Can you recommend a EDC for my little un
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Much as we think of folding knives as dangerous in our community, I can bet that's all that we started with and we didn't have rounded points ones. Let's face it the folding function of a knife makes it more dangerous to the user and a pen or sharp pencil is more dangerous than a SAK if you have something nasty in mind.
I recommend getting her a SAK. I suggest a Spartan simply because it's bloody useful, doesn't have the nasty saw etc. and likely to stay in shape if she loses interest in it. Then years later she will remember that knife that was well made and basic that her parents got her and treasure it because she had it that long... ok, maybe I'm getting carried away but you get the gist. Oh and a Spartan WILL survive that long.
I feel SO 'gipped' that the first knife I got at that age was a knife with a fork and spoon that folded out from it with a bone handle and not a real Swiss Army Knife. I also remember that I wanted the one with the MOST possible blades of course.. I think there's something to be said about having one that you WILL use because it fits in your pocket though.
I recommend getting her a SAK. I suggest a Spartan simply because it's bloody useful, doesn't have the nasty saw etc. and likely to stay in shape if she loses interest in it. Then years later she will remember that knife that was well made and basic that her parents got her and treasure it because she had it that long... ok, maybe I'm getting carried away but you get the gist. Oh and a Spartan WILL survive that long.
I feel SO 'gipped' that the first knife I got at that age was a knife with a fork and spoon that folded out from it with a bone handle and not a real Swiss Army Knife. I also remember that I wanted the one with the MOST possible blades of course.. I think there's something to be said about having one that you WILL use because it fits in your pocket though.
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When I learned to read (about five or so then) my mother bought me a Swiss army Knife and when I was seven one of my brothers rode his Triumph to Nordcap and on his way found a Marttiini Lapp Knife.
I'm now 38 years old and still have that Lapp Knife upstairs, its got a handle that's a bit small for my fully grown hands and I could possibly find better steel for the blade but I'm still keeping it.
Its made dens, skinned rabbits whittled spears out of mountain ash when I was a kid and its slightly beat up but there's no way I would give it up.
I'm now 38 years old and still have that Lapp Knife upstairs, its got a handle that's a bit small for my fully grown hands and I could possibly find better steel for the blade but I'm still keeping it.
Its made dens, skinned rabbits whittled spears out of mountain ash when I was a kid and its slightly beat up but there's no way I would give it up.
robin wood
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I happily recommend SAKs too folk talk about them closing on fingers but it is quite simple to teach a young child to open and close a pen knife safely and to use it in such a way as it won't close. To me then this sort of initiation is all part of ownership. I personally do like the saws and kids love them too though again they need showing how to use them safely and maybe a SAK without a saw is best for a very young child.
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