Ever have a knife you just tried and tried to love, but just never took?

evilgreg said:
Every Spyderco knife I've bought for myself :(

I try, I really try, but I just don't dig them. I like them enough to gift them to other people, but knife after knife I end up feeling brain-damaged for having bought another one. I'm always like "everyone loves these, just because the last five haven't worked out that doesn't mean I should give up, I just need to find one I like. Buy a Sage 1, you'll probably like that one"--not so much. It's like Lucy pulling the football out from under Charlie Brown, except that I do it to myself ;)

I gave away three of them as gifts this year for other people (two Natives I bought to gift and a Chapparal I bought for myself and immediately decided wasn't for me), but my New Year's resolution is to never buy another Spyderco knife for myself.
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Same for me I'm finding.
 
BM 810 Contego. Liked the specs and design which made me want to get it, but every time I held it in the shop it just felt off.
 
drgnclwk said:
BM 810 Contego. Liked the specs and design which made me want to get it, but every time I held it in the shop it just felt off.
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I could have dealt with the excessive jimping, the super heavy steel skull crusher/backspacer, and the rough edge. However what I cant deal with is that dang swedge that makes it hard to sharpen! I LOVE sheepsfoot blades but with that swedge on it my edge pro didn't have a chance
 
Spyderco Leafstorm and Kershaw Leek. Leafstorm because of the ergonomics, i really wanted to love this knive. Leek only because it's the only knife i have that i've cut myself with, i need to get a g10 version the aluminum scale are to slippery for me.
 
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