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On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:06:40 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> With all the talk about knives from Chinatown and the dollar store, I
>> walked by my local "$1 & Up" store on the way to the library and ended
>> up buying a $2 knife. Here it is http://i32.tinypic.com/2rhahz6.jpg.
>> I need to get a blade guard for it now.
>>
>>
>>

>I hope it gives you good results.
>
>BTW, I buy all of my paring knives at the dollar store. They go dull
>after 6 or 8 months and I throw them away and get new ones.


Sheesh... what do you pare, bricks? It's very hard to dull a paring
knife on veggies. I have some that have been used for more than 50
years and at most a couple licks with a steel and they're good as new.