Thread: Knife for Boy (small chap)

I hesitate to say it but he's 10 and is small for his age - so he has small hands . . . .

Anyhoo he's a good kid (belongs to an past colleague, she has bought up a dammed fine boy on her own), I took him shooting then hunting on Sunday.

I'm getting organised with a rifle that will suit his stature a bit better, but he needs a knife, a small plain skinner/general purpose type. He'll probably be like all boys and lose it, so not too much $$ needs to be in it.

I reckon boys knives need to be easy to sharpen, so maybe something a bit softer than a Bahco . . . . I've seen this one which looks like a possibility. https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...17654fb8b6-001 . . . . but maybe it would lack appeal for a boy??

Thoughts
Thanks

Send me your address and I will post you one for him gratis.

Cheers

Have you thought about a small folding knife,I got my boy this it was cheap ($30 from memory),and is easy to carry

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Agreed. Svord peasant is great. Easy to sharpen. Has a hole for safety lanyard. I carry one in belt bag to complement my 40 year old svord main knife.

What are the victory knives like??
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...a87dc02c38-001

Originally Posted by bigbear

What are the victory knives like??
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...a87dc02c38-001

Sweet knives. basic, but take a mean edge, are easy to sharpen. Only knock on them is they area wee bit soft so really need to be paired with a hone or steel.

Originally Posted by bigbear

What are the victory knives like??
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...a87dc02c38-001

I have a couple, and now use them in preference to a Gerber, Svord and a Duel which I gathered over 35 years. Nothing classy about them, but cheap and very light, and a colour that makes them easy to find.

What about a mercator?

Opinel? easy to operate lockout on the blade on some of the smaller ones. drill a hole in the handle for a lanyard.

If you’re interest in a Svord Peasant, let me know, I’ve got one that needs a new home. Orange handle, so harder for the young fulla to misplace it.

Tahr (bless him) has sorted this (and we all know he is the knife guru) so thanks very much for the suggestions etc.

As for you buggers giving cheek etc, the boy's Grandfather (on the West Coast) is about 80 and still building, he was also a very good shearer, part of a gang who set a record that stood for more than 20 years. The point being young Sam is likely to grow (eventually) into a strapping young man, and I'd bet none of you would give him cheek then !!

Cheers

Originally Posted by Tentman

Tahr (bless him) has sorted this (and we all know he is the knife guru) so thanks very much for the suggestions etc.

As for you buggers giving cheek etc, the boy's Grandfather (on the West Coast) is about 80 and still building, he was also a very good shearer, part of a gang who set a record that stood for more than 20 years. The point being young Sam is likely to grow (eventually) into a strapping young man, and I'd bet none of you would give him cheek then !!

Cheers

I think he's lucky having Foster there guiding him along.

Here's the knife I'm sending him. Its my old gutting & arse-hole knife from when I was commercial hunting. So the lad is doubly lucky.

There is so much negative black cloud shit on this forum now a days its good to be involved in something positive.

Originally Posted by Tahr

I think he's lucky having Foster there guiding him along.

Here's the knife I'm sending him. Its my old gutting & arse-hole knife from when I was commercial hunting. So the lad is doubly lucky.

There is so much negative black cloud shit on this forum now a days its good to be involved in something positive.

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Good on you man

Originally Posted by Tahr

I think he's lucky having Foster there guiding him along.

Here's the knife I'm sending him. Its my old gutting & arse-hole knife from when I was commercial hunting. So the lad is doubly lucky.

There is so much negative black cloud shit on this forum now a days its good to be involved in something positive.

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That is a very nice knife, maybe too good to give the lad to learn with straight off. What about giving him a little folder to use (like the ones H&F gave away with fishing licences a couple of years ago) and tell him that the good Knife is sitting on the shelf waiting for him to prove that he can be trusted to use it safely and correctly and to not loose it ?? The longer the blade the easier to cut yourself

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

That is a very nice knife, maybe too good to give the lad to learn with straight off. What about giving him a little folder to use (like the ones H&F gave away with fishing licences a couple of years ago) and tell him that the good Knife is sitting on the shelf waiting for him to prove that he can be trusted to use it safely and correctly and to not loose it ?? The longer the blade the easier to cut yourself

His Mother can decide if he gets it to use now by himself, under supervision when he's hunting, or if it gets put away for when he's older. I have put a note to that affect with it.

Either way he gets to be encouraged about hunting and will have something that represents generosity from a kind stranger in an otherwise quite self centred world.