What Would You Hand Down?

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We almost all have had a knife handed down to us. Now that we are older and have our own knives, what is the knife you will pass down to your son/daughter when they are older? Or what knife have you passed down and why? Think about this guys, you will be the one that puts a smile on your child's face when they get their first knife!...

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I gave my victorinox spartan (2nd model) to my nephew as I gave his flasholic father a surefire flashlight ( can't remember what was the model)
 
At the very least, my knowledge of quality knives and sharpening. But hopefully I'll have some cool knives to give when the time comes also.
 
A very good thread, and something I've thought about a lot.

I don't have kids. What I do have is an awful lot of very expensive knives (over 50 Randalls and counting, a couple Lovelesses, a half dozen Ruanas, you get the picture). One of these days, hopefully later rather than sooner, I'm gonna wake up dead and all those knives are going to have to end up somewhere. And I'd sure be awfully disappointed if "somewhere" was eBay.

I've got a nephew who was an Eagle Scout (now an MBA) who would probably have the most appreciation for these things, but he's in frickin' Boston, where it's illegal to even own one of those dreaded "double-edged knives." Most of the Randalls have a sharpened top bevel, and would therefore seem to disqualify him as a candidate.

Some will go to friends here who have exhibited the appropriate amount of drooling. As far as the rest go, well, I just don't know.
 
I'll probably be handing down a lot of knives:D, but the one I'd be most proud to give would be either the SAK Farmer or Schrade 34OT.
 
My RAT knives for sure. The lifetime warranty and the toughness of the blades make them perfect heirlooms.
 
I don't have any kids, so I don't know what will happen to my stuff.

I do have one knife, a Case moose pattern, that my Grandfather carried until he died in 1977. My Dad started carrying it then and only recently took it out of his pocket because he's now wheelchair bound and has no use for a pocket knife. I took it and put it in my safe, although I do slip it into my pocket on occasion just out of sentiment and respect. That's the one knife I would like to hand down, though I don't know to who.

Maybe when the wife and I retire we can start keeping foster kids---perhaps one of them might want it?

I didn't want kids when I was young enough to keep up with them and now that I think differently I'm too old. Youth truly is wasted on the young.
 
Samael said:
I've got a nephew who was an Eagle Scout (now an MBA) who would probably have the most appreciation for these things, but he's in frickin' Boston, where it's illegal to even own one of those dreaded "double-edged knives." Most of the Randalls have a sharpened top bevel, and would therefore seem to disqualify him as a candidate.
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I would check on that...there might be some exemption that you can work around, so long as he doesn't carry them outside his house.

If it's in a lockbox, and he has no "control" over it, he could possibly be able to keep them in his house. Keep in mind, I'm not a lawyer, and I'm sure there's all kinds of case law pertaining to this.

I myself just purchased a classic small sebenza (no inlays). I'm 27 with no kids, but I think that one day I would pass this beauty along the family line. I'm sure the warranty will still be good.
 
I've got a 12 year old Daughter and two Sons, 11 and 6. I've already handed down over 10 fixed blades and folders to both my Daughter and my oldest son. My wife also appropiated a Charlie May Slitter from me. I can't wait until my youngest boy is of age to own knives.

There is no way that I can possibly use all of the knives that I own, and there are no knives that I own that I would'nt use. Gifting knives to family and friends gets them into use, which makes the knives happy:)
 
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I'll be handing down everything eventually. My son's going to inherit a boat load of knives someday! I haven't decided what he's going to get first- but I did buy him a Busse Jackhammer right before he was born, which is sitting in the safe waiting for his 18th birthday. I wanted to get him what I felt represented the state-of-the-art combat knife at the time of his birth. I wish my dad had done the same for me.

Don't get me started on the guns. That kid's going to have a freaking arsenal. Not only will he inherit all of the guns I've bought and will continue to buy over the years, but also my father and grandfathers' guns. He will need a walk-in safe for sure. :thumbup: Come to think of it, so will I when my Dad goes. :(

I enjoy thinking about handing my knives and guns down. I think all the time about what I'm going to give my boy for his first knife. It'll be a nice one, for sure. I've got some time to mull it over- little dude can't be trusted with a spoon, much less anything sharp these days.
 
I don't have any kids either.Well,I have step-kids(& step-grandkids!),but they're not into guns & knives like me.I'd probably leave all my knives to my buddy,who I've been friends with for 25+ years.



Samael,I'd love to see a few pics of your collection.It sounds very impressive!
 
I gave a Sak Farmer to my God Son when he got his knife badge in the scouts. I have a case and imerial Kamp knives waiting for my boys when they reach the right age.
 
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Samael,I'd love to see a few pics of your collection.It sounds very impressive!
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I keep telling myself that one of these days I ought to get them all together and take a group pic. Not as easy as it sounds, though - a fair number of the more expensive ones are in a bank vault.
 
All of them eventually so it's hard to say which one my son might consider an heirloom. Probably the RAT Rc-4 because it's a great all around size and nearly indestructible with a lifetime warranty.
 
Murphyslaw said:
I've got a 12 year old Daughter and two Sons, 11 and 6. I've already handed down over 10 fixed blades and folders to both my Daughter and my oldest son. My wife also appropiated a Charlie May Slitter from me. I can't wait until my youngest boy is of age to own knives.

There is no way that I can possibly use all of the knives that I own, and there are no knives that I own that I would'nt use. Gifting knives to family and friends gets them into use, which makes the knives happy:)
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Also, when I'm in the mood to aggravate any of my 4 sister-in-laws, I gift knives to my nephews and nieces...:)

I have one nephew from Massachusetts that receives a knife almost every time he visits...:D
 
My primary concern is passing down critical thinking skills, values, and knowledge, and to that end enabling an upbringing where family takes center stage, rather than TV, lowest-common-denominator mindrape facilities of the school system, and government propaganda.

As for knives, there's a SAK set and a small bonecutter (HI khukuri) waiting for the right time, and then everything else. If things work out, we'll have three generations of men making custom handles and sheaths for their Spydie Mules.
 
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