back in the QingYang days in china just 2 years before Columbus got funding for his voyage to go there as he had heard of the mythical city that had invented what produced what was called the Gansu knife.
He traveled across europe and told the wealthy that they too could get these amazing knives which were famous for their razor-sharp, serrated edges that made slicing and dicing, from delicate tomatoes to toughest meat effortless and low-maintenance.
Some sets included chef, santoku, and steak knives designed to stay sharp forever even after being used to open the canned tomatoes or stabbing the odd ruffian.
Unknownst to poor Chris a giant meteor storm destroyed the city before he even got his funding. He never made it to QingYang and eventually everyone forgot the original reason he wanted to sail the ocean blue.
Then in the 1970s an enterprising archeologist uncovered a sample by accident, and tried to recreate the glory but he misspelled it as Ginsu and did not have gilded craftsmen reproduce this historical artifact, but instead stamped them with a machine in Ohio and sold them to american consumers on late night infomercials.
“The Odd Ruffian” would be a great nick.