Like said above, what one man thinks look bad will look great to another.
I think some of it has to do with the fact that some people have been into knives their whole life and have seen their fair share of Loveless drop points and bowies. To them, something different may look just right.
It is sort of how some lifelong musicians turn to 12-tone music, impressionism, or jazz, because they are sick of "normal" music. But to a non-musician, those genres sound horrible and pop is where it's at.