Sal's Monstrosities

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Wrong...
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/dlc-coating-rust-corrosion-resistance-question.894294/
There are more posts from Sal himself.
There's alot of threads saying it's all bs. I'm not going to test it. I respect sal's personal experience.
I respect Sal's experience and opinions....but that same experience and opinion causes him to manufacture some boneheaded knives(If you want to know what I think, start a thread on these idiotic monstrosities.)"


Some spyderco knives have been duds. Some have been absolute homeruns. ZT and Benchmade are right down the middle. Is it better to aim for the stars and hit the moon or keep to the mediocre?

Both have merits. Most producers are scared to do anything that might offend and in doing so, offend. Other producers are more willing to upset the norm and in doing so, raise the bar and gain fans.

What say you? My stance is that zero tolerance has zero tolerance for anything but vanilla. Hell, my stance is that most makers produce what sells rather than what works. I'd much rather have what works than simple BS that sells. Others are different than me and would rather have a fruity knife that hits the FAAABULOUUUS checkmarks than a real knife that hits the DAMMMN RIGGGHT checkmarks.

What say you?

And yeah, you know how those words were meant to sound.
 
ZT... vanilla?

That strikes me as so removed from reality that I had to pause to remind myself that I’m 41, and need to respond like an adult. I really wanted to make a short armpit fart video to link here, but instead, I’ll present a case for why I disagree.

0850
It’s huge. It has weird lines. It uses a bizarre thumb stud with a revolver cylinder stylized on each side for deployment, and the revolver cylinder backspacer, which makes no sense at all.

0055
Extremely polarizing lines, and not executed in a way that it’s going to completely capture the hearts of a lot of people. This is no Eschaton, where it’s extreme love or extreme hate. It’s more extreme hate vs tepid reception.

0462
This one is more love/hate. That CF coloration and the handle shape were gambles.

Assisted openers with aluminum or G-10 handles, over $100.
Speaks for itself.

0750
That was a thing.

0450FCDAM
Blacked out damasteel with an organic pattern, over a frag pattern?

0454 composite
Big gamble. Weird as hell. Not vanilla.
 
What, exactly, is the topic of this thread? You start with conversations about coatings and corrosion resistance, take a seemingly random potshot at Sal Glesser, then bring up ZT and Benchmade, deviate into a garbled discussion about design ideology and then take some shots at knives being 'fruity', but don't bother to name any of them.
 
ZT... vanilla?

That strikes me as so removed from reality that I had to pause to remind myself that I’m 41, and need to respond like an adult. I really wanted to make a short armpit fart video to link here, but instead, I’ll present a case for why I disagree.

0850
It’s huge. It has weird lines. It uses a bizarre thumb stud with a revolver cylinder stylized on each side for deployment, and the revolver cylinder backspacer, which makes no sense at all.

0055
Extremely polarizing lines, and not executed in a way that it’s going to completely capture the hearts of a lot of people. This is no Eschaton, where it’s extreme love or extreme hate. It’s more extreme hate vs tepid reception.

0462
This one is more love/hate. That CF coloration and the handle shape were gambles.

Assisted openers with aluminum or G-10 handles, over $100.
Speaks for itself.

0750
That was a thing.

0450FCDAM
Blacked out damasteel with an organic pattern, over a frag pattern?

0454 composite
Big gamble. Weird as hell. Not vanilla.


FAAABBBUUULLLOOUUUSSS!
 
What, exactly, is the topic of this thread? You start with conversations about coatings and corrosion resistance, take a seemingly random potshot at Sal Glesser, then bring up ZT and Benchmade, deviate into a garbled discussion about design ideology and then take some shots at knives being 'fruity', but don't bother to name any of them.


What the hell are you talking about, man?
 
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