Perhaps this is just me, but it seems that more and more knives are marketed as being designed by, for, or "with the cooperation of" various military or law enforcement groups or the almost meaninglessly vague "a government agency". Alternately they do not make any claim of "officialness" but instead imply that the use their product is the voluntary choice of the abovementioned groups.
Do you think that these claims are valid, or is it just marketing hype?
Although some of it is likely true, I would be astonished if the bulk of it was. I find it hard to believe that the government expends much time sitting down with knife producers to help them expand their product lines for free. In all likelihood it is similar to Luminox labeling their watches with everything from navy Seal to Stealth Fighter, pure macho marketing.
I suppose that something as broad as "designed for elite military uses" could be used for just about anything. Victorinox could claim that the Tinker was designed with commandoes in mind and there is not really any way to prove otherwise.
And even if these claims are all true, is the average consumer really better off with a product that has been designed for a different use entirely. In many ways the attributes that are desireable in some of the claimed applications would seem to be more of a drawback for a general useage knife. Of cuorse, there is also the question of whether a knife having been designed by/for/with SEALS make the product demonstrably better?
Are you impressed by the manufacturers' claims that their knives are somehow attached to military or law enforcement?
Personally I would prefer they use that same ad to provide me with more technical information on the design and construction of the product, rather than selling an image.
Do you think that these claims are valid, or is it just marketing hype?
Although some of it is likely true, I would be astonished if the bulk of it was. I find it hard to believe that the government expends much time sitting down with knife producers to help them expand their product lines for free. In all likelihood it is similar to Luminox labeling their watches with everything from navy Seal to Stealth Fighter, pure macho marketing.
I suppose that something as broad as "designed for elite military uses" could be used for just about anything. Victorinox could claim that the Tinker was designed with commandoes in mind and there is not really any way to prove otherwise.
And even if these claims are all true, is the average consumer really better off with a product that has been designed for a different use entirely. In many ways the attributes that are desireable in some of the claimed applications would seem to be more of a drawback for a general useage knife. Of cuorse, there is also the question of whether a knife having been designed by/for/with SEALS make the product demonstrably better?
Are you impressed by the manufacturers' claims that their knives are somehow attached to military or law enforcement?
Personally I would prefer they use that same ad to provide me with more technical information on the design and construction of the product, rather than selling an image.
