Blackpowder Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I remember as a 14 year old lad walking around with a sheath knife on my belt, how times have changed. In my school days long long ago, you felt naked without a pocket knife every boy had one, weekends on the river bank or in some woodland venture it had to be a sheathy. Never regarded a knife as a weapon it was always a tool, more often or not the cheap blades were woefully inadequate for the tasks they were set. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 i think there are still scout knives around....good strong rounded blade, an awl, and a corkscrew ...set in a black nylon chequered handle......and a thing on the end to attatch a string to it which goes on your belt........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOTTO Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 In my school days long long ago, you felt naked without a pocket knife every boy had one, weekends on the river bank or in some woodland venture it had to be a sheathy. Never regarded a knife as a weapon it was always a tool, more often or not the cheap blades were woefully inadequate for the tasks they were set. Blackpowder Ditto, those were the days, it reminds me of the old Jim Davidson joke, “I went to a tough school, they checked to see if you had a knife when you entered the school and if you didn’t have one they gave you one.” We all used to fight like little ######## but I do not remember anyone pulling a knife, winning or losing, how things have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftycarper Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 How things have changed, I use to get in from school grab the lock knife & catty and just disappear over the woods opposite my house. You could fish,shoot,camp and run the old bikes around it...now its a site of site of special interest. http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=&ID=1078 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I used to spend a lot of time whittling sticks into canoes to float down the local river with my Swiss knife. We used to play stretch on the front lawn with an ex army commando type knife with a 6" blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I remember as a 14 year old lad walking around with a sheath knife on my belt, how times have changed. Used to be standard in the Boy Scouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I'm getting one of those Swiss Army ones for my son this Christmas, and also The Stick Book, looks brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I'm getting one of those Swiss Army ones for my son this Christmas, and also The Stick Book, looks brilliant. a "stick book" in Australia is a gentleman's pamphlet depicting saucy pictures in which inexplicably the pages stick together, no doubt due to the ink type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 a "stick book" in Australia is a gentleman's pamphlet depicting saucy pictures in which inexplicably the pages stick together, no doubt due to the ink type Sorry it slipped my mind, I'm getting him a "My First Razzle" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Sorry it slipped my mind, I'm getting him a "My First Razzle" too. not sure we should go there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I'm getting one of those Swiss Army ones for my son this Christmas, and also The Stick Book, looks brilliant. Yup got the same for my lad - except an opinel instead of the Victorinox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesstondriver Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 at least an Opinel isn't spring shut so less chance of snapping on fingers, if you buy one and lend it to me , ill use it as a screw driver , snap the end off and it will be a perfectly safe knife !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 My dad presented me with a good swiss army knife, Victorinox one, when I was about 8. I still have it today at 25. The blades are worn down a little from a lot of use and sharpening, it bears the marks of being dropped and retrieved, used for many purposes outdoor and brings with it many memories I will not forget when I hold it. The issue today is that many kids are different, they are 'softer' than the generations past. This was the case a little when I was a boy too, but my father would not let me have a TV in my room nor a playstation - I had to go and enjoy the countryside to have a good saturday. A friend and I would often go down to the river behind a small wood and would build a small fire and fish and would take our rucksacks full of sweets brought from the newsagents on the way... wittling sticks, building mini bivvies and climbing tree's and making dens - good fun and the penknife was used many a time throughout. I help my dad on some scout camps he runs as I am CRB checked and enjoy helping I find it good fun, but I will tell you, it is infuriating sometimes - some of these kids really are just kids and can't be trusted with a blunt stick let alone a knife to sharpen one with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longspoon Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 The memories these posts evoke, I too am of an age where I carried a sheath knife in the Scouts, played for hours in the woods with an old bayonet to hack the camp building brambles, technology may have advanced but we have lost something dearer......innocence and freedom...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm a country boy born and bred. all us boys in the village were given a single bladed pen knife for a 7th Birthday. When we got to 10 we'd proved we could be trusted so we were given a double bladed knife with a spike for getting stones out of horses hooves. None of us owned a horse of course. A knife, catapult, air pistol and rifle, bow and arrows, a spear and a stick with a spoon on the end for getting Moorhen's eggs were all an absolutely necessary rite of passage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm a country boy born and bred. all us boys in the village were given a single bladed pen knife for a 7th Birthday. When we got to 10 we'd proved we could be trusted so we were given a double bladed knife with a spike for getting stones out of horses hooves. None of us owned a horse of course. A knife, catapult, air pistol and rifle, bow and arrows, a spear and a stick with a spoon on the end for getting Moorhen's eggs were all an absolutely necessary rite of passage. Pan full of Moorhens eggs brings back memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Opinel do a non locking model too . Lansky do a uk legal carry but it is a big old beast . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Opinel do a non locking model too . I don't think they do a non-locking with a blunt tip though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyh Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Stick with a spoon tied on to get Jackdaws eggs out from holes in trees where I grew up! Everyone had an egg collection then. Even the local Museums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southeastpete Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 My stepson is horse mad, and this thread swayed me over to getting him a penknife and that stick book, so I ordered this too I'm unsure as to whether or not to pop the locking ring off or not. I'm thinking no, because he will only ever use it with me for a couple years, so will have good reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 For the first knife I'd prefer them to use a fixed blade at home or on the farm. I think Mora do one with a round end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 My stepson is horse mad, and this thread swayed me over to getting him a penknife and that stick book, so I ordered this too I'm unsure as to whether or not to pop the locking ring off or not. I'm thinking no, because he will only ever use it with me for a couple years, so will have good reason... I would have thought an Opinel devoid of its locking ring could be dangerous to the user. Liable to swing shut on fingers at any moment. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 The Victorinox has arrived and whist it doesn't lock the blade is nice and stiff in the open position. I'm not worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 It was a rite of passage in my community amongst most Dads to give their son a pocket knife at around 7 to 8years old, a sheaf knife came a bit later. As a parent of an 8 year old boy and 6 years old daughter i would love to buy them pocket knives, but to be totally honest, despite taking them shooting and fishing (he caught a 1.5lb sea trout she caught an 8ozs brown) i just dont think its "in" them. At 8 for me (like others on here) it was fishing, shooting, rugby, football, cricket, and messing around outisde on the bike. I have to drag my children away from a screen! Cheers Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raphael262 Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 i had a victorinox huntsman at the age of 8 used it for everything then when i turned 12 got my first mora. still have the same one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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