Ever run into a knife you drop a lot.....

[ToddM]

Have you ever found a knife that just seems to escape your hands? I've never really had this issue but recently there's one that just seems to like to jump out of my hand. The last few weeks I've dropped it several times, that's more than I've probably dropped all my other knives in the last 20 years combined.

For me it's the Spyderco Shaman, I think it's partly due to the weight, but also that the handles are smooth/slippery and they taper rearward, so there's no real retention unless you choke up to the forward choi position. However for me it seems like most of the time I drop it, it's closing it using the lock bar and a bit of wrist action. I've done this with other spyderco's for years and years with no issue, I don't think it's the dreaded "nub" but who knows. In fact I no longer do that with the Shaman I'll close it with two hands.

In fact one day I dropped it and did a bit of tip damage, sharpened it out, and didn't even make it back upstairs before dropping it again and having the tip damaged a second time. Which is where I learned at least my Shaman is definitely does not have a detent strong enough to keep the blade closed if dropped .

 

[Vlade]

Haven't dropped any. However I have a couple of knives with smooth aluminum handles scales. They can be slippery. I have slid my fingers on the blade and have cut myself a few times.

 

[Ron Dagwell]

I tend to drop Spydercos more than any; they usually slip from my hand when fumbling with the compression lock. Almost hit my foot with a Shaman once or twice.

 

[GB940Rookie]

Spyderco Techno and Benchmade 710-1401.
Just seemed to squirt out of my hands. Sold ‘em.
Sometimes regret letting go of the Techno. Fit and finish on the one I had was perfection.

 

[eveled]

Not one I dropped a lot, but I have a Buck 110 drop point that I tried to edc. It cut me something like 10 times in 2 weeks. I finally went back to a clip point. Haven’t cut myself since. It was really strange..

 

[Knives&Lint]

To me the Crooked River lacks purchase in the skinny handle for the heft of the blade. I don't recall actually dropping it, but I have taken note of the issue. There's just not much real estate there for you to grab while you're opening it.

Also, I find that I have trouble holding onto any knife (that was designed with one obviously) with the clip removed. I'm not talking about gripping it while in use, but rather when flicking it open that I find the clip vital for my grip.

 

[Bob Denman]

I am afflicted with "hands of stone", and haven't found ANY of my knives to be immune to the dropsies...

 

[Docscoot]

Rocksteads, those handles tend be extremely slick, end up putting some pistol grip tape on mine back when I carried it regularly

 

[toker]

Yes, every knife that I've handed to someone. There's a 99% chance that they'll drop it.

I learned my lesson the hard way not to hand someone a knife.

 

[Delta-v]

To me the Crooked River lacks purchase in the skinny handle for the heft of the blade. I don't recall actually dropping it, but I have taken note of the issue. There's just not much real estate there for you to grab while you're opening it.

Also, I find that I have trouble holding onto any knife (that was designed with one obviously) with the clip removed. I'm not talking about gripping it while in use, but rather when flicking it open that I find the clip vital for my grip.

I know exactly what you mean about the removed clip. It's amazing how you get so so used to anchoring your fingers against the clip when opening a knife that when the clip is removed you just fumble with it.

 

[MolokaiRider]

Cold Steel Survivalist.

That drop forged handle has zero traction, and it is very slick.

Love the blade profile, hate the handle.

 

[K.O.D.]

I drop everything; Knives, guns, babies, IED's, wrenches, tiny little springs in my guns that may or may not ever be seen again. Yeah I'm a klutz.

 

[Bob Denman]

I drop everything; Knives, guns, babies, IED's, wrenches, tiny little springs in my guns that may or may not ever be seen again. Yeah I'm a klutz.

I think we went to different High Schools together: that description fits every day of my life!

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I've had my Benchmade Claymore kick out of my hands at least 3 or 4 times.

 

[Bob Denman]

My Vero Synapse is about as slippery as snot on a greased marble floor...

 

[Another Shepherd]

This is why I like finger notches and "tactical" handles, like the Cold Steel Recon 1 and Benchmade Rukus II.

 

[Another Shepherd]

I've had my Benchmade Claymore kick out of my hands at least 3 or 4 times.

Same here a few times, including when I first handled it in the store. Since I dropped it, I felt obligated to buy it.

 

[ToddM]

Same here a few times, including when I first handled it in the store. Since I dropped it, I felt obligated to buy it.

I would do the same, but I have to remember this if I'm ever shopping with my GF "Sorry honey I dropped it so I have to buy it"

 

[AntDog]

I have dropped every single Buck knife I have ever owned, tip down, onto concrete. I don’t know what the hell it is but it never fails.

None of the tips ever snapped off but they needed sharpening.

 

[Bob Denman]

I would do the same, but I have to remember this if I'm ever shopping with my GF "Sorry honey I dropped it so I have to buy it"

If She let's you get away with it: bet the mortgage payment that She'll flip that card on you also!