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MrMojoRising said:
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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Owned!!!111
 
Keith Montgomery said:
How much QC would it take to discover the problem with the locking bar and correct it. That is a problem that would be unacceptable to me in a $50.00 knife, let alone one that retails for well over $200.00.
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I think if we all pitched in $5, we could buy Dark Ops for what they're worth and then sell them for what they think they're worth. We'll make a killing!
 
madcap_magician said:
I think if we all pitched in $5, we could buy Dark Ops for what they're worth and then sell them for what they think they're worth. We'll make a killing!
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I think that's how the company started in the first place.
 
I got to ask how these guys are staying in business? Anyone willing to spend aobut $200 bucks on a knife must be a moron if they check this knife out and then buy it. Also, every forum i go to trashes this knife. It's got to be only a matter of time before they close up shop. The sooner the better, they are giving all us "knife-nuts" a bad rap.
Theo
 
oldnbusted said:
Damn, that is one ugly knife.
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It is hard to concieve of anything more awkward for pocket carry. I guess the rear spike is designed to impail your nuts, to help keep you awake during sentry duty.

Bad marketing, Bad design, Bad implementation; does Dork Opts have any competencies at all? :confused: :thumbdn:

n2s
 
MrMojoRising said:
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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Even, if the lock had been fitted correctly, notice how relatively frail the lock bar is, and that unlike the Case knife, there is no metal frame to support the componets while under strain. This thing looks worse then the junk sold on the HSN. It is nothing but two pieces of flat bar and some moded plastic held together by a couple of rivets. The only thing working in their favor is that their lack of sales will limit the size of the class action lawsuit.

n2s
 
But wait! WAIT!! Look at the "cool" notches on top of the lock bar. They "rock!" Betcheraole Case didn't have those. :rolleyes:


(NTS, every family has someone whose core competency is saying absolutely silly thing.)
 
N2s, couple of things. The spike is actually pointing up when the knife is in the pocket. If you impale your nuts with it, you are flexible indeed. You are far more likely to gouge your wrist severely digging for spare change in your pocket.
Exsanguination rather than castration ;)
As for the molded plastic... I have no idea where you see that. The sides are all aluminum slabs, all the pivots and such are metal and so is the locking bar. A matter of fact, the only plastic is used for the washers and if you loosen your definitions a little, for the grip inserts.
There does not appear to be anything wrong with the materials. It's the fit and finish and the design that's terrible.
 
not2sharp said:
It is hard to concieve of anything more awkward for pocket carry. I guess the rear spike is designed to impail your nuts, to help keep you awake during sentry duty.
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Actually, the Army makes everyone run through numerous groin zapping obstacles courses, the sole point of which is to desensitize your nuts to pain. Not mention reducing the number of Army dependants.

I just don't get how Mr. Miller can claim to have spend half a million dollar od "R&D". Knives are fairly simple devices. :eek: . The technology and materials are known quantities... hell, if I had to I bet I could analyze and articulate the engineering behind an ER folder myself, and save myself $500K.

Likewise Mr. miller's story (told 2nd hand) about how he spine whacked the knife enough to destroy it, requiring a replacement because of the extreme testing instead of because the knife was awful, is a bizarre and stupid way to lie. He sounds dishonest in a lot of his dealings.
 
Will P. said:
I just don't get how Mr. Miller can claim to have spend half a million dollar od "R&D". Knives are fairly simple devices. :eek: . The technology and materials are known quantities... hell, if I had to I bet I could analyze and articulate the engineering behind an ER folder myself, and save myself $500K.
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You read my thoughts in some respects. If they spent $500K on something, it was the marketing. They should demand their money back...
 
Will P. said:
Likewise Mr. miller's story (told 2nd hand) about how he spine whacked the knife enough to destroy it, requiring a replacement because of the extreme testing instead of because the knife was awful, is a bizarre and stupid way to lie. He sounds dishonest in a lot of his dealings.
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Indeed. Not only did he very obviously lie about the condition of the knife, he also declined to honor a previous offer for a refund on the knife and then proceeded to ignore any further attempts at communication.
One does wonder if Mr. Miller engages in politics on a professional level...
 
Oh, a very disappointing review, IMHO. Despite all the dish on the lock and all the detailed photographs, they failed to test the key feature of Dark Ops Knives: the controlled blood splatter!

I mean is it really important if the lock fails some spine whack test? Lots of knives fail the spine whack test. There's nothing special or unique about that. I can get a knife at my gas station for about five bucks that fails the spine whack test. But only Dark Ops claims to be able to control blood splatter. So, it is that which we must test.

:D
 
Do they call it the "RaptorLok™" with the "CrisisCross™" because the blade crosses your hand when faced with a crisis and mauls it like a raptor? Or simply because they don't know how to spell "lock"?
 
Quiet Storm said:
Do they call it the "RaptorLok™" with the "CrisisCross™" because the blade crosses your hand when faced with a crisis and mauls it like a raptor? Or simply because they don't know how to spell "lock"?
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They're using secret terminology only high level undercover operatives understand :D
 
The Lok in RaptorLok isn't a misspelling of Lock. It is from the term "Loose Open Knife" or "Loose is OK"- apparently the motto of their quality control department.
 
Hi All-

There is more writing on the blade of that DarkOps knife than in the main section of my local newspaper.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
Danzz said:
The Lok in RaptorLok isn't a misspelling of Lock
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Of course it is, you see Dark Ops added a special code that only Green Berets can work out while theyre not busy training wild bears to place claymore mines. If you add 'C's to the cypher you get CraptorLock
 
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