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Not updated for... quite a while. Why? I hate not being able to see any new stuff on there.
 
Cold Kill said:
Not updated for... quite a while. Why? I hate not being able to see any new stuff on there.
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Kabar is in the process of rebuilding the entire site, from scratch. From what I have been able to glom from the folks I talk to, its gonna be badass.

New look, new engine, new everything.

It will include new products, and new feature.

Hope that helps, and if its any consolation, its been in the works for some time now, with the usual hangups in web design. Kabar is taking a new turn in their image, and the new website will reflect it.

Moose
 
Thank goodness. While the old/current KaBar site was... adequate, it was a bit painful to use.

Projected ETA? (not worried about it, just curious).
 
ocnLogan said:
Thank goodness. While the old/current KaBar site was... adequate, it was a bit painful to use.

Projected ETA? (not worried about it, just curious).
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A month ago.

Moose
 
haha, ok. Got it.

I work in IT, and there are some web developers in my shared office. I totally understand :).
 
This is the site that's going to be covered with hunky man pictures, right?
 
Nice to hear.I'll be looking forward to visiting the new site when it's up.
 
BRL said:
This is the site that's going to be covered with hunky man pictures, right?
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I don't think so, besides, the tatoo's were supposed to be the focus of that particular marketing idea. Seems everyone is staring at the men. :D Must be some latent tendencies there. :D

I keed, I keed. There is a new image coming from Kabar, and its based on real life exploits of KA-BAR users, from history and all over the world.


Cold Kill said:
I assume somebody will say in here when the new website comes out?
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Yeah, as soon as its up,we or OKB will let everyone know, right away.

Moose
 
Glad to hear they are re-doing the site, that thing was created in pencil... I have made a comment [or two] to them as I slammed my keyboard trying to navigate around :-) It is one of the most frustrating sites I use.

And for a company with such exciting new products and timeless favorites like the USMC model, that is no way to showcase them. In my mind, if a knife is important enough to be in your lineup it is important enugh to have a full description, specs and intended uses, with pictures and at the very least a tabletop description video. Videos of the knife in use would be a plus too. Nine year olds do videos like this "in one take" that rival some of the bigger companies and, with video technology so available and affordable this should be a no brainer.

Looking forward to seeing the new site!
 
ocnLogan said:
haha, ok. Got it.

I work in IT, and there are some web developers in my shared office. I totally understand :).
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as a software engineeeeer that builds websites (amongst other things), i've usually found that management doing the driving often really screws up the process more than needed. esp with last minute marketing genius ;) i don't see that happening with KaBar, but then i would assume the graphics artists then ;) too much "vision" ;) ;) ;)

man, sometimes i love the work, and sometimes i don't...

there's a perfect desc here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

heh
 
I know the feeling man. Personally, I'm not involved much with anything web based (not a great programmer, much better at scripting). The programmers have this XKCD printed out and hanging in our office.

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I'm more of a Sys Admin, myself. So this XKCD works better for me when I end up answering the help desk calls when no one else is in...

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Excited about the new website :).
 
Really happy to hear this, I am. Navigating through out-dated product listings without categories, just flipping page after page was killing me. And the dealer locator page, with just a bunch of blank boxes was really throwing me for a loop. Call me dim witted but it took me a bit to figure out how to use that.
 
Be warned that the dealer locator is not updated. Went to a listed dealer today, and they said they have not had Ka-Bar for about this whole year.
 
Cold Kill said:
Not updated for... quite a while. Why? I hate not being able to see any new stuff on there.
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Soon... We have been working on this project for some time and have hit a few roadblocks but we expect to be ready to go live in the very near future. We have not been updating the current site for a number of reasons, the biggest being it cost money and time and we do not want to put those resources into something that is going away shortly. We appreciate your patience; we have had to show some patience as well but we think everyone will enjoy the finished product. I will be sure to let everyone know the moment the new site goes life. You may not want to walk away from your computer for extended periods of time ....

-OKB
 
OFFICIAL_KA-BAR said:
Soon... We have been working on this project for some time and have hit a few roadblocks but we expect to be ready to go live in the very near future. We have not been updating the current site for a number of reasons, the biggest being it cost money and time and we do not want to put those resources into something that is going away shortly. We appreciate your patience; we have had to show some patience as well but we think everyone will enjoy the finished product. I will be sure to let everyone know the moment the new site goes life. You may not want to walk away from your computer for extended periods of time ....

-OKB
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That sounds like it could be by the end of this week or next.
 
I was just last night perusing the site and finding a lot of things that made me wonder what was going on. This is good news indeed!
 
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