Built Like a Tank?

singularity35

singularity35

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I hear that a lot about some folders, but what does that really mean? Why don't they just say overbuilt or thick liners and thick robust blade. As far as I know tanks have cannons and machine guns.
 
Tanks are almost indestructible and fit and finish are precise. An Overly built fine machine that can be used and abused for a while without repair. Its easier to type built like a tank as it describes pretty well. Describing each tough aspect of a folder takes too long.
 
Similes are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Similes are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining.

Similes use the words “as” or “like” to make the connection between the two things that are being compared.


Examples:

1. Playing chess with Ashley is like trying to outsmart a computer.

The activity “playing chess with Ashley” is being compared to “trying to outsmart a computer.” The point is that Ashley can think in a powerful manner that resembles the way a computer operates, not that she is like a computer in any other way.

2. His temper was as explosive as a volcano.

His temper is being compared to a volcano in that it can be sudden and violent.
 
myowngod said:
You get it in your hand and can't help but say "**** it is built like a tank"
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Fail. The only tank I've ever held in my hand was a fish tank.

I'm with singularity35 on this: we are drowning in cheap cliches here.
Like a cute wittwe kitten that falls into a weally, weally big fish tank. :)
 
I agree on the 0300 fitting this definition well. Awesome "tank" of a knife.
A tank is the epitome of toughness and power. What more convenient way is there to describe a knife that can take a beating and keep on going? Granted, many people could list reasons why a tank is vulnerable on the battlefield. However, it is a fairly universal symbol.
It would sound strange if someone said, "Man, this knife is built like Superman." :p
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Fail. The only tank I've ever held in my hand was a fish tank.

I'm with singularity35 on this: we are drowning in cheap cliches here.
Like a cute wittwe kitten that falls into a weally, weally big fish tank. :)
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If you think about it, fish tanks are quite dense and feel pretty darn solid... even your analogy would fit to a certain degree...
 
Personally I prefer my folders to be engineered like Swiss watches and lock open like bank vaults instead of being built like aquariums.






:p:D;)
 
Of course, some fish tanks are pretty solid.

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I have a large water tank beside the house. I don't think any of my knives resemble a water tank.
 
Similes? yes, cliche? more so! Any other ways of describing a solid hard use folder other than "tank"? Can I say then that an abrams is built like a manix or a ZT?
 
Mugen said:
Tanks are almost indestructible and fit and finish are precise. An Overly built fine machine that can be used and abused for a while without repair. Its easier to type built like a tank as it describes pretty well. Describing each tough aspect of a folder takes too long.
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I'm not sure it could have been said better. :thumbup:
 
I think the term "Built like a tank." gets thrown around pretty loosely. I have have heard people use that term to describe knives that I have owned and they resemble a pinto more than any tank. I think you can say something is built like a tank easier than you can say it's got thick liners,tight tolerances or any other fact. Built like a tank is just another expression that is used too much and improperly IMO.
 
English language you see:

Simile: David was like a lion in the battlefield. (He is not a lion, with a mane or a tail)

Built like a tank is a simile used for robust folders. I use it to describe my RAT1 folder.
 
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