Hi guys & gals, (if there are any here).

Well today here in Italy it's a cloudy day, I haven't had my cappacino yet, ran out of it and so I gotta go down the street to get one. But before I go, let me reply back to someone's latest input & comments.

Someone wrote:

The knife that comes with the necklace can't be a terribly stellar example of cutlery. It's listed as being sold seperately for $3.50. I realize that cost cutting is a part of this offer, but that cut might have been a little too deep (pun intended!)

My Reply:

Survival knives are like cars, guns, computers and women, whatever your taste is and can afford to pay and dish out, is up to you.

The $3.50 price you see listed on my site for that knife is NOT the best quality, but it's NOT the poorest quality knife neither. Beats using some sharpen tin can lid, Fred Flintstone rock knife or a couple of razor blades stuffed inside some really cheapo survival kit, you know? A low cost knife is better than not having any knife at all when you really need one, wouldn't you agree?

Same person wrote:

I can handle Photon Light clones or lesser quality signalling mirrors to save money, if it means the difference between being equipped with something vs. being totally unequipped because you couldn't afford the necklace. My personal feeling is that you can't do this same cost cutting on a knife (at least not all the way down to the $3.50 price point).

My reply:

The reason why I sell these items separately is because I was receiving too many inquiries from people. Too many of them were asking if they could buy one or two things that come with my survival kits instead of buying the whole thing.

And so like I mentioned in my earlier posting, I listen to my customers and so I started selling these items separately. It's what they want and not necessarily what I wanted to do.

And so that price you see listed on my website for that knife, I gotta order a "zillion of them" to get'em at a decent price and to sell them at a fairly decent price. I was originally gonna sell'em for the suggest/recommeded retail price of $5 each, not including shipping.

But after looking over the knife and putting myself in the customers shoes and asking myself... "Would I pay 5 bucks for this knife?" And so the price you see listed is what I think it is worth and what I myself would pay.

Same person wrote:

I would suggest a basic necklace model without the knife, or an expensive model (probably twice the cost) with a decent knife. Not expensive, just decent. Spydercos are good, and so are a lot of other brands. They all cost more than $3.50 though.

My reply:

Like I state on my website, if you were to buy all these same or similar survival items somewhere else you would pay about twice the amount of money and probably more if you added in the shipping & handling charges.

Figure out your saving and you can use that other money that you saved to buy yourself another knife if you're not happy with the one that comes with my survival kits.

Same person wrote:

Please take no offense at my suggestion. I just think a cheap knife is more dangerous than any utility that might come from it could
justify.

My reply:

Hey, no problem, no offense taken at all, I perfectly understand your point. Really! As I state on my website, I, too, own several different types of knives myself and I don't leave home without one of them.

Do I pack & carry the same survival kit that I sell on my website along with that same folding knife?

Yep, I sure do, but along with some other additional survial stuff like some fishing line, hooks, snare wire, etc. Which I'm working on right now to add to future survival kits.

As for carrying that same knife...no, not all the time. Because like most outdoor enthusiasts I, too have a favorite knife that I like to carry with me all the time when I leave home. Which I talk about these knives on my website on my "Paracord Knife" page.

Anyway, again, if it's just the knife that you don't like...then just remove it and carry the one you like. Everyone has their taste and style, some of us like Italian wine and others like German or American beer. The choice & selection is yours.

Okey-dokey?

Ok, I'm dying for an Italian cappaccino, gotta get outta here and go down the street to get one, thanks for your input.

Caio for now!