Thread: First pocket knife for kids - opinions, advice wanted

I got my first pocket knife at Christmas when I was about 10, and had it in my pocket during weekends with dad for years.
Got my first multitool (Leatherman Micra) a year or so later and purchased my first fixed blade with junk mail money at 12. (all in first picture)



Below are a few options that could be appropriate with my preference at the bottom:



Buck Vantage Mini - Edit doesn't seem to be available anymore.
Opinel Number 07 - $30ish - popular with some of the guys above but wouldn't get my vote due to the fact that the handle can swell when wet, sticking the blade closed, and it doesn't have a popper lock.
Victorinox Cadet (alox) - $60ish - blade a bit small and doesn't lock
Victorinox Pioneer (alox) - $70ish - blade doesn't lock
Svord Peasant - $30ish - Good Option, may be too big as is is 170mm long folded due to the tang sticking up.
Benchmade Bugout Knockoff - $30 - The best option - see below
Benchmade Osborne Knockoff - $60 - Good option - link below
Victorinox (discontinued model) - $100ish - Good option, black locks, good if you want kids to have extra tools. The Solder, Trailmaster or One Handed Trekker are all roughly equivalent models.

More details on the Benchmade knockoffs:
I purchased a few of these about two years ago and both a Bugout and Osborne have about 1 year of pocket carry each and I am thoroughly pleased with both of them. I am currently waiting for a few more Bugouts to come in as these will gifts come Christmas. Now obviously you can all have the ethics debate about whether these should exist, but I bought them knowing they arent genuine and do not represent them as genuine.
Build quality is good - 90% of a genuine one. I wouldn't be foolish enough to beleave that the steel is the claimed S30V or S90V but have sharpening tools available to keep them sharp.
They are 100% clones of the originals and include all the same parts and functions.
The bugouts were a little slow opening one handed, but are properly fast now that I have taken them apart and polished the bolsters and blade pivot point with 2000grit sandpaper. I followed a youtube video for cleaning genuine bugouts.
Better to stick with the uncoated blades as i didn't like the black coating that same on one.
Available through Alibaba - the bugouts are currently $16 plus postage plus tax. Sailed through customs and arrived in about three weeks.

In my opinion a great kids knife as they are inexpensive, small, thin and lightweight, with a decent (and easy to use) locking mechanism. Has a pocket clip which may help prevent the kids loose them. Get any colour you like - different colour for each kid will work.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...1c2c1802K9XYrd
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...8dahZWDfZ&mp=1