Dark-Ops, The future of knives

I work for a government agency and was told to buy some of these to try them out. I purchased 12 (3 each of the Fixed blades) nearly 8 months ago and still have not received them. That was of course BEFORE they redesigned a couple of them to look like a Klingon Ceremonial Knife. NOT impressed with the new design what-so-ever. I wouldn't be caught dead carrying the newly designed ones into combat.

Needless to say, be wary. With the way this thread is going, I can't imagine the company doing very well financially. Public opinion goes a long way and I just can't see these things selling very well... if/when they actually start shipping em. I may have to start actions here in a few months to get the funds back. That's not going to be fun. :(

Guess I'll stick with my Busse FSH or soon to be delivered Hell Raiser. :D
 
Stopped at their booth at the SHOT Show in Vegas.
Those fixed blades look just as idiotic in person as they do in the ads.
Denis
 
I used to own a few ERs. I gave one to my friend before he went to Iraq and I sold the long bladed sucker. From my experience, they are very good knives. I would be confident using one for something nasty (not deanimimation mind you, whatever that means) and from what I could tell, they held up fine.

I dislike the advertising strategy of Dark ops. Guys who are really respected in the professional arena are Mad Dog and Strider. They probably have a reason to be really cocky because of their success and great products (but they're not really in comparison). Dark ops advertising in asinine and discredits themselves to any thinking knife person.

( I don't know what all the beating off is about, but it is probably my turn....:jerkit: ) :D
 
For the love of everything sharp and shiny, I just went over to the Dork Ops website after reading about their "redesign", and I can't believe how asanine those knives look. After all the crap that has been said and written about these things, you would think that someone would get a clue, or at least rent one for a little while.

I don't have a problem with people making and selling freaky lookin' fantasy knives, but they shouldn't do it and try to keep a straight face. I have no idea why my "combat knife" would need a periscope.

I wouldn't buy one of those if it was at the $2.00 table at a yard sale. And I wouldn't let one see the light of day if someone were to give me one, even as a joke.

Jubei
 
For those of you that didn't see the multitude of old threads, several months ago I called and talked to Frank. His feeling is that the market place will vindicate his knives and his marketing.

Also my recollection is that he said he spent $500K> to redesign his knives to improve them from Extrema Ratio designs.

Further my impression is that he feels any publicity is good, so I would not expect his advertising to change, unless it's to become more, uh, over-the-top.
 
Over the top advertising aint bad if the products can be said to be a good value.

Look at Cold Steel. Just about everyone poo-poos the videos, etc., yet a good many have found good value in the products.
 
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