I'm gonna go with canoedogs. Go to ragweedforge, & check out what they have.

"...a non locker can only fold on you if you bang the top of the blade..."

Actually, you can put a nice slice in your index finger, right about the first joint (don't ask how I know this) if you are holding the handle right up by the blade, and using the tip of the blade to cut on something, pushing the tip at the same time. Some folders (the original Leatherman PST was great for this) will fold, and you get that forever to heal cut right on the joint line...

Edit: In case I forgot to say it, Welcome!!!

I would get her a SAK, like a My First SAK Plus by Vic. Blunt tipped blade, can opener, bottle opener, wood saw. My kids love theirs.

Another vote for a small SAK. Kids love them, and they're good tools. Yes, a nonlocking blade can fold up on you, but in all my years of using slipjoints, that's one of the few ways I HAVEN'T cut myself.

The Classic might be a good choice - small, light, and the scissors are useful, though the knife blade is really, really small. My First Victorinox might also be a good choice - it's basically the Bantam with a rounded tip blade. There are also the Cadet and Recruit - just the basics. I wouldn't get her one of the monsters, though the Explorer has a good selection of tools if you want to go a little bigger.

Kevin B.

I'm with c-dog and old soldier. A small sloyd knife from Ragnar.

M

My first knife was an old case two blade non-locking folder. I think I spent more time trying to sharpen that thing than I ever did actually using it. Used to play mumbledee peg with it until I stuck it in my brother's foot. Then Dad took it and I never saw it again, and didn't own another knife for a couple years(till I learned some respect for such things I reckon).

I've done more damage to myself with an x-acto blade than I will ever do with a real knife.