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Okay, so here's the point I'm trying to make. For some reason, on certain occasions, a word will sometimes suddenly appear foreign to me. I have seen it, written it, and spoke it nearly all my life but suddenly I experience this surreal disconnect and the word no long seems... right. Sometimes this is cause by repetition, the word seems to lose it's value when it is rewritten ad nauseam. It may potentially be because the word has been removed from it's context and thereby loses much if its meaning, that the sentence is what truly gives meaning to it's individual words. However; this train of thought seems illogical considering that would mean words  would constantly rely on each other for literacy and relevance. But hey, wait a minute, that doesn't seem to illogical does it?

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Bet you never noticed that "build" was such a strange word? Me neither, one day it just slapped me in the face. I sat, staring slack jawed at it, wondering if I had actually spelled it right or, as I assumed wrongly, actually written some Finnish profanity (i.e. paska = shit).  (Continue)

Baladeo 34G Superlight Locking Knife w/ clip review... in case you were wondering (3 out of 5)

I'm currently typing this review without the use of my left index finger, the reason for this I will reveal a bit later. 
I bought this knife after seeing its 22g cousin favorably reviewed on a website I frequent. The high praise they gave to it was more than enough to convince me that it should replace my old worn out Gerber which worked great but was bulky and impossible to sharpen. When I received it in the mail the first thing I noticed was its very tasteful packaging, no vacuum sealed, steal proof plastic container here, just a very sleek black box with some silver lettering embossed on the outside. once you open the box you are again amazed by the this sleek knife, sitting in it's foam case with the same sleek beauty that you might associate with a highly tuned German automobiles. As I mustered up the courage to actual remove this gorgeous knife from its packaging, again I was awestruck, it was incredibly light and felt fantastic in my hand. 34 grams is an ethereal number, hard to really understand until you actually get the product in your hands. I became more and more excited, looking for new tasks to test drive this new tool of mine on! But as the days went by, my love for it began to wane. It's beauty was still unphased but I began to notice a major design flaw. The Locking Mechanism. 
This being the single piece of metal that keeps the knife cutting whatever you want it to be cutting, not yourself, it was vitally important that it work without any error. First thing I noticed wrong is that when you over extend the knife but putting to much pressure on the blade you end up releasing the locking mechanism all together and leaving the knife free to swing open or closed on its hinge like a smooth silver guillotine. 
The second flaw I encountered was that if you grip the knife to tight you actually pinch the locking mechanism closed, thereby closing the knife. Generally, you only grip the knife to tightly if you are applying a reasonable amount of force onto something and when the mechanism fails that same force slams the knife shut onto your fingers. This is why I am typing without my beloved index finger today. I mistook its beauty for perfection of form AND function and was taught a lesson very quickly. 
It still earns three stars from me because of the great craftsmanship (other than the lock) that went into it. My suggestion is that if you are actually looking to put this knife to some moderate/serious work, think about looking else where, because like most things this pretty, it's just meant for looks.