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Biggest knife disappointment?
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I've had reason to question in the past how one came to the conclusion that one is worth x amount of dollars while the other is worth xxx amount and the quality difference if any is nil.
There have been some that I've bought that were disappointing. I sent those back. One I waited for over three years to get and when I got it the lock failed with just pressure on the blade when opened and there was a liner of steel on just one side of the knife only. The other was just Ebony wood all by itself with no backing support of metal at all. Talk about disappointment.
Sorry, but for a premium price I don't expect corners to be cut and I expect the lock to be trustworthy. The way I see it, if I can make a lock like a bank vault on a folder and sell it for $100 to $165 then one from someone else for $400 damn well better be too.
STR
There have been some that I've bought that were disappointing. I sent those back. One I waited for over three years to get and when I got it the lock failed with just pressure on the blade when opened and there was a liner of steel on just one side of the knife only. The other was just Ebony wood all by itself with no backing support of metal at all. Talk about disappointment.
Sorry, but for a premium price I don't expect corners to be cut and I expect the lock to be trustworthy. The way I see it, if I can make a lock like a bank vault on a folder and sell it for $100 to $165 then one from someone else for $400 damn well better be too.
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I had the expierence once. I bought a knife which was brand new on the market. I got it in the mail and was instantly disappointed. The handle was very uncomfortable and the scales were rough.
The blade was also smaller then I appeared to be in the pictures I saw.
So I called up the company I purchased it from. They exchanged it for a leek. My only "complaint" was a comment I received from the company I bought it from. They said something like I was crazy. The knife was selling like hotcakes and nobody else was returning them. They could resell it with no problem. I kinda felt stupid about returning it.
I have other knives that I bought that I am not "hot" about, but there are no defects so I didnt return them.
Good knife hunting
Jack
The blade was also smaller then I appeared to be in the pictures I saw.
So I called up the company I purchased it from. They exchanged it for a leek. My only "complaint" was a comment I received from the company I bought it from. They said something like I was crazy. The knife was selling like hotcakes and nobody else was returning them. They could resell it with no problem. I kinda felt stupid about returning it.
I have other knives that I bought that I am not "hot" about, but there are no defects so I didnt return them.
Good knife hunting
Jack
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After getting bit by the knife bug a couple of years ago, I finally went to my first knife show last year. I had been shopping the internet for a nice custom folder for about a year and had yet to pull the trigger. I figured I would be able to pick up something nice at the show.
I was shocked at how bad many of the customs were in person. Poor lockup, poor action, poor fit & finish. I realized that I would be hard pressed to find anything custom that would satisfy my needs for less than $600-800. I was really surprised that some of these makers would put knives with these problems up for sale.
I'm glad I learned that lesson the easy way. Now I know that if I'm going to buy a custom folder, I'll need to see it in person and have $800 burning a hole in my pocket.
I was shocked at how bad many of the customs were in person. Poor lockup, poor action, poor fit & finish. I realized that I would be hard pressed to find anything custom that would satisfy my needs for less than $600-800. I was really surprised that some of these makers would put knives with these problems up for sale.
I'm glad I learned that lesson the easy way. Now I know that if I'm going to buy a custom folder, I'll need to see it in person and have $800 burning a hole in my pocket.
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Buck Mayo Ti, a $189 dissapointment. The wooden presentation case it came in was built better than the knife. Why can't Buck grind a symmetric blade?!? I've seen straighter corkscrews!
Compared to the offshore knives that Benchmade is distributing, I'd say Taiwan has a leg up on Buck's domestic production quality. Pretty soon "Made in USA" is going to become a slur.
Buck knives - never again in my collection.
TT2Toes
Compared to the offshore knives that Benchmade is distributing, I'd say Taiwan has a leg up on Buck's domestic production quality. Pretty soon "Made in USA" is going to become a slur.
Buck knives - never again in my collection.
TT2Toes
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One knive dissapointed me big time.
It was a Buck/Strider Tarani PE in ATS-34.. I never saw grindlines like that.. they were extreme off-centre and the edge was extremely thick so it wouldn't slice normaly. Making a proper correction with my sharpener was no good idea since it would have cost at least a MM of good steel..
I send it back to the retailer and had it promptly replaced with another knife from another brand. I love NG's
The design is great though, and therefore I bought me a SnG, the real stuff..
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It was a Buck/Strider Tarani PE in ATS-34.. I never saw grindlines like that.. they were extreme off-centre and the edge was extremely thick so it wouldn't slice normaly. Making a proper correction with my sharpener was no good idea since it would have cost at least a MM of good steel..
I send it back to the retailer and had it promptly replaced with another knife from another brand. I love NG's
The design is great though, and therefore I bought me a SnG, the real stuff..
:thumbup:A Boker 2076. Grinds didn't match. All off center. Sharp edges where it hurt. Paper thin wood scales. I corrected what I could and ...still.... couldn't hack the differences in the grinds. Sent it back. Got refund. Cost me postage both ways. Still better than having it to piss me off every day.
mrrrtn said:One knive dissapointed me big time.
