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#261509 1-Dec-2019 13:44
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Hi my 12 yo kid would like a MacGyver style swiss army knife. But I can't find one...

Does anyone know where I can get one that's cheap and half decent?

Thanks

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  #2364013 1-Dec-2019 13:49
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  #2364016 1-Dec-2019 13:57
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When I was about nine or ten, I was desperate to have a ‘pocket knife’. They had some in the local general store.

 

My mum said “No, you’ll cut yourself”.

 

“No, I won’t - I’ll be careful”.

 

“You will”.

 

“I won’t - I promise”.

 

Etc etc.

 

Eventually my parents gave in and, after I had had the knife a few days, I cut myself and they took me to the doc for stitches in my finger.





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  #2364023 1-Dec-2019 14:08
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eracode:

When I was about nine or ten, I was desperate to have a ‘pocket knife’. They had some in the local general store.


My mum said “No, you’ll cut yourself”.


“No, I won’t - I’ll be careful”.


“You will”.


“I won’t - I promise”.


Etc etc.


Eventually my parents gave in and, after I had had the knife a few days, I cut myself and they took me to the doc for stitches in my finger.



Yes I'm wanting him to learn some real life lessons. Hopefully at the end of all that he'll still be in one piece.



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  #2364024 1-Dec-2019 14:09
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eracode:

Not hard to find, eg:


https://www.huntingandfishing.co.nz/victorinox-soldiers-knife-official-swiss-army-issue.html



Thanks. Ideally only one knife and a bit cheaper, but thanks

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eracode:

 

When I was about nine or ten, I was desperate to have a ‘pocket knife’. They had some in the local general store.

 

My mum said “No, you’ll cut yourself”.

 

“No, I won’t - I’ll be careful”.

 

“You will”.

 

“I won’t - I promise”.

 

Etc etc.

 

Eventually my parents gave in and, after I had had the knife a few days, I cut myself and they took me to the doc for stitches in my finger.

 

 

did exactly the same thing as a kid , i still have the scar running through the centre of my thumb 45 years later, still blame the parents for giving in  lol.





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  #2364078 1-Dec-2019 16:01
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thanks we're off to torpedo7!

 

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Go with the first one though - you haven't lived until you've opened a tin of baked beans with a swiss army knife then eaten straight out of the tin with a knife blade ;D





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  #2364082 1-Dec-2019 16:03
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Batman:

 

thanks we're off to torpedo7!

 

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_cP5B8apKo 

 

 

 

There are two companies that make the official "Swiss Army Knife" and Victoriknox seems to be the more popular brand. 





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  #2364117 1-Dec-2019 17:39
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thanks all.

 

just in case someone wants to buy the torpedo7 $35 dollar one, it's a mini pocket knife, about 1.5-2 inches long. get the ones that start fr $45 and they're the 4-5 inch ones.


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  #2364142 1-Dec-2019 19:12
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Batman: Hi my 12 yo kid would like a MacGyver style swiss army knife. But I can't find one...

Does anyone know where I can get one that's cheap and half decent?

 

 

You can get them pretty much anywhere, e.g. Mr.Minits have them...

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  #2364215 1-Dec-2019 20:14
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Even Moore Wilson's in Wellington have a decent selection of Victorinox knives.

I bought two small ones on TM a few years ago. $20 and perfect for my key ring.

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Ah how could I forget trade me

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