Knife Abuse

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3rdGenC641

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I went to a gun show this morning and saw two vendors acting like a couple of amateurs. I was browsing a table of used knives when the firearm dealer in the next aisle (back to back with the table I was standing at) tapped the knife vendor on the shoulder and said 'hey buddy can I borrow a knife'? Without giving it a thought the knife vendor reaches into a cardboard box labeled 'Any knife $10' and hands over a small folder. The gun dealer picks up an automatic rifle with a jammed action and starts using the knife as a pry bar. After a few seconds he returns the knife which is just tossed back in the $10 box. So who's the bigger jackass - the knife vendor that lends out a knife no questions asked and then puts it back in inventory without looking at it or the firearm vendor that can't come up with a better tool than someone else's knife to fix a gun. I expect this type of behavior from people in general but I was kind of surprised to see it in that setting.
 
Probably best not to buy from either of them.
 
It's in the $10 box, so it probly costs $3-4 to make, and any idiot who's buying even a $10 knife is going to look it over first. If they find it has a bent tip, they won't buy it. Chill out. I use my cheap-o knife as a pry bar all the time. I just did it yesterday to pry the lids off some instant burners.
 
LOL, a $10 knife.. whats the fuss about?.. Why would you buy that knife in the first place,whether or not that gun dude used it... if its a cheap-o-knife.. your not gana get a long life-span before it crumbles in ur hand =D.. those are novelty above all else.. although still very capable, nowhere near the level of benchmade/spyderco/ ER.. ect..ect..
 
You asked "who's the bigger Jack ass" well.... I'm with most others, here, and say that would be the guy who then buys the knife :-)
 
Pretty sad. Neither character in the story seems to have much concern for what they are selling.
 
sgt244 said:
LOL, a $10 knife.. whats the fuss about?.. Why would you buy that knife in the first place,whether or not that gun dude used it... if its a cheap-o-knife.. your not gana get a long life-span before it crumbles in ur hand =D.. those are novelty above all else.. although still very capable, nowhere near the level of benchmade/spyderco/ ER.. ect..ect..
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it's not the $10 knife that's the point, it's the fact that the knife seller allowed a product for sale to be used/abused and put back up for sale. also, the gun vendor/smith not having any tools and using a knife as a pry bar is silly at best. if you are going to do something for a living, do it professionally, especially when you are in an open market with your customers around. whether the item cost $10 or a $1000, respect and professionalism are still the same price.
 
Well, at least it wasn't a case where the knife vendor asked the gun guy to borrow a hammer...
 
A little off topic, but I was looking through a 20.00 bin once at a knife/Gun store. All crap knives, not worth 5.00 much less 20.00. Near the bottom I found a brand new, un-used, unblemished Cold Steel Vaquero Grande. I asked the clerk if it was 20 bucks and he said yeah. Sold. someone messed up on that one.

As for your question,they both rank at the bottom if you ask me.
 
Well, it was a gun show. Gun people that sell knives at gun shows usually have astronomical prices and usually cannot tell a good knife from a junk knife.
 
jimnolimit said:
...if you are going to do something for a living, do it professionally, especially when you are in an open market with your customers around. whether the item cost $10 or a $1000, respect and professionalism are still the same price...
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+1

That was my point. I understand the caveat emptor sentiment expressed by a few people in this thread and I'm probably coming off as curmudgeonly, but if you're going to roll out a banner and represent yourself as a knife vendor you treat a $2 Frost the same as a $500 custom - and you treat the customers of both knives the same too. If the buyer ultimately chooses to use a knife as a pry bar it's simply a matter of poor judgment. When a knife vendor allows a knife to be used as a pry bar and then sells it he is acting completely unprofessional. That was my 'grievance' - that it was amateur hour at the gun show. I'm guessing if I didn't mention the price tag the reactions might have been different.
 
The knife dealer should have grabbed one of the guns to hammer on a jammed folding table leg.
 
Some gun vendors do not seem to put any real value on knives.

I bought my first large Sebenza from a local gun store that had a small and aging display case of CRK from 2008 (this was 2010).

The guy behind the counter thought I was nuts for spending that much on a knife - said he would only be willing to spend up to $20 on a knife. Guy looked like he was in his late 60's, retired, and doing the gun store gig as a way to supplement his retirement money.

Matter of fact - most people I come across during the day do not put any real value on a knife. I'd venture to say that out of every 100 adults I meet - maybe 2 will carry some sort of knife.
 
The other day on "Sons of Guns" I noticed one of the guys freeing a round with the tip of what looked like a 119(didn't get a good look at it). It made me cringe.
 
RevDevil said:
Well, it was a gun show. Gun people that sell knives at gun shows usually have astronomical prices and usually cannot tell a good knife from a junk knife.
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Sounds like they do not really need to know the difference. By the axiom that anything they touch likely becomes a junk knife.
 
The guy who borrowed and pried with it shares a proportionate amount of the "Jackass" honors with the lender/vendor who then tossed it back in the for sale box.
 
Wow that's low. Where I live it's about 50% or higher. I see knives clipped in pockets every time I go almost anywhere.


Sorry.... this was a reply to Toyz.:rolleyes:
 
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