Do you love a POS too?

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So I was flipping my cheap, Chinese made, mystery metal junk knife for the billionth time last night when it occurred to me that this knife gets more "hand time" than all of my expensive knives put together. It gets absolutely zero pocket time, but man have I loved this knife for what it is. It's probably never actually CUT anything, but it's been sharpened many, many times. I've practiced mirror polishing the edge, and experimented with all kinds stops, sharpeners and wheels. It has a strong detent, and flips like butter. It would wave incredibly well had the designer made the clip movable.

So as you can tell, I love this hunk of junk. It's a S&W hrt(?), and I'd sooner get rid of some of my Spydercos and KAI knives before I gave up this sucker. :)


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What about you? Do you have a junker that you love?
 
You say you've flipped it uncounted times and the detent is still strong and that it flips smoothly. How's the lockup at this point? Assuming the lockup is still firm with minimal to no play, I'd say it's not so much a pos as it is a decent knife that happened to be inexpensive. Decent knives can be had in this price range, it's just that QC tends to be hit-or-miss. You may have gotten one of the good ones. I have one particular M-Tech folder that I've used much like you've used this one, and it's still in great shape after nearly 4 years. It loosened up initially due to the usual lack of threadlocker on these cheap knives, but once loctited, it's been fine. Edge holding is mediocre, but meh...it touches up so easily on crock sticks that it's not a big deal. It's not a great knife, but it's perfectly usable. :thumbup:
 
I have a cold steel recon 1 that I use as my yard work knife, I have really beat on it around the yard and practiced different sharpening tricks with it. Its several years old and still going strong, and if its breaks during use I would be ok with it. If im outside doing yard work I feel lost without it.
 
I say pos because the liners are rusty, I can't get it apart, the standoffs are cut unevenly, the jimping is useless and on and on...

And even though the liner is too thin to instill security it still works perfectly, and doesn't stick. It's fairly ergonomic although slippery to the point that I've dropped it while opening many times. But I agree. If I found a knife that matched this one, yet had fewer detractors I'd buy it and call it near perfect. :)
 
Yes, yes I do. :o

Bought this particular Chinese-made Knockoff-Benchmade POS for all of 14$ or something and then abused the living fudge out of it over the summer / fall.

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...and after some pretty thorough use and abuse, it STILL has better lockup (and way better fit and finish in a lot of areas) than the two Genuine-article Benchmade Axis locks I've owned. :thumbup:

Plus, the steel is actually quite good - I have no trouble believing the manufacturer's '440c' label, having used it and sharpened it quite a bit at this point.
 
Looks like you've been digging in the garden with that one. :D Glad to hear it's held up so well. :thumbup:
 
I have a few pos,mine are also Ganzo,axis lock really like it,holds an edge pretty decently.
One of the complaints is that with most of these knives is that the clips are really pieces of mierda
 
I have a Meyerco assisted opening box cutter that I use everyday at work. The blade is the replaceable utility sort and I think I paid 10 bucks for it God
knows how many years ago. I have beat the hell out of the thing and, outside of the spring getting a little weak, it continues to do the job day after day.
My only complaint is they are no longer in production.
 
I guess I do, I have a few knives that some internet "experts" keep telling me are POS, but so far I've not figured out exactly why. :)
 
You know G. Scott... It has never occurred to me to try out more than one of the same knife while shopping in order to do my own qc.

. Maybe I'll stop by a Big 5 and see if I can't find another cheap treasure. :)
 
Strigamort said:
You know G. Scott... It has never occurred to me to try out more than one of the same knife while shopping in order to do my own qc.
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That's the best way to do it with these cheap knives. Try to look at several in the "flesh" and find one with no apparent issues. Unfortunatley not possible with online shopping, so brick and mortar is the way to go when you can. :thumbup:
 
Dorito Monk said:
Yes, yes I do. :o

Bought this particular Chinese-made Knockoff-Benchmade POS for all of 14$ or something and then abused the living fudge out of it over the summer / fall.

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...and after some pretty thorough use and abuse, it STILL has better lockup (and way better fit and finish in a lot of areas) than the two Genuine-article Benchmade Axis locks I've owned. :thumbup:

Plus, the steel is actually quite good - I have no trouble believing the manufacturer's '440c' label, having used it and sharpened it quite a bit at this point.
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HA! That's pretty bad (and funny) when the fake/knock-off is higher quality than the real-deal. Makes me think of all those people who criticize the purchase of "fakes".

Where did you get it from?
 
I have a little $5 slippie with a carbon blade that looks like crap but takes a screamin' sharp edge in no time that last quite a while. It's hard to spend big bucks on a 'super steel' when I have a dirt cheap knife that is far easier to deal with that gets stellar results.
 
I have an old knife that belonged to my father in law, and who probably did not pay more than $5 or $6 bucks for. It is a "Buck 112" look alike stamped "Stainless China". I cleaned it up and sharpened it where it is probably the sharpest knife I own that I use regularly. I use it to experiment different sharpening techniques and strop compounds on. I EDC it more than any of my other knives just because of its size and weight and its ability to stay sharp.

It holds sentimental value in that my father in law would always buy the cheapest tool he could find and make do with it as best he could. I have several knives, but this "junker POS" is my favorite knife.

Omar
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killgar said:
HA! That's pretty bad (and funny) when the fake/knock-off is higher quality than the real-deal. Makes me think of all those people who criticize the purchase of "fakes".

Where did you get it from?
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It is by no means higher quality than the real deal, I bought that knife to check out the chinese quality, and while it is nice for $14 it is nowhere near the real benchmade is.
 
GarrettWeidman said:
It is by no means higher quality than the real deal, I bought that knife to check out the chinese quality, and while it is nice for $14 it is nowhere near the real benchmade is.
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Heck, I'm taking Dorito Monk at his word. He says it has better lock-up and better fit and finish than his real Benchmades. I've also read a lot of complaints on this forum over the years regarding Benchmade quality. I've owned six Benchmade folders myself (not counting my Bradley Alias) and I can tell you from firsthand experience that some of them were FAR from perfect.

Although I would assume that percentage-wise that Benchmade knives are likely to be higher quality than a Chinese knock-off, this doesn't mean that every knife Benchmade produces in high-quality. And it's certainly possible for a Chinese company to produce a quality knife as well, even if it is a knock-off.

You say that you bought ONE of those copies and it wasn't good, well, that's the first complaint I've read on this forum about a Ganzo knife. But like I said, I've read SEVERAL complaints about Benchmade knives, including my own personal complaints. So what is a person to derive from all this?

Of course Benchmade has a warranty, but who wants to have to ship their knife back to the manufacturer. And I've read about people having to repeatedly send a knife back to Benchmade to get them to get it right.

Personally, I judge an individual knife on it's individual merits. I don't judge it by its manufacturer, or where it was made, or how much it cost, or how much it resembles another knife.
 
My first knife was a POS fleamarket balisong that I traded one of my skateboards for around the age of 13. I had it for years, and loved flipping it. More recently I found an assisted opening "no name" chinese knife in a strip club, and it is really fun to flip open around the house. I'd never edc a pos, because I like knowing that when I need it my spyderco will be up to what I can throw at it.
 
I have an old S&W SWAT knife that has sentimental value. It was my first modern style folder with one-handed opening, a locking mechanism, and a pocket clip (previously just carried SAKs).
 
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