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Yup. that's right. One of the teachers at my kid's daycare carries a knife daily, as she is only part time in the classroom and the other half of the day, she is doing food prep in the kitchen. She's not cutting up the actual food (they have a full time cook for that) but she is opening crates and boxes, shrink wrap, cans and such.
She and i have discussed it before, because I NEVER see her without a knife clipped into her pocket. I finally got a look at her knife today. It's an old beat up worn out turd. Looks to me like maybe an old Ozark Trail, though it has no markings on the blade.
It's a slim flipper with thumb studs and a liner lock. The lock slides all the way over, and the blade has terrible rock side to side and up/down. She says she wants a new knife. She's good to my kids, so I told her it would be my gift. She's not a "knife knut." To her it's a tool. And it will be used, and used in relatively light duty work but with enough frequency that it will get serious wear. Probably as her only knife until it dies and is replaced. I'm thinking though that with a better quality knife, it'll hold up much longer than the one sue uses now.
Realistically, here's what I'd like to go for:
Price- $20-30ish.
Size- nothing huge.
Appearance- Not a huge concern.
Blade shape/grind- thin enough to cut cardboard well, since thats a big part of thing knife's job. I'm thinking a robust tip will help since she may be prying a little but i don't know for sure how she uses the knife tip.
Steel- Something that can hold up to real use in an EDC. Will not be babied.
Lock- She's comfortable with frame locks and liner locks. I havent discussed other locks with her, but since her's is a liner lock, she's good with that, and when she checked out my ZT0450 today, the frame lock came as second nature to her.
Opening- Knife has to be one hand open/close. Thumb studs, flipper, or sypdie hole would all be fine.
My top contenders at the moment are:
Ruike P801
Ontario Rat2
Kershaw Link
Alternatively, I have a Spyderco Tenacious that I could gift her that has seen very little use and would likely fit this role very well and survive with that kind of use for years if not decades.
Thoughts?
She and i have discussed it before, because I NEVER see her without a knife clipped into her pocket. I finally got a look at her knife today. It's an old beat up worn out turd. Looks to me like maybe an old Ozark Trail, though it has no markings on the blade.
It's a slim flipper with thumb studs and a liner lock. The lock slides all the way over, and the blade has terrible rock side to side and up/down. She says she wants a new knife. She's good to my kids, so I told her it would be my gift. She's not a "knife knut." To her it's a tool. And it will be used, and used in relatively light duty work but with enough frequency that it will get serious wear. Probably as her only knife until it dies and is replaced. I'm thinking though that with a better quality knife, it'll hold up much longer than the one sue uses now.
Realistically, here's what I'd like to go for:
Price- $20-30ish.
Size- nothing huge.
Appearance- Not a huge concern.
Blade shape/grind- thin enough to cut cardboard well, since thats a big part of thing knife's job. I'm thinking a robust tip will help since she may be prying a little but i don't know for sure how she uses the knife tip.
Steel- Something that can hold up to real use in an EDC. Will not be babied.
Lock- She's comfortable with frame locks and liner locks. I havent discussed other locks with her, but since her's is a liner lock, she's good with that, and when she checked out my ZT0450 today, the frame lock came as second nature to her.
Opening- Knife has to be one hand open/close. Thumb studs, flipper, or sypdie hole would all be fine.
My top contenders at the moment are:
Ruike P801
Ontario Rat2
Kershaw Link
Alternatively, I have a Spyderco Tenacious that I could gift her that has seen very little use and would likely fit this role very well and survive with that kind of use for years if not decades.
Thoughts?
