Pocket Knife recommendations?

[David Carroll]

I gave each of my sons a pocket knife and a small Arkansas stone on their 7th birthday. Actually, we all would go to the hardware store and they could pick out any knife that they chose within reason). All three chose SAKs and they all wanted the biggest, fanciest one with the most tools on it. I warned them that it's impractical to carry a knife that large, but they wanted them, so I got them. All these years later, they all have them still. My oldest keeps it with him, though doesn't carry in his pocket (he has a smaller one for that). My youngest won a nice knife from the Boy Scouts for selling the most popcorn. It's a good bit smaller than the one I got him so he carries that when not in school. My middlest boy still has his, but doesn't have much need for one as a Lawyer. His wit is plenty sharp!

I always enjoyed the rite of passage! It's a tradition that the two married boys intend to carry on with their kids.

DC

[Jim Koepke]

I always enjoyed the rite of passage! It's a tradition that the two married boys intend to carry on with their kids.

Yes, I also enjoy the rites of passage of the first pocket knife. It was a thrill for me when my dad gave me my first pocket knife. It has always been a joy to give a pocket knife to my grandkids.

Another rite of passage was a couple years after my son was born the wines with a vintage of his birth year were released for sale. I bought a few bottles with good aging properties and put them in storage for when he turned 21. That was such a big hit for him and his friends when he turned 21 that I did the same for some of my grandchildren. One of them turned 21 last month. He and his sister were visiting the week before his birthday. With his parents permission he, his sister and I shared a bottle of 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, grandma stopped drinking years ago.

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[David Carroll]

What a great idea! My Grandkids are 4, 3, and Coming in April. I'll get on it!

DC

[Cameron Wood]

last year I gave my 3 year old great grandson a SAK like mine. There are too many people who have the idea that pocket knives aren't good for kids. I just wanted to be sure that the boy had one.

Wow. Will he get a shotgun when he's six?

[bill godber]

Wow. Will he get a shotgun when he's six?

A discussion about pocket knives used to further your anti gun opinion, sad.

[Cameron Wood]

A discussion about pocket knives used to further your anti gun opinion, sad.

Not much in to guns personally, although I do in fact own one, but I think three is is not a good age to give a kid a pocket knife.

I think in hunting families a kid might traditionally get a gun age ten or so.

Would you give a three year old a pocket knife?