Great Survival Knife Advertisement!!!!

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On the popular show "Survivor" the members of the camp rely on what I belive to be as a no-name knife. What If a major knife maker donated their best survival knife to the next show with their company name etched big into the blade on both sides so the whole country could see it! If you were wanting a survival knife and you saw it being abused and standing up to the punishment on national television, wouldn't that make you more inclined to buy that brand?

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I'll take this a step farther - perhaps a firearms manufacturer could donate a pistol so someone could blast those dumb sons of ..... on second thought. ;-)
 
K-Man

That is a great idea. I am surprised that one of the major knife companies hasn't jumped on that.

I could also see a multi-tool manufacturer trying for that kind of sponsorship. Victorinox could even (excuse me if they have) make an SAK 'Survivor.'

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Jason Cadden
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Hi,

Saw the knife on the show and thought the same thing. Last week I read in a marketing publication that the primary sponsors of Survivor (Target, Bud Lite, Pontiac AZTEK) pay an upfront fee of 10 million just to participate as a sponsor.

Getting product placement like that is a combination of:

1. Having a great product. 2. Knowing specific people. 3. Being willing and/or able to donate/provide free/reduced cost product (sometimes LOTS of it). 4. Once providing knives, hoping they make it to the final cut and do not end up walking home with someone who isn't involved with the show.

Joyce

 
WOW.........
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.......Bummer!!!!!!!!!!

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Joyce, I think you're spot on, except for the part about Bud Lite and the Pontiac Aztek being great products.
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Now Spyderco knives on the other hand...I'd pay to use those (hey, wait, I do!).
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mnblade:
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That's a good one! When the first Survivor came on (and I didn't yet realize it was a farce), all they said was that it was an island in the ocean. Several of us at work then conjectured that if it was in International waters, and not a US Territory, they could kill and eat that annoying SOB who reads the votes at night.
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It would be a lot more interesting... Guess you'd need a good Bob Dozier then...
 
I understand about paying for the advertisement like bud and pontiac, but they get commercials also. Mabye the knife compant could pay a small fee and get their knife/multitool on the show rather than the pos knife on it now.
 
I think if I were a prominent knife manufacturer who was considering having my blade featured on Survivor, my biggest concern would be the low probability that any of the contestants would be able use it properly. I'd hate to have the considerable incompetence of the "survivors" rubbing off on my blade in front of an audience of millions.

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Semper Fi

-Bill
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">If a major knife maker donated their best survival knife to the next show with their company name etched big into the blade on both sides so the whole country could see it!</font>
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I'm sure that the producers of this show (and others like it) thought of this idea, and immediately rejected it. Obviously their opinions of the American public don't include our being able to do 'highbrow' tasks...like reading.
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Steve-O
 
There is a dealer selling the "survivor series" knife on ebay and he states it is a Magnum bowie imported by Boker. It's a fairly inexpensive knife. I have bought some knives from this dealer and he is a good seller. Here is the item # if anybody is interested, -- C.L.
Item #1139188731
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"A six blade Knife will do anything for you"-Dire Straits

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Actually we had a Hollywood producer for one of the reality shows contact us about donating the Laser Strike for the contestants. We blew them off since we were not interested in this type of advertisement. I told the producer I would sell them to him at retail and he wasn't interested. On the flip side a military intelligence group contacted us about buying them and we cut them a good deal.

Jeff

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Randall's Adventure & Training
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I had a similar idea about the "international waters" issue. Even if it was another country - that doesn't mean the country has an extradition treaty with the US. So, as long as you have a quick way out of the country - you're all set to "win" in a hurry. Unfortunately, I checked the rules of survivor, and they stated that the contestants must obey "all US and local laws." This creates an interesting dillemma - are you supposed to obey all the laws - even the laws that contradict? Is that ALL the different state laws in the US?

As for the survival knife - it wouldn't have to be a sponsorship type thing. The Chris Reeves/Busse/etc. logo wouldn't have to be all over the contestants clothes and such. It could just be a simple free knives/right to say "as seen on survivor" in advertising exchange.

Based on the quality of the contestants, however, I couldn't visualize any sane knife company taking this offer up. The consequences could be serious - contestants could leave the knife in sea water overnight and complain about rust, use it as a prybar/hammer, constantly complain about how their knife won't hold an edge even after repeatedly "re-forging" the knife in a hot fire, or in a worst case scenario - use it as a weapon on national TV and make the manufacturer look really bad/evil to all the sheeple.

Personally, If I manufactured any tool, I would steer a wide path away from ALL reality based TV shows. Hollywood has a real knack for making useful things into illegal things.

Makers of survival tools should continue to sponsor real survivors - Mt. Everest expeditions, explorers, etc. - where their tools can be tested and used under the most extreme conditions, so in the end, we all get better tools, and the manufacturers get a better reputation. The heck with mass acceptance - just give me something that can do the job every time.

-- Rob

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Me fail english? That's unpossible!
 
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