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Knife-Licensing Sensation Sweeps Counter-Strike

Thanks to Shacknews for passing on the bizarre news that Valve's currently-beta Counter-Strike 1.6 release has an official knife license (PDF doc). An excerpt from the press release reads: "The new Counter-Strike knife is based on Mick Strider's award winning bowie. It is an integral design that started as a 1/2" thick slab of 6AL4V titanium. The edge is press-fit Stellite.. ..the handle is fossilized mastodon ivory." There's also a link to a an in-game screenshot of the knife, looking both sharp and shiny. We're looking forward to seeing how Valve can top this licensing masterpiece... suggestions?

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  1. If all people thought the way you do.... by Sevn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Then we'd all have Mikov
    leverlocks instead of 500 dollar microtech knives.
    We'd carry 150 dollar Makarovpistols
    instead of 550 dollar glocks and kahrs.

    And that would mean we'd all be pretty smart. The
    Mikov is one of the most wonderfully underrated
    knives in existence. It's perhaps THE strongest
    automatic knife design there is. It's light,
    quick, and has an excellent blade that holds an
    edge for a damn long time. Not bad for a 100 year
    old design that you can pick up for 40 bucks with
    black plastic ABS handle.

    The Makarov is the ONLY gun I own that has never
    jammed ONCE on any ammo I've ever fed it. The
    ammo is cheap as sin too. It's got about the same
    amount of power as a .380 with the added bonus of
    easily grouping 3 inches at 25 yards quickly, and
    easily under 1 1/2 inch with winchester white box
    ammo if I really concentrate. Being able to
    rapidly place shots exactly where you want them
    is a hell of a lot better than getting tagged 3
    times before you recover from the recoil of your
    first shot with your magnum.

    With the nearly thousand dollars you save buying
    these two weapons over the ones featured in
    hollywood movies, you can start to pay for some
    things that matter more. Like, some training.
    Training so you are less dangerous to yourself
    and the people around you if you ever are put
    in a position to have to use deadly force.

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