TIL my dead grandpa's old letter opener beats my $80 custom wharncliffe for box duty

After 3 soggy moves and a broken tip on my fancy blade, I grabbed his 1950s bone handle opener from a Buffalo thrift store box and it shredded 14 sealed Amazon packages in 3 minutes flat, so has anyone else given up on their pricey folder for a freebie that just works?

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noahtaylor1h ago

Man, that's the whole game right there. Old stuff was built different, not because it was magical, but because nobody planned for it to be disposable. Your grandpa's opener has survived 70 years of dry air and greasy fingers, while your $80 knife just wanted to be a showpiece, not a workhorse. The real trick is that cheap or old tools don't make you feel bad about actually using them hard. That freedom is worth more than any steel upgrade.