Crummy coworker knives

How many people own high dollar knives that NEVER see use. I think that is strange. It seems the cheapies get all the work!
 
The only time I make a negative comment is when someone asks for mine because they don't have one. I've seen some pretty beat up ones (automotive service dept for almost 20 years). A parts guy had a small Buck knife since the late 80s and had sharpened the blade so many times it was probably 1/3 original size.
 
killgar said:
Nothing for nothing, but this^ really sounds like a perfect example of "knife snobbery".

Not everybody needs or wants an expensive knife. If what the guy has serves his needs, then more power to him. I personally would never tell someone that his knife is "garbage".

Here's something I heard a long time ago- "Don't insult another mans knife unless you are prepared to give him a better one".

I had a coworker at a warehouse job who used a really cheap gas station folder. It was more of a novelty item than a knife. I asked him once if I could see it. As I examined it he looked at me waiting for a comment. I said "interesting" and gave him back the knife. The next day I gave him an all-steel Spyderco Endura, which he used from that day on. Although I think people should be free to carry/use whatever knife they want, I was genuinely concerned for his safety when using the gas station folder as the lock and construction were very weak.
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I will freely admit to being a bit of a knife snob. For the record, I actually did give the guy a fixed blade with a pouch, along with some other tools. He even has a Spyderco Dragonfly that he normally uses, and considering that, of course I'm going to ask him why he has a jerry rigged junk knife. He laughed too. Not much you can do to help someone who doesn't want it.
 
draggat said:
The other day at work, I saw my coworkers knife. This thing is so bad, I'm almost embarrassed by it. The pivot screw broke, so he 'fixed' it with a flathead screw, a washer and a couple of nuts. I asked him what the heck is this garbage?! His reply was that it only cost him $7. I didn't really even know what to say, especially since I probably have spent 1,000 times that on cutlery.


If you can, post a pic of the worst knife you've seen someone carry..... even a story would be fine..

This thing is beyond dull. I doubt you could even get a razor edge on 'Whetstone Cutlery'.


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Did you ever think for a second he wad going for a "Hinderer" look with that flat head??? I was literally laughing reading your post, i have had similar experiences at work. For instance, just the other day a co-worker of mine snapped out an OZARK like it was a XM18, lol....M-tech is another brand a couple guys have, with sick inlayed skulls. Great concept for a post.....
 
I gotta give the guy credit, as well, for actually repairing his $7 blade himself, instead of just chucking it, which would have been easier. Whatever else might be said, good for him, no matter how poor the knife might be.
 
Monofletch said:
How many people own high dollar knives that NEVER see use. I think that is strange. It seems the cheapies get all the work!
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This high dollar amount of dollars, or price point. Is like asking the question to 10 people.

How HIGH is Up, or High. Answers will differ with person thinging.
 
Blues Bender said:
Don't judge a man by his knife, rather judge him by how he uses it...
I usually tell them that only a "knife nut" would be able to tell the difference between a $25 knife and a $250 knife, and price mostly comes down to build quality and materials. 9/10 times, they understand my point...
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Yeah that is usually the case. Most people can tell the difference between a junk knife and a nice knife. The question is really what is the value of a knife is to the user and what they're willing to pay for it is what is different. There are a lot of knives that are popular here that I struggle to find why anyone would want/pay/use for (like the massively impractical "hard use" folders like crusader/direware/medford etc) much the same way people find it bonkers that I would pay more than $30 on a knife.

My old man has a 20+ year old SAK that is duller than snot and his end all/be all for folders. He loves my ESEE Junglas, which is something he loves more than I do, but refuses to buy when he can get machetes for less than 20 bucks. But buying a "high-end" machete is impractical when I have to sharpen it after he used it to hack through wire fences
 
RedLynx said:
I gotta give the guy credit, as well, for actually repairing his $7 blade himself, instead of just chucking it, which would have been easier. Whatever else might be said, good for him, no matter how poor the knife might be.
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+1
I am wondering though, why he didn't use a shorter screw with a single nut and locking washer (or smaller one) so it isn't sticking out as far from the handle.
The straight edge may be dull but the serrated edge still looks sharp enough though.:)

If he has a Spyderco, he may just like carrying that WC at work since he can use it as a screwdriver, prybar, scraper, etc without worrying about damaging it. Just a thought.
 
Seen very few knives over the years that weren't gas station, flea market knives or something really cheap from Wal Mart.
 
Blades&Bullets said:
+1
I am wondering though, why he didn't use a shorter screw with a single nut and locking washer (or smaller one) so it isn't sticking out as far from the handle.
The straight edge may be dull but the serrated edge still looks sharp enough though.:)

If he has a Spyderco, he may just like carrying that WC at work since he can use it as a screwdriver, prybar, scraper, etc without worrying about damaging it. Just a thought.
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It does stick out pretty far and I would have tried something a bit less obtrusive were it me. Just thought it was cool he went to the trouble.
 
