It's interesting to see some brands disliked because the perceiver thinks they are "overhyped," "mall ninja," or whatever.
Now, coming out in defense of, say, Dark Ops would be difficult - if their advertising was included. And, considering the origins of the designs, coming from Extrema Ratio, certainly offends those who support a designer's rights to their intellectual property.
Aside from those issues, none of which affect a potential buyer's actual use of the knife (metaphysical - having no substance in the physical world
we're left with the actual blades. Honest reports and posts have Dark Ops as medium to mediocre quality, depending on the model and era of manufacture. Lots of other makes have had the same issues over the years. Early Gerbers - those wonderful handmade folders and such, were pretty spotty by today's standards. Lots of others were too.
Another perspective is, did the potential buyer understand the advertising and who it's for, or are they reading someone else's mail, so to speak? I find a lots of members here significantly opposed to military oriented advertising themes - and largely without any experience or knowledge themselves. I can only speculate that their negative perceptions of certain knives design and use spring from a complete lack of knowledge of what different military occupations need. There sure are a lot of posters who have no clue at all that the military does not teach, nor do they issue killing knives. The bayonet is taught, but knives as a class are tools only, and used as such, more often in the trade occupations than combatives.
However, I certainly do recognize that certain makers play the combat card to boost sales. It works, too, which only underlines the civilian markets complete ignorance, or a defiant adherance to their fantasy life. Often the hype and overblown talk comes from them, not the maker. Blaming the object as if it had any influence or control over the situation is like claiming it has its own spirit - or is possessed. The only one possessed are those with emotional views of the knife - and not very factually based, if at all.
Overhyped, or just lumped in with the others through ignorance, whatever. The actual knife and it's design has to stand up for itself after all the bs. And a birth certificate is certainly hype and bs in my opinion. What good does that do in cutting? Nada. It's hype. A Buck Mayo TNT for half the price is a better value.
Now, coming out in defense of, say, Dark Ops would be difficult - if their advertising was included. And, considering the origins of the designs, coming from Extrema Ratio, certainly offends those who support a designer's rights to their intellectual property.
Aside from those issues, none of which affect a potential buyer's actual use of the knife (metaphysical - having no substance in the physical world
we're left with the actual blades. Honest reports and posts have Dark Ops as medium to mediocre quality, depending on the model and era of manufacture. Lots of other makes have had the same issues over the years. Early Gerbers - those wonderful handmade folders and such, were pretty spotty by today's standards. Lots of others were too.Another perspective is, did the potential buyer understand the advertising and who it's for, or are they reading someone else's mail, so to speak? I find a lots of members here significantly opposed to military oriented advertising themes - and largely without any experience or knowledge themselves. I can only speculate that their negative perceptions of certain knives design and use spring from a complete lack of knowledge of what different military occupations need. There sure are a lot of posters who have no clue at all that the military does not teach, nor do they issue killing knives. The bayonet is taught, but knives as a class are tools only, and used as such, more often in the trade occupations than combatives.
However, I certainly do recognize that certain makers play the combat card to boost sales. It works, too, which only underlines the civilian markets complete ignorance, or a defiant adherance to their fantasy life. Often the hype and overblown talk comes from them, not the maker. Blaming the object as if it had any influence or control over the situation is like claiming it has its own spirit - or is possessed. The only one possessed are those with emotional views of the knife - and not very factually based, if at all.
Overhyped, or just lumped in with the others through ignorance, whatever. The actual knife and it's design has to stand up for itself after all the bs. And a birth certificate is certainly hype and bs in my opinion. What good does that do in cutting? Nada. It's hype. A Buck Mayo TNT for half the price is a better value.
