Ever had a cheap knife that you wish was a good knife ?

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This knife was just given to me by a co worker. He got it for free from a uniform supplier that sells a lot of 5.11 gear. It's a 5.11 knife, made in China. It has a thin liner lock, and the blade isn't centered at all. The thing is, other than that, I love the overall look and feel of the knife. It opens super smooth, and it melt into my hand. I just with is was of Benchmade or Spyderco quality. So, have any over you ever owned or handled an cheap knife that you really liked, if only it was of better quality?
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I wish I'd been given a Becker a couple of years back instead of the Boker Magnum knock-off!
 
Well it's not cheap but I wish my Gerber LMF was a good knife. The geometry and the steel are just not up to par...and it's too butt heavy. So I wish they'd done several things different with that knife all the will keeping the parts I like.
 
you have nice one knives. no doubt you have a good experience of email marketing and obviously you know that how to be claimed a good seller .
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A browning knife that I got with a hat and light. It was smooth as butter and rock solid lockup but was touching a scale in centering. I used this as a practice knife for sharpening and got a wicked edge on it.
 
My brother and I bought a couple of cheap bowie knives at wal-mart to learn how to throw. We beat the crap out of them but eventually they would just snap in half, I just wish they were made out of a better metal.
 
I wish my Rough Rider Barlow was a good knife. It's great in F&F, price, everything but steel. Which is the most important thing.
 
davek14 said:
I wish my Rough Rider Barlow was a good knife. It's great in F&F, price, everything but steel. Which is the most important thing.
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That's just not true. Steel doesn't matter in the slightest if a knife isn't also ergonomic, high performing, and convenient to carry.
 
I feel this way about essentially every Gerber knife. They are inexpensive, look pretty good...but the fit and finish is absolutely atrocious. The Gerber Icon comes to mind especially. It looks pretty nice but none of the parts are machined to fit together so the knife just rattles and makes weird clicking noises.

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I've always liked the look of the Gerber Evo and love that it's under 3 ounces with a 3.5" blade.
 
BeckerNecker89 said:
My brother and I bought a couple of cheap bowie knives at wal-mart to learn how to throw. We beat the crap out of them but eventually they would just snap in half, I just wish they were made out of a better metal.
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If they had been made of better metals they likely would have broken even sooner. The qualities that make for a good thrower are the opposite from what makes a good knife.

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Dan57 said:
That's just not true. Steel doesn't matter in the slightest if a knife isn't also ergonomic, high performing, and convenient to carry.
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To answer the original post. Heck yeah!!

In a pinch I picked up a generic folding knife at gas station while traveling. I liked the fit in my hand, the motion to open it, even the color (blue). I literally paid 99c plus tax for it, and it was a 99 cent knife :(

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Funny there are so many Gerbers mentioned. I have a Gerber AR 3.0 I bought from Target (I think) in the late 90s, that's a great little knife. I don't necessarily wish it was any better, I just wish I'd bought three of them at the time since they're hard to find at a decent price nowadays.
 
Sanrenmu 763. I wish Benchmade made an Axis lock knife just as thin and light and small as this with a blade with as much belly, with as nice a pocket clip, and with a blade that is no longer. The only complaint I have about the 763 is the steel. I'd pay $150 for a Sanrenmu 763 equivalent in M390 or Elmax.

Benchmade seems unhealthily addicted to blades that are about 3" or longer.
 
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