Rainbow Chive - Simple Question

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gajinoz

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I'm seriously thinking of buying one of these knives. Probably more as a letter opener or fingernail cleaner or such like, I'd hate to scratch the blade.

Anyway, every single picture I've seen of these is from one side only. I can see it has a thumb stud and I think it has a pocket/belt clip on the other side.

My question is, does it have a stud on the other side or can it be reversed for lefties and can the clip be changed as well.

Unfortunately I can't get hold of one myself to check these things.
 
Simple answer...dual thumbstuds, but they are useless. Don't need them anyway cause the assisted opening works great by pushing the protrusion on the blade to snap it open. Has a clip but can not be moved without drilling.

It is a great little knife, get the Leek also for a matching pair. I have both and really like the Leek, the Chive is cool too but very small. Yet to have scratched the "Rainbow", holds up very well.
 
Small is what I'm looking for. I may even give it to my wife if she likes it, see if I can get her a little more interested in knives.

Maybe I can get the Leek and we can go out as a matched pair. :)


I'm slightly concerned about the "assisted opening" thing. We are not allowed to own automatic knives. Could this knife come under the heading of automatic, at least as far as the authorities are concerned?
 
Don't see a problem as they are readily available in Oz. My latest wholesale catalogue has the chives listed.
 
Originally posted by JDEEBLADE
Don't see a problem as they are readily available in Oz. My latest wholesale catalogue has the chives listed.
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Excellent. Can you point me to a place in Oz I can buy one. My local knife shop doesn't have them, although they could probably order it but, from past experience, they will wildly overcharge for it.
 
Originally posted by T. Erdelyi
They are really not thumbstuds, they are actually stops for the blade.
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I've only ever seen pics of these things so it's a little difficult to tell exactly what they do. They did look a little small for thumb studs. How, exactly, do you open the blade? I guess this will be obvious once I get hold of one but a bit difficult to figure out from a picture.
 
there is a portion of the blade which protrudes out the back of the handle, when the knife is closed. you simply grip the handle and push on that protrusion, and voila, the Chive flicks open. i suppose technically you could engage the open action with the "thumb studs", but they are way too small for just about anyone's hands, so they're more of a "positive stop" for the blade itself. (i know someone else already said this.. i just like typing.)

abe m.
 
Thanks allyourblood. I guess I can look forward to playing with it when I get one.

The good news is that I've discovered that I can actually buy knives cheaper over the net than I can from my local knife shop, and that includes shipping and exchange rate conversions.

Sometimes you get lucky. :)
 
You probably be able to get them cheaper over the net than thru a knife shop but in most instances please do no blame the knife shop for overcharging as it is at the wholesaler where the problem lies.

I have a knife shop and what I pay wholesale in Oz is what they pay retail in the US and that is taking into account the exchange rate so I don't blame anyone for buying on the net even if I do lose a sale.
 
Well, I'm not really blaming anyone for anything, I don't mind people charging a reasonable markup for supplying a service. If I can go into a shop and look and feel and maybe get a bit of after sales service if I need it then I'm happy to pay a bit more for that. However charging me more than twice what the knife sells for retail in America is slightly beyond what I'd call reasonable. If you say it's the wholesaler then fine, I believe you. Maybe it's time knife shop owners got together and pointed out a few things to the wholesalers. Once more people realise they can get things at half the price over the net both the shop owners and wholesalers are going to suffer.
 
Easier said than done! Most knife shops are individual small businesses - despite representations on my behalf knife dealers in this country are not prepared to form an industry organisation to make representations or lobby government because they make most of their money out of cheap produce from our asian neighbours. The problem lies with the consumer because they pay the exhorbitant prices charged. We rely on the wholesalers to import quality products and in most instances it is too difficult for us to import direct as the customs department rips our packets apart and holds up our packages.

The other problem is that there are very few fair dinkum knife dealers in this country - most of them wouldn't know a good knife from a bad one and that's why you don't get a good after sales service. I offer a free sharpening service with every knife sold - that's a real sharpening not just sticking the knife in a 'wonder machine' and free repair service. I won't sell junk and I won't sell a person the wrong knife for the wrong job.

Knives in this country are going to get dearer because most wholesalers are winding back on imports because of government legislation and because consumers continue to pay high prices. As stated I don't blame anyone for buying on the 'net' if they believe they are getting value for money.

But it really comes down to big business (the knife wholesalers) having small business (the knife shops) by the short and curlies and consumers should understand this. To give an example if you came in the shop tomorrow to purchase a knife I didn't have in stock and you wanted me to order it for you on a one off basis I would have to pay a 20% penalty (which the consumer will end up paying). Now that's something I can't do a thing about except to advise the customer to either buy a product I have in stock or to buy it on the 'net'.

Sorry to sound so bitter about the system but I have been fighting it a long time with little success. Maybe as I said it's time the consumers took up the fight because the end result will be no knife shops and no service.
 
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