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From: gbr@mb2c.UUCP (Jerry Ruhno)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Knife ads
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 12:12:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 12:12:00 1985
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> Recently in the Washington Post Magazine and through direct-junk-mail,
> I have seen ads for the "MALIN M-15 Survival Knife."
> They sell for $5 plus $2 shipping/handling per knife.
> They have a compass in the butt of the handle,
> a bunch of things like fish hooks and a cable saw in the (hollow) handle,
> a sheathe and a sharpening stone.
> The blade is made of "420 molecular stainless" whatever that is.
> I have seen what LOOK like identical knives in either the REI or EMS cataloge
> (I forget which) for just under $40.
> 
> Does anyone know anything about this (beyond having seen the ad)?
> My cataloge does not use the name "MALIN M-15"; has anyone heard of it?
 
  I always rely on 2 famous quotes:

  "You get what you pay for"
	     &
  "If it is too good to be true, it probably is"