On Jun 4, 4:26*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2012-06-04, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> >http://www.ekco.com/
>
> I think ppl's memory of this stuff is more emotional than rational.
> It was inexpensive kitchen implements that almost everyone had one of
> cuz everyone was once jes starting out and Ecko was affordable, even
> fer young adults living in dorms or 4 to a house, etc. *They bring
> back fond memories in this day of $30 veggie peelers and absurdly
> overpriced lemon zesters, tools that don't really do the job any
> better than cheapo Ecko stuff. *Ecko is still available at most any
> supermkt. *I've seen it here. *I can buy it here. *I do. *Not one of
> their cheap-ass knives, but corn-on-cob handles don't require a huge
> outlay of $$ to work perfectly.
>
> BTW, Ecko is not to be compared, even in furthest stretch of the
> imagination, to Cutco knives, which are crap. *Granted, some Ecko
> stuff is crap, but unlike Cutco knives you can buy most Ecko stuff fer
> crap $$.


I think I got my knives with S and H green stamps, so this dates em,
but they are serrated, wooden handles, even the varnish has held up lo
these many moons. Maybe I should will em the Smithsonian along with
my Pyrex.