chris reeve umnumzaan tanto got a work out yesterday

Mic77

Mic77

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If you have kids or grand kids then you will understand this. I cut so much plastic, cardboard, twine, tape, zip ties and rubber bands I had to sharpen my knife and clean the tape goo off it was crazy. My kids get a lot of toys this time of year my daughter mostly as she was also born on Christmas morning. The grandparents can get a little out of hand. Any way I feel like kids toys are packed like there made of nitroglycerin. I needed my knife 2 screwdrivers allen wrenches a stiff drink every hour and a fistful of patience. My daughter asked me after overhearing me mumble " why do you want to go to china and punch the person who made this ". My brother and I were the official knife bearers opening everyone's gifts. I thought my brother was going to have a stroke when my step dad hit a staple with his ZT I gave him, The look on his face only a knife person at that moment could recognize the one of horror and and anger mixed with panic where all you want to say is what the hell is wrong with you and grab your knife back to cradle it like a child crying . But he held it together there was a little ding which I said I could get out for him no problem. He learned the hard way never lone your knife out offer to cut it for them.
 
Ahhh, I remember those days. My kids are grown past that stage where it takes a lot of effort to open and assemble everything. Back then my only knife was a buck oddysey.
 
I like the twist-ties that have cable instead off a single strand of wire! Perhaps even better are the toys that are actually screwed to the packaging with tiny screws that require a scrrewdriver smaller than 90% off what I have.

It is not so much the guys that make the toys, I think it is the packaging engineers that deem it necessary to secure these things as they do....I can only speculate that they fear some low lifes will remove them from the package and steal them from the store if they are not bolted to a huge package that wont fit under a coat as easily (thieves still find a way though).

Long ago, I learned to set out a set of dykes and some tiny screwdrivers next to Santa's cookie plate when I was laying out presents in the middle off the night;)
 
I could've wrote this post !

My oldest son was also born on CHRISTMAS and turned seven this year. He has a younger brother and sister and thankfully the presents were DEEP this year.
A Tanto Umnum has been my go to blade for years and it sure got a workout destroying the insane packaging that the toys come in these days.
I especially like the comment about going to China and punching somebody in the face, I'm sure that my family was wondering what I was grumbling while I was unpacking as well.
 
Mic77 said:
Ya there is less security for nuclear material than frozen toys.
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I opened more frozen stuff for my 3 year old girl (and her 4 and 2 year old cousins) with my new case bone handled trapper 50th anniversary of the mustang knife that the girlfriend gave me.

I still have to clean the glue off, box it back up and add it to my mustang display shelf. I love it but don't think I'll carry it. Maybe I'll buy one like it not a collectors item to carry occasionally.
 
Oh yeah I have found that a victorinox cadet works awesome also since the screwdrivers are greT for installing batteries and cutting.
 
Don't get me started with the little compartments hidden away where you need a micro screwdriver to open it then install some odd number of batteries so your left with one lone battery.
 
Yep of course I was the go to person for manhandling all the packaging for my nephews' presents at the in-laws Christmas. Seems like it used to be twist ties holding these things to the packages, but now heavy duty zip ties? Good thing I had my Alox Cadet because that's what got the zip tie duty.

Funny that last year at the same gathering I was gifted a Benchmade 707 and 5 minutes later someone was asking me to let them use it for package duty. I handed them my Leatherman Juice.
 
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