It was a Buck/Strider Tarani PE in ATS-34.. I never saw grindlines like that.. they were extreme off-centre and the edge was extremely thick so it wouldn't slice normaly. Making a proper correction with my sharpener was no good idea since it would have cost at least a MM of good steel..
I send it back to the retailer and had it promptly replaced with another knife from another brand. I love NG's
The design is great though, and therefore I bought me a SnG, the real stuff..
Yeah mine was exactly like that too. The grinds were so off and the tip was dull. The sharpmaker helped a bit, so I kept mine. Its a beater I keep out in the shed.
I am probably really going to catch hell and flak both for posting this but it is truly how I felt when I got the knife. First of all I am a devout Spyder-freak. I have well over 100 Spyders in my collection. And I love most everyone of them. The company by and large is a role model to other knife companies.
When I heard that they were going to re-introduce the old "R" knife. The legendary C-67 I was estatic. I have one of the old originals and to me it is a masterpiece. But I got one of the newer "R-2" renditions and it to me was nothing like the its predecessor. I just did not have any similarities to the original and the modifications are not what I would have done to a Re-Intro version of the C-67. The good thing about it was I got it traded within 24 hours and the guy I traded it to loved it. That is one of the very few Spydercos I have been disappointed with but to me it was just a skeleton of the old original "R".
I guess While I am venting my frustrations I will go on to say that I also thought that Spyderco's KUMO was a let down as well. I mean absolutely no disrespect to the Great Spyderco Company and I don't mean what I just said to say that Spyderco is not a quality company but I was a little disappointed with those 2 models. Am I the only one that perceived these 2 models as I did? Maybe I'm just being too picky. But Spyderco is still my favorite knife company by a long ways.
When I heard that they were going to re-introduce the old "R" knife. The legendary C-67 I was estatic. I have one of the old originals and to me it is a masterpiece. But I got one of the newer "R-2" renditions and it to me was nothing like the its predecessor. I just did not have any similarities to the original and the modifications are not what I would have done to a Re-Intro version of the C-67. The good thing about it was I got it traded within 24 hours and the guy I traded it to loved it. That is one of the very few Spydercos I have been disappointed with but to me it was just a skeleton of the old original "R".
I guess While I am venting my frustrations I will go on to say that I also thought that Spyderco's KUMO was a let down as well. I mean absolutely no disrespect to the Great Spyderco Company and I don't mean what I just said to say that Spyderco is not a quality company but I was a little disappointed with those 2 models. Am I the only one that perceived these 2 models as I did? Maybe I'm just being too picky. But Spyderco is still my favorite knife company by a long ways.
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I figure, if you are going to reintroduce the R then you should have the fully skeletonized handle and blade. That is what really appealed to me about that knife.
The only time I can remember being disappointed in a knife was with a Klotzli that I ordered on line many years ago. The fault for this disappointment did not lie in the quality of the knife, but in what I was expecting. I like solid, slightly massive folders and the Klotzli was a little wisp of a thing. I don't think it weighed over an ounce. I immediately exchanged it for a Spyderco Military that was much more to my liking.
The only time I can remember being disappointed in a knife was with a Klotzli that I ordered on line many years ago. The fault for this disappointment did not lie in the quality of the knife, but in what I was expecting. I like solid, slightly massive folders and the Klotzli was a little wisp of a thing. I don't think it weighed over an ounce. I immediately exchanged it for a Spyderco Military that was much more to my liking.
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same sh..
still i love my 882 and going to resharpen it
still i love my 882 and going to resharpen it
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I am pretty disappointed in the Spyderco Paramilitary I got about a month ago. there is an unacceptable amount of forward / back play once the knife is locked. Its not much, and if the knife costed 50 or 60 dollars, I might just let it go, but for $120 bucks I expect a tight lockup, with virtially no play.
From what I have read on the forums, this doesn't seem to be typical of this knife, so I am thinking that maybe I just got a bad one.
Either way, I have decided to send it back, I just haven't gotten around to actually doing it yet.
I love the look, feel and design of the knife, but the fit deffinately leaves much to be desired.
From what I have read on the forums, this doesn't seem to be typical of this knife, so I am thinking that maybe I just got a bad one.
Either way, I have decided to send it back, I just haven't gotten around to actually doing it yet.
I love the look, feel and design of the knife, but the fit deffinately leaves much to be desired.
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I received a new knife recently and immediately noticed that the grinds were very uneven with 6mm difference between each side of the blade. I sat looking at it for a few days (not all the time!) then contacted the manufacturer with a barrage of emails. I knew that the grinds on this knife were just going to annoy me every time I picked it up.
They agreed to replace the knife with a hand picked one with even grinds if I returned the one I had first (which I have done).
I think that if you pay your money and your not happy with the product you can either, demand the same product made to the standard you were led to expect, or you can get your money back and buy something else.
They agreed to replace the knife with a hand picked one with even grinds if I returned the one I had first (which I have done).
I think that if you pay your money and your not happy with the product you can either, demand the same product made to the standard you were led to expect, or you can get your money back and buy something else.