Walmart Knife Selection

[Josh K]

Here you go again...
I didn't once bring up old arguments, you were the first one resurrecting past arguments, and I'm the one trying to start the arguments...?
It's okay that you're a Spyderco fanboy, me mentioning it isn't a battle cry, it's a fact. Quit trying to pick a fight. I tried to ask if the reason why you don't like their selection was because of no Spyderco, you started throwing a fit about past arguments, blah blah blah, that I never mentioned in this thread, and you tried to pull the "my hands are clean" card.
Give it up, you're not fooling anyone, quit trying to throw me under the bus every time my posts don't agree with you, it's getting old.

As incomprehensible as the last post.

Arguments, arguments, arguments. Is that all you have to talk about? Slip in a little "fanboy" comment while you're at it?

You starting off with a false assumption, and are not blowing smoke to distract from that. I'm the one who wants an argument? Please read the thread and stop acting like a baby.

You went from this:

JoshK, just because they come in a blister pack doesn't make them crap, it's the same as the boxed version, in different packaging. If I can go to Walmart, and get a knife in blister pack, or get the same knife boxed for 30% more at Cabelas, I will buy it at Walmart.

To this:

JoshK, so just because they don't stock Spyderco makes them bad? Your beef was that Spydercos are only available there "once in a blue moon."

You're flopping around like a wet fish here. Make your mind up about what you want to be upset about. First it's blister packaging, next it's Spyderco.

 

[A_Blade_Afficionado]

So you say. Hey, you buy all the knives you want from China Mart. I personally won't support them. I just don't do business with a corporation that causes so much misery in the world and has caused so many american jobs to be lost.

"So I say...?"
So does Thomas...
I'm pretty sure the main sales rep knows more about the product he sends to a store than anybody else does.

 

[A_Blade_Afficionado]

Wow... So far, there have been complaints about both blister packs and their selection, I've addressed both issues. My bad for answering more than one question in one thread.

Wow, good job mr Internet grammar cop, correct my English, because apparently, unless someone speaks the English of a scholar, they can't be right...

 

[Josh K]

Wow... So far, there have been complaints about both blister packs and their selection, I've addressed both issues. My bad for answering more than one question in one thread.

Wow, good job mr Internet grammar cop, correct my English, because apparently, unless someone speaks the English of a scholar, they can't be right...

How have you addressed the fact that blister packs are the most annoying packaging ever invented? You have addressed the poor selection available here in Michigan, along with somehow convincing me to shop there? You're flopping again ABA.

"Mr." is capitalized and followed by a period.

I'm not saying you can't be right, it just happens you're consistently wrong.

 

[A_Blade_Afficionado]

It's a damn blister pack!
It takes you an extra minute to open, what a pain.
Here you go mr Internet cop, on your righteous spree of abomination of all non perfect grammar. Somebody get this warrior a cookie, he deserves payment for his labor.

I'm not consistently wrong, you are just splitting hairs trying to make yourself feel better. Nobody is perfect, people make mistakes, get over it.

 

[Josh K]

It's a damn blister pack!
It takes you an extra minute to open, what a pain.
Here you go mr Internet cop, on your righteous spree of abomination of all non perfect grammar. Somebody get this warrior a cookie, he deserves payment for his labor.

I'm not consistently wrong, you are just splitting hairs trying to make yourself feel better. Nobody is perfect, people make mistakes, get over it.

Yes, they are a pain. I've seen more people injured by blister packaging at Christmas then then knives all year round.

Now you appear to be throwing out a thinly veiled layer of insults. How very mature ABA.

You are consistently wrong, your presumptions, your opinions, your interpretations, and last but certainly not least, your spelling. You make mistakes and refuse to take responsibility for them. Preferring instead to cloud the issue with other irrelevant matter.

 

[Teague]

Here's an example of what China Mart and like sellers of China made knives are doing to American manufacturers like "BUCK."

August 10, 2009 in City
Buck Knives employees getting 10 percent pay cut
From Staff And Wire Reports
The Spokesman-Review
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These aren’t the kind of cuts the folks at Buck Knives like to make.

The Post Falls-based knife manufacturer is cutting the pay of every employee by 10 percent in response to the slow economy. The decision affects about 200 employees.

The pay cut follows a round of layoffs last year when the company shed 23 jobs.

Company president C.J. Buck said the move is intended to position the company if the economy doesn’t improve. National economic figures released Friday indicate that while the economy is rebounding, the number of unemployed Americans will likely continue to grow, at least through the end of the year.

Chief Operating Officer Phil Duckett said Buck’s customers are struggling. Some have filed for bankruptcy, he said, while others are buying fewer knives than anticipated.

The company, which traces its roots to 1902, moved to North Idaho from California four years ago, in part to cut business expenses. Opening in Post Falls with 225 employees, Buck officials had said that if things went well, the workforce might grow to 300 – optimism spurred in part by the closure of one of Buck’s closest competitors.

