Gerber Paraframe Mini Pocket Knife

The open-frame design means there is almost nothing to it — it disappears in a pocket in a way that fatter folding knives do not, which is the difference between a knife that gets carried and one that lives in a drawer. Fine edge, thumb stud, lock-back. It is not a hard-use knife and the steel will need touching up more often than something three times the price. For opening boxes, cutting line and everything else daily life asks, it is exactly enough. Check local carry rules before gifting.

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