Biggest Knife pet peeve's?

A few of my pet peeves are
1. knives that come from the factory dull
2. blade play
3. Ugly pocket clips on an otherwise great knife like the Kershaw JYD
3. People who think that 440C is a junk steel because of a bad expereince with 440a
 
Thin liner locks or any large folder w/o metal liners and combo edges
are all deal breakers for me. I know a lot of the new poly plastics are
super tough, but I still want some metal in there.

I like the blade coating on my ESEEs, as it serves a purpose,
but black coatings for no reason besides to look "cool" on
a folder kill me.

I think the biggest one for me though, has nothing to do
with the knives themselves, but the people selling them.
I hate when I'm looking at a knife to consider buying it
and the seller insists on telling my every piece of inaccurate
info he can think of about a knife I already know, and didn't
ask him to tell me about. If I want the sellers opinion, I'll
ask. If I don't ask, leave me alone.
Also hate when they start pulling out half their inventory
saying "look at this knife! This is a great knife!". Doesn't
help that they usually pull out a bunch of s*** and have no
idea what it is....

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant. :)
 
Bladeplay. Any at all in any direction.
Blade centering. I want it perfect, or I won't carry it.
And loose pocket clips. If the knife is light, I want the pocket clip like a foot trap.
 
Varg Lobos said:
When people call them "knifes" instead of "knives".

Shiny, polished pocket clips.
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:thumbup: And vice versa, calling a knife a knive. The instant I read a review with elementary mistakes like that, I'm thinking the "author" of the review is either a child who must be too young to have purchased and carried this knife, which is bad; or is an adult who's probably not intelligent, mature, or responsible enough to be trusted with sharp objects, which is worse... probably still gets scolded by his mother for running in the house with scissors. :D
 
G8R8U2 said:
:thumbup: And vice versa, calling a knife a knive. The instant I read a review with elementary mistakes like that, I'm thinking the "author" of the review is either a child who must be too young to have purchased and carried this knife, which is bad; or is an adult who's probably not intelligent, mature, or responsible enough to be trusted with sharp objects, which is worse... probably still gets scolded by his mother for running in the house with scissors. :D
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Knive is a verb!
 
G8R8U2 said:
:thumbup: And vice versa, calling a knife a knive. The instant I read a review with elementary mistakes like that, I'm thinking the "author" of the review is either a child who must be too young to have purchased and carried this knife, which is bad; or is an adult who's probably not intelligent, mature, or responsible enough to be trusted with sharp objects, which is worse... probably still gets scolded by his mother for running in the house with scissors. :D
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Don't forget us foreigners who are probably just to lazy to learn English properly.
Seriously thinking every time how to spell knife or knives and hoping to never get it wrong.

edit:
Just realized I made a few mistakes. However will not fix them so it looks more authentic :p
 
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I hate in when a knive (hehe) only comes with the option of a partial serrated blade.
No tip-up carry makes me sad
 
Fit and finish is big for me. While it doesn't have to be amazing, it has to be decent.
 
A knife that only comes with a serrated or partially serrated blade.
Folders that are tip-down carry, only.
Centering being noticeably off--especially when expensive. (Like my new Sebenza 21. I'll send it in for tuning, eventually.. maybe after it needs sharpening.)
I really dislike knives that have blade play from the factory or that develop blade play with light use.
Factory dull or poorly sharpened knives.. A dull knife doesn't cut all too well.
Gritty actions on folders.
Poor fit and finish.
 
Dull out of the box
Uneven grind
Poor heat treat

All 3 were found on my newest overpriced "Mid-Tech"
At least 1 or 2 were found on at least 90% of all knives I've bought new in the last year
 
No option for left hand carry.

Crap written all over the blade. Not a deal breaker, just don't care about limited serial numbers and who co-designed it to be laser engraved right in the middle of the blade. Especially on traditionals.

Lanyard holes on tip down only folders.

Tiny screws that are easily stripped, or already stripped.

Framelocks that fail when your hand isn't securing the lock bar. Think spine whack without the whack. I could do this with my Umnumzaan, ZT301, ZT560, Sage 2, Leek.

Artsy pocket clips.

Knives that come in blister packs when you can get the same with a box to store it in. That might make a difference in trade/sale value later.
 
Dull knives should never be shipped. I have hundreds of knives and out of all of them there have only been 6 that were too dull to cut yourself on. There were 2 Swamprats, 2 Scrapyards, 1 Queen and 1 GEC. Most knives are easy to sharpen but the Swamprats and Scrapyards had some seriously thick edges.
 
I don't like lockbacks, the combination of being difficult to clean and less comfortable one hand closing bugs me.
Dull knives, a knife's function is to cut, if a knife isn't the least bit sharp you shouldn't be selling it as a knife.
Also very weak and very strong detents.
 
I am 66 years old. My number one irritation is finding a knife I really want to buy and then finding out it has a 3 or 5 YEAR wait or isn't available at all anymore. Second to that is finding it on the secondary market but at 3 times the original price. Third is buying an expensive knife only to find the sheath is junk. I once handled a $1,600.00 fixed blade knife that cut right through the leather shealth the first time it was re-inserted. I have never had an off center folder (I have 3 dozen folders). Dull knives I can fix.
Ron Athay
 
My number one pet peeve are knives with a sharpening choil that have the edge grind stop well short of the choil. What's the flippin' point of having a choil when they do that? I end up spending hours grinding that damn little dull triangle of metal to an edge.

Number two are knives with no plain edge option. I hate serrations and have passed on several knives that only come with partial serrations.
 
Comeuppance said:
Knives with blade steel that doesn't fit the price.

I'm looking at you, Chris Reeve. And Hinderer. And Strider. And Boker. And Emerson. And CRKT. And...

Basically, I'm of the opinion that few to no knives that average more than $70 should have 440c or VG10, and more than $150 shouldn't have S30V or 154CM (CPM154 is a different matter altogether). I know some people have strong opinions about this, and to each their own - it's just, as the thread is about, my pet peeve.
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I thought VG10 was regarded as a high quality steel?
 
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