Now that makes some sense. Practical, inexpensive, functionally as good or better than what came before. All for about the same price as that "Old Hickory" blade.

That is innovation, not just an increase in technology. This I like. Improving on an already good idea without really raising the stakes. The essence of the best of our intellect.

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)