Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
Well, stop by when you can. Always good to "see" you.
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The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
KJ,
I think you're exactly correct.
I was buying 2-3 GECs a year, but over the last couple of years, they go for way too much for me.
Heck, it hurts me to pay the initial offering prices for them.
It takes away from my enjoyment of a knife if I figure I paid too much for it.
I think you're exactly correct.
I was buying 2-3 GECs a year, but over the last couple of years, they go for way too much for me.
Heck, it hurts me to pay the initial offering prices for them.
It takes away from my enjoyment of a knife if I figure I paid too much for it.
Keith
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
Keith, GEC & Bark River both sell their knives at a moderately expensive price. But i do not think we are paying "too much" because the employees need to be paid a decent wage and maybe they get a good benefit program as well.
It would be "too much" if the workers were getting minimum wage and owners were hording all profits for themselves.
kj
It would be "too much" if the workers were getting minimum wage and owners were hording all profits for themselves.
kj
Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
I'm with you ... my most beloved knives are the ones I got the best deals on - they just hold a sentimental place above the others for some reason. I guess I'm just an eBay bottomfeeder & love nothing more than to get a steal of a deal ....keithw wrote:KJ,
I think you're exactly correct.
I was buying 2-3 GECs a year, but over the last couple of years, they go for way too much for me.
Heck, it hurts me to pay the initial offering prices for them.
It takes away from my enjoyment of a knife if I figure I paid too much for it.
pffffft that's not a knife ......... now THAT'S a knife !! Crocodile Dundee
John
John
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
I'm gonna have to differ with you fellas on this one. I take pride in using things made in America, especially GEC knives. I don't mind paying a little more for their craftsmanship, because I know there were many American hands placed on the knife in the factory and not so many machines. As for Bark River knives, I don't know much about them. I have seen their knives for sale on kniveshipfree.com and have admired them. I don't buy fixed blades too often and when I do it's usually an in person, impulse transaction...Lansky1 wrote:I'm with you ... my most beloved knives are the ones I got the best deals on - they just hold a sentimental place above the others for some reason. I guess I'm just an eBay bottomfeeder & love nothing more than to get a steal of a deal ....keithw wrote:KJ,
I think you're exactly correct.
I was buying 2-3 GECs a year, but over the last couple of years, they go for way too much for me.
Heck, it hurts me to pay the initial offering prices for them.
It takes away from my enjoyment of a knife if I figure I paid too much for it.
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
What is a "Jarhead" ? (in post on previous page)
Regarding Bark River knives: these are some of the best fixed blades anywhere including Fallkniven & Hiro and better than many full customs.
They are to fixed blades what GEC is to folding knives, likely the best ever made in USA
kj
Regarding Bark River knives: these are some of the best fixed blades anywhere including Fallkniven & Hiro and better than many full customs.
They are to fixed blades what GEC is to folding knives, likely the best ever made in USA
kj
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
A sometimes derogatory, sometimes affectionate, sometimes comradery name for a United States Marine.kootenay joe wrote:What is a "Jarhead" ? (in post on previous page)
kj
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
In the actual presence of a marine, it is best that it be affectionate.
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
Thank you for the explanation.
I guess it means they always get out of a jam.
kj
I guess it means they always get out of a jam.
kj
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Re: Wow - did I get steamrolled ....
No, not always but not from lack of trying.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012