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There are Liner Locks that won't fail, period.
Ok, i once had a Big Mac at McDonalds that wasn't tasty so i'll never eat one again...
There are bad linerlocks out there no doubt, but just 'dissin all of'em seems rather hard.
I hope that you "just" got a scar and no permanent injuries to muscles/tendons etc.
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Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp
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I had a blender fail me once.
I was in the Keys and we were making pitcher after pitcher of "Tropical" drinks. All of a sudden, without warning, the blades wouldn't turn.
I checked it out real close and found that the teeth on the base were made of rubber and that the matching teeth on the upper bowl portion were hard plastic. If you didn't have the top locked tight into the base, it stripped the rubber teeth, rendering the blender useless. Because of this, I had to move to straight shots.
Later that night, while under the influence of said shots, I was doing back flips in the Jacuzzi . . . nekked. I ended up smacking my chin on the side of the Jacuzzi, bled all over the place, on their towels mind you and got thrown out of the motel (some rule against back flips or something. yadda yadda).
The moral to this story is that all mechanical objects can fail, especially if their not used properly.
I think there may be another about Jose, nudity and Jacuzzis, but you get the idea.
Additionally, it was an educational experience for me, as I now check those little teethy things prior to purchasing new blenders. I don't like the ones that are rubber any more.
Oh and I have a scar too.
John
(P.S. Anyone going to the "Rock Reef Inn" in Key Largo, see if I'm allowed back yet. Thanks)
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I was in the Keys and we were making pitcher after pitcher of "Tropical" drinks. All of a sudden, without warning, the blades wouldn't turn.
I checked it out real close and found that the teeth on the base were made of rubber and that the matching teeth on the upper bowl portion were hard plastic. If you didn't have the top locked tight into the base, it stripped the rubber teeth, rendering the blender useless. Because of this, I had to move to straight shots.
Later that night, while under the influence of said shots, I was doing back flips in the Jacuzzi . . . nekked. I ended up smacking my chin on the side of the Jacuzzi, bled all over the place, on their towels mind you and got thrown out of the motel (some rule against back flips or something. yadda yadda).
The moral to this story is that all mechanical objects can fail, especially if their not used properly.
I think there may be another about Jose, nudity and Jacuzzis, but you get the idea.
Additionally, it was an educational experience for me, as I now check those little teethy things prior to purchasing new blenders. I don't like the ones that are rubber any more.
Oh and I have a scar too.
John
(P.S. Anyone going to the "Rock Reef Inn" in Key Largo, see if I'm allowed back yet. Thanks)
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LMFAO!!! John... doing nekkid backflips into a jacuzzi... Glad I haven't had breakfast yet.
I put my head through a wall once (not because my liner lock failed - Jose and wimmen were, again, the culprits). No scar, but I had an extra special hangover the next day... and nobody was as impressed as I thought they'd be - especially the wimmen...
I put my head through a wall once (not because my liner lock failed - Jose and wimmen were, again, the culprits). No scar, but I had an extra special hangover the next day... and nobody was as impressed as I thought they'd be - especially the wimmen...
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Naked backflips in a jacuzzi?? I'm ashamed of you John, because the *naked* aspect of this brings to mind *butt* one question; WHERE was your Commander clipped during this fiasco? Hopefully at *bare* minimum you had a La Griffe...*swinging*..from your neck.
I hereby suggest the following Usual Suspect Law, which is a take-off on the "Gunsite Family Law" requiring family members to always be armed. So here is my proposed Usual Suspect Law:
From this day forward, if any Usual Suspect is asked by another Usual Suspect at any given moment to produce an Emerson Knife from on or about his person, the Usual Suspect in question must do so OR otherwise forfeit a $100 fine to the Usual Suspect who caught him...with his pants down.
The solitary ammendment to this law should be that, in the case of traveling, a G10 La Griffe would qualify as being Emerson-armed, at least until our airline-legal CommandAirs (Mini Commanders) are produced and in our possession. Therefore this law in it's entirety should go discretionally into effect after we have taken delivery of our G10 Griffes from Fred, and go fully into effect once we have taken delivery of the Mini-Commanders and/or Usual Suspect Knives.
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Eric
"The best toys are the ones that you can put an eye out with."
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I hereby suggest the following Usual Suspect Law, which is a take-off on the "Gunsite Family Law" requiring family members to always be armed. So here is my proposed Usual Suspect Law:
From this day forward, if any Usual Suspect is asked by another Usual Suspect at any given moment to produce an Emerson Knife from on or about his person, the Usual Suspect in question must do so OR otherwise forfeit a $100 fine to the Usual Suspect who caught him...with his pants down.
The solitary ammendment to this law should be that, in the case of traveling, a G10 La Griffe would qualify as being Emerson-armed, at least until our airline-legal CommandAirs (Mini Commanders) are produced and in our possession. Therefore this law in it's entirety should go discretionally into effect after we have taken delivery of our G10 Griffes from Fred, and go fully into effect once we have taken delivery of the Mini-Commanders and/or Usual Suspect Knives.
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Eric
"The best toys are the ones that you can put an eye out with."
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Eric, do you really want to know?
John
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John,
No.
Eric
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No.
Eric
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Good eye.
When EKI started out, they were using ATS34 for the knives. EKI changed to 154CM about three years ago. Small details like this are being updated on the new site. Really
ATS34 and 154CM are really cousins. Two different models from different manufacturers, but very close. Sort of a "Firebird/Comaro" kind of thing. ATS34 is manufactured in Japan by Hitachi and 154CM is made in the US by Crucible Steel. Supposedly 154CM is a tad "cleaner" steel.
John
(Not a Metallurgist)
When EKI started out, they were using ATS34 for the knives. EKI changed to 154CM about three years ago. Small details like this are being updated on the new site. Really
ATS34 and 154CM are really cousins. Two different models from different manufacturers, but very close. Sort of a "Firebird/Comaro" kind of thing. ATS34 is manufactured in Japan by Hitachi and 154CM is made in the US by Crucible Steel. Supposedly 154CM is a tad "cleaner" steel.
John
(Not a Metallurgist)