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3f8 · #1

Any news about the new military 2 with stop lock. Is this lock similar to the Tatanka lock? I'm thinking the Tatanka will be a bit heavy for me. The new Milli might just be the one.

ginsuwarrior · #2

My 11 year old boy asks me if the Military 2 is out...EVERY month! Patience I tell him. :)

Scorpion · #3

Yeah umm, I wouldn't give an 11 y.o. a Military. Just saying.

Liquid Cobra · #4

I think I was 10 or 11 when I was given my first pocket knife.

dgebler · #5

I want one too...so I can feel like an 11 year old boy with a new knife again. :D

hawaiihunter · #6

Had my first spyderco when I was 12

yablanowitz · #7

Spyderco wasn't making knives when I was 12. I found my first pocketknife when I was 6 or 7, and I still have it.

Ned · #8

When I was 12 I had a whole box full of knives. I've had knives for as long as I can remember. I bought my son a Delica 4 in blue FRN when he turned 12; I'll probably buy him a Manix 2 this year. He's a good and responsible kid, I would trust him with a Military or a Schemp Rock or any edged tool in existence.

Scorpion · #9

I just meant that the Military is a huge knife. I would give an 11 year old a Delica at most, though probably a Manbug or dragonfly.

The Deacon · #10

I don't recall seeing he Military 2 in Mr Blonde's photo spreads from Amsterdam and IWA. While that's no guarantee it won't be out soon, I'd say it tilts the odds heavily against it being released this year.

ginsuwarrior · #11

Scorpion wrote:I just meant that the Military is a huge knife. I would give an 11 year old a Delica at most, though probably a Manbug or dragonfly.

HA! Oh he can handle a military all right. We country folk aren't scared of big knives, even in the hands of our fully capable children!!

EDIT: I'm looking at him now and he has a Becker BK14 hanging from his neck, a Kershaw field knife on his belt, and an Endura clipped to his pocket!!

3rdGenRigger · #12

I had my first pocket knife when I was 6 or 7 (I grew up on an acreage). It was a smaller Swiss Army knife of some sort, but I don't remember it very well because my Grandmother (On my mom's side) took it away from me because she thought I was too young...even though my Mom and Dad had bought it expressly for the purpose of giving it to me. I got mad and told them and they bought me another slightly larger one and I made sure my Grandmother didn't find it...for about 2 years, and she then confiscated THAT one from me. I then got yet ANOTHER Swiss Army knife (And again a slightly larger one), which I still have to this day, though I never did see the first two again. At about 10 I bought a few smallish knives, traditional style lockbacks with the lock right at the butt of the handle, and a nail nick opener. They all dulled fast (Like the Swiss army knives), and I would stop using them but they only ever cost about $10 each so it wasnèt a big deal. The first brand name knife (Not Swiss Army multi tool) that I bought was a Gerber that I still have, but it doesn't even have a nail nick to open and was a little tedious to use, but better than the no name brands I'd bought before. It all changed a little over a decade ago when I bought a FRN Native, and I've never look back from Spyderco. As long as the kid is responsible and intelligent, there's no reason not to let them have a pocket knife...but it all depends on the individual kid. And the parents making sure that the kid knows when it's appropriate to have and use a knife.

Edit: Forgot to mention I'm also super stoked for the improved version of the Military when it does come out. The biggest complaint I have with the current Military is that you're forced to carry it tip down (Pretty decent compliment to a knife if that's my biggest gripe with the design).