been spending so much time with a couple of chunks of rope and Ashley's book on knots that I figured he could use something to unpick the knots to keep his fingertips from getting sore.
I figure there will be plenty more as time goes by, but these are getting him off to a decent start.
