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I'd go with a option #3, and then when you do pass it on to your scions, they will have something that Dad used and enjoyed.
"Used knives" have always been more interesting to me than older new-in-the-box models. I have several favorite sheath knives that will be passed on to my kids, but none are virgins.
To avoid your "virgin issue," I try to use every new knife to cut something the first day I own it. Same with firearms.
About 30 years ago, I bought a brand new Colt .45 Peacemaker for about $325. It was so pretty, i could never bring myself to shoot it, and it lived in the bottom of the gun cabinet, unfired, for 25 years. I often took it out to handle, admire, etc. but never shot it. About 25 years later, I sold it for $900 - still unfired. I then resolved not to ever do that again. Guns and knives are made to be used!
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