Biggest Diappointment of 2017?

Status
Not open for further replies.
palonej said:
Ex wife still alive......lifetime alimony still being paid.
HUGE disappointment!!
Click to expand...
Ouch, lifetime? Any poor soul or enemy you could set her up with? :)

PM3 probably the general consensus it would seem...
 
palonej said:
The bitch is too smart for that!! She won't get married again! Lives with a fat 70 year old rich dude.
Ugh!
Still worth the &2500 a month to be rid of that rag!
Click to expand...

she lives with chris christie?:)

ouch, that hurts me just reading it. 2500 a month......she should just get a job. what happened to woman lib, equal rights and all. time judges/mediators stopped this crap and told able bodied adults to go get a job and stop sucking off their ex spouses.
 
The worst part JB???
As of 2016 NJ did away with lifetime alimony stating it never should have been in place. They refuse, however to go back for the poor slobs that got stuck with this shit.
The other worst part???? I got custody of my 3 boys! Brought them up on my own for the last 17 years!
Every time I think of this garbage, I wanna go choke the pig!
She should get a job you say??? That will NEVER happen!! Ever!
Ugh

jbmonkey said:
she lives with chris christie?:)

ouch, that hurts me just reading it. 2500 a month......she should just get a job. what happened to woman lib, equal rights and all. time judges/mediators stopped this crap and told able bodied adults to go get a job and stop sucking off their ex spouses.
Click to expand...
 
palonej said:
The worst part JB???
As of 2016 NJ did away with lifetime alimony stating it never should have been in place. They refuse, however to go back for the poor slobs that got stuck with this shit.
The other worst part???? I got custody of my 3 boys! Brought them up on my own for the last 17 years!
Every time I think of this garbage, I wanna go choke the pig!
She should get a job you say??? That will NEVER happen!! Ever!
Ugh
Click to expand...
yep that is a big bunch of wrong. feel for ya, Sir. aint right at all.
 
- Pretty much every ZT that came out this year was a flop. 0055 doesn't have a milled clip even though everything else is intricately milled, 0820 had too much 6 shooter theme going on (Thumbstud, Backpsacer, Both ends of the pviot) it's poor coloring choices (3-4 different shades of gray? Why?), and $320 for mostly Aluminum really?, 0460 is just fugly, 0920 is another Satin/Stonewashed Titanium Frame Lock Flipper (How original, unique, and creative). It also doesn't even look like a Harpy.
- Regret buying the ZT 0392BLK, ZT 0620CF, CS Broken Skull, and the KME Sharpening System
- Knife prices are going up yet nothing new has happened to the knives.
- Titanium Stonewashed/Satin Frame Lock Flippers are getting more expensive yet they've had the same out of work done to them since they were first released.
- All of these VG-10, Teflon, G10 knives from Spyderco's Seki City factory were a flop as they're charging double the price the knife is worth.
- Watching all these new knives come out in these low end (PM) steels, yet they're asking for ridiculous prices. Along with watching the low end (PM) steels becoming more popular. 154CM, ATS 34, CTS 40CP, CPM 154, RWL 34, XHP, Damasteel
- Watching the trend of building either Stonewashed/Sating Titan Frame Locks increasing or making Frame Locks with a blade and edge so thick it becomes a folding prybar becoming more and more popular.
 
Last edited:
HowAmI said:
- Pretty much every ZT that came out this year was a flop. 0055 doesn't have a milled clip even though everything else is intricately milled, 0820 had too much 6 shooter theme going on (Thumbstud, Backpsacer, Both ends of the pviot) it's poor coloring choices (3-4 different shades of gray? Why?), and $320 for mostly Aluminum really?, 0460 is just fugly, 0920 is another Satin/Stonewashed Titanium Frame Lock Flipper (How original, unique, and creative). It also doesn't even look like a Harpy.
- Regret buying the ZT 0392BLK, ZT 0620CF, CS Broken Skull, and the KME Sharpening System
- Knife prices are going up yet nothing new has happened to the knives.
- Titanium Stonewashed/Satin Frame Lock Flippers are getting more expensive yet they've had the same out of work done to them since they were first released.
- All of these VG-10, Teflon, G10 knives from Spyderco's Seki City factory were a flop as they're charging double the price the knife is worth.
- Watching all these new knives come out in these low end (PM) steels, yet they're asking for ridiculous prices. Along with watching the low end (PM) steels becoming more popular. 154CM, ATS 34, CTS 40CP, CPM 154, RWL 34, XHP, Damasteel
- Watching the trend of building either Stonewashed/Sating Titan Frame Locks increasing or making Frame Locks with a blade and edge so thick it becomes a folding prybar becoming more and more popular.
Click to expand...
Damn persnickety 1st world problems, hate em.
 
