So glad to be living in the USA...

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Dadao

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Hi, all. Just got back from Europe, and despite wandering around through various countries in a daze most of the time, managed not to get my pocket picked. Though pickpockets probably don't target tourists who look poor as dirt...

But all you knife lovers who live in the States should hit the floor on your knees and give thanks that you're here. Knives in Europe are EXPENSIVE, especially with the Euro being so strong against the dollar. Almost every European brand of knife I was looking at was at least 20-25% more expensive there than here... even in the country where they were made!

And not a Khuk in sight!

Damn. It's good to be home. :)
 
Knives in Europe are EXPENSIVE, especially with the Euro being so strong against the dollar. Almost every European brand of knife I was looking at was at least 20-25% more expensive there than here... even in the country where they were made!
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right - although I do not have a problem with the strong Euro....
I am not really a collector but I like good quality knives (these are not always knives from the higher price segment) and if you are not counting the really fine and cheap French Opinel-knives the prices seem to be quite a bit higher. Maybe I will benefit from the lower US-prices in short time. My brother in law is going to work in Memphis (his flight leaves this wednesday) for three years, maybe more and he will return to Germany every six to ten weeks - good occasions to bring along the one or other knife... - it makes every HI-product 20 US$ cheaper for me :D (only if he dares going through customs with a khukuri in his suitcase. He sais he is not sure if he would do that as his English is terrible and he would have some problems to explain such a "huge knife" (his words)...)

Andreas
 
Haven't been there and don't have a hankerin to go. Haven't see all I would like to of this country yet. Unfortunately time wil run out before I see every thing I want to. I think it does for most folks. :)
 
My tour with the Navy allowed me to see much of Europe in the mid- 1980s. I know things have changed an awful lot since then, but it was a fantastic experience to be able to jump a train and see how many places you could visit when you had a couple days off.

After the 1986 bombing of Libya, that pretty much came to an end.
 
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