Date:         Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:04:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
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From:         Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Swiss Army Knife - Necessary Tool Content
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Hi,

I've had a Swiss Army knife in my pocket for over 35 years (spoiled
many a date when asked "Is that a swiss army knife in your pocket, or
are you happy to see me?" ...so I would show her the swiss army
knife..). My first knife was rather beat up (lost the side covers,
broke the large blade, small blade had been melted by trying to cut
thru a + 12 V wire and touching ground). So I tossed the knife in a
desk drawer and forgot about it for 15 years. A couple of years ago,
I was on the knife website and noticed that they would rebuild
knifes...so I sent mine in. They rebuilt the whole thing...cost?
$10!! The knife now resides in a leather sheath in the glove box of my Westy.

Ric


At 07:17 PM 2/17/2007, John Rodgers wrote:
>I have two Victorionox Knives (Swiss Army). One is a standard knife with
>19 or twenty implements on it. The other is a Victorionox Cyber which is
>designed to accomodate computer nerds. This is one more handy knife for
>the person who is really into maintaining his computer.
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
>
>Ronald Michaels wrote:
>>Hi -
>>
>>It is so quiet today that I feel another Swiss Army Knife story coming on.
>>This one is not my own, but that of a friend who had a university
>>appointment in Botswana in the 70s.  He was camped along the Chobe River in
>>Northern Botswana in his Land Rover (no Vanagon Content) and the handle fell
>>off of his Swiss Army Knife.  That evening he mixed up a little batch of
>>epoxy and spread it on the handle and knife.  In order to hold the knife
>>together, he put it on a flat rock and pulled his Rover up so the front tire
>>mashed it together.
>>
>>So, he used his Land Rover to fix his Swiss Army Knife.  Africa is full of
>>stories of how "I used my Swiss Army Knife to fix my Land Rover."  The
>>inverse problem is harder.
>>
>>Ron
>>
>>