If y'all want a laugh, check this out

The finish of the blade,where it is exposed, looks like crap.

Pitted and porous looking, i would be pissed for that alone after spending what would be close to $500 can.

Hmm,maybe they should contract out to someone else for Manufacturing and final QC Controls.

Imho, after this, i would never buy a product from them, thank all for reviewers digging a little deeper then opening an closing it a couple times, cutting a couple post it notes and saying its a great deal.

These clowns,need to go to the drawing board again and learn to use better communications internally,what a joke.

Thanks for the heads up, Peace

WR
 
Interesting thread, thanks for those that posted the pix.

When I talked to Frank some months ago he said something like he spent more then 500,000 dollars in R&D for the DO knives. No one knows how much in advertising. Seems like he could have spent at least a little bit in QA/QC.
 
Wow! :eek: That picture of the lock engagement is pretty incredible. I would be surprised to see that kind of lock-up on one of those $4, throwaway Chinese lockbacks. Just amazing…
 
KeithAM said:
Looks like it's made to covertly deanimate your fingers. :D
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That'll deanimate your fingers all right, and not so covertly either. :barf: :thumbdn:

I've seen better fit and finish on a Franklin Mint knife.
 
It also seems to me you would not want the pivot to stick out like it does, seems like it would get caught on stuff.
 
How can a company that is the laughingstock of the knife industry sell any knives? :confused:
 
That's too funny, even I expected the knives to be of at least decent quality, looks like I'll have to retract that statement.

A company stealing other people's intellectual property, an advertising department that creates the most ridiculous ads I've ever seen, lying to their customers and now the first review of one of their knives that indicates that it is about as well made as an M-Tech (at a price point about 20 times higher).

What a complete and utter POS.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Sure they need fingers! How else are they supposed to pick their noses?
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With their Dark Ops knives, pinched firmly between their hand-nubs.
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Wow.... these Dark Ops knives are sure versatile! Never know it, just looking at the simple, all-function and no-frills designs.
 
KeithAM said:
Looks like it's made to covertly deanimate your fingers. :D
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Atleast the DarkOps design will control blood splatter so there won't be a big mess to clean up.
 
Maybe the ill-designed lock bar is a special feature, like the sword handle "safety" in the movie Blade that cuts the hand of unauthorized users (or in this case, those who are not certified mall ninjas).

You never know...a strategically placed lock failure might come in handy if someone took the Stratofighter away from you and attacked you with it.

:rolleyes:
 
Maybe we should send a gift package of these to Taliban insurgents or something. Probably the best way we could use these knives to help our side. After all, what use is a suicide bomber if he has no fingers to push the button?
 
hey guys you clearly misunderstood the whole concept here. This is a fixed blade, that is shipped folded for ease of storage. I don't see anything wrong with the insta-fix lock. Just open the knife into the semi locked postition, then take a 5 pound sledgehammer and a punch and beat the lock bar into the notch. Because he lockbar is way bigger the the notch the knife will turn into a fixed blade!

If you ever want to unlock your fixed knife just remove a handleslab and pry the locking bar out of the notch with a large screwdriver.
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You really don't understand the innovative concept of the Insta-fix lock. You can even fill the notch with liquid metal if you don't wan't to unlock your fixed blade ever again.

ok, but how about lock failure? Hello? In the blade there are build in stress indicators (gas bubbles) from a specialised foundry based in Pakistan and microscopical stress fractures. IF you reach a point where the lock might unlock the blade snaps off as a safety precaution.

You guys act like you still think a Sebenza is a good knife! :rolleyes:
 
Now i think you've hit on something right there, we had it all wrong, they are tactical as hell.

Damn, that is one ugly knife.
 
Is this really a surprise? I pretty much trashed on them and their advertising practices at this years Blade show. The only people I saw looking at their knives were the all-knowing Chair-borne Ranger types. Pretty much any actual military or knife knowledgeable people that saw Dark-Ops booth saw what a Snake Oil salesman type set-up this is.
 
DaveH said:
When I talked to Frank some months ago he said something like he spent more then 500,000 dollars in R&D for the DO knives.
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Wow, they're even more pathetic than I thought. Who would be stupid enough to pay $500,000 for R&D that was essentially just stealing another company's design (and the same company that made the knives you used to distribute, at that!)
 
I went and pulled my old Case Blackhorn out and took a quick pic. Granted it's not tactical, it's not black, it has no blood grooves and it isn't made from steel developed at Area 51. But somehow for a tenth the price they managed to make a knife with a functional lock. Imagine that.... :rolleyes:

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