"My very own knife!"

Christian,
great story. From this, and the other topic we've been talking via email, it seems that your little girl has clear ideas on what she wants.
Her mother has, too :rolleyes: :D

Fausto
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Nice story,reminded me of looks my yougest daughter had when i gave her first SAK(one with rounded tip)They grow fast and little princess will go to Queen in no time ;)
 
Great story! My son got his first knife last year at 6, my daughter got hers at 7 but had been using mine for a year or two. I actually got them each a wooden knife kit from AG Russell a year before to see how they handled it. My wife was also nervous about it but so far they have themselves less than me :D. The big step was when I took my daughter out shooting, then my wife started to worry! Steven
 
Great story! Kind of a bummer that the wife doused the fire, but "happy wife, happy life", and all that good stuff.

Honestly, it's more about maturity than age. There are some kids that at a very young age are capable of safely handling a pocketknife. I've also known some 16 year olds that I would never trust with a knife, LOL!

At least your daughter knows that when the time is right, she'll have something waiting for her.

Glenn
 
I have turned my Daughter into a thief, it started when my Grand Daughter turned 6. :D
Great story Christian.

Best regards

Robin
 
I'm glad you guys enjoyed the story. I don't expect this little girl to grow up to become one of us, but she is going to know the value of a sharp knife.
 
A great story. I wonder though if 4yo is a tad young myself. I also wonder if removing the knife has increased the desirability .
 
Nice story Christian, wonderfully told, if a little sad at the end :) I also took the Codger approach :) I'm sure there'll soon come a day when everything comes together well :thumbup:

Jack
 
I started my kids at 8 or 9. Even then with a watchful eye. First knives were Opinels ( no spring ) and Vic Classics.
 
meako said:
A great story. I wonder though if 4yo is a tad young myself. I also wonder if removing the knife has increased the desirability .
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Nah. She's very mature for her age, I consider myself very lucky (I have a feeling that the next one is going to be a hellion). She was sad when the knife was taken away, but she didn't whine or pout. She knows the knife is hers. It lies in plain view, among my own. She hasn't tried to get to it.

Knives have never been forbidden fruit. She knows I have them, and no effort has been made to hide that fact from her. If she wants to see one, all she has to do is ask. She hardly ever does, her primary focus is on getting at the chocolates in the cupboard. ;)
 
kamagong said:
She knows the knife is hers.
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Cool, its just being "Held in Trust"
She is a lucky young lady. No gender bias and blunt scissors for her! :-)

"The Keen Kutter puzzle was perhaps the most famous company promotional gimmick. One boy and one girl would be allowed to sit in a store display window while competing to complete the puzzle in the least possible amount of time. Victorious boys received a pocket knife; girls received a pair of scissors."
 
jon_slider said:
"...girls received a pair of scissors."
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That's just wrong.

Have you seen some of the young people out there lately? There is no gender bias, it seems like most today would choose the scissors. Knives are dangerous, scary things. :rolleyes:
 
Thanks for sharing, that made me smile. I have two nephews I am very close with and the 6 year old has been asking me about my knives. Can't wait to see his face when my sister approves a gift, maybe a Case I already have..
 
That's a beautiful, wonderful story Christian. My kids love their knives. The three oldest have theirs, the two youngest of course are held "in trust" as someone else put it. Caleb, 3, has a hard time staying out of Daddy's tools, especially any hammer or tape measure. He is allowed to chicken eye and coon finger anything he wants in my knife box as long as I'm next to him. He loves to cut hot dogs in the kitchen with me. I just hold his hand while he does it.

Kinsey, 2, likes shiny and forbidden. So I have to put knives where she can't get for a couple years. She's going to be trouble, that one.
 
My wife is pretty supportive.

It is also hard to know when they are ready.

Good on you for the gift, even if the wife took it away.
 
Love your story Christian.

I think it's great that the kids see their parents using knives frequently and take them as being tools that are used for many different cutting tasks rather than seen as a weapon first. The schools have a way of brain washing young kids into the weapon view.
 
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