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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:10:33 +0200, D wrote:   
      
   > Branding. The classic is the one that 99% of all swedes played with when   
   > they were children, so I suspect they are capitalizing on peoples   
   > nostalgia.   
      
   You may be right. I carried a 'cat knife' in high school and for years   
   after.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_K55K   
      
   I have one with all the black paint worn off, a missing loop, and the   
   blade worn down from repeated sharpening. However, I also have one I   
   bought a few years ago from nostalgia. It was more than ten times what I   
   paid in the early '60s. It's on my desk in a plastic sleeve, a memento   
   rather than an everyday tool.   
      
   Besides being cheap the knives had two things going for them. They are so   
   flat they could be carried in a back pocket behind a wallet and not be   
   detected in a casual pat down. With a little work with a small file the   
   profile of the root of the blade could be smoothed out so it could be   
   flicked open with one hand.   
      
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