Not a coworker but some guy at an apartment complex i was living at got wind that i was a collector and i showed him some of my collection which at the time was a bunch of microtech otfs and some custom balisongs. He saw a few that i had pimped and wanted me to pimp his "custom" one of a kind handmade" knife his grandfather supposedly left him. I said i would take a look but was weary of modding a high end family heirloom. So one day im on the front porch and as he is pulling it out of his pocket he is telling me to be very careful as it was more expensive than i had ever laid hands on. I was anticipating the heavens opening up and a bright white light. Then i see a piece of metal hit the floor and see its a cheap pocket clip. What ends up in my hand is a $2 browning folder from the double pack at wally world,at christmas time. I let him down easy bit he still accused me of lying about the value of the knife to get him to sell me his one of a kind folder. Nothing I said got him to see the truth though. I still laugh about it from time to time.
 
PURPLEDC said:
Not a coworker but some guy at an apartment complex i was living at got wind that i was a collector and i showed him some of my collection which at the time was a bunch of microtech otfs and some custom balisongs. He saw a few that i had pimped and wanted me to pimp his "custom" one of a kind handmade" knife his grandfather supposedly left him. I said i would take a look but was weary of modding a high end family heirloom. So one day im on the front porch and as he is pulling it out of his pocket he is telling me to be very careful as it was more expensive than i had ever laid hands on. I was anticipating the heavens opening up and a bright white light. Then i see a piece of metal hit the floor and see its a cheap pocket clip. What ends up in my hand is a $2 browning folder from the double pack at wally world,at christmas time. I let him down easy bit he still accused me of lying about the value of the knife to get him to sell me his one of a kind folder. Nothing I said got him to see the truth though. I still laugh about it from time to time.
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I'm guessing his grandfather, if he used knives, had way cooler stuff than a Wally World Browning... poor guy. But whatever monetary value it had, if his granddad really did leave it to him, maybe it means a lot, and it works for him... if he values it that much I bet he isn't mistreating the knife, another plus.
 
Once I was showing some co-workers my Benchmade 710, when one of them scoffed about how slow it was to open. He then showed me his flea market special police Flipper. It had some kind of bright blue aluminum handle and looked like a gas station knife. It did open fairly quickly, but I wouldn't trust the shoddy looking lock on it though. I just said it was nice, or words to that effect, it wasn't worth arguing over. My nephew had a similar POS that he carried on duty, so I gave him an old CRKT M24 that I wasn't using. Now admittedly, that is not the best knife in the world, but it was light years ahead of what he had. I have found that people like us are pretty unique. Most people don't really care about what type of knife they carry.
 
jstrange said:
Once I was showing some co-workers my Benchmade 710, when one of them scoffed about how slow it was to open. He then showed me his flea market special police Flipper. It had some kind of bright blue aluminum handle and looked like a gas station knife. It did open fairly quickly, but I wouldn't trust the shoddy looking lock on it though. I just said it was nice, or words to that effect, it wasn't worth arguing over. My nephew had a similar POS that he carried on duty, so I gave him an old CRKT M24 that I wasn't using. Now admittedly, that is not the best knife in the world, but it was light years ahead of what he had. I have found that people like us are pretty unique. Most people don't really care about what type of knife they carry.
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I haven't carried my M-21 in years but I actually really like the CRKT "M" series, or whatever that series is really called.

I also enjoy having a chuckle at threads like this, and I would likely never buy the knife in the photo (I've heard of a lot of obscure cheap brands but never this one), but really, I think we can get too hung up on this stuff (which is not directed at the OP or a reflection of him, just a general observation. Nothing wrong with the thread).

It's a knife 99.5% of us would never buy... but at least the guy carries something, likes it enough to do a self-repair, values it, and probably doesn't view knives with fear and mistrust. A win win in my book, even if it's a gas station knife he carries.
 
Im a tech of course, everyone sorta knows me as the knife guy. The parts manager ordered a case of cheapie chinese made liner lock knives with our company logo on the blade. A few guys are carrying them now I just took mine home and left it in my collection pile. Its like a $7 knife retail. They kinda expected me not to be big into it and im not. My teammate has a few Mac tools Bear MGC knifes but he abuses them and they are never sharp. Everyone else has cheapie off the truck shrade or giveawat knives
 
Ankerson said:
Seen very few knives over the years that weren't gas station, flea market knives or something really cheap from Wal Mart.
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Exactly my experience too. I used ask folk what they were carrying when I noticed a pocket clip, but I've stopped doing that. Most people don't really care.
 
no pic. a lady office-worker used to carry for "personal protection" a FHM balisong with a 1 1/2 -inch brass blade. yep, brass, and it wasn't even sharpened. i have since gifted her with a few locking gerbers (US and chinese-made) and some slip joints for utility.
 
RedLynx said:
I'm guessing his grandfather, if he used knives, had way cooler stuff than a Wally World Browning... poor guy. But whatever monetary value it had, if his granddad really did leave it to him, maybe it means a lot, and it works for him... if he values it that much I bet he isn't mistreating the knife, another plus.
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Honestly? If you knew this guy the more likely story is he was completely full of it. I dont think he fully understood how much I was into knives and since he didnt know what he was looking at really assumed he had an amazing knife on his hands. I honestly dont think his grandfather gave it to him. The guy class A know it all. The ones that no matter what subject it is they think they are an expert and it only takes 2 seconds of listening to know its nothing but a bluff. I dont know if he lied all the time because he didnt have any friends and wanted attention or if it was the lying behavior that led him to not have any friends. But he was literally one of those guys that when someone brought up a new topic of conversation, any conversation he would interrupt and start spouting nonsense. I honestly think the guy stole the knife from wal-mart right before coming to my house.
 
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