Lost all respect for Knives Illustrated

The OTF they have 'in development' really made me chuckle. I wonder if they plan on peddling them at KB toys.
 
Wow, that is thing *unbelievably* ugly. I am new pretty new to collecting. I had no idea there were knives like that. My eyes are hurting. And I can't come up with any explanation as to what any of the doodads on that thing could conceivably be for.
 
Hell, Dark Ops could be worse. They could get a convicted car jacking felon to make up a bunch of phony BS about his military record to give the company credibility.... Of course, that's completely over the top - nobody would ever fall for something that ridiculous, would they??

(BTW, I'm not endorsing Dark Ops in any way)
 
I'm not a fan of what Dark Ops did to Extrema Ratio, but I've got to say that between both companies, that's one of my "favorite" designs, and not in a bad way. People talk about needing serrations at the front most portion of the blade- well, if you flip it over, there they are (without getting in the way of the plain edge length), and they're where they normally are for people who like 'em at the rear of the blade. It's also got what I'm assuming is a seatbelt (harness?) hook inside of the gaurd (I thought it was a mal placed gut hook at first). I guess that having a guard on the spine as opposed to the edge works, even if it's not overly conventional. The handle, finger choil, and gaurd area look to be plenty grippy aswell. The stout tanto design could be used as a prybar, stabbing weapon, digging tool, and the serrations take care of the issue that tantos have with cutting... though that knife was NOT designed with sharpening in mind (I shudder to think of sharpening not only an ameri-tanto, but all of those serrations).
The only thing that I don't see a "practical (:rolleyes:) " use for is the rambo spine.

While I don't like "tactical knives" or Dark Ops, this is pretty good for a dork ops knife.
 
Is that thing on the rear spine of the blade supposed to be a gut-hook, or an extra long bottle-opener.

Cause every soldier needs a gut-hook on his knife. :rolleyes:
 
Boozoo Chavis said:
Hell, Dark Ops could be worse. They could get a convicted car jacking felon to make up a bunch of phony BS about his military record to give the company credibility.... Of course, that's completely over the top - nobody would ever fall for something that ridiculous, would they??

(BTW, I'm not endorsing Dark Ops in any way)
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I hear ya man..........I hear ya :D :D :D
 
Dude, the knife rags are all advertiser whores. They're gonna plug whoever's paying the bills and salaries.

Surely you knew this?
 
tirod3 said:
BTW, if Dark Ops sells bad designs, what does that say about ER? If some of the designs are the same - and it's badmouthed as much as the execution- then the same holds to ER - bad designs. At least that's what a blanket condemnation of DO implies.
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If you recall when this first started, there was some evidence that the first DOs were just re-branded ERs, and there was some grudging admissions that if they were actually ERs or ER clones, then the knives would probably be OK. The ridicule of the designs didn't really start until DO started putting out their own, much more laughable, unique ones.
 
Thanks, Torz.

They'd have been better off copying the ad style, too. I was leafing the latest copy of Practical Tactical and noticed all the knife ads were low key - pictures of the product, a logo, and a slogan. All pro grade blades, no import except the knifekits ad, Z Tech, Strider, Chris Reeve, etc.

Seems the quality guys know how to do it. It doesn't take pages of verbose crap or character assination to sell cheap junk, but it sure seems to be a trademark.
 
Boozoo Chavis said:
Hell, Dark Ops could be worse. They could get a convicted car jacking felon to make up a bunch of phony BS about his military record to give the company credibility.... Of course, that's completely over the top - nobody would ever fall for something that ridiculous, would they?...
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Never would happen, not in a million years. ;)
 
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