Were you guys alowd to have knives as kids?

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Hey im 14 and my parents let me have knives,swords,ect and Alot of my friends parents wont let them have the same things. So I was wondering did your
parents let you have knives as kids or did you start your collection when you got older.

Heres my current collection i think as i get older ill get out of the ninja type stuff i just think its cool now ha. Ill post pics later
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One of my grandmother's friends gave me a SAK when I was little; I used it in Boy Scouts.
 
Since I was 5. My son is 8 and has quite a collection of his own, mostly Spydercos.
 
Oh, yes.

But you must remember that I'm now quite old. My youth ... long distant, fondly remembered.

We were pretty closely supervised until we knew how to carry them, how to use them, and how to take care of them. My first knives are what people call "slip joints" now. Simple, effective, small ... easy to cut yourself.

In fact, if you were a boy you were expected to have a knife. And know how to properly use it.
 
i've always had pocket knives as far back as i can remember because i was (and still am) always running around the woods, going fishing, carving walking sticks etc. my first knives were small because i was small too. haha. as i've gotten bigger so too have the knives i use. i bought some swords last year and while they're cool i never use em for anything. generally if i buy a knife its because im planning on using it. my mom used to be kind of nervous about me having knives when i was younger but i showed her pretty quickly i could be responsible with them.
 
i had a few slip joints as a young guy probubly 12 or 13 and remember buying a bowie from a gift shop on vacation with my grandparents around 13 years old then, well she confiscated it and i found it about 20 years or so later when i was helping move her out of her house. still had the wax paper wrapped around the blade. though somewhat rusty, it really was a cheap a$$ knife but to me at that age it was just like daniel boones, lol.
 
I don't even remember what age I got my first pocket knife. It was young though. A little two bladed slipjoint that I carried everywhere. It wasn't an expensive knife but it taught me how to handle a knife. As I got older, even pre-teen I had a couple of straight knives since we lived in the country. That first fixed blade I still have. That thing must be the toughest knife ever since as a kid, I did things with and to that knife that I'd never think of doing to a knife now. Heh.
 
I grew up during a time when every boy had a knife in their pocket, and carrying them to school was no problem. I remember my 8th grade year where a large group of us boys would get together at recess time to show off our knives, test the edges, and maybe even work up a trade every now and again. We were responsible enough to know NOT to fool around with them and have someone get hurt. If that had happened we figured that would be the last of school carry!!
 
Yeah since I was 6 or 7, and they were slipjoints back then. You do have to remember that was over 40years ago though, we all carried a pocket knife and were used to using them. Most of us hunted too and were taught gun saftey and use.

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Yes, I got my first knife a novelty banjo themed blade when I was about 7. Used the heck out of it and then graduated to a bone handled multitool. My folks were ok with it which was weird because they were paranoid about most everything else.
 
I've been into knives since I was a todler, parents weren't too keen on letting their kid play with blades though. :) But I managed to get my hands on some cheepo folding lockblades and a couple pilfered kitchen knives that I treasured when I was around 7 yrs old.

Around the age of 11 I started buying kitchen knives from Goodwill for pocket change. I'd make sheathes out of cardboard and duck tape, then take them out into the woods to play around at bushcraft.

Was allowed to pick out my first pocket knife worth over $20 when I was 12. Being 12 I of course picked a slick little taylor-seto balisong, and I LOVED that thing! EDC'd it til it was stollen when I was 19.

So I was kind of allowed to have knives at the age of 12, but then at 13 or 14 I got into knife throwing, and one night while my parents were gone I decided to take steak knives and throw them into the back side of the kitchen cupboards.... my father was NOT amused! He confiscated my knives and put them away until I was "more mature"

That didn't slow down my collecting at all though, I was already into scrimping and saving for knives, but when I turned 14 I started working..... which gave me the funds to buy more knives. I hit up the flea-markets for cheep blades of all styles and sizes. When my Dad would inevitably catch me with a new knife he would add it to his growing collection of confiscated blades... haha... We camped and hiked alot though, and he would always let me pick out one or two blades to take with and use for the weekend, so it was kinda fun. He was into shooting and the outdoors and liked knives but never had the fever for them like I did.

By the time I was 15 my parents gave up and just let me go wild with my knife enthusiasm. But by then they simply weren't around much anyway, (I pretty much raised myself from then on), so my situation wasn't exactly typical.

Now I have kids of my own, and will have to figure out the propper ages for me to be ok with letting them have knives. (if they even show any interest) :)

I think ultimately it doesn't so much come down to age, but rather individual personality and responsibility level of the kid. It's too bad that your friends parents may be afraid of knives, but maybe you could help change their view on the matter by showing them how YOU can own and use them responsibly, and how they are useful tools and not just flashy weapons.

