YIJC jack knife, anyone?

Posted by graml from user-2ivev0i.dialup.mindspring.com (165.247.124.18) on Tuesday, October 02, 2001 at 7:12am :

Did anyone else ever get the YIJC pocket knife way back in the early 1990s? It came with a cheesy letter "written" by Indiana Jones (in which he admitted that he enjoyed whittling when things were slow) and a spiffy box. My only problem with it was that it tarnished about four seconds after I unwrapped it. Did anyone else have this problem? And if you actually tried to use it out in the real world, it would tarnish even faster. Just keeping it in my pocket on a hike would devistate that blade. I spent most of my allowance (remember allowances? Those were the days!) buying a variety of oils and polishes to keep that danged knife clean! I consider myself a somewhat experienced pocket knife owner, and never owned a more tempermental knife. Was I the only one who was dissatisfied with the quality of the YIJC knife? Please don't say "yes".
-graml

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Re: YIJC jack knife, anyone? - Anejo Joe 11:34pm 10/06/2001

Maybe :) - sas 9:54am 10/03/2001

I did bid on one a few weeks back on eBay. Spiffy looking...but... - Indiana Texas girl 11:54pm 10/02/2001

Hey, I have one of those... - Micah 11:15am 10/02/2001

"Yes" - Fall Guy 11:15am 10/02/2001

Augh... I should have had my coffee before writing that! (nfm) - Fall Guy 1:17pm 10/02/2001

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: Did anyone else ever get the YIJC pocket knife way back in the early 1990s? It came with a cheesy letter "written" by Indiana Jones (in which he admitted that he enjoyed whittling when things were slow) and a spiffy box. My only problem with it was that it tarnished about four seconds after I unwrapped it. Did anyone else have this problem? And if you actually tried to use it out in the real world, it would tarnish even faster. Just keeping it in my pocket on a hike would devistate that blade. I spent most of my allowance (remember allowances? Those were the days!) buying a variety of oils and polishes to keep that danged knife clean! I consider myself a somewhat experienced pocket knife owner, and never owned a more tempermental knife. Was I the only one who was dissatisfied with the quality of the YIJC knife? Please don't say "yes". : -graml

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