Bubinga handles... made out of pure plastic. Grrrr.Also a Swedish knife, at a Swedish price. But maybe made in China. They don't say on the packaging. Grrrr.(Image removed from quote.)
Really? I don't want to not believe you and I've mostly seen older knives and they are all wood but I find it unreasonable. If nothing else because Swedish consumer law is fairly strong and they shouldn't be able to get away with such a thing. Might it be stabilised wood? Treated with epoxy to last, that could explain marketing it as Bubinga but having a plastic feel to it. Have you disassembled the knife to check the inside of the scales?
Quote from: Fortytwo on February 06, 2017, 12:59:53 PMReally? I don't want to not believe you and I've mostly seen older knives and they are all wood but I find it unreasonable. If nothing else because Swedish consumer law is fairly strong and they shouldn't be able to get away with such a thing. Might it be stabilised wood? Treated with epoxy to last, that could explain marketing it as Bubinga but having a plastic feel to it. Have you disassembled the knife to check the inside of the scales?The EKA website says "Ergonomic checkered G10 Camo wooden handles" - the online shop I purchased from said "Bubinga". The packaging itself says "Eka Swede 9 Wood.... Handle material: Camo-Wood." So I guess that's plastic.Nowhere on the packaging does it say "Made in....." which is weird. I have heard that they make all their knives in China. I don't know if this is true. All I know is that they have done a stellar job of making me feel stupid. Did I really spend 62 euros on a Chinese-made knife with plastic handles? Seems so.I've seen videos about their other knives and clearly the wood on them is real wood! But the Swede 9 seems to be a bit of an exception. There's very little about it on Youtube, just one vid made by a Russian guy - and I don't speak Russian.Maybe I'll make a video myself to save people making the same mistake.
Haven't been online much these last couple of weeks so I missed the Januari pics topic ... Anyway, here are some of my "February pics":
It didn't go unnoticed!Missed your Spirit pics!
Outstanding pics TG !
Quote from: Mechanickal on February 07, 2017, 04:18:36 PMIt didn't go unnoticed!Missed your Spirit pics! Thanks mate .Real life keeps getting in the way of my MTO time ...
Quote from: Top-Gear-24 on February 07, 2017, 04:26:12 PMQuote from: Mechanickal on February 07, 2017, 04:18:36 PMIt didn't go unnoticed!Missed your Spirit pics! Thanks mate .Real life keeps getting in the way of my MTO time ... ...Then again, I'm about to fill my new tool drawer with my multis in a few minutes so that might count as some MTO time as well... It'll empty a box from the moving so it'll keep the girlfriend happy as well!Talking about a win-win situation
Thanks for the sweet comments my friends .All these pics are quite old, I don't seem to find the time to take new ones these days, my wife and kids gave me two Terävä Jääkäripuukko 110's, and I've not yet found the time to take them out for a fieldtest and/or photoshoot ... .Quote from: Mechanickal on February 07, 2017, 06:48:49 PMQuote from: Top-Gear-24 on February 07, 2017, 04:26:12 PMQuote from: Mechanickal on February 07, 2017, 04:18:36 PMIt didn't go unnoticed!Missed your Spirit pics! Thanks mate .Real life keeps getting in the way of my MTO time ... ...Then again, I'm about to fill my new tool drawer with my multis in a few minutes so that might count as some MTO time as well... It'll empty a box from the moving so it'll keep the girlfriend happy as well!Talking about a win-win situation Filling a multitool drawer (or anything that has something to do with multitools) is considered as "playtime" by my wife . (And she's right, I consider it playtime myself ).
That first one of TG's is a real winner!
Quote from: Aleph78 on February 07, 2017, 05:20:00 PMThat first one of TG's is a real winner! Absolutely. Good to see you around TG.
Nice one's TG Have missed you on here buddy
Did I just kill this topic with my rambling ...
Quote from: Top-Gear-24 on February 09, 2017, 09:02:31 PMDid I just kill this topic with my rambling ... I was thinking the same, but I guess not.We just don't know how to help you out... We're listeners (readers), not shrinks And you posted the kingpicture for february so the other guys went home... they just left the lights on.
Great photos everyone. I would like to play.
that's a cracker mate.
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I think the February contest is already done and dusted but what then hell, here's my new Böker.
Sweet Böker!