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Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than any one of my knives...
But, who the heck knows what my Evil Eye i-Pod has been up to?
But, who the heck knows what my Evil Eye i-Pod has been up to?
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Venting...
Down here in Tampa, Florida area, each and everytime someone does ANYTHING with a knife (mostly bad) and it makes the news(Tampa Bay 10)...this is the picture they use to head up the story...
Cant Buck Knives at least make them stop using a picture of one of theirs...
Keith
Did you write the station a letter? I would. Point out that they are doing serious damage to the reputation of a long-standing American company and are likely setting themselves up for legal problems. I bet their suits see that and make the switch before the next crackhead nicks a liquor store clerk with a boxcutter.
[Edited to add: Ooops. I posted this reply to the very first post before reading all the great replies that had been posted already. I still think that the letters we send them should politely point out that they are opening themselves up to legal troubles. That's the kind of stuff they'll listen to.]
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Maybe Buck should "Bill" that news agency for using a Buck product as a model without a signed release form from Buck.
An attorney could have a field day with this issue.
Porkchop 3223
An attorney could have a field day with this issue.
Porkchop 3223
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Since Ruko is importing an exact copy of the Buck 119, first you have to prove that's an actual Buck in the picture.
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Really???
What steel are they using??? Do you have a link??? How's the price??? 
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Really???
My local feed and seed farm store has them for about $19, have no idea waht the steel is, doesn't say but if it is the same as they use in their slipjoints, it's crap.
Ruko is importing exact clones of most of Bucks black synthetic handled fixed blades.
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Most of the people running TV news ops are brain dead morons who can not understand half of what they report. I had a player on one of my teams who's mother was a desk reporter/anchor and father was a News producer.
After one particularly false report about a gun used in a killing, I finally asked the guy to lunch. I had kept a really brief notebook on stories the station had aired that provided factual errors, not including errors in judgement, political understanding or position, just factual errors for one week. They both showed up as they thought I was going to rip on their son for something on the team, but when i started to tell them why I was talking to them, that they were making fools of themselves every night on TV by repeating just nonsense, he was very defensive but she was amazed.
I had a list I wish I could find it now, but it was stuff like pictures of a Ford Taurus when they called it Chevy Lumina, A building in uptown when the picture was from frogtown. A shotgun called an assault weapon. Person named was not the person they meant it to be. a marine sgt. when the Lt bars were clearly shown. I then brought up the story about the gun, how "hunting Rifle" was flip flopped several times with "sniper rifle". How the rifle used was actually over 70 years old, that it had never been equipped with a telescopic sight and that calling it a sniper rifle was akin to calling all fords race cars because some cars that race do have the oval on them. . She was amazed, she had no idea how poorly that reflected on her. She had done a story on fire sprinklers for safety and said they were too expensive for residential homes. She had no idea that many homeowners of upscale houses had been installing fire sprinklers for years because the cost involved for new dry line sprinklers often was erased in one or two years of reduced insurance premiums for Homeowners. She had merely been the mouth piece, saying what she believed to be true but which clearly was not true. It was poor reporting and research.
A few months later she was replaced because she had "become difficult" to work with according to her station. She must have sued and gotten some huge settlement as she is no longer working and her standard of living has gone up substantially.
After one particularly false report about a gun used in a killing, I finally asked the guy to lunch. I had kept a really brief notebook on stories the station had aired that provided factual errors, not including errors in judgement, political understanding or position, just factual errors for one week. They both showed up as they thought I was going to rip on their son for something on the team, but when i started to tell them why I was talking to them, that they were making fools of themselves every night on TV by repeating just nonsense, he was very defensive but she was amazed.
I had a list I wish I could find it now, but it was stuff like pictures of a Ford Taurus when they called it Chevy Lumina, A building in uptown when the picture was from frogtown. A shotgun called an assault weapon. Person named was not the person they meant it to be. a marine sgt. when the Lt bars were clearly shown. I then brought up the story about the gun, how "hunting Rifle" was flip flopped several times with "sniper rifle". How the rifle used was actually over 70 years old, that it had never been equipped with a telescopic sight and that calling it a sniper rifle was akin to calling all fords race cars because some cars that race do have the oval on them. . She was amazed, she had no idea how poorly that reflected on her. She had done a story on fire sprinklers for safety and said they were too expensive for residential homes. She had no idea that many homeowners of upscale houses had been installing fire sprinklers for years because the cost involved for new dry line sprinklers often was erased in one or two years of reduced insurance premiums for Homeowners. She had merely been the mouth piece, saying what she believed to be true but which clearly was not true. It was poor reporting and research.
A few months later she was replaced because she had "become difficult" to work with according to her station. She must have sued and gotten some huge settlement as she is no longer working and her standard of living has gone up substantially.
Once again:grumpy: Here's another story on Tampa Bay 10 news with their favorite picture to head up the story...
And the story is about how the stabbing was with a SCREWDRIVER!!! So I guess we are looking at the Buck 119 screwdriver.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=42183
Keith
And the story is about how the stabbing was with a SCREWDRIVER!!! So I guess we are looking at the Buck 119 screwdriver.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=42183
Keith
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119 Screwdriver...oh the good ol' days when I was young and stupid (now at least I'm no longer "young") and used my 110s for that or a pry bar.
SO wrong of them to do that pic with that story. Should've have used a pic of "Bob The Builder" or a Craftsman SCREWDRIVER.
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They paint a pretty bad picture of Ninjas also...
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/specials/popular/article.aspx?s=popular&storyid=42209
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/specials/popular/article.aspx?s=popular&storyid=42209
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I don't know about you folks but personally and emotionally, Sticking a attacker with a sharp object to save my life would be my last choise of despiration for an defensive encounter.
I would much prefer aviodance with the bad guy. but if pushed into a deadly life threatening situation. And if I had to try to find an object to protect myself. Ball Bat, hedge clippers, large screw driver, knife? What ever tool you select will be criticised because it was not used as what it was designed for. and what if the bad guy overpowered you and got the tool and commenced to use it on you?
Having physical contact with the target, a struggle, blood, guts and noises and looks are hard for me to deal with.
My Alternative, My EDC
When you focus on the front sight and squeeze off Two 40 S&W Tap taps to center mass of yor target, that ends a hostile tramitic life and death situation in a much more civilized manner.
I Like my Bucks but I love my Sig Sauer. Both have never let me down.
Porky
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I would much prefer aviodance with the bad guy. but if pushed into a deadly life threatening situation. And if I had to try to find an object to protect myself. Ball Bat, hedge clippers, large screw driver, knife? What ever tool you select will be criticised because it was not used as what it was designed for. and what if the bad guy overpowered you and got the tool and commenced to use it on you?
Having physical contact with the target, a struggle, blood, guts and noises and looks are hard for me to deal with.
My Alternative, My EDC
When you focus on the front sight and squeeze off Two 40 S&W Tap taps to center mass of yor target, that ends a hostile tramitic life and death situation in a much more civilized manner.
I Like my Bucks but I love my Sig Sauer. Both have never let me down.
Porky
BCCI 1107