Newbie looking for a knife

WOW! I never expected the response that I got. Let me see if I can sum up the questions. I had never thought of some of the questions that you guys asked.

I am looking for something small, lightweight, and non-threatening. I didn't think how odd it would seem to have a teacher looking for knives but I am a vocational teacher and my colleagues teach metal shop and wood shop so it is no big deal for them to carry knives.

Thanks for all the great suggestions I will defintely try to go to a big knife store and do some hands on shopping (then probably buy online). What are some good knife sites with low prices?

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Paul Baiamonte
Have knife will travel!
 
Hi Paul, and welcome... David had it righ on, Do yourself a favor, and you buy your first knife. Go to a Cutlery store that has a large selection of knives. Look around, and hold some. The knife you buy has to satisfy you. You will get more staifaction out of a knife that you picked out, than to buy a knife on someone elses suggestion.

Good luck!
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Paul,
Welcome to the Bladeforums.
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Going to a knife store and trying out different knives is the best way to select a knife. You can go over to the Good,Bad and Ugly Forum here at Bladeforums to get an idea of some good and bad internet knife dealers. I like(in no particular order) Roger at Bayou Lafourche, Fred at KnifeOutlet and here at 1SKS/Bladeforums(A.K.A The Mike and Spark Show). There are others, but I tend to like these places. Happy Knife Hunting.
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A Swiss Army Knife is about as good a first knife as you could hope to find. It is very useful, well built and non-threatening to the sheeple that infest school systems all over the country.

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