Do you hate your knife?

Hate is a strong word. Never cared for liner locks, tanto's, chisel grinds or serrations...Love this thing, who knew?


 
evilgreg said:
For me it was the Domino. I so wanted to like that knife, but I just couldn't get over the bulky big handle/little blade thing. Why would I want a knife that takes up as much pocket as a big knife, but then when it's open only gives me as much blade as a tiny knife?
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I've had two Dominos... they were okay.
But then, I bought the DICE, which is a much SMALLER baby brother of the Domino, with a 4.1" (full-sized) handle and a 2.5" blade (tip/grip). It is a specialized model for certain folks who like/need that sort of thing... like mounting a short slide/barrel combo onto a full-sized handgun frame to come up with a different model handgun for concealed carry...it's done all the time. Something for everybody.
Sonnydaze
 
Yep. When I was a youngster, a friend had a bitchin' German WWII gravity knife. I wanted one. The closest thing I could find was a Boker-Matic. It was an "out-the-front" design, with a pin on the blade that passed through one of the bolsters. One of the scales had a "Z" shaped slot, and was loose but captured by the bolsters so it could be pivoted to lock the blade in the extended or retracted positions. It was horrid. It defined "blade play" for all eternity. Wouldn't hold an edge. It came from the factory with a spring to retract the blade, which I immediately removed, so it had a propensity to open in my pocket.

I can't believe you can still buy one new.

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Benchmade Bedlam, look soo good in the catalog. Apparently very popular at the time because all the shops around LA were sold out. I finally located one 50 miles away. It was black and serrated so I have to pay extra and ahead of my arrival. After the initial excitement it turn out to be a beast to carry in my pocket. When closed, there is this ugly gap at the end of the blade. I had wanted it for so long I can't bear to flip it. Now it just taking up space in my safe.
 
Blues Bender said:
I once had a bad experience with an assisted kershaw opening in my pocket, so anything that's assisted I have a love/hate relationship with. I see so many designs that look nice except I absolutely, positively hate assisted knives. Like the zt 0770, I love it, but hate it and will never buy it since its assisted.
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No bad experience like you, but I too can't stand AO knives. The knife could be perfect in every other way but if it is assisted opening I will pass on it. There are a couple of ZT knives that I would love to pick up if it wasn't for this.
 
SOG Flash
Kershaw Chive

Both assisted. Damn little things would literally fly out of your hand when opening. I can't believe nutnfancy praised the Flash like it was the best knife in existence.
 
My 909 stryker. It was my first benchmade and an impulss buy. It turned out to have blade play, and I found out about my strong distaste for coated tanto blades. To "ninja-ey" in my opinion. Im actualy just getting around to shipping it in for waranty and might try and sell it when it gets back. Or, fingers crossed, maybe trade it to a guy I know for his old 710.
 
I think I've finally given up on spydercos. I've owned probably a dozen and i just can't get any of them to grow on me. They are very ergonomic but I think it's their look I just can't get past.
 
I'm a big ProTech fan having many of their knives in my collection, but their TR-4 was too big...the blade length and girth, handle, just everything about it felt bloated.
 
Great thread. I was afraid it would be a bashfest against one or two brands.

The closest I have come to hating a knife is from a favourite brand and a top notch knife designer:

Spyderco PPT designed by Fred Perrin ...sigh

The blade geometry is excellent with a FFG and a sharp point. The handle fits me and the clip is of the deep carry style that works excellent in IWB appendix carry (as designed). Framelock that doesn't disengage. Perfect knife right?

Nope, the balance is bad. It feels too much like an obese Yawara (sp?) stick with a blade. If only they had used thinner liners and maybe the compression lock.

Hmmm. The more I think about it, the knives I own which have poor balance have been removed from the EDC rotation.

Another knife I disliked was a metal handle Delica. For the same reason as the PPT. Gave it to a friend. I recently bought a gen 4 trainer for my kids to train with. I was pleasantly surpprised that the knife had improved immensly through the iterations. So much that my childrens first folder will be a gen 4 Delica. And I will probably buy one or two for myself and maybe as giveaways.

(The last paragraph should maybe be read as a plea to Spyderco to give Perrin a chance to design a better folder)
 
Haven't yet bought a knife I hate, possibly 'cos I do plenty of interweb research before buying.
Have been a few I was disappointed with though. And that's fine as they make good gifts. Just 'cos I couldn't warm to them doesn't mean someone else wont.
 
Pretty muc anything I bought that had the dollowing:
1. Assisted opening
2. Slick steel handles (Kershaw Shallot, Leek, etc.). Spyderco Lava almost acceptable.
3. Poor lock-up or lock design or that developed lock-rock excessively fast (months) or was simply too hard to unlock like a Dodo I had once.
 
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