I gave my oldest sons shot guns when they were 12 and 13 respectively, knives when they were about 10. That was nearly 30 years ago, now I have a 13 year old son and gave him a pocket knife a couple of years ago but he dare not carry it to school.
I’d give him a shot gun too but we live where there’s no where near that’s convenient to shoot it. I may buy him one anyway.
My two boys, 13 and 16 have about 70 knives between them. I’ve got at least a half dozen, including a really cool one a friend just gave me.
I rarely venture out with a tool in my pocket.