At least the deal extreme one for $2.90 doesn't waste space by adding the useless saw and fish scaler. I actually considered picking one of those up.
Yeah, okay, I deserved that. Still hard to believe how worthless it is. Haven't tried the fish scaler yet.
Last time I used something like that was a corkscrew that broke off in the cork while camping. I paid 8 dollars for it at a bait tackle shop. These give the average person a bad impression of SAKs in general.
Now, for the latest ... astounding... TALES of the PAWN SHOP!So I walk into a pawn shop today, and they have a little plastic bucket full of used swiss-army-style knives. Most are the little Vic Classic knock-offs, but one is the knife we've been discussing in this thread.I swear, it looks like every tool was used to try to pry open a bank vault, then it was sanded down on asphalt, and the blade was sharpened on a curb. It was for sale for $1.Even >I< had the good sense to pass on that.
I have to wonder if Coghlan is maybe putting out these knockoffs that are just a hair better than average?For the price, the 7-function knife is actually decent. I say this with your (Jothra) real-world test in mind. I honestly think, if they were guaranteed sharp out of the package, or could be given a good edge with minimal effort, these things make reasonable additions to very inexpensive emergency kits.And once you get rid of the superfluous layers, it's actually a very comfortable thickness.
I get the impression that they take an Opinel blade, then make Coghlan's handles for them in-house or something. They won't do that table-knock opening thing. I know a guy who likes his "Coghlinel" quite a bit.