We met the Great Folks from Revenant Corps at the blade Show I immediately fell in love with their products and stared carrying them in the store. When I asked Kris for his opinion he sent me the story bellow. Truly he is off his rocker, but I cant stop laughing.-Erin
Revenant Corps and the Sharpie Problem
Revenant Corps makes knives and other pointy objects out of G10, which is fiberglass laminate but somehow still feels like magic. These things are tough, lightweight, weirdly cool, and built for a very specific kind of person. I like them. I respect the mission.
But we have to talk about the Sharpie.
They make what appears to be a regular marker. It has the shape, the cap, even the vibe of a Sharpie. And technically, it is a Sharpie. A Sharpie of a sort. But it is not a Sharpie in the way most people understand Sharpies. It does not write. It is not for labeling boxes. It is a point-first object of subterfuge. In a normative epistemology, it is a lie. In another context, it is a revelation of language. Perhaps it may be more efficient to describe objects which are not Sharpies, now that we live beneath a sky built of lies. In this harsh land that Revenant Corps has designed it is no longer useful to ask what exactly a Sharpie is.
At some point, someone will ask to borrow your Sharpie. And then what? You hand it over and watch them try to sign a form with the business end of a reinforced polymer spike? You laugh and say “it’s not that kind of Sharpie” and then stand in the silence that follows? Do you whisper “it’s more of a concept” and hope they don’t call HR? Or do you just nod solemnly and say, “You wouldn’t understand… it’s from before the collapse,” then walk away before they can ask what collapse?
There’s no smooth recovery. All outcomes involve suspicion or philosophy. I admire the design. I respect the intent.
Still kind of want one. Just not ready to loan it out. -Kris
