What SPECIFICALLY in knife advertising annoys you?

[The Government]

I really dislike when the naming of a blade is based off of current world issues.

Like the "Baghdad Bowie."

 

[GallantEdge]

Definitely the tactical nonsense. Instant turnoff.

 

[CalBearTactical]

nothing about knives annoys me....only a lil girl would be annoyed by such a thing as knives.

 

[singularity35]

I really don't like it when when advertisers they true things about the knives they're selling. I like to live in lala land.

 

[gastonian]

I hate the use of the word "zombie" just to sell a crappy knife.

 

[SurfingSalmon]

Tacticool and using your logo as a pattern for traction on handle scales.

 

[viper89]

I mainly do not like when you do not get the full specifications. Or if you get inaccurate specs. I want to know what materials (ie. steel, handles, etc) I am spending my money on please

 

[shunsui]

not enough female full frontal.

That plus the usual issues with blade thickness and hardness. Wait, can we say that ?

 

[Olive Tree]

I hate those fancy advertisements full with bones, skulls, flames and stuff. They look soooo..... teenage.
One more thing: sometimes I've heard sellers claim that N690Co is THE BEST steel in the world. Ok, it's a good steel, but don't tell me it will never rust and it will hold an edge for ever, I don't buy it.

 

[singularity35]

I kinda find knives posed with $$ bills tasteless.

 

[Rapt_up]

+1 im ok as long as there is a length.

"What specifically in knife advertising annoys you?"

When they don't list blade steel, aim hardness, blade length in decimal format or country of origin.

 

[hayes31]

The use of the term "surgical stainless" has always bothered me. It really doesn't mean anything special.

 

[crom]

"Sprint run", yeah, let's release something in super limited numbers so it doubles in value when sellers buy them only to flip and turn a profit. No thanks.

 

[jdm61]

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"Zombie Master Vorpal Pig".

We need a thread for stuff like this. Come up with the best tacticool name ever. The first time that I ever saw the "back pages" sex ads in a newspaper was when a buddy brought a copy of the Village Voice to a reserve drill weekend back in '89.. We spent half of the weekend coming up with new versions of the ads. Funny stuff.

 

[EZ Bake]

I hate when a manufacturer says things like "original design" when they blatently ripped off another company. I also hate when a company touts their customer service and yet it is almost completely void when you actually go looking for it.

I hate when Spyderco somehow manages to release the same stupid knife again and again, yet I keep buying them because they're in a different color/steel (and I can't friggin stop!). I also hate how KAI has somehow convinced me that I can spend well more than the price of a Hinderer XM-24 on pretty much every Hinderer-designed knife ZT/Kershaw makes, yet I won't shell out the cash for a real XM-18/24.

I guess both companies are doing a good job because I'm constantly broke, yet somehow always happy

 

[Mitchell Knives]

Using a knife for things that it was never intended to do.

 

[EZ Bake]

Anything with a thumb stud/hole/flipper/wave is tatical.

Says who?

 

[mitch_mckee]

"tactical, tactical, tactical...ad nauseum"

This term is way overused in the gun, knife, and related accessories world.

I eagerly await the "Tactical Toothbrush".......NOT!

 

[bladeboss]

When they talk about how sharp it is.

 

[ASBOB]

I hate ads featuring people who are not accomplished in the world of knives.

Bad: Bear Grylis

Worst: R. Lee Ermey