Most of us at Columbia River Knife & Tool grew up with knives. We remember our first knives. We remember the instructions from our parents on how to use knives and how to care for them. And we remember the admonitions on when and where it was appropriate to carry a knife.
We used our first pocket knives as they were meant to be used: for carving, for whittling, for making fire starters, for cutting string, for making crafts, for cleaning fish, and even for removing a wood sliver now and then.
We were part of the great tradition of responsible knife ownership and education. It never occurred to us that our knives could be weapons, so we never used our knives to threaten or harm anyone, and we certainly would have been severely disciplined by our parents and had our knives taken away if we did.
We learned that it was an honor to carry a knife, and that we were duty bound to use it responsibly...