It seems to me that a lot of the big names (Kershaw, Benchmade, Spyderco, etc.) either have new big (blades longer than 6 inches) blades hitting the market, or are working on adding them to their line-up (Spyderco's Ed Shemp). Is this the re-birth of the big knife trend?
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Are big factory fixed blades the new trend?
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Keep in mind we are currently at war, and much advertising is geared toward weapons of war while we are so involved, as makers see thar is gold in them thar hills, whether or not the knives actually would perform well in a combat environment...it was an easy sidestep for them from marketing to mall ninjas to marketing to armchair SEAL's....both of those groups now gobbling up "tactical" junk by the shopping cart full...favorite peeve..."tactical" means "strategic", and "strategic" (if you look it up) has nothing to do with all the racy junk being being sold for individuals to carry around until they clank....
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Always a pleasure reading your posts.
FWIW, you may recall that many refer in nuclear weapons parlance to ICBMs, sub & long range bomber delivered systems as being "strategic," and over-the-horizon, jeep-mounted short range systems as "tactical."
Also, it's not unusual semantically for "strategic" to imply big picture, overarching concepts, and "tactical" to mean the actual nitty-gritty details & techniques.
In terms of blades, I think some makers borrowed the "T" from SWAT & adapted it to avoid terms like "switchblade" and "stiletto" and "fighting" in their marketing, and take advantage of the all-black-tanto-power-assisted-plastic folder boom. Reminds me of "collateral damage." What would Aldous Huxley say?
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FWIW, you may recall that many refer in nuclear weapons parlance to ICBMs, sub & long range bomber delivered systems as being "strategic," and over-the-horizon, jeep-mounted short range systems as "tactical."
Also, it's not unusual semantically for "strategic" to imply big picture, overarching concepts, and "tactical" to mean the actual nitty-gritty details & techniques.
In terms of blades, I think some makers borrowed the "T" from SWAT & adapted it to avoid terms like "switchblade" and "stiletto" and "fighting" in their marketing, and take advantage of the all-black-tanto-power-assisted-plastic folder boom. Reminds me of "collateral damage." What would Aldous Huxley say?
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To put it simply, there is a market for large fixed bladed knives. Yes, some of them are mall ninjas. Some of them will be military. Some, just guys who like the outdoors.
For what it's worth, I wouldn't consider myself any of the above. However I'll be buying some of these new blades just because I think they're neat.
I think it's a good thing that there are more and more alternatives now to just Ka-Bar and Ontario (and cold steel).
-KC
For what it's worth, I wouldn't consider myself any of the above. However I'll be buying some of these new blades just because I think they're neat.
I think it's a good thing that there are more and more alternatives now to just Ka-Bar and Ontario (and cold steel).
-KC
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The leechs kiss, the squids embrace,WileECoyote said:
The prurient apes defiling touch:
And do you like the human race?
No, not much.
Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence
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mtngunr said:
Strategic actually refers to theater level and greater operations or those things which affect affairs on a national or global scale, while tactical refers to specific operations of limited scope. Therefore tactics are used to accomplish strategies, which are composed of many different tactics and are derived from policies.
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>>The leechs kiss, the squids embrace,
The prurient apes defiling touch:
And do you like the human race?
No, not much.
Esav, you're a gentleman & a scholar!
I think it's true that the manufacturers are being influenced by the war, look at all the "urban" and "desert" and "tiger stripe" camo blades. Also, the younger male market is probably more "size" conscious. I think some of the TOPS and others look neat, would love to buy one, I just don't know how the heck I could carry one or use one it on the trail w/o attracting unwanted attention. 'Spose I could just go off into the woods by myself and slash blindly at trees and squirrels, but my guess is the blade over time would wind up in my closet.
WileECoyote
The prurient apes defiling touch:
And do you like the human race?
No, not much.
Esav, you're a gentleman & a scholar!
I think it's true that the manufacturers are being influenced by the war, look at all the "urban" and "desert" and "tiger stripe" camo blades. Also, the younger male market is probably more "size" conscious. I think some of the TOPS and others look neat, would love to buy one, I just don't know how the heck I could carry one or use one it on the trail w/o attracting unwanted attention. 'Spose I could just go off into the woods by myself and slash blindly at trees and squirrels, but my guess is the blade over time would wind up in my closet.
WileECoyote