I'm actually not a fan of most of his designs, though I kind of enjoy the "counter terrorism knife"... He is largely a fantasy/decorative knife maker, and that does hurt the look of many of his "use-intended" designs: What I pointed out was that his work was not by the "Shadow Ops" company, which is what SilentJohn was implying by saying "they" and not mentioning his name...
Also, while the serrations he does often look decorative (SilentJohn mentions them as looking like they are done by a drunk), they are actually designed to work, being specifically designed to break in a way that preserves their cutting ability when the material is too hard... It is a specialty of his, and the performance they provide can't be replicated by machine cut serrations like the stuff Spyderco does... Just because they look "tacticool" doesn't mean they are low quality trash that doesn't work.
The "technical" sheaths are not my idea of a sheath (neither are his leather ones), but the "technical" sheaths are available for all his tactical knives, and you can bet there is a reason for every feature, as most of the features are there by user input...
As for the Spyderco Paramilitary II, the blade to handle ratio is absurd, and most of its users would be better off with a good box cutter... Or at least the Spyderco Military for that matter (at least that offers something the box cutter doesn't)... I won't even go into the Sebenza, as with lock wear/failure from hand pressure, rolling edges and crummy edge-holding, that is almost like kicking someone while they are down...
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