Anyone heard of this guy?

[Keith_H]

I like how the diff models have diff heat treats and the more you spend, the more heat treats it gets!

Edge is additionally heat treated 1x
$549.00 plus tax (if applicable), shipping & handling (sheath not included)

Edge is additionally heat treated 2x
$569.00 plus tax (if applicable), shipping & handling (sheath not included)

Heat treated three times plus three times additional edge
hardening and diamond honed
$589.00 plus tax (if applicable), shipping & handling (sheath not included)

That made my stomach turn right there:barf:

those are the ones that didn't harden after the first 2 tries

 

[fastcamo]

Are you kidding me? you mean to tell me for about the same price I spent on my RC3, my Swamprat, my SYDF, filled my car with gas and bought beer, that I could have got this and saved all the hassle, what a waste, now I feel like I have been ripped off.

 

[Liam Ryan]

That was reviewd in tactical knives! I always wondered why they gave every knife they looked at a good review, now it looks like it's just an advertisment mag.

 

[KiljoyKutlery]

Tactical knives is one big frigging ADD...I have always bought it for the photo's and to see whats new...but I was always aware that thier writeups were bull crap....they never say anything bad about anyone.

 

[charliedontsurf]

WTF is traction coat?:jerkit:

 

[Brian Jones]

I hope he falls on the thing and bleeds out.

What a FAG.

More true to the point was he had to cut the straps off himself at the local glory hole after taking it in the ass all night.

ONLY THE RAZR KNIFE COULD DO IT! :jerkit:

Why is the knife market flooded with these guys? It makes me sick. :barf:

But Robert, tell us how you REALLY feel! Don't hold back!

You've gotta have a strong trademark infringement case here. His copy creates confusion and I'd gate to see your product damaged because of it.

 

[Brian Jones]

That was reviewd in tactical knives! I always wondered why they gave every knife they looked at a good review, now it looks like it's just an advertisment mag.

Can you share some choice tidbits with us? Who wrote the review? What issue? etc etc

 

[Zombie Zeke]

Why do we a need a baby push knife on a wilderness survival rig, again?? I have a Khukri and a 4" bladed Safemaker I w/ fifty ft of para and I think the whole kaboodle cost a hundred with the knives.

I think "tactical operator" is code for Wal Mart stock crew.

 

[Brian Jones]

I've never heard of this guy before and thought I would share and get some opinions.

Beroya,

Sorry we got carried away. I think the consensus is run, don't walk, from this guy. His advertising smacks of extreme B.S., as does his heat-treat claims etc.

 

[Beroya]

Brian,

No sweat, I was getting a kick out of reading everyone post after visiting his sight. No, never planned on doing business with this guy. The blade does look pretty neat as a add to the collection if sold at a reasonoable price neat. But at that price it and the sheath had better be able to cut my lawn, wax my jeep, walk my dog, talk to my wife and Jerk...... Oh you get the picture.
As for his Ad! Oh Lord, there isnt a mark on the BS meter deep enough. After all, I have never met a 00 independent contracted Polish trained super stealth tactical operating Ninja before! Sure they dont exist.

 

[Brian Jones]

LOL, Beroya! And welcome to Bladeforums...

 

[crossada]

Can you share some choice tidbits with us? Who wrote the review? What issue? etc etc

Brian i don't have my magazines with me but iirc the review was done by the editor Steven Dick. i will dig them out this weekend and make sure though to make sure.

 

[Robert H]

But Robert, tell us how you REALLY feel! Don't hold back!

You've gotta have a strong trademark infringement case here. His copy creates confusion and I'd gate to see your product damaged because of it.

It's no use. I've dealt with far too many scam artists in the industry already. Fake martial artists, fake name users, tomahawk makers ripping off the name of the inventor, then not paying the widow for the use, while scamming the Army Ranger partner. It never ends.

Make your product and stand by the product. If a soldier uses it, fine. Soldiers use dental floss. Is dental floss tactical?

I NEVER met a soldier or marine that used a blade that he didn't get out of the PX. SAK's, Ka Bars, Cold Steel Recon Tantos.

Simple stuff. Soldiers DO NOT make a lot of money. I give knives to soldiers and Marines all the time, because they don't make enough to drop 5-600 dollars on a KNIFE for God's sake.

NOR DO THEY KNIFE FIGHT ON A REGULAR BASIS!

I got like 3 hours of knife training in the Marines. In four years. None in the Army.

Bob Horrigan, who died in Iraq, made knives. I made his sheaths for a time. I asked him about knife fighting, since he actually was an 'operator", whatever that means. He said he had a pistol, why would he stab anyone? He'd sooner run back to a gun.

Can you fight with a knife? Of course. I believe they're deadlier than guns up close. I'd carry a fixed blade for SD if I could be law. But perception being what it is, it's better to shoot people. I didn't make the rules.

