I don’t want to say this, but Ka-Bar has become sort of like “The Collector’s Armory.” I don’t think their knives were ever particularly good – they tend to snap off right at the guard – but the US Marines needed an Official Knife and that was what they went with.
When I encounter a weird story that might be an interesting core for some bloggy ruminations, I usually email it to myself. Email is my “post it note” and it’s been a great technique since I keep a complete archive of my emails going back to the 80s. The problem is that I have an in-box that consists mostly of weird messages from myself (2000+ at present).
Who can look at a decrepit cheeseburger-sucking lardass with bone spurs and dementia and see, within that shambling wreckage, a powerful bringer of violent revenge?
A lot of the fancy knives you see get their distinctive fanciness from layers of metal welded and shaped together. That’s a high-risk option, because there basically aren’t any steels that expand and contract at exactly the same rate – and anything else means you’re stressing the blade with extremely powerful forces.
These are a prank but, if they were made in black and had a holster for a small automatic, you could sell them as “tactical.”
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This lovely item of tacticality is courtesy of Commentariat(tm) member rq.
Sounds like a rare drop in World of Warcraft. Something a gnome death-knight would wear with their PVP gear.