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My brother is in the process of adopting 3 awesome little guys soon (twin 3 year old boys and a six month (or so) old baby boy who was born very premature and has been on oxygen/feeding tubes since day one). The official day is coming up and Ive been pondering the idea of getting them 4 knives that are nearly identical. I would give them all to my brother who would then give them to the kids as they come of age. My brother is my main hiking and hunting companion and the kids will be raised with an appreciation/respect for the outdoors.
Im looking for knives that:
1. Are easy to open, I cant risk ordering 4 knives and getting any nail breakers. They should be around 3-4 on the pull scale.
2. Medium sized. Im thinking 3.5 long as my starting point.
3. Come in multiple cover options. Preferably 4 unique bone styles.
4. Relatively inexpensive (less than $50 each, even less would be great).
I would love to get them 4 GEC knives as they are my Muse, but that would be far too expensive for me right now. I am familiar with Cases lineup but would love some recommendations there. Queen has been too hit-or-miss for me lately to expect 4 good knives. I have honestly toyed with going with 4 Rough Rider knives as I have purchased 3 of them and been extremely impressed with their quality, factory edges, and excellent (easy pull but with snap) Walk and Talk.
For a pure hiking knife, I thought about getting them 4 matching Victorinox Alox Farmers and having them engraved. On the other hand I think a more traditional pattern would be able to (hopefully) be EDCd easier day-to-day. A traditional idea I had was 4 Case Mini Trappers which I would round over the "point" on the spey blade on and perhaps the knives could be given to the kids in a few years to be used under supervision with the spey and later the kids could use both of the blades.
Any suggestions?
Im looking for knives that:
1. Are easy to open, I cant risk ordering 4 knives and getting any nail breakers. They should be around 3-4 on the pull scale.
2. Medium sized. Im thinking 3.5 long as my starting point.
3. Come in multiple cover options. Preferably 4 unique bone styles.
4. Relatively inexpensive (less than $50 each, even less would be great).
I would love to get them 4 GEC knives as they are my Muse, but that would be far too expensive for me right now. I am familiar with Cases lineup but would love some recommendations there. Queen has been too hit-or-miss for me lately to expect 4 good knives. I have honestly toyed with going with 4 Rough Rider knives as I have purchased 3 of them and been extremely impressed with their quality, factory edges, and excellent (easy pull but with snap) Walk and Talk.
For a pure hiking knife, I thought about getting them 4 matching Victorinox Alox Farmers and having them engraved. On the other hand I think a more traditional pattern would be able to (hopefully) be EDCd easier day-to-day. A traditional idea I had was 4 Case Mini Trappers which I would round over the "point" on the spey blade on and perhaps the knives could be given to the kids in a few years to be used under supervision with the spey and later the kids could use both of the blades.
Any suggestions?
