Ginsu question

dsvirsky

dsvirsky

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Were? They're still widely available. Made from "surgical stainless" which generally means 420J. I'm not certain, but they appear to be manufactured in the PRC, which would render them less than PC.

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They cut the heck out of aluminum cans, then cut a tomato with the greatest of ease...

Who could ask for anything more?

Brandon

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If you want a saw, get a saw. The steel is cheap, the country they are manufactured in is cheap (PRC is cheap... if it is Taiwan, I take that back), they don't sharpen, etc.

I saw one, and it was a piece of crap.

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i've had a couple sets and they get dull after a few months...did not think they would.
 
Hey! "PRC is cheap" what's that suppose to mean?? Maybe some of their products are not the best, but saying the whole country is cheap is just bs. I dont wana get in to too much of political issues, but plez stop making these kind of statements. Keep it to the knives.

Ginju knives cut really good, suprisingly. Although i dont know about resharpen their tiny serrations, but they cut forever, and hella flexible.
 
Good Evening.
It is I,
Vampire Gerbil
(Note: Due to the fact that nobody commented on my new greeting, 'Good Evening. It is me, Vampire Gerbil', I have resorted to using my original salutation.)

ANYways, I addressed the Ginsu topic back on 6/23/00, or if you're a military kinda folk, 23, June, 2000.
The topic was entitled:
So I go food shopping today.....
(There may be an additional period there since I went all out and didn't copy/paste the topic line)
Here's what I had to say about that then, on June 23, 2000, or if you're a military kinda folk... hell, you know the date!
Good Evening.
It is I,
Vampire Gerbil
(Sorry, haven't been able to come up with a new greeting yet. Here in the sticks, the only other greetings I hear are, "Hi, I forgot mah beer, you got some right?" and that's from the cops)
ANYways, it was my turn to go to the grocery store today. Myself and my psychotic daughter, Allison enter the place and immediately the voices in my head started screaming about "the last and final chance to get your free knife in the produce section". Annoyed at the redundant nature of that remark, I tried to ignore them, although at this point I'm fairly used to the screaming voices. However, Allison says, "Dave, aren't you gonna go to the produce section to get your free knife?"
(I should say that my daughters both call me "Dave" and I call them "Mommy" and "Grandpa".We have a modern relationship.)
So I turn to her, most flabbergastedly, and say, "YOU'RE hearing the voices too????"
She rolled her eyes to the back of her skull, in a typical teenage fashion and said, "No. That was the PA Dave. They're giving away a free knife in the produce section".
"I knew that, I was just testing you.", I said and waddled my way over to produce to get my free Battle Mistress..... (did I mention that I'm an optometrist of "The glass is always half full of poison" variety?)
I get to produce, and there's a kid there extolling the virtues of his wares.... the "Knife O' Da Future" itself, the GINSU!!!
He starts off by taking one of those thingamabobs that you stick in a orange... "Can it core a orange?", I say. "Yes, it can core a orange and juice it too" he says, then demonstrates on a poor defenseless orange. After he was done, he threw the thingamabob at me, which I deftly caught, causing admiring stares among the many grandmothers (and one toothless old codger with a lazy eye) I put it in my pocket, figuring, "If he thinks he's getting it back, I'm gonna bite his ear off", but he just shrugged and went on with his schpiel (That's Yiddish for "Line of BS". ::::::Looking for Mr. Mattis' nodding head of agreement:::::
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He goes on to ask who here has a Ginsu?
I sheepishly keep my hand down as some grandmothers shoot their hands up saying, "Arrrgggghhh! I got me one, yep I do!" and so forth.
Then he whips it out! A gasp eminates from the crowd of 6! Uhhh... he whipped out a Ginsu, I mean.... anything else woulda really bothered the crowd, except for the toothless codger with the lazy eye, who seemed somewhat disappointed.
Knifeboy stated that although the Ginsu SOUNDS Asian, it is actually made in Arkansas. (There's a joke about an alcoholic ginsucker named Su in there somewhere, but I can't think of it right now) He did the usual tricks of slicing tomatoes, then started sawing at a hammer.
"Can it saw a hammer", I ask?
"Yeah, it can saw a hammer. Didn't you just see me saw a hammer with it?"
"Yes", I answer, "but I didn't know that was called a hammer. I thought it was a really bad piece of fish"
He stopped looking in my direction after that.
To make a long story short (yeah, I know it's too late for that, but I could make this a lot longer, believe me) he was offering two Ginsu knives (with the forked tips), a Fisherman's Angler Pal-Buddy, or something sounding like that, 6 steak knives, a paring knife and 2, yes TWO juicer oranger corer thingamwhatsits!!!
All for the low, low price of $32.
"How can I resist?", I asked myself.
"You can't", replied the bladeboy, "and stop talking to yourself."
So off I went to the ATM to pull out $140 (I always sucked at math) and returned with my money, paid Blademonger, telling him "I can't wait to see what this'll do to goats!"
He smiled nervously and pocketed my money.
So, "What's the point of this story, VG?", I hear some people ask.
"Well, first of all, call me Mr. Womblebottoms, so's we're not so formal, ok?"
......
OK?!?!?!??!!??
"Ok, sorry, thought that was a rhetorical question, Mr. Womblebottom."
"Ya forgot the "S"! It's W-O-M-B-L-B-O-T-T-O-M-S!!!!!"
"Yeeesh, sorry, Mr. Womblebottomssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!"
It's only spelled with one "s", but thanks anyways. Well, the point of this story is that I finally bought a knife that I'd secretly coveted for about 25 years and that it don't look too shabby in person.
Also, Ginsu Knives are now to be known as..... uhhhhh.... I just looked at 'em and they don't have a brand name on 'em. I guess they're named "Stainless US" Knifesellerkid said that the name'd been changed to something like "Slimcut" or something....
I'm beginning to think I was had....no, not by the toothless old codger with the lazy eye (Wish I didn't give him my phone number!!) but by Bladebadger.
Then again, I'm sure that it has to be the real deal, since he was at a major food chain ("Smiths", the west coast equivalent to "Jones", I guess) so I figure that for $32 I got my money's worth.
Okay, I figure that this one's gonna get mentioned at Whine & Cheese, under a lameness theme, but I haven't posted here in a while and since this was knife related, I thought it'd be ok.
I'm thinking about going to a major department store next to seek out the "Free Makeover" women and torment them..... last woman threatened to quit when I asked her to do that for me, but that was in NJ.
Here in Nevada, I figure they'd just love to get hold of my peaches and cream complexion (I smear yogurt on my face religiously. By religously, I mean I do it while praying and sacrificing teddy bears)
Okay, I'm outta steam now.
If anyone's interested in purchasing one of these Ginsus for the low, low price of $75, please feel free to email the CASH ONLY to my email address below.
Thanking you for your patience,
I remain,
VG
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What's the point of all this you're silently asking, yet telepathically screaming into my hybersensitive psyche?
Uhhmm... it's to let you know it's made in Arkansas... granted, Arkansas is the US version of the PRC, but legally, it's still considered American.
(Note to any Arkansawnianites: If you're offended by that last remark, don't blame me. My dog typed it)