-Bry

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Allowed? I'm a hillbilly, we were encouraged. I got my first real knife around 6 or 7, and have had a multitude since.

My oldest daughter got her first one, Christmas of last year. ESEE Izula. Pink.

My youngest daughter has a couple more years to go, but she'll get hers when she's ready.

Its a strange, and different world we live in, these days. Kids don't go outsid and play as much. They don't do chores like I used to. And everything is off limits. Time's a changin'. For sure. I was provided guns early on too. It was encouraged. But as we say 'round here, "We's Mountain.":D

I'm tryin' to teach ma girls the right way, not to say its the ONLY right way, but its my way.

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My girls are something else. Kids should enjoy knives, guns and the outdoors. IMO, that is.

Moose
 
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I've been into knives since I was a todler, parents weren't too keen on letting their kid play with blades though. :) But I managed to get my hands on some cheepo folding lockblades and a couple pilfered kitchen knives that I treasured when I was around 7 yrs old.

Around the age of 11 I started buying kitchen knives from Goodwill for pocket change. I'd make sheathes out of cardboard and duck tape, then take them out into the woods to play around at bushcraft.

Was allowed to pick out my first pocket knife worth over $20 when I was 12. Being 12 I of course picked a slick little taylor-seto balisong, and I LOVED that thing! EDC'd it til it was stollen when I was 19.

So I was kind of allowed to have knives at the age of 12, but then at 13 or 14 I got into knife throwing, and one night while my parents were gone I decided to take steak knives and throw them into the back side of the kitchen cupboards.... my father was NOT amused! He confiscated my knives and put them away until I was "more mature"

That didn't slow down my collecting at all though, I was already into scrimping and saving for knives, but when I turned 14 I started working..... which gave me the funds to buy more knives. I hit up the flea-markets for cheep blades of all styles and sizes. When my Dad would inevitably catch me with a new knife he would add it to his growing collection of confiscated blades... haha... We camped and hiked alot though, and he would always let me pick out one or two blades to take with and use for the weekend, so it was kinda fun. He was into shooting and the outdoors and liked knives but never had the fever for them like I did.

By the time I was 15 my parents gave up and just let me go wild with my knife enthusiasm. But by then they simply weren't around much anyway, (I pretty much raised myself from then on), so my situation wasn't exactly tipical.

Now I have kids of my own, and will have to figure out the propper ages for me to be ok with letting them have knives. (if they even show any interest) :)

I think ultimately it doesn't so much come down to age, but rather individual personality and responsibility level of the kid. It's too bad that your friends parents may be afraid of knives, but maybe you could help change their view on the matter by showing them how YOU can own and use them responsibly, and how they are useful tools and not just flashy weapons.

-Bry

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Ya thats how my parents are if they feel im being iresponsible shell talke them away for a while while some of them are nothing more then flashy weapons. hah like my favorite my bradley kimura 7 witch is just a flashy weapon has no tool purpose at all. But thier was a time my old swat knife used the window point and broke a window to get my one year old nephew out of the house when he locked himself in. So they helpful as tools but alot of parents see things on tv and feel that it will turn thier kids into murders or something
 
Knives & other hand tools, fishing gear, and (later) firearms. All after being taught to respect them, handle/use them safely, and take care of them.
 
Got my fist pocket knife was in first grade wanted one of those cheesy Rambo knives when they came out for my birthday Mom got me one pulled it out of the
sheath last time I saw it she repo my present hence probably why I like knives today and guns.
 
I believe I had a Buck 110 (about as tactical as you could get in the 1970's). My dad was a working man, and he always carried a little slip-joint. He didn't care if I had a knfe (a knife was a tool back then). I wore the Buck to school a lot. But, this is before Columbine, so there weren't any issues. Cool collection, as well. You'll get into the higher end knives soon, you'll see. My son is a little older than you, and he is close to buying a Sebenza.
 
Ok, just got alook at your collection that you posted......

Yep, that's about the same kind of stuff I was into at your age as well! haha... that kind of stuff isn't very popular around these forums though, so don't be surprised or offended when people start throwing out names like "mall-ninja" and calling your stuff crap. :o

Personally, I think it's perfectly normal for young collectors to go through a "cheep mall-ninja" stage. Any interst in blades is good in my opinion, so long as you're not hoping or trying to actually threaten others with the stuff.

Stick around here for a while and your knowledge and interests will be expanded!
 
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