This is quite a thread going about knives and scouting ! Knives are only one example of the PC unreality out there ( or in there.) The Ranch is a frequent site for the local cub scout pack. I was asked to prepare a meal and teach the boys. 5 dutch ovens, cowboy coffee pot ( cocoa) and a hand cranked icecream maker were well attended as the parents arrived. One mother had a fit! Cooking food that way would lead to "diseases" It was dirty, it was, well, OUTSIDE! Turns out the poor kid thought hot food came from a drive through window or the microwave. Peer pressure ( and tahitian vanilla icecream without wood cellulose ) won that arguement! The local harware store had to special order more dutch ovens. It was amazing what he found behind his old stock!