lkenefic
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- Aug 19, 2011
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The Buck 110 is a good knife, but I don't think most 9 year Olds have the finger strength to work the lock without getting their fingers in the path of the closing blade. As a scout leader for a while, we used to recommend non lock blade knives to start out... Case, Barlow, etc. They're inexpensive... wally world has them... and sufficient to get started. Once your son has the finger strength for a lock blade knife... then I'd go shopping for real.
Ebay... caveat emptor.... there are so many fakes that I wouldn't want to spend more than $50 or so on anything... but I'm sure that would be enough to buy 2 or 3 PM2's from China... ;-) as others have said... research the sellers. I bought my current EDC knife... Spyderco Dragonfly Stainless... from a vender with 3000+ positives and a return policy.
Amazon... I thought they'd be ok, but they also sell fake knives... even the boxes and the product inserts look real. Beware of third party sellers. Spyderco and ZT seem to be the most often counterfeited. I got lucky on the Benchmade I bought... it was offered with Amazon Prime, so I didn't have to pay and wait for 3 months...
The knife center... this is where I'll likely make my next serious purchase. I'm going to buy a Paramilitary 2, and it seems to be about the most counterfeited knife there is. They also have about the best prices I've found as well.
Best of luck...
Ebay... caveat emptor.... there are so many fakes that I wouldn't want to spend more than $50 or so on anything... but I'm sure that would be enough to buy 2 or 3 PM2's from China... ;-) as others have said... research the sellers. I bought my current EDC knife... Spyderco Dragonfly Stainless... from a vender with 3000+ positives and a return policy.
Amazon... I thought they'd be ok, but they also sell fake knives... even the boxes and the product inserts look real. Beware of third party sellers. Spyderco and ZT seem to be the most often counterfeited. I got lucky on the Benchmade I bought... it was offered with Amazon Prime, so I didn't have to pay and wait for 3 months...
The knife center... this is where I'll likely make my next serious purchase. I'm going to buy a Paramilitary 2, and it seems to be about the most counterfeited knife there is. They also have about the best prices I've found as well.
Best of luck...
