On 4 Jun 2012 20:26:49 GMT, 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 $$ to work perfectly.
>
>BTW, Ecko is not to be compared, even in furthest stretch of the
>imagination, to Cutco knives, which are crap. Granted, some Ecko
>stuff is crap, but unlike Cutco knives you can buy most Ecko stuff fer
>crap $$.
>
>nb

It's EKCO (I even showed you it's EKCO). EKCO used to make a fine
product, their crap in the stores today is garbage. There's a lot
more to EKCO than most realize:
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/compa...y-history.html