31/03/2016
==> It is up to you to look up other versions of the same product and find out it was removed from the market due to a design problem that has injured people in the past. I have included text from the official recall below that you can check with an online search. (Search: Gerber EAB Recall August 2007)
Item received is as pictured but with "Piranha" brand logo instead of Gerber.
Manufacturing quality and blades are all fine but this uses an old design with a single sheet of metal under the finger as a guard. This is a dangerous design. Even when tightly inserted, blade can slip to the side of this guard and rotate out, cutting finger badly, especially when cutting hard material with blade tip and applying any side-ways force with the finger on the guard.
I complained to Banggood but since the product is "as pictured", they refused to issue a refund unless I spend more than the value of the product shipping it back. So I've taken pictures (attached) to show the defect so you know what to expect. In fairness, it is possible to modify and make it safe by welding a sheet over the guard, but the time spent doing that defeats the value of the "deal" here.
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August 29, 2007
Release # 07-295
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Gerber EAB (Exchange-A-Blade) Pocket Knives
Units: About 154,000
Importer: Gerber Legendary Blades, of Portland, Ore., a division of Fiskars Brands Inc., of Madison, Wis
Hazard: During use, the back of the blade of the knife can slide past the blade support, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Gerber has received eight reports of individuals cutting themselves while using the knife, including several individuals who required stitches.
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==> It is up to you to look up other versions of the same product and find out it was removed from the market due to a design problem that has injured people in the past. I have included text from the official recall below that you can check with an online search. (Search: Gerber EAB Recall August 2007)
Item received is as pictured but with "Piranha" brand logo instead of Gerber.
Manufacturing quality and blades are all fine but this uses an old design with a single sheet of metal under the finger as a guard. This is a dangerous design. Even when tightly inserted, blade can slip to the side of this guard and rotate out, cutting finger badly, especially when cutting hard material with blade tip and applying any side-ways force with the finger on the guard.
I complained to Banggood but since the product is "as pictured", they refused to issue a refund unless I spend more than the value of the product shipping it back. So I've taken pictures (attached) to show the defect so you know what to expect. In fairness, it is possible to modify and make it safe by welding a sheet over the guard, but the time spent doing that defeats the value of the "deal" here.
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August 29, 2007
Release # 07-295
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Gerber EAB (Exchange-A-Blade) Pocket Knives
Units: About 154,000
Importer: Gerber Legendary Blades, of Portland, Ore., a division of Fiskars Brands Inc., of Madison, Wis
Hazard: During use, the back of the blade of the knife can slide past the blade support, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Gerber has received eight reports of individuals cutting themselves while using the knife, including several individuals who required stitches.
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==> It is up to you to look up other versions of the same product and find out it was removed from the market due to a design problem that has injured people in the past. I have included text from the official recall below that you can check with an online search. (Search: Gerber EAB Recall August 2007)
Item received is as pictured but with "Piranha" brand logo instead of Gerber.
Manufacturing quality and blades are all fine but this uses an old design with a single sheet of metal under the finger as a guard. This is a dangerous design. Even when tightly inserted, blade can slip to the side of this guard and rotate out, cutting finger badly, especially when cutting hard material with blade tip and applying any side-ways force with the finger on the guard.
I complained to Banggood but since the product is "as pictured", they refused to issue a refund unless I spend more than the value of the product shipping it back. So I've taken pictures (attached) to show the defect so you know what to expect. In fairness, it is possible to modify and make it safe by welding a sheet over the guard, but the time spent doing that defeats the value of the "deal" here.
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August 29, 2007
Release # 07-295
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Gerber EAB (Exchange-A-Blade) Pocket Knives
Units: About 154,000
Importer: Gerber Legendary Blades, of Portland, Ore., a division of Fiskars Brands Inc., of Madison, Wis
Hazard: During use, the back of the blade of the knife can slide past the blade support, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Gerber has received eight reports of individuals cutting themselves while using the knife, including several individuals who required stitches.
(left the rest out)
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