Survive little ones. (Kids)

I am just finishing up a Mouse hawk for my 5 year old. He knows how to use my zippo and now is asking mom for one. I almost pulled the trigger and got him one......Wife said NO! not until he is 10. lol.
 
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The mouse hawk I'm finishing up.

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Op and everyone else have given me some good ideas for my boys that are 5 and going to be 4 in a few days. Op how do you like the esee izula is it his first knife?

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cruise117 said:
Op and everyone else have given me some good ideas for my boys that are 5 and going to be 4 in a few days. Op how do you like the esee izula is it his first knife?

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I originally got a Mora clasic for him. It worked well until it slipped out of the sheath and we lost it. The Izula is a great size for him right now. It will continue to be a great back up knife or everyday as he gets older. I choose red so that we could find it if lost. The stock plastic sheath for the izula is cheap and hard to get the knife out of. So I had a custom sheath made up for it. Now it is safe for him to draw it out
 
notajerryskid said:
broke down and bought my son a zippo. :)
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LOL a 5-yr-old with a sweet tomahawk and his own Zippo! :eek: Still, we get used to the idea of kids being "not ready" mostly because we never properly train them and expect them to be able to do it completely on their own or not at all, vs. being able or willing to just supervise them as they work. It's like playing catch: "Here son, I'll teach you to catch the ball and then your on your own." "Umm, Dad, couldn't we play 'catch' together...?"

I have one of the Austrian lighters that'll probably go to my eldest when she is ready... actually, I should get on that, help her learn to build fires and keep them going. She IS ready and only needs me to teach and supervise her. :thumbup:

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chiral.grolim said:
LOL a 5-yr-old with a sweet tomahawk and his own Zippo! :eek: Still, we get used to the idea of kids being "not ready" mostly because we never properly train them and expect them to be able to do it completely on their own or not at all, vs. being able or willing to just supervise them as they work. It's like playing catch: "Here son, I'll teach you to catch the ball and then your on your own." "Umm, Dad, couldn't we play 'catch' together...?"

I have one of the Austrian lighters that'll probably go to my eldest when she is ready... actually, I should get on that, help her learn to build fires and keep them going. She IS ready and only needs me to teach and supervise her. :thumbup:

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Those Lighters are Sweet! People laugh at me sometimes because I make my 5 year old do things like set up the tent, gather the wood, pick camping spot. But if he ever gets into trouble he needs to know how to get things done, WE backpack long distances. Everything is supervised with him. but some day I will not be there. :(
 
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My sons birthday is tomorrow. Going to surprise him with this new set up.

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My little dude's going on three, and he's a camping fanatic. We've got a Westfalia, so he sleeps in style, but he's constantly helping me build fires, and has some serious axe envy (he makes me lash some sticks together with paracord to make him a play axe whenever we go camping).


Pallin' around at Birkenhead Lake by Tim Lukian, on Flickr
 
Got out the other day. His first outing with his #081 3.5
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Decided to force a blue patina on my 3.5 #043. My son wanted to do the work so I let him. Stripped, blued, steel wool, and assembly.
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Our family enjoys the outdoors and have been camping and hiking since the kids were infants. My boys started with Buck knives and have gradually progressed to fixed blades. The first two pics were from this past weekend in the Tahoe National Forest. The others were from recent outings and a few are from me teaching the kids how to feather stick, batton, and building a fire. They can't use a fire steel yet, but I include a box of waterproof matches and a Mylar emergency blanket in their packs. They usually carry their knives, which are a Bark River Bravo 1 in S35vn for my 7 year old and a Bark River Bravo1LT in 3v for my 9 year old. I have a 3.5, 4.1, and 5.1 GSO's for each of them, but they chose the Bravo 1's for now. My wife usually carries a Fallkniven F1, Bark River Bushcrafter, Bark River Liton Bror, or a GSO 4.1 because she likes to widdle and do small tasks with her knife. Pretty much anywhere we go I bring a fixed blade because we always try to find a place to hike. Mostly throughout California but I've hiked through the jungles of the Philippines, Costa Rican rainforests, and various other places in the last year. I'm lucky to have a wife and kids who enjoy doing the same thing :)


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