Put a quarter in it and throw it away...

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backwoodsboy

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I was told this by a man when i showed him my victorinox cadet.

What are yall's thoughts on this statement?
 
It sounds like he didn't think much of the knife. I know if I said something like that, I'd mean you'd have to put money with it to make it worth enough to bother throwing it away. Only I'd more likely say "If I had a knife like that, I'd trade it for a dog and shoot the dog". I wouldn't say that about your Cadet, but I have seen knives that I would.
 
Maybe he's just never seen the genuine article and doesn't know that knife can be made with quality.
 
My first thought was, if brains was dynamite the fellow couldn't blow his nose....

But, to be nicer about it, and to give some benefit of the doubt to him,

WA Martin said:
Maybe he's just never seen the genuine article and doesn't know that knife can be made with quality.
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That right there is my guess. I've met a lot of folks whos' impression of SAKs came from the Asian(or wherever) import knock off crap that flooded the market for a while...

G.
 
Ice Tigre said:
My first thought was, if brains was dynamite the fellow couldn't blow his nose....

But, to be nicer about it, and to give some benefit of the doubt to him,




That right there is my guess. I've met a lot of folks whos' impression of SAKs came from the Asian(or wherever) import knock off crap that flooded the market for a while...

G.
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Tigre has it 99% right. He may not know a quality knife if it bit him in the butt.

Or he may be a Walter Mitty ninja who is so far into the tactical knife thing, if it does have the lastest blade shape of the month with the latest 1234xyz steel of the month, it's not worth a quarter.

Either way, to go making statements like that, he's a brash, loose talking know it all who doesn't. You can do without that company, they create trouble where they go. Not too mention how rude that was. If you have a negative opinion, keep it to yourself to spare somebodys feelings if you can. Why be insulting if you don't have to be. If he keeps that kind of behavior up, sooner or later he's going to say something caustic to the wrong person and get some teeth bent. I've seen it happen.

My old man always said; be nice, it doesn't cost anything. But the opposite can cost you.
 
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Sounds like he thought it was a piece of junk.

Well, at least you now know the man nows nothing about knives.




BTW, what knife did he have on him?
 
Well, as they say, "if brains were dynamite some folks couldn't blow their nose.", sounds like someone may qualify.

I like my Cadets!
 
It is guys like this that not only know little about knives but are also the first ones to ask to borrow it when they need to cut something.:barf:
 
Absintheur said:
Well, as they say, "if brains were dynamite some folks couldn't blow their nose.", sounds like someone may qualify.

I like my Cadets!
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If brains were solid gold, that guy couldn't buy a stick of gum.

Unless...

2 possibilities, conflated.

Put a quarter in it- the old Celt (and German) tradition of always "paying" for a knife that was a gift, so as not to sever the friendship.
Throw it away- get the first scratch on it, so you won't have to worry about it when you do.
 
backwoodsboy said:
I was told this by a man when i showed him my victorinox cadet.

What are yall's thoughts on this statement?
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I'd be interested in hearing what he actually meant by it. Next time you see him, ask him if he'd care to elaborate on it....
 
Some people don't know their butt from a hole in the ground. If you are a knife user at all, then you'd know that those Victorinox are pretty damn good knives all things considered.
 
It's a sad day when a quarter isn't even worth the two cents offered.

(Take the advice for what it was worth...(nothing)...and keep the knife.)
 
A lot of the older generation were not fond of SAK's. My dad, uncles etc. were not fond of them. They were plastic, stainless and foreign. Three things which they did not appreciate in a pocketknife.

I don't think the gentleman was dumb it is just generational bias talking. They did not grow up with MacGyver :)
 
I was walking down a corridor in the building I work in. I was passing the mail room and a young man had a large box on a two wheeler. He wrapped some cord about the thickness of clothesline around his load securing it to the cart. As I passed, he asked me if I had a knife. I pulled my Cadet II from my pocket and pulled out the small blade. The blade sliced through like butter. Looking at the end of the cord, I saw I had just cut through stranded wire wrapped in a plastic insulation. I checked the small blade, there was zero damage to the edge. I wish I'd known at the time I was using an inferior tool. What could I expect for under $20. One mans garbage is another mans treasure I guess.

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Sword and Shield said:
... Put a quarter in it- the old Celt (and German) tradition of always "paying" for a knife that was a gift, so as not to sever the friendship.
Throw it away- get the first scratch on it, so you won't have to worry about it when you do.
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I was actually thinking along the lines of this, as I've heard.... or read, people mention these types of saying on here, but what do I know.
 
A friend in high school had an old Peugeot 504 (french four door diesel sedan) that was given to him as payment for ranch work. His dad hated that car, and his comment was similar:

"Throw a dollar on the seat, then push it over a cliff. Then you can say you lost something."

Basically, a good analogy for saying something is more than worthless. I certainly wouldn't say that of the SAK, though.

thx - cpr
 
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