Flat Coca-Cola

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We get a lot of threads around here about little issues with knives and we were talking about how almost all of the traditional knives we use and love are made with the same tools that were used 100 years ago....

Then today, I opened a can of Coca-Cola that was completely flat. The can was sealed. There was a dent in it. When I popped the top, no rushing air. When I took a drink it was just gross.

They are a multi-billion dollar company that let a flat soda go through.

It got me thinking. Even a big company like Coke lets one through from time to time and their product is not nearly as complex as the knives we all love. When we get a fluke out of these small factories, it should remind us that the knives are made by people. I am impressed with the quality of what they turn out and I am impressed with how they handle the little slips as well.

I just tossed the Coke. I don't think I'll even go looking for their phone number. :) Just made me think a bit.
 
Brilliant comparison Derrick. We as collectors tend to over analyze, and it can be our downfall. Sometimes an imperfection reminds you that it is a human making the product, which I am more than happy with
 
Oh c'mon!! That analogy just doesn't fly wtih me. I get the point you're trying to make but the product you type of was handled by far far more people and machines after it came off the line than any knife by whatever manufacture is exposed to. For this analogy to work it would have to be proven that the can was dented at the factory.

Now there is the possiblilty that the end purchaser damaged the product and is falsely claiming that the product was damaged before it left the manufacturer as I'm sure happens with many products that are damaged by the buyer post purchase (i.e., oh shoot, I dropped my knife and cracked the cover. I'm going to cantact the maufacture and claim it came that way and get a new knife). I'd bet that happens more times than we'd like to see.
 
Modoc ED said:
Oh c'mon!! That analogy just doesn't fly wtih me. I get the point you're trying to make but the product you type of was handled by far far more people and machines after it came off the line than any knife by whatever manufacture is exposed to. For this analogy to work it would have to be proven that the can was dented at the factory.

Now there is the possiblilty that the end purchaser damaged the product and is falsely claiming that the product was damaged before it left the manufacturer as I'm sure happens with many products that are damaged by the buyer post purchase (i.e., oh shoot, I dropped my knife and cracked the cover. I'm going to cantact the maufacture and claim it came that way and get a new knife). I'd bet that happens more times than we'd like to see.
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Get out of here! A can of Coke could show up at your door with NO fingerprints what-so-who-never!! Why I remember back in '93 (or was it "94?):confused:
we were playing beer-hunter! And that beer shoulda sprayed my brother good!! :eek:But all it did was dribble over his shoulder!!:grumpy:
I shoulda flung that analogy right back to Budweiser!!:mad:

Instead I disposed of my income all month!!:foot:
 
I think you should post a rant on the Traditional Colas section of Beverageforums.com.
 
Modoc ED said:
Oh c'mon!! That analogy just doesn't fly wtih me. I get the point you're trying to make but the product you type of was handled by far far more people and machines after it came off the line than any knife by whatever manufacture is exposed to. For this analogy to work it would have to be proven that the can was dented at the factory.

Now there is the possiblilty that the end purchaser damaged the product and is falsely claiming that the product was damaged before it left the manufacturer as I'm sure happens with many products that are damaged by the buyer post purchase (i.e., oh shoot, I dropped my knife and cracked the cover. I'm going to cantact the maufacture and claim it came that way and get a new knife). I'd bet that happens more times than we'd like to see.
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Apples and oranges high speed packaging and filling machine used to bring you coke never see anyone past loading the can slugs till someone pulls it out of the case at the retail store to put it on a shelf.

rma100 said:
Did you pay one month's disposable income for the Coca-Cola?
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Ever buy collectible Coke memorabilia, vintage bottles in particular? Those can cost more than that. :)

By the way most 5¢ Coke knives that you see most likely aren't real.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Apples and oranges high speed packaging and filling machine used to bring you coke never see anyone past loading the can slugs till someone pulls it out of the case at the retail store to put it on a shelf.



Ever buy collectible Coke memorabilia, vintage bottles in particular? Those can cost more than that. :)

By the way most 5¢ Coke knives that you see most likely aren't real.
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I don't think the OP was referencing "Coke Memorabilia". I know my reply to the OP was not referencing "Coke Memorabilia." And just FYI, as my Store name suggests, I've dealt in Collectibles, of many types including glassware and bottles, all my life.
 
Hey! I wasn't meaning to start an argument. I was just thinking about how manufacturing works. Coke is completely automated and still makes a clinker every once in a while. I was marveling at what we have.

Not every thought works for everyone. I am ok with that.
 
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Take what I said with a light hearted tone, I was making an apples to oranges comparison myself, and my comment about the memorabilia wasn't a challenge to your business it was a "quick" answer to your question.

As for this thread without more knife content I fear it'll be moved to gadgets and gear.:rolleyes:
 
Coke is better than Pepsi...

;)

I thought this was about sticking a knife blade in Cola.

Coke is made in huge vats and then bottled in huge factories. I'm only 34 but I think Coke has changed in flavor over the years. Of course this diabetic shouldn't have any.

Case has a lot of automated processes but I wouldn't compare them to a soda bottling company. I get your point.

I'm going to go and see if my 6pk of Angry Orchard cider is flat...
 
Desperately needed knife content:
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(courtesy of zippofan)
 
What? Any soda bottler usually puts out the same number of cans/bottles of soda in a DAY as some brands put out for a YEAR for certain models of knives. When drinks are bottled, the process is almost totally automated, the initial mixing of the liquid, pre-carbonization is the only human interaction part of the process. At least for the larger brands, IMO.
 
I would move this if I could figure out where to put it. Since I am at a loss at an appropriate home for it, and it seems to have little to do with knives, I will close it.
 
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