Q. I want to buy a pocketknife for my 8-year-old nephew. He has just started a pocketknife collection and has about 8 knives. Can you recommend a good knife for a boy that age?
– Aunt Debra, Houston, Texas
A. You must be a cool aunt to be buying your nephew a knife! Will you be my auntie too? OK, seriously, good knives for an 8-year-old? Here are two that I think he’d be sure to dig:
BSA Official Cub Scouts Pocket Knife ($19.99; www.scoutstuff.org) You just can’t go wrong with the official Cub Scouts pocketknife! It’s got a stainless steel 2¼”-long blade with a flat head screwdriver, cap lifter and punch blade folded inside.
Gerber Mini Paraframe ($16.26; www.gerbergear.com) This folding knife has an open stainless steel handle, which makes it both lightweight (just 1.4 ounces) and cool-looking! The 2.22”-long locking blade is high carbon stainless steel with a fine edge and it comes with a handy pocket clip too.
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im 11, and have 30 knives
I just found my 40 year old Cub Scout knife and it is as good as new. I will give it to my son when he gets to Cub Scouts. I suggest the Cub Scout knife as his first knife and the multi tool when he gets to Boy Scouts. The most important thing I believe IMHO is leave the factory edge while teaching safety, then sharpen once he is ready… but not too sharp. As a Cub he is not going to need all of the functions of a multi tool but will use all three on the Cub Scout knife.
i would not get anything fixed bladed. i recommend either a small pocket knife or a good multi tool.
I like pocket knifes for boyscoutts.
Im 11 and I have the gerber compact scout. It’s small and light weight
I would recomend asking your nephew witch one he wants.
my first nife at 6
i thhink an 8 year old should get a multitool as your first knife!
u are right bud
haha
i got my first knife at 11 and i have 10 i would get the gerber scout knife
ha ha you are probaly going to laugh at my nickname it is because i am the one who runs the campfire .but if you have that many knives make sure he has his whittling chip i also recamend remington 3-in-1 pocket knife.
very funny