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That's not how you teach responsibility
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Do they also blunt the edges?
What about the risk of getting a finger pinched by the blade snapping shut?
They might swallow the toothpick, or strangle themselves with the neck lanyard.
SOMBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!
A kid can hurt themselves just as bad, if not worse, with the edge of a knife as they can with a pointed tip.
If I couldn't trust a kid with a pointy knife, I sure wouldn't trust them with a sharp knife.
Another example of "good intentions" but a "nonsensical application".
What about the risk of getting a finger pinched by the blade snapping shut?
They might swallow the toothpick, or strangle themselves with the neck lanyard.
SOMBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!
A kid can hurt themselves just as bad, if not worse, with the edge of a knife as they can with a pointed tip.
If I couldn't trust a kid with a pointy knife, I sure wouldn't trust them with a sharp knife.
Another example of "good intentions" but a "nonsensical application".
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I'm not a proponent of dummy proofing the world, but some dummy proofing has it's place. I once had a Keen Kutter hatchet of some configuration that I sold to an apparently well to do gentleman for his very young son. I had this thing nailed down perfectly, to include an edge I could shave my beard with. For my local market, I had it priced accordingly as well. He hadn't told me it was for a child that young until after he had taken possession of it. I tried to talk him into letting me dull the blade a little bit, but he'd hear nothing of it.
I am sure the child learned to use that tool responsibly. Whether he learned to use that tool responsibly with all of his digits remaining attached is what haunts me.
I appreciate that there's a case to be made for handing a kid a razor sharp, slip joint or friction folder. I'm just glad that there are many, many options out there for us all to consider.
My two kids were much the same way. I gave them a Helle Scout knife when they were five or six. When they could sharpen it and showed responsibility, I cut the top guard off. When they got a couple years older and showed even more responsibility they got a puukko. My Daughter did make me nervous with that plan, cause she could sharpen it well enough to shave my arm hair by the time she was six, but...I stuck with it, and I'm not sure I'd do it any differently now than I did back then.
Directly considering this Victorinox...It sure ain't my speed, but I ain't offended by it either.
I am sure the child learned to use that tool responsibly. Whether he learned to use that tool responsibly with all of his digits remaining attached is what haunts me.
I appreciate that there's a case to be made for handing a kid a razor sharp, slip joint or friction folder. I'm just glad that there are many, many options out there for us all to consider.
My two kids were much the same way. I gave them a Helle Scout knife when they were five or six. When they could sharpen it and showed responsibility, I cut the top guard off. When they got a couple years older and showed even more responsibility they got a puukko. My Daughter did make me nervous with that plan, cause she could sharpen it well enough to shave my arm hair by the time she was six, but...I stuck with it, and I'm not sure I'd do it any differently now than I did back then.
Directly considering this Victorinox...It sure ain't my speed, but I ain't offended by it either.
Yes they did round it up, and then put that around a neck of children.Do they also blunt the edges?
What about the risk of getting a finger pinched by the blade snapping shut?
They might swallow the toothpick, or strangle themselves with the neck lanyard.
SOMBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!
A kid can hurt themselves just as bad, if not worse, with the edge of a knife as they can with a pointed tip.
If I couldn't trust a kid with a pointy knife, I sure wouldn't trust them with a sharp knife.
Another example of "good intentions" but a "nonsensical application".
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I'm not sure what that portends either...but I'm not necessarily sanguine on the odds.
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This is rather confusing.
Are you anti-Victorinox?
Are you anti-Victorinox?
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Give a knife they need and show how to use it. Not dumb things down.How would you teach someone then?
Telepathy?
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