It started innocently enough...
Eleven days ago, on a Saturday, Sage expressed a desire for her own pocket knife, she's 10, and mature for her age, so out came my collection, Buck, Spyderco, Case, and Victorinox...
Buck? Too "scary" (110 and Ecolite 110)
Spyderco? Too "weird"
Victorinox? "Cool!"
Case? "Neat!"
The Case and Vic knives resonated with her, she tried them out, balance, ergos, looks, pocket ability, and came up with her choice...
...Case Redbone Peanut
She begins happily whittling a stick, after a couple hours of whittling and bark removal from a small selection of sticks, she expresses the desire to go to the local sporting goods shop (Kittery Trading Post) to look at SAKs
She happily pockets the Peanut, and we ride over to KTP, she eagerly looks over a bunch of knives, leaning more towards their stock of new-old-stock Wengers, trying each knife, trying to find the one that "fit", she found the Wenger Evo Wood to her liking, announcing it to be her next knife, that she's going to save up her chore money and buy it...
Before we leave, she also looks at the Ka-Bar Little Finn, and gets a thoughtful look....
Back home, she uses the 'nut for more whittling, comparing the cutting techniques of the two blades, discovering the small pen blade is great for detail work, yet still eagerly talking about that Wenger she wants....
Sunday rolls around, Sage and Logan come up for a visit late afternoon, just as I'm finishing mowing the lawn, Sage is beaming with joy, she runs up to me "Uncle Russ, look what I got!"
She opens her palm to reveal a brand new Evo Wood!
She played her father like a fine instrument, and suckered him into buying the Evo, well played, Sage
So, for a few days, all was good, she was happy with her knives, she's learning how to keep them sharp, and care for them, she even has a special tin she keeps them in.
This Sunday, she announced she was going to use the chore money she has been saving to get another knife, this time a fixed blade, the Ka-Bar Little Finn, after all, her Dad bought her the Evo, so she still has money for a knife, I suggested a good sharpening kit instead, she rolled her eyes with a "that's boring" expression and said she'll just use Logan's sharpener for now...
So, tonight? Back to KTP, to the knife counter, and the Little Finn, again, I suggest a sharpening kit for what she already has, again the eye roll, again the "boorrring!" expression, her heart's set on the Little Finn, so that's what she gets, happily opening the box and examining the knife on the drive home....
We haven't even pulled into the driveway before she starts planning.....
....her next purchase...
Yep, she's addicted, I'm gonna' have to try to talk her down, get her to enjoy what she has first, she already has the start of a great traditional collection, a small folding pocketknife, a decent SAK, and a solid fixed blade, one that also happens to be nicely pocketable, she really doesn't "need" any more knives, her basics are covered
Hmm, perhaps she could learn basic leatherwork and make a nice little deep pocket carry sheath for it, something that doesn't hang on a belt....
Eleven days ago, on a Saturday, Sage expressed a desire for her own pocket knife, she's 10, and mature for her age, so out came my collection, Buck, Spyderco, Case, and Victorinox...
Buck? Too "scary" (110 and Ecolite 110)
Spyderco? Too "weird"
Victorinox? "Cool!"
Case? "Neat!"
The Case and Vic knives resonated with her, she tried them out, balance, ergos, looks, pocket ability, and came up with her choice...
...Case Redbone Peanut
She begins happily whittling a stick, after a couple hours of whittling and bark removal from a small selection of sticks, she expresses the desire to go to the local sporting goods shop (Kittery Trading Post) to look at SAKs
She happily pockets the Peanut, and we ride over to KTP, she eagerly looks over a bunch of knives, leaning more towards their stock of new-old-stock Wengers, trying each knife, trying to find the one that "fit", she found the Wenger Evo Wood to her liking, announcing it to be her next knife, that she's going to save up her chore money and buy it...
Before we leave, she also looks at the Ka-Bar Little Finn, and gets a thoughtful look....
Back home, she uses the 'nut for more whittling, comparing the cutting techniques of the two blades, discovering the small pen blade is great for detail work, yet still eagerly talking about that Wenger she wants....
Sunday rolls around, Sage and Logan come up for a visit late afternoon, just as I'm finishing mowing the lawn, Sage is beaming with joy, she runs up to me "Uncle Russ, look what I got!"
She opens her palm to reveal a brand new Evo Wood!
She played her father like a fine instrument, and suckered him into buying the Evo, well played, Sage
So, for a few days, all was good, she was happy with her knives, she's learning how to keep them sharp, and care for them, she even has a special tin she keeps them in.
This Sunday, she announced she was going to use the chore money she has been saving to get another knife, this time a fixed blade, the Ka-Bar Little Finn, after all, her Dad bought her the Evo, so she still has money for a knife, I suggested a good sharpening kit instead, she rolled her eyes with a "that's boring" expression and said she'll just use Logan's sharpener for now...
So, tonight? Back to KTP, to the knife counter, and the Little Finn, again, I suggest a sharpening kit for what she already has, again the eye roll, again the "boorrring!" expression, her heart's set on the Little Finn, so that's what she gets, happily opening the box and examining the knife on the drive home....
We haven't even pulled into the driveway before she starts planning.....
....her next purchase...
Yep, she's addicted, I'm gonna' have to try to talk her down, get her to enjoy what she has first, she already has the start of a great traditional collection, a small folding pocketknife, a decent SAK, and a solid fixed blade, one that also happens to be nicely pocketable, she really doesn't "need" any more knives, her basics are covered
Hmm, perhaps she could learn basic leatherwork and make a nice little deep pocket carry sheath for it, something that doesn't hang on a belt....
Thanks for sharing this. Great stuff.
But there you go, Lovee this story:thumbup:
