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wolfeknives

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Yesterday we hosted a family picnic for my wifes extended family. While talking to one of her cousins, he mentioned that his seven year old was attending summer camp, teaching bushcraft among other things. In the list of items for the kids to bring along, it was mentioned that a knife was not only welcomed, but encouraged. With the attitude towards knives of any form these days, that was so refreshing to hear.
Talking to the little fellow, I found out that one of the camp activities he enjoyed very much were the whittling instructions.
I later dug out one of my Northfield Beagles, and asked the boys father if it was ok to give it to him, he agreed.
The look of total awe on his face when he took the shiny little knife out of the tube is something I will never forget. His first question was how to open and close the knife safely. By the time they left, he had memorized every word on the tube. Hopefully this will result in a lifelong love for traditional knives.
I will have another for him next year.
 
Outstanding story and good on ya for the gift. There is hope for the world. These two young men were in our booth last October at a ranch roping. Notice they are both already wearing belt knives while looking at the ones I'd made.

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They'd come all the way from Canada for this ranch roping in California. I spoke with their mom at length about what a pleasure it was to have them in our booth. You sell sharp pointy things and sometimes you worry when kids come into the booth. Not so with these guys. Big brother with his new Horsewright knife on:

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And they could both handle that rope we sold em too:

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Again thanks for the outstanding story and good on ya for the gift. Karma like that comes back to ya for sure.
 
Sometimes all it takes is a kind gesture like gifting a knife! Good on you!
 
The best part is that many years from now, when he gives this same knife to his child, he'll share the story of the generous man who gave it to him.

Well done sir!
 
Thank you fellows, but this is not about the giving, this forum is full of unquestioned generosity. It is a pleasure to see a place where the value of a kid learning how to use one of our most common tools is still considered important. It was also great to see a child get so much pleasure from a simple knife rather than a piece of electronic junk.
 
The late Paul Basch always gave knives to kids to keep the hobby alive. At shows, he'd put a knife in both hands and ask the parent if their child could have one. Their eyes would go wide and since it's a knife show, the parent always said yes. Then he'd close his hands and put them behind his back, switch em around and bring both hands front, letting the child pick a hand. He had a stock of knives for giving away. My girl got an Italian sodbuster she still uses many years later.
 
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