I love this thread, but at the same time I hate it. You guys are 100% right about every single point listed in this thread. It was a right of passage for a little boy to get his first pocket knife from his Grandfather or his dad. Times have changed.
But the part that breaks my heart, as bad as it all has gotten, I don't see that there is any way we will ever be able to change it back. God help us...please!