But in now almost 8 years of making sheaths and holsters, I've grown to know the difference between the Walter Middy's and the real deal. And believe me, the real thing isn't going to drop any coin on the RAZR.

It's about twice as gay as the Tracker.

Get a grip, people. It's about what's in your head, not in your hands. The biggest change I've dropped on blades was for Sibert knives, because I use them.

You want to survive in the woods? Get a Gerber hatchet and a Swiss Army, then buy a book about survival, some firestarters, and a cell phone.

Get out and practice. And for God's sake don't buy anything that's filled with tactical operator hype.

Knives are tools. Treat them as such. We don't worship hammers, we use them and respect them if they work well. We buy tool belts for them. A knife is no different, nor is survival. It's not magical. Tommy Lee Jones isn't going to jump out of the brush. It's just practice, and work.

I'd love to see the "cabin" Mr. Lightning is building with his razr. I bet it's a debris hut, at best.

 

[Brian Jones]

I agree, Robert. Knowledge is everything. That's what we tell folks in this field. 99% of survival situations can be handled without a knife, IMHO. You can find and make what you need out there -- if you've taken the time to learn how -- in most situations.

Also, Robert, I've taken the liberty of using part of your post as my new sig line, if that's okay!

 

[Briggz]

So, I wrote and asked this guy a question about the Damascus Bowie. Here is the reply

"Damascus is world famous from the very beginning of steel being forged for axes and knives. It is an ancient tradition of repeatedly folding carbon steel onto itself during the forgeing process to make the steel strong and flexible. This process reveals the beautiful layered patterns of oil quentched Damascus.
This particular knife, as you can see by the layered patterns, went through quite an extraodinary layering and quentching process to develop the patterns that you can see in the photo.
Understand, this is extremely tough beyond any other steels in knife making, to such a degree that properly used, and NOT abused, you will never have to sharpen this edge.
If it should ever need sharpening (I greatly doubt that in a life time), as I was the one who put this edge on it, the knife can be sent back to us and have the same edge put to it as you receive it with. Belive me, you will never have a knife as sharp as this one, or has the edge holding capability.
Understand, you can only sharpen any knife to the degree that the steel is hard. Believe me when I tell you, Damascus is the toughest steel to sharpen because of its extreme tempering and folding and compression in forgeing, and this particular knife has been folded and treated to a ridiculous extreme.

Regards,
J. Lightning

This B.S. priceless - maybe one of you guys can sharpen this for me ....

 

[Brian Jones]

Here we go...forgot who did this - lifted it from somewhere here on BFC...

 

[BlackHills]

I NEVER met a soldier or marine that used a blade that he didn't get out of the PX. SAK's, Ka Bars, Cold Steel Recon Tantos.

Not to hijack the thread and we haven't met in person, but I never bought a knife at the PX. I carried Al Mar and Spyderco (at a time when most people had never heard of either brand) folders and Ek fixed blades. Maybe the fact I was a knife nut before I joined the Corps had something to do with it .

As for the Razr....I haven't laughed so hard reading a webpage in a long time. I can't imagine anyone with even half a brain would buy that knife at that price, but as H.L. Mencken said "No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."

 

[Thomas Linton]

The saddest thing is that there are overgrown kids out there who will buy it and be absolutely chuffed with it.

Not in the USA. We don't get chuffed. Maybe rushes all over our bodies, but never chuffed.


This guy is a real case study in imagination run amok.

Aren't most of the knives that never need sharpening sold after midnight on TV -- with a half dozen other gadgets, all for a few bucks?

 

[Keith_H]

We need him to comment on this thread here, There isnt much more to say that hasn't already been said, (mora> $600 Pakistani Ninga weapon)

I would like to hear his rebuttal.

 

[ilbruche]

So, I wrote and asked this guy a question about the Damascus Bowie. Here is the reply

"Damascus is world famous from the very beginning of steel being forged for axes and knives. It is an ancient tradition of repeatedly folding carbon steel onto itself during the forgeing process to make the steel strong and flexible. This process reveals the beautiful layered patterns of oil quentched Damascus.
This particular knife, as you can see by the layered patterns, went through quite an extraodinary layering and quentching process to develop the patterns that you can see in the photo.
Understand, this is extremely tough beyond any other steels in knife making, to such a degree that properly used, and NOT abused, you will never have to sharpen this edge.
If it should ever need sharpening (I greatly doubt that in a life time), as I was the one who put this edge on it, the knife can be sent back to us and have the same edge put to it as you receive it with. Belive me, you will never have a knife as sharp as this one, or has the edge holding capability.
Understand, you can only sharpen any knife to the degree that the steel is hard. Believe me when I tell you, Damascus is the toughest steel to sharpen because of its extreme tempering and folding and compression in forgeing, and this particular knife has been folded and treated to a ridiculous extreme.

Regards,
J. Lightning

This B.S. priceless - maybe one of you guys can sharpen this for me ....