Well, it's been about 6 weeks since I purchased these tactical blades (They have black handles, so they're tactical... don't argue. My dog's trained to attack groins!) and I have to say they work pretty good.
I never got around to using the knives on goats, but they do a good job on steak, shrimp, chicken and toenails.
Sorry, that was pretty disgusting! I shouldn't have mentioned shrimps.

My only complaint is that I now only have FOUR steak knives. I assume they were lost in the wash, along with my hot pink sock.

In any event, for the price, they're worth it.

Just don't try to put them through a car door. I tried this and really scared the crap out of the guy who'd just parked in the spot I was waiting for. Especially due to the fact that the blade had slipped and I rolled my eyes into the back of my head, he decided to use the services of the brothel down the road.

Hopefully, this answers all of your questions, and then some.

Wondering how many folks were inthralled at the sight of my naked nipples,
I remain,
VG

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[This message has been edited by Vampire Gerbil (edited 08-02-2000).]
 
Sharpedge, you mean they cut for a little bit, and then they can tear things forever? Flexible just means they didn't harden the steel properly or they are too thin. I would suggest you just go and get a saw.... cuts about the same.
 
The original "Ginsu" was sold on TV only. The "Ginsu II" is what is being sold now by demonstrators. It is actually the "Sharpcut" that was developed by John Spiker and Scott & Fetzer in the 70's.

Steel type is 304 (Surgical Stainless means NO RUST). Scalpels are used only once, no need for edge retention. This was the original serraton that Spyderco refined and put on our folders.

sal
 
Thank you, HJK!
Hopefully you smiled at my post, and not the sight of my sexy nipples!

So, Sal, I was almost right! "Sharpcut", "Slimcut"... that's pretty good for me, considering I have the attention span of a ferrt on crack!

Off to melt in my truck,
I remain,
VG

(Somebody email me with directions on how to sue the people responsible for this fershelungin' 115 degree heat that's happenin' here in Area 50.999!!!)
 
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