Echos of the ‘60s electric knife. Ruined more protein than backyard grill “masters”. Smother it with gravy and put it out of its misery.
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Sure. It’s a joke for people who have $100 to spend on gag gifts. I wouldn’t pay for that, but I’d laugh right along as a guest. Sort of in the vein of a Champagne saber, except in plastic and with no tradition. I’d rather spend my Benjamin on a gas-powered tailgater bar blender.
I found the electric knife of the 60’s is excellent for slicing foam for upholstery and cushions. Forget the bird, it works better sculpting dining chair seats.
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EXACTLY! We saved ours (wedding present) for just that purpose.
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I have, over the course of nearly half a century, enjoyed looking through their catalogues. The older ones were much better. I once worked a couple of blocks from one of their stores. They had a life sized knock-off of the predator. I would have made an exception to my Georgian/Queen Anne/Chippendale decor for that guy. The only thing I ever bought there, a Proton radio, still sits by my bed. As radios go, it is shite, but it looks cool.
I have a Nakamichi that looks almost exactly like the proton. I will admit to purchasing things from Sharper Image, though not for decades…
Nakamichi stuff was spectacularly good.
So I should keep it, then 
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Protons were spectacular. When they worked!
A Proton was the end of my selling career on eBay.
I threw in a non working auxiliary speaker for free and the buyer complained to them that it didn’t work. I said duh.
That’s what I had put in the ad.
I’ve never sold or bought anything on there since.
My blood pressure is much happier.
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Both great brands in terms of sound quality. Proton was less reliable, as bbqboy mentions.
Used to have a nakamichi power amp. I kinda miss it.
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As much time as I spend day dreaming about taking a chainsaw to a roast turkey, I find this thread eminently more interesting on the subject of audio equipment. The knob tuning of the Proton is just nutz to adjust. My stereo has a vintage Adcom tuner, and that, or the Yamaha T-1 I had in the early eighties, are absolutely delightful to hear and easy to tune. I made the double move from separates to a Rogue Sphinx integrated amplifier. It uses a tube in the preamp and has zero tone controls. Obviously a single tube is not going to be life changing, but if I had a do over I would stay solid state. I think the hype over sonic differences between tube and solid state is overblown. Ten years in and I still do not miss tone controls. I am pondering a tone arm change, however, also ten years in so not a really big deal. Looking at a vintage Grace.
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Ha ha. In 1992 I had a limited budget, and literally no space, for a stereo system, so I asked an audiophile friend of mine (he and his wife built an audio room onto their house; he died before he completely set the room). My set up is so old it has a 1CD at a time player, it obviously doesn’t get the newer FM channels, and it has a 2 bay cassette deck. And a serviceable Yamaha turntable. And Polk speakers, because … Baltimore. Probably the last time I turned it on was when I had them over for Christmas dinner. We didn’t have turkey, although he would have laughed at the chainsaw. I haven’t dusted, or cooked for guests, since my hospital adventures.
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Play more records! BTW, if you like classical, I have found that quite often boxed sets are priced low and have little, sometimes no, wear.
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I have a stash ….
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