Taylor Brands Booth

[Grant Lamontagne]

While walking around SHOT I noticed a pungent smell and started to worry that perhaps I'd stepped in something awful somewhere along the line.  As it turns out, it was worse than that- we were standing next to the Taylor Brands booth.   

I looked at Bob and asked if he wanted to get closer and he said that since he had gotten a tetanus shot recently he'd be willing to give it a look.  In hindsight we should have worn gloves and condoms, just in case.  I'd never encountered a Chinese made ST1 in real life, so I was a bit curious to see just how bad it was.



As we got closer we noticed a standard grey Tuff Tool and black one with yellow lettering.  I asked if it was the Australian Army Issue model and the guy just kind of shrugged as if he'd never heard there was such a place as Australia.  I asked to see them, and I pulled out the light tent as the guy pulled them out from under the glass to show us.  As I busied myself snapping photos of the black one, Bob was fiddling with the grey one, and when I heard a snort of derision from him I looked over to see what was wrong- or rather which of the many things wrong with it that was currently catching his attention.

Well, it seems that ol' Bob had given them a little squeeze and almost crushed them- the handles were now bent together!  Now in fairness, they still looked normal enough, but a quick side by side showed there was a distinct difference in the handles now!



Needless to say I took a few more quick shots, we handed the tools back and got the hell out of there before they demanded we pay the $13.95 replacement cost on it!

In case anyone is wondering why I'm always down on Taylor brands, this is exactly the reason- they make monkey poo and try to pass it off as something you would want to own.  So, to Taylor, I extend a hearty middle finger in your general direction.  Eat a smurf you smurfs.

Def

[Ashley]

Taylor brand sucks big donkey d*** 

[Gareth]

Anyone else picking up on the subtle signals that Grant maybe doesn't like Taylor tools all that much?

[50ft-trad]

Funny you should mention it, I thought I detected a slight undercurrent too

[Threeme2189]

Really?
I didn't notice anything...

[Mr. Whippy]

I think I'm gonna link this thread to their FB account.

Whoops!  They don't actually have one!

(Well they have one, but no friends. )

 

[Chako]

Taylor Tools. They put the cheap in cheap.

[MultiMat]

Well it was better than I expected. I was thinking the photos would be of a big un flushed poo in a toilet bowel. .

I see the poo it just has not found its way to the toilet yet  .

Mr.Taylor I suspect is a soulless vampire 

[Dtrain]

I think it is sad how they got a hold of Schrade and took a company that put out a decent product at a decent price and destroyed them...

[dks]

Ofcourse they would break if Jsews squeezed them.. its a destruction test.
Give them to someone with normal strength! 

[J-sews]

These tools are bad, bad, baaaad. Honestly, like Grant said, I could feel the handles yielding as I gripped them (and not with any superhuman powers either!) The comparison picture above shows it; the stainless handles are bent about a half-inch (12mm) closer together than the black handles, just from me squeezing them. Yuck.



The official tool of the Australian Army...perhaps now would be a good time to consider an invasion

[turnsouth]

This evasive doublespeak has me confused.

It almost seems like you guys are recommending them.
 

[Beerplumber]

So are the Schrade versions any better?


Stay multi my friends

[nuphoria]

That's a pretty damning report! 

[turnsouth]

So are the Schrade versions any better?


Stay multi my friends

10 x 10⁹⁹ times better