JJ's Knife Kit LockBack Wooden Pocket - Great for teaching p

My 9-year-old loved this kit, and my jealous 7-year-old got to help make it... You need wood glue (I use Titebond), spring clamps, CA glue (cyanoacrylate, or superglue) and sandpaper to assemble. Don't start until you have those supplies. Everything is cut precisely (I would guess laser cut), and went together easily for my 9-year-old. I put CA glue CAREFULLY into the pre-drilled holes before inserting the pins which hold the knife together (that part's hard for a kid). Sanded at the end to keep everything flush. I felt no need to finish the wood. Safety training... The first thing my son did when closing the lockback is to close the "blade" (i.e., dull wooden blade-shaped piece of wood) right on his fingers! It was an opportunity to show him why that's a bad idea and give him practice on proper closing. The second thing he did was to point the knife at his brother (just pointing, not menacingly)... Another opportunity to show why that is bad, and train him on proper knife handling around people. I also purchased a small lockback (real one) on Amazon, which he will receive in a couple of months. It's the same size as the wooden knife, so it will be a perfect transition. (Then the 7-year-old will get the wooden knife for a couple of years.) Overall great quality wooden lockback pocket knife for training, with a nice aluminum case. **** UPDATE 7/26/19 **** As of today (1 year and 6 months after first use), accidentally going through 2 loads of laundry, being dropped a number of times from a height of about 12', being used to mutilate dead sticks, and being run over by a bicycle once, the wooden knife still "exists"... I have found that after a laundry washing the pins can fall out. Easy replacement can be done with any finish nail, placed in with CA glue, then trimmed with a Dremel tool to be flush. Almost time to give the 7-year old (who is now about to turn 9) his first real knife... This wooden knife has allowed for lots of safety training with no risk of injury.

These are very nice laser cut wood kits i have 2 of each of 3 kits but it would be nice if the blades were shaped with a thinner cutting edge and not just flat. But i guess a little sand paper and it can be done

As a carpenter and outdoorsmen I carry a knife daily, recently my son started taking an interest in my knife collection. He is also a cb scout and will have his own pocket knife ne day. I got him this to start teaching him safety and so he could have his own “pocket knife”:when we go hiking or fishing. He loves it! It went together incredibly easy and was a fun little project. The lock works great, it looks great and is very well made. Definitely recommend for little outdoorsmen or outdoorswomen and all around adventurers. Really cool little product all around.

We purchased this for our 4 year old little boy. He loves it and carries it in his pocket daily so that he can be like his daddy .

Kids loved helping assemble. Does require a dab of glue.