gary may wrote:

>  But the 199, blade sticking out extra far and never rattling, pretty
> much unbreakable and almost as solid as a REAL knife, now that's a
> smoke!  And yes, they look cool.

I picked up one of the red Defiance 199's and it had a little 
triangular folded steel guard over the blade - marked Stanley.  Just 
pull it off to use the knife, then stick it back on to protect yourself.

Ed Minch