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Jan Carter's Blog – January 2013 Archive (7)

Buying ONLINE goes up 4% TOMORROW*A MUST READ***

Most customers are surprised to find out that there is a new 4% credit card surcharge when they pay with a credit card; online and in stores. Merchants are now legally allowed to charge customers up to an extra 4% for using their credit cards.

“Starting on Sunday, retailers will be allowed to tack a surcharge of up to 4% extra onto your tab if you want to pay…

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Added by Jan Carter on January 26, 2013 at 14:00 — 11 Comments

Bad luck?

Donnie never gives a knife without getting a coin in return, we all know the old saying about it cutting a friendship and that is just something we are not willing to risk

I was reading about it on the web the other day and here are some I knew about and some old wives tales that I never heard

If you cut hot cornbread with a knife, you'll cut your luck

It is bad luck to stir anything with a knife. "To stir with a knife, is to stir…

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Added by Jan Carter on January 25, 2013 at 19:30 — 14 Comments

A bird with no eyes

I like this knife. Bare end is always good for me!

I don't know how I feel about a tradition like the Birds eye pins in a sodbuster being over looked though. I am such a traditionalist and I have a weakness for the birdeyes so what do you think?…

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Added by Jan Carter on January 21, 2013 at 12:04 — 6 Comments

So... what do you do?

Lets say your favorite manufacture has decided not not make knives any longer. They tell you in January 2013 that they will only work through the materials they have on hand and when that is done they are going out of business. This should take 8-10 months at the current rate of sale.

They are not announcing it but don't ask you to keep quiet about it either. If you tell your buddies, the rate of sale will escalate and they will be out of business sooner. This means you may not…

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Added by Jan Carter on January 21, 2013 at 11:29 — 12 Comments

The Magic Circle of Knives

In the early 1900's there really was a magic circle.

Less than 100 miles of two states held all the names we know and love and then some. Competition was strong and only a handful would survive the test of time.

While some of them were "jobbers" and not manufactures they were having their products produced within the circle.

In the 1920's the following companies existed in that 100 mile range

Union Cutlery, Olean, NY Cattaraugus…

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Added by Jan Carter on January 13, 2013 at 13:44 — 12 Comments

SHOT Show, Where New Patterns are revealed

Shot Show is one of the most featured outdoor hunting and shooting sector-related trade shows in the United states. The Shot Show 2013 is held at the Sands Expo Convention Center and is attended by more than 60000 visiting participants at each of its editions. Several topical seminar sessions are scheduled during the event, dealing with law enforcement, retailing and other related issues. The NSSF Shot Show gets its global feel from its participants, who hail from…

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Added by Jan Carter on January 13, 2013 at 11:32 — 7 Comments