I think the Para3 was a bit a victim of its own heritage, or maybe hype. I really like mine, BUT I've never handled a PM2. So for me it doesn't get that harsh light of the sequel treatment that I think sunk it for a lot of folks. I also don't mind a higher riding clip since it just doesn't matter for me. I can't EDC it anyway without cause, and any cause I have, visibility doesn't much matter. That being said, I can understand how for the PM2 fans that it probably doesn't hit the mark where they thought it would. And at the end of the day that's the main thing.

Biggest disappointment for me this year is the exchange rate sitting at a point that keeps the Australia tax sitting nice and high. But you know, there has to be some cost to living in paradise.
 
HowAmI said:
- Watching all these new knives come out in these low end (PM) steels, yet they're asking for ridiculous prices. Along with watching the low end (PM) steels becoming more popular. 154CM, ATS 34, CTS 40CP, CPM 154, RWL 34, XHP, Damasteel
Click to expand...

I wonder how you come to conclusion that Damasteel is low end PM steel.
 
HowAmI said:
- Pretty much every ZT that came out this year was a flop. 0055 doesn't have a milled clip even though everything else is intricately milled, 0820 had too much 6 shooter theme going on (Thumbstud, Backpsacer, Both ends of the pviot) it's poor coloring choices (3-4 different shades of gray? Why?), and $320 for mostly Aluminum really?, 0460 is just fugly, 0920 is another Satin/Stonewashed Titanium Frame Lock Flipper (How original, unique, and creative). It also doesn't even look like a Harpy.
- Regret buying the ZT 0392BLK, ZT 0620CF, CS Broken Skull, and the KME Sharpening System
- Knife prices are going up yet nothing new has happened to the knives.
- Titanium Stonewashed/Satin Frame Lock Flippers are getting more expensive yet they've had the same out of work done to them since they were first released.
- All of these VG-10, Teflon, G10 knives from Spyderco's Seki City factory were a flop as they're charging double the price the knife is worth.
- Watching all these new knives come out in these low end (PM) steels, yet they're asking for ridiculous prices. Along with watching the low end (PM) steels becoming more popular. 154CM, ATS 34, CTS 40CP, CPM 154, RWL 34, XHP, Damasteel
- Watching the trend of building either Stonewashed/Sating Titan Frame Locks increasing or making Frame Locks with a blade and edge so thick it becomes a folding prybar becoming more and more popular.
Click to expand...
XHP is now low end? Sorry but what a load of rubbish. It's performed almost at M390 level in every single cut test I've done. And ive done a lot. People need to quit looking at silly marketing steel charts for edge holding and so some real world testing. I agree with most of all your other points tho.
 
Though the Becker BK-15 wasn't actually discontinued in 2017, its scarcity and rising secondary market prices disappointingly happened in 2017.
 
powerslave said:
I wonder how you come to conclusion that Damasteel is low end PM steel.
Click to expand...
The fact that it's a glorified RWL-34? The fact that when compared to even a properly done S30V it'll fall? The fact that even something like a properly done AEB-L can match it's performance. 440C is what you fanboys love and eat when in reality it's far from amazing.
 
Mick_1KRR said:
XHP is now low end? Sorry but what a load of rubbish. It's performed almost at M390 level in every single cut test I've done. And ive done a lot. People need to quit looking at silly marketing steel charts for edge holding and so some real world testing. I agree with most of all your other points tho.
Click to expand...
A properly done S30V can still outperform XHP. Cut tests only show a small amount of the truth when you have different edge geometries, heat treats, blade profiles, edge finishes, etc.
 
palonej said:
The bitch is too smart for that!! She won't get married again! Lives with a fat 70 year old rich dude.
Ugh!
Still worth the &2500 a month to be rid of that rag!
Click to expand...
Hey you might be in luck ; OJ gets out in October !
 
HowAmI said:
A properly done S30V can still outperform XHP. Cut tests only show a small amount of the truth when you have different edge geometries, heat treats, blade profiles, edge finishes, etc.
Click to expand...
Exactly. Hence you are never going to get a night and day difference between steels that all perform at well above average. S30V nor XHP deserve to be anywhere near the level of "low end" just because there is a buffet of fancy steel compositions out there now days. There are too many factors that play a part in edge holding. If any of us here got given S30, M390 and XHP on random unmarked blades i bet you a million dollars none of us would notice a difference in real world use. Whoever says they can, well...you just keep on thinking that :) I primarily carry M390 on my contego, S30 on a millie and XHP on a CS recon 1, and i can tell you at 18-20 degrees per side you could not tell them apart if the blades had no markings. That's on wood, cardboard, drywall, thick plastic and cutting heavy duty electrical wires on a very frequent basis.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top