That was in 2005, when the unemployment rate in Idaho was at a historic low of less than 4 percent – less than half its current rate.

Buck, which makes all manner of knives but is legendary for its “folding hunter,” has weathered bad times before.

The recession of the early 1980s was especially hard, according to “The Story of Buck Knives,” a book published by the company. But when Sylvester Stallone made “First Blood” in 1982, there was a surge in demand for the Buckmaster 184, Buck’s version of what would become widely known as the “Rambo knife.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/10/buck-knives-employees-getting-10-percent-pay-cut/

 

[A_Blade_Afficionado]

... Facepalm ...
I'm done, Walmart has a decent selection, blister packs are fine if you have the correct equipment to open them, you are incapable of accpeting other peoples opinions, my grammar is fine, if you had to type on a touch screen you wouldn't be as picky about grammar either.
I'm done with playing games with you, unless I agree with you, you go on a belittling rant, using smoke and mirrors, just so can feel good about yourself.
And that about sums it up.

 

[Josh K]

... Facepalm ...
I'm done, Walmart has a decent selection, blister packs are fine if you have the correct equipment to open them, you are incapable of accepting other peoples opinions, my grammar is fine, if you had to type on a touch screen you wouldn't be as picky about grammar either.
I'm done with playing games with you, unless I agree with you, you go on a belittling rant, using smoke and mirrors, just so can feel good about yourself.
And that about sums it up.

After ignoring everything I've pointed out, and continuing to spout off nonsense, you decide to quit. Good thinking.

 

[Warp]

My local Walmart has an entire assortment of Kershaws, some are pretty good knives. It's too bad you don't live in California.

I'll rott in hell before I live in commiefornia

 

[Gmountain]

Blister packs are also garbage.

People shouldn't go to Wal-Mart.

Fixed it for you

 

[Thomas W]

Are you sure the knife you buy for less money at ChinaMart is the same knife Cabela's sells?

They are the same products.

Here's an example of what China Mart and like sellers of China made knives are doing to American manufacturers like "BUCK."

August 10, 2009 in City
Buck Knives employees getting 10 percent pay cut


These aren’t the kind of cuts the folks at Buck Knives like to make.

Probably best to stay on topic here Teague.

I'm unsure why you think the small Wal-Mart selection of knives is responsible for layoff's, but that is for another thread. Try starting one instead of responding to me here. Better yet, a search will get you a dozen threads on the subject. Possibly you should resurrect one of those?

I'll say because of Wal-Mart we've had to hire more American workers. That's a good thing, right?

 

[Gmountain]

So you say. Hey, you buy all the knives you want from China Mart. I personally won't support them. I just don't do business with a corporation that causes so much misery in the world and has caused so many american jobs to be lost.

:thumbup:

 

[Josh K]

Fixed it for you

I tip my hat to you Sir.

 

[AMRaider]

Yes, they are a pain. I've seen more people injured by blister packaging at Christmas then then knives all year round...

Awww.. c'mon, I think they are fun to open, with the right knife of course .

However, I will admit that there is also something cool about receiving a knife (or any product) in a real cardboard box. Plastic just feels cheap to me sometimes. And you can always keep the cardboard box in case you decide to sell. :thumbup:

 

[Teague]

I'll say because of Wal-Mart we've had to hire more American workers. That's a good thing, right?

Yes that's a good thing for your company. But, in general, IMHO, it hasn't been a good thing for the USA.

So, what percentage of your knives are still manufactured in China? I'd like to know if you feel they are the same quality as the knives that you manufacture here in Idaho?

BTW, I also understand that you have to compete in the marketplace. So, I don't condem any manufacturer for constructing knives in China.

 

[Thomas W]

So, what percentage of your knives are still manufactured in China?

We've never really been much for bringing in knives from China, but currently have about 20% brought in

I'd like to know if you feel they are the same quality as the knives that you manufacture here in Idaho?

Tualatin actually.

From this past thread: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=585101

I'll go on record as saying that the knives we produce in China are not on the same level as those made at the facility in Tualatin. They are nice knives, but we're able to just make a better product here. Materials are better here, the labor is more skilled, and many other factors play to the absolute fact that we here in the US can just manufacture knives better.

If as a US manufacturer, you can't produce a knife better than one you bring in from China, you're not trying too hard.

I'll also go on to say that no manufacturer that brings in product from China is immune from quality inconsistencies. Don't fool yourselves.

BTW, I also understand that you have to compete in the marketplace. So, I don't condem any manufacturer for constructing knives in China.

Fair enough. :thumbup:

 

[2brothers]

Thomas answered. nvrmnd.

 

[Teague]

Thanks Thomas! I bought my first Buck 110 knife back when I was a freshman in High School in the mid 60s. I recently passed it down to my son. And, now my favorite hunting knife is my Buck (Cabelas Alaskan Guide Series), rosewood handled, S30V, Vanguard. I love it. And, I wish Buck knives all the best. Anyone who can build a knfe like this deserves all the credit I can give.

 

[hardheart]

somebody else break the news