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So my sister and her kids are down for Thanksgiving and I had permission to gift my 11 year old nephew a knife, his first pocket knife. I laid out three, an SAK tinker a Case 6318pu and a Sodbuster jr CV.
He pined over the two Cases with their yellow handles and really wanted the stockman, because that’s what I had in my pocket. He has some dexterity issues and was really having trouble opening the SAK and the stockman. He really wanted the stockman.
I noticed the Sodbuster, being very pinchable, was easiest for him to open and close. So I picked it up, looked it over lovingly and proclaimed “ that’s all the pocket knife a man really needs, right der”.
His eyes lit up, “I’ll take that one” he said very satisfied. We spent the better part of an hour talking about caring for and sharpenig carbon steel as well as some of the history surrounding yellow handles, stockman, and sodbusters.
Hopefully I have created another knifenut in the family!
YA DID GOOD!