From: goodsoldierschweik@invalid.com   
      
   On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:51:54 -0500, greylock    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:17:54 +0700, Schweik   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:02:45 -0500, greylock    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:04:07 -0700 (PDT), rigger    
   >>>wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>On Jun 28, 7:35 pm, greylock  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>For the car I bought a S&W with a glass breaker and a serrated blade   
   >>>>with a seatbelt cutter.  It's real loose and the liner lock doesn't   
   >>>>look   
   >>>>all that great but it was cheap, $5- $10, and good enough.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>dennis   
   >>>>in nca   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>My nephew bought one - a rather large folder - and used it for a "work   
   >>>knife". It held up about 6 or 7 months, which is actually a little   
   >>>better than average for him (he is a heavy construction electrician).   
   >>>   
   >>>That would be roughly equivalent to the Buck knives he uses - and was   
   >>>a good bit cheaper.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Perhaps it is old age and forgetfulness, but it seems that years ago   
   >>one bought a pocket knife and eventually lost the fool thing, but I   
   >>never remember anyone saying that "well I wore it out".   
   >>   
   >>Is this an indication that knives are of lower quality today? Of just   
   >>that we remember only the good things about the "good old days"?   
   >>   
   >>Cheers,   
   >>   
   >>Schweik   
   >>(goodsoldierschweikatgmail)   
   >   
   >   
   >I certainly can't speak for everyone - but I was raised to be   
   >considerably more careful with my pocket knives.   
   >   
   >My nephew does things with his knives I would not do with a "good"   
   >knife.   
   >   
   >But the relative cost of "a knife" (as opposed to a "good" knife) is   
   >much lower than it used to be in relative terms.   
   >   
   >I actually DO still have all of the knives I have bought through the   
   >years with the exception of the ones lost.  He runs through what I   
   >would generally call  medium quality knives at a fairly predictable   
   >rate when he is working.  What dies is nearly always that they get   
   >loose at the hinge pin.   
      
      
   Ahh...So do mine, occasionally. I usually either peen them a bit   
   tighter or drill out the pin and install a larger one. One "rigger's"   
   knife I replaced the skinny little pivot pin with an 1/8th inch   
   hardened steel pin - that fixed it!   
      
   Cheers,   
      
   Schweik   
   (goodsoldierschweikatgmail)   
      
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