Victorinox Theo Klein Toy Swiss Knife £5.99 del @ Amazon

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  sparx19819 months, 1 week ago1 Like #1Show comment toolsReply

  always great to teach kids to play with knives lol
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  CHEEPSTUFFRULES!9 months, 1 week ago1 Like #2Show comment toolsReply

  Not sure about the having a 'toy' knife is really a good thing, will it not just encourage them to pic up other knives and treat them the same as their toy one. I can still remember getting my first small pen knife when I was about 10 or 11 I think but it came with a talk about how to use it (and how not to use it), which you can't really explain to kids when they are any younger.
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  UnclePotter9 months, 1 week ago1 Like #3Show comment toolsReply

  There's enough nutters about with knives without encouraging more
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  wishihadadonkey[mod]9 months, 1 week ago3 Likes #4Show comment toolsReply

  I knew that this would attract some negativity, but imo it's just the same as a kids tool set, they have saws / hammers / screwdrivers/ drills in, I never demonised items when my son was growing up, he had guns, bows & arrows, tool sets etc & so far @ the age of 20 has managed not to stab, shoot or saw someone in half, hopefully by taking the same attitude with my 2 young girls now, they will grow up to be well adjusted young women too :)
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  CHEEPSTUFFRULES!9 months, 1 week ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  wishihadadonkey

  I knew that this would attract some negativity, but imo it's just the same as a kids tool set, they have saws / hammers / screwdrivers/ drills in, I never demonised items when my son was growing up, he had guns, bows & arrows, tool sets etc & so far @ the age of 20 has managed not to stab, shoot or saw someone in half, hopefully by taking the same attitude with my 2 young girls now, they will grow up to be well adjusted young women too :)

  
  
  Its not that I am worried they would end up involved in knife crime, more that they will see knives as toys and then if they get hold of a real knife it will end up sticking out of their leg or something. I don't really know, just makes me worry is all.
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  wishihadadonkey[mod]9 months, 1 week ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  CHEEPSTUFFRULES!

  wishihadadonkey

  I knew that this would attract some negativity, but imo it's just the same as a kids tool set, they have saws / hammers / screwdrivers/ drills in, I never demonised items when my son was growing up, he had guns, bows & arrows, tool sets etc & so far @ the age of 20 has managed not to stab, shoot or saw someone in half, hopefully by taking the same attitude with my 2 young girls now, they will grow up to be well adjusted young women too :)

  
  
  Its not that I am worried they would end up involved in knife crime, more that they will see knives as toys and then if they get hold of a real knife it will end up sticking out of their leg or something. I don't really know, just makes me worry is all.

  
  
  I think that by the age of 4 my son knew that knives were not toys, my girls @ 33mths & 23mths know that knives / forks are not to be played with, but to eat with & as always anything sharp / dangerous is kept out of their reach, it's down to personal choice, I see far less harm in this than some of the sling shot, pea shooters & such like my brothers played with 35-45 yrs ago, I'm surprised I'm still here, I was nearly always the one holding the target :D
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  CHEEPSTUFFRULES!9 months, 1 week ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  wishihadadonkey

  CHEEPSTUFFRULES!

  wishihadadonkey

  I knew that this would attract some negativity, but imo it's just the same as a kids tool set, they have saws / hammers / screwdrivers/ drills in, I never demonised items when my son was growing up, he had guns, bows & arrows, tool sets etc & so far @ the age of 20 has managed not to stab, shoot or saw someone in half, hopefully by taking the same attitude with my 2 young girls now, they will grow up to be well adjusted young women too :)

  
  
  Its not that I am worried they would end up involved in knife crime, more that they will see knives as toys and then if they get hold of a real knife it will end up sticking out of their leg or something. I don't really know, just makes me worry is all.

  
  
  I think that by the age of 4 my son knew that knives were not toys, my girls @ 33mths & 23mths know that knives / forks are not to be played with, but to eat with & as always anything sharp / dangerous is kept out of their reach, it's down to personal choice, I see far less harm in this than some of the sling shot, pea shooters & such like my brothers played with 35-45 yrs ago, I'm surprised I'm still here, I was nearly always the one holding the target :D

  
  
  You see I was the big brother in my house......

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