Nathan's Wooden Knife Safety Kit

You don’t know how to handle a knife unless you learn. So Oregon-based designer Glenn Klecker sat down with his son and built a teaching tool that’s not only educational, but pretty damn cool. Its design and lockback mechanism work just like a real folding knife—but, y’know, without the scary sharp parts. The blade and handle are also fully customizable so your kiddo can adorn it with whatever stain, paint, name, or stick-figure drawing they want. Before you know it, they’ll be giving you the whole “That’s not a knife, *this* is a knife” routine like Crocodile Dundee himself. A go-to teaching tool for knife safety—developed by an award-winning designer and his son, Nathan