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I know it's long overdue, but I've never given my 13 year old son a knife. He's not really an "outdoorsman", doesn't go anywhere much other than school or stores with me, and never really showed any interest when I use mine.
That changed a bit last night when he and I met my wife at a local store where a mom of one of my students was attacked in front of her son in an attempted mugging. My son wondered why we were meeting mom at the store and I told him to protect her...so I grabbed my knife (wife doesn't like me to conceal carry my gun, although I've done it in the past without her ever knowing) and we met her at the store.
I mentioned that I should get him a knife next Christmas (not for protection but just to get used to carrying one)...he got pretty excited and later said you're getting me a knife for my birthday (it's in March) right?
So all of that info above to ask: what would be a great knife to start him out with?
Unfortunately he inherited his dad's habit of nail biting so it has to be something easy to open.
I was thinking possibly a Spyderco Byrd Robin 2 - somewhat light, easy to open, relatively inexpensive, and not quite as sharp as the Dragonfly 2 that I often carry. The Spyderco Ladybug 3 is also similar in price.
But again, you know a lot more that I do so I'm hoping you can send give me some suggestions!
Thank you!
TripleB67
That changed a bit last night when he and I met my wife at a local store where a mom of one of my students was attacked in front of her son in an attempted mugging. My son wondered why we were meeting mom at the store and I told him to protect her...so I grabbed my knife (wife doesn't like me to conceal carry my gun, although I've done it in the past without her ever knowing) and we met her at the store.
I mentioned that I should get him a knife next Christmas (not for protection but just to get used to carrying one)...he got pretty excited and later said you're getting me a knife for my birthday (it's in March) right?
So all of that info above to ask: what would be a great knife to start him out with?
Unfortunately he inherited his dad's habit of nail biting so it has to be something easy to open.
I was thinking possibly a Spyderco Byrd Robin 2 - somewhat light, easy to open, relatively inexpensive, and not quite as sharp as the Dragonfly 2 that I often carry. The Spyderco Ladybug 3 is also similar in price.
But again, you know a lot more that I do so I'm hoping you can send give me some suggestions!
Thank you!
TripleB67