Cougar Allen
Buccaneer (ret.)
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- Oct 9, 1998
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P.J., I think it would only count if they ask you, "Is that a real gun?" (I get asked that a lot about my little pocket pistols, btw.) I've been avoiding wearing my Uluchet on my belt, carrying it in a rucksack or shoulder bag instead. I live in Massachusetts....
Not2sharp's post cracked me up, in context. LOL! For another meaning of that question ... I think it's common for one kid to ask another, "Is that a real Rambo knife?" and the answer is likely to be something like, "The cap keeps falling off and dumping all my fishhooks and stuff on the ground and the compass broke and the sawteeth won't cut anything. I'm saving up to buy a better one."
One thing that distinguishes the "real" knives is they're affordable. Many people own and use real Bucks and Spydercos, even Randalls aren't out of reach for the common soldier, but there isn't any hollow-handle survival knife that's both good and affordable -- not for the teenagers who seem to be the main market. I don't know, maybe there is one brand that's affordable and reasonably good ... but if so it hasn't been good enough (or marketed widely enough) to achieve the status of a "real" knife. I'm afraid all those kids who are saving up to buy a better one are not going to be able to find one they can afford that's really any good.
Seems to me there's an untapped market there -- IMHO the whole concept sux, but kids want them anyway; my own oldest went ahead and bought one even after I explained to him what was wrong with the concept (and warned him it would break, too) -- I wish he could have bought one that wouldn't have broke in a few days of light use! How about it, manufacturers?
As long as I'm making appeals I have a better idea -- hey, Hollywood! How about making some movies about a hero who uses a knife a kid can afford that a kid could find some use for??? Well, there's McGyver with his SAK....
-Cougar Allen :{)
Not2sharp's post cracked me up, in context. LOL! For another meaning of that question ... I think it's common for one kid to ask another, "Is that a real Rambo knife?" and the answer is likely to be something like, "The cap keeps falling off and dumping all my fishhooks and stuff on the ground and the compass broke and the sawteeth won't cut anything. I'm saving up to buy a better one."
One thing that distinguishes the "real" knives is they're affordable. Many people own and use real Bucks and Spydercos, even Randalls aren't out of reach for the common soldier, but there isn't any hollow-handle survival knife that's both good and affordable -- not for the teenagers who seem to be the main market. I don't know, maybe there is one brand that's affordable and reasonably good ... but if so it hasn't been good enough (or marketed widely enough) to achieve the status of a "real" knife. I'm afraid all those kids who are saving up to buy a better one are not going to be able to find one they can afford that's really any good.
Seems to me there's an untapped market there -- IMHO the whole concept sux, but kids want them anyway; my own oldest went ahead and bought one even after I explained to him what was wrong with the concept (and warned him it would break, too) -- I wish he could have bought one that wouldn't have broke in a few days of light use! How about it, manufacturers?
As long as I'm making appeals I have a better idea -- hey, Hollywood! How about making some movies about a hero who uses a knife a kid can afford that a kid could find some use for??? Well, there's McGyver with his SAK....
-Cougar Allen :{)
