Biggest Disappointment

Mine was the Emerson CQC7-b. I expected much better than this. The BM975 I have is so much better.
In all, the action was sloppy, the lockup was poor(the lock moved almost all the way over to the other scale), the overall construction gave me a bad taste. Unfortunately this was not isolated to just one knife. I have seen/held 3 at different locations with all the same problems.

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CRKT Apache. Twice as much handle as blade. Hand mangling integral guards. The one I got was so soft, I wonder if it was ever hardened(ATS-34).

DB,

The Boye folder is one of my favorites. I have six of them including a couple of really all out customs. I know the styling is a matter of personal taste, but they cut as well as any knife I've ever owned.
 
Matt

Don't you keep a knife in the fridge ?
Don't US brewers wrap their six-packs in that really tough plastic ?
I must have my underwear modified so I have somewhere to carry at all times.

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"I must have my underwear modified so I have somewhere to carry at all times."

Brian, the mind simply *boggles* at the sheer number of possible responses to that remark.

my biggest disappointment has been the original leatherman tool (okay, so it's not strictly a knife, but still). i don't like the blade, it's awkward to have to unfold and then refold everything everytime you want to switch tools, and i hate how it folds up on you if you put a little force into your work.

i love my minisocom. i also love the boye folder i bought for my SO--love it so much that i borrow it whenever i can pry it out of his hands. my nickname is taken from the "silver wing" on this folder--hey, "sebenza" was just a little too weird as a nickname, okay?

i'm not sure i'd buy a knife i had not handled, so i guess i'm less likely to have disappointments that way.

silverwing


 
Steve and Silverwing, I am truely glad that you both like your Boye's. Like I said I had read alot of good things about them on the Net. After I got it I really tried to find something I liked about it and just couldn't. So much so I would say if they were the only knives in the world, I would be on spoonforums.com and forkforums.com, and not on bladeforums and knifeforums.
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I did not like the Boye either. The blade and overall shape is ok. The clip is useless and does not come off. Worst, clip I have seen. I did not find that much of an improvement in cutting to make for the clip. Also, I don't like zytel handlesthat much.

Biggest recent disapointment was an Almar linerlock from the Toolshop. The liner strikes the tang all the way over to the far right and there is / was lateral play. I called Almar USA and spoke to Gary Fadden who stated his company did not make this knife and its not made to their quailty standard.

Toolshop said that there are a lot of Al Mar knives only available in Europe and Japan that have never been offered in the USA. Just because Mr. Fadden does not know this knife, does not mean it is not a genuine Al Mar knife.

In all fairness, the knife has carbon fiber handles and ATS-34 blade and was priced right even with the shipment and value added European tax. And they said just send it back and so I have.

Still I thought I was getting an Al Mar quality knife. Be careful.


 
The Kershaw Mini Task (early model) was unacceptable and unsafe, and returned. Unfortunately, because I liked the basic, shape, size and the speed safe mech.

Come to think of it, my BM Brend Talon was a mess out of the box (lockup, blade play). However that was correctable and corrected to my complete satifaction by BM.

The Boye cobalt cuts like crazy. And despite it's benign appearance, can be devastating in a reverse grip. The new clip is excellent.

Of course it's also good for light everyday utility tasks.

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Yeah I'm crazy, but what do you want me to do about it
 
After 50 plus knives, only two have been disappointments. First, mini afck, no lock up at all. Released cutting a box and sliced my fingers. Second was a Gurka House panawal, a real POS. Have bought or traded with over 25 forumites, great bunch of people. Some knives weren't what I wanted to keep for the long haul, but not dappointments.
Jim

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What? Another knife? Don't you have enough of those things already?
How many does one person need?
And just what are you going to do with this one that you can't do with the others?
What is the purpose of all these knives anyhow??


 
The biggest disappointment was one custom tanto neck knife - not sharp at all, uneven grind lines, crack (glued)in the scale, poor kydex sheath.

If I lived in US I would have sent the knife back. I guess I expected too much for $ 85.00

David
 
Got to go with the KISS crowd. Knife of the Year - Bleah! Even my wife knew enough to want something better!
 
Let's just say I found out after mail ordering about ten of them at one time that Cold Steel is not quite as terrific as Lynn Thompson says. World's greatest bowie . . . hmmm. And I coughed up for the stag handle, too. I do continue to carry my Vaquero Grande and Gunsite clipped to the waistband of my pajamas for use at home. The VG was an amazing knife until the serrations got dull the first day I tried it, slicing through a pile of rolled up newspapers. Even my Tri-Angle Sharpmaker isn't much help. The last thing I used it for was slicing some french bread for toast. Worked fine.

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One of my biggest disappointments was the early Kershaw Random Task. I was really looking forward to seeing - and buying - that knife. But then I held one in the store here: The grip was nothing but sharp edges and very uncomfortable and the lockup was so loose the open knife rattled in your hand when you shook it. Didn't buy one.

The MadDog Wombat in 1/4 inch steel was also less than expected. Those melted on grips started wearing away at once where they contacted the Kydex sheath. The blade was way too thick for a knife of that size and felt awkward in my hand. Although the Kydex crossdraw sheath was really well made, I just don't like cross draw sheaths...

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My biggest disappointment is the MT mini socom. I have a MT Vector and think it is one the highest quality knives I have ever had. The mini does not compare in any way. Slow to open and it just feels cheap.

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Drac Noroc

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parachute, it only functions when open.

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I became a little disappointed with the Leatherman Micra. The pivot point on the scissors of mine got loose very quick, and I didn't like having to open the handles up just to access one of the other tools, and then the tools clumping together. I went back to using my SAK's.

My Cold Steel medium tanto Voyager for some reason was never very sharp, and I've had a hell of a time trying to get it sharp. In my experience, most folders of AUS-8 are easy to resharpen, but this one eludes me, especially at the secondary edge near the tip.

Regarding the CRKT KISS, I find I like the Seki (?) -made clip point version better. The lockup seems tighter, it's hollow-ground on one side, has a thinner edge, is not bead-blasted. I like it as a money clip or a light-duty backup utility pocketknife. I also have to use a little effort to get it to open, which is good.
Jim
 
Biggest? Well that's a tough question as each answer condems the knife in question, where it is often a matter of personal preference.

Mine would have to have been the Schrade Clip-hanger, bought it on the name, unfortunately it was in a plastic pack so I couldn't hold it before buying it, cost was low and the flat grind looked good, but the quality of the overall knife was poor. Fit up was greatly lacking, lots and lots of blade wobble. Impulse buy, what can I say, I'm a sucker for a knife, sold it the week I got it.

I've read some of the posts about the Boye knives and I'll put in a positive plug, as I've had both the 440C and now the Cobalt folders and like them, they are very light weight and the blade shape works well. A friend of mine had one and felt it didn't cut like it should, I sharpened it for him and he was very impressed at the keen edge it attained and now likes the knife again. So don't give up on it, I keep the Cobalt folder in my left back pocket, finally found a knife for that location. Sometimes I forget it's there.

G2

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