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What is it that Mr. Gump said?
"Stupid is as stupid does," right?

Talk about a parlor trick to beat the tomato one...
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Hahahahaha. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Yeah, that's an oversight that may not last long.
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I think I saw Steve measure a knife that way in his last video.
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It's called OAL (OverAll Length), and is a common specification for knives, along with blade and/or edge length, weight, height at the heel and spine width. In what way is it a "parlor trick"?
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RickR wrote: Mon May 14, 2018 9:57 pm It's called OAL (OverAll Length), and is a common specification for knives, along with blade and/or edge length, weight, height at the heel and spine width. In what way is it a "parlor trick"?
The silhouette holding the knife with point-in-palm.
I wouldn't want anything sharper than a dollar-store knife - let alone a MAC - pointing thus into my palm :lol:
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That silhouette is very unevenly proportioned...
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I've seen Amazon use that exact same illustration on several items to give perspective of size.
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STPepper9 wrote: Mon May 14, 2018 11:35 pm 🤔
That silhouette is very unevenly proportioned...
Hahaha :D
I think there might be some perspective going on there. A slight turn to her (?) left?
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