Les Robertson
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Hi KBS,
Im going to guess you don't understand much about marketing and publishing. The reason that photo was chosen was for 2 reasons.
1) the publisher picked it.
2) They liked the way it took you through three iterations of the same knife. Starting with the basic knife and going to the Damascus version.
BTW, my reference to this book had nothing to do with the cover or page 13. It had to do with page 4. Where Bob Terzuola thanked myself and Bob Neal for "defining" what a tactical knife is.
Which page in Bob's book would I find reference to you or anything you have ever said or thought about tactical knives? Feel free to include any other book(s) or Magazine(s) articles you have authored or were interviewed for your opinion on what a tactical knife is. Perhaps we can discuss this during the judging of the tactical knife category at Blade next year. Oh that's right you won't be judging. Surely that is just an oversight...given your extensive knowledge of the subject.
BTW, I never claimed ownership to the marketing term...I just pointed out that the word tactical does have inherent parameters. As such the word has become part of the lexicon of custom knives.
Any particular reason that every other style of knife with a Damascus blade and/or natural handle materials are called Damascus knives or presentation knives. That when these materials are added to a base tactical folder....you and others do not call them Damascus or Presentation or Art knives?
I would think when you upgrade a base knife...you would also want to upgrade the category the knife would now be a part of. Especially when showing the knife to outside the custom knife community.
You guys keep trying to put a square peg into a round hole.
You might want to read my article on the cycles of custom knives in the upcoming Knives Illustrated Buying Guide.
Im going to guess you don't understand much about marketing and publishing. The reason that photo was chosen was for 2 reasons.
1) the publisher picked it.
2) They liked the way it took you through three iterations of the same knife. Starting with the basic knife and going to the Damascus version.
BTW, my reference to this book had nothing to do with the cover or page 13. It had to do with page 4. Where Bob Terzuola thanked myself and Bob Neal for "defining" what a tactical knife is.
Which page in Bob's book would I find reference to you or anything you have ever said or thought about tactical knives? Feel free to include any other book(s) or Magazine(s) articles you have authored or were interviewed for your opinion on what a tactical knife is. Perhaps we can discuss this during the judging of the tactical knife category at Blade next year. Oh that's right you won't be judging. Surely that is just an oversight...given your extensive knowledge of the subject.
BTW, I never claimed ownership to the marketing term...I just pointed out that the word tactical does have inherent parameters. As such the word has become part of the lexicon of custom knives.
Any particular reason that every other style of knife with a Damascus blade and/or natural handle materials are called Damascus knives or presentation knives. That when these materials are added to a base tactical folder....you and others do not call them Damascus or Presentation or Art knives?
I would think when you upgrade a base knife...you would also want to upgrade the category the knife would now be a part of. Especially when showing the knife to outside the custom knife community.
You guys keep trying to put a square peg into a round hole.
You might want to read my article on the cycles of custom knives in the upcoming Knives Illustrated Buying Guide.