stabman
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Well, more expensive at least...
On a recent trip to Chicago, I made the fateful decision to buy the best gas station knife that could be found on the way there.
I remembered seeing Case knives at some gas station, so that was the goal.
When talking to a guy working at a gas station in Michigan somewhere, he mentioned that a gas station a few miles away used to carry handmade fixed blades by a local maker; he thought that was no longer the case though. But would they have Case knives?
Yep.
Overpriced, but hey, I pulled out that American money specifically for getting a Case knife and an overpriced coffee at Starbucks once we reached Chicago, so I bought the Case Trapper.
It was new in a box...should be good, right?
I should have checked the knife before leaving the store...
When we got to Chicago, we went on an adventure to find a washroom, since the parking garage closed theirs during Covid and never reopened them.
We ended up in a section with many cheque cashing establishments, and gas stations that do not have washrooms. The local Walgreens had a bathroom, but the lady warned us something bad had happened and she did not think it had been cleaned yet. When she unlocked the door, she retreated; when I opened it, I was glad to be wearing a mask, as someone decided the wall-mounted heated would be a great place to defecate all over.
We did not use that bathroom.
A McDonalds provided a washroom vastly better, but then we had to head back to Walgreens as my brother had a developing headache, and needed some OTC pain meds.
He gets back to the car. I'm like "Hey, this seems like a task for my new knife!"
How well did that go?
Well, you guess after viewing theses pics of the knife in its original state, taken at a Tim Hortons back in Canada:
Apparently America has adopted the "Safety Tip."
That tip was so rounded I had to use ridiculous levels of force to jam it through the foil sealing that Walgreens brand Ibuprofen.
At least the edge would cut.
So, obviously I had to fix that.
Luckily, Case Knives was considerate enough to leave their steel soft enough to reshape with a file, so with a small file and some silicon carbide paper, it did not take long.
Better now:
Thus endeth the Saga of The Better Gas Station Knife.
Next time, I'm checking the knife before leaving the store rather than trusting quality control.
On a recent trip to Chicago, I made the fateful decision to buy the best gas station knife that could be found on the way there.
I remembered seeing Case knives at some gas station, so that was the goal.
When talking to a guy working at a gas station in Michigan somewhere, he mentioned that a gas station a few miles away used to carry handmade fixed blades by a local maker; he thought that was no longer the case though. But would they have Case knives?
Yep.
Overpriced, but hey, I pulled out that American money specifically for getting a Case knife and an overpriced coffee at Starbucks once we reached Chicago, so I bought the Case Trapper.
It was new in a box...should be good, right?
I should have checked the knife before leaving the store...
When we got to Chicago, we went on an adventure to find a washroom, since the parking garage closed theirs during Covid and never reopened them.
We ended up in a section with many cheque cashing establishments, and gas stations that do not have washrooms. The local Walgreens had a bathroom, but the lady warned us something bad had happened and she did not think it had been cleaned yet. When she unlocked the door, she retreated; when I opened it, I was glad to be wearing a mask, as someone decided the wall-mounted heated would be a great place to defecate all over.
We did not use that bathroom.
A McDonalds provided a washroom vastly better, but then we had to head back to Walgreens as my brother had a developing headache, and needed some OTC pain meds.
He gets back to the car. I'm like "Hey, this seems like a task for my new knife!"
How well did that go?
Well, you guess after viewing theses pics of the knife in its original state, taken at a Tim Hortons back in Canada:
Apparently America has adopted the "Safety Tip."
That tip was so rounded I had to use ridiculous levels of force to jam it through the foil sealing that Walgreens brand Ibuprofen.
At least the edge would cut.
So, obviously I had to fix that.
Luckily, Case Knives was considerate enough to leave their steel soft enough to reshape with a file, so with a small file and some silicon carbide paper, it did not take long.
Better now:
Thus endeth the Saga of The Better Gas Station Knife.
Next time, I'm checking the knife before leaving the store rather than trusting quality control.
