"Good Guy" Knives and "Bad Guy" Knives

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dzlvs8

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To keep this fun for all while I browse the knives mentioned I'd be interested in some knives people like that fall into the good guy or bad guy category. Please list what you like that fall into one of these two categories. Try to give at least one good and one bad.

Good Guy Knife:
Functional and have character while not being overly fancy with stuff like damascus, mother of pearl, etc. Some may call these types of knives boring. Others may call them useful and not silly.

Bad Guy Knife:
Intimidating, very tactical, or just looks like it's up to no good. Some may call these knives coool, bad ass or wicked.


Good guy knife: Benchmade 710
Bad guy knife: Benchmade Bedlam

Good Guy Knife: Sebenza (borderline plain, borderline fancy)
Bad Guy Knife: Brous Blades

Good Guy Knife: maybe a Hinderer
Bad Guy Knife: Totally blacked out serrated Delica (or any other spyderco)


I'm struggling to find a lot of knives out there that have character but dont look intimidating. Personally, I'm interested in what people like as "good guy" knives.
 
The implication of goodness or badness (evilness) of an item that is not alive is inherently erroneous.

Just like a gun isn't good or bad.....knives just are. It is what one does with the item that determines goodness or badness of act....ergo it's the person that makes the choice.

Not too many people think "weapon!!!!!!" when they see a ball-peen hammer...........yet they are a favorite of bikers.
 
These ones are color coded to make it easier to tell.

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there are knives, and there are KNIVES.
most makers ordinarily just aim to please.
whilst creative types aim to shock.
people buy things as an extension of their personality.
so that it amplifies their personality.
i figure that sinister looking knives
are meant to evoke an emotional response
mainly for immediate and undivided attention.
so much so, that a highly provocative appearance
would make conventional non-knife appreciative types feel noticeably uncomfortable.
so where does this place spyderco's civillian model?
With it's nasty curve, designed and made for the good guys?
Inmo, it's a fallacy to judge and fault a knife design
for whatever it's worth, it's the owner psyche that makes a sinner or a saint.
 
Good guy knife: the knife that for some reason ends up on the ground in a fight. Don't know why but they can never hold onto their weapons.

Bad guy knife: their own personal knife that is used to kill them by the good guy after they are disarmed or killed while still holding the weapon.

Jason Voorhees knife: there are two things we truly know about Jason Voorhees, he doesn't stay dead and his machete makes adamantium claws look fragile and the machete goes where ever and whenever he goes, even space in the future.
 
co556guy said:
The implication of goodness or badness (evilness) of an item that is not alive is inherently erroneous.

Just like a gun isn't good or bad.....knives just are. It is what one does with the item that determines goodness or badness of act....ergo it's the person that makes the choice.

Not too many people think "weapon!!!!!!" when they see a ball-peen hammer...........yet they are a favorite of bikers.
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Agreed. Nonsense. It's a object. It has no character/morality/intelligence. (Despite the anti knife crowd's claim otherwise, and assigning good/bad to knives only buys into their misconception.)

Only the person who carries it has character/morality/intelligence.
 
marcinek said:
Agreed. Nonsense. It's a object. It has no character/morality/intelligence. (Despite the anti knife crowd's claim otherwise, and assigning good/bad to knives only buys into their misconception.)

Only the person who carries it has character/morality/intelligence.
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Good job on stating the obvious, guys. You are very very very smart. Now how about having some fun.
 
If I think you are OK then a knife you have is good. If I think you are sketchy or dangerous then any knife you have is bad.
 
Good guy knife: anything made by Ray Laconico.

Bad guy knife: anything made by Mikkel willumsen.
 
dzlvs8 said:
Good Guy Knife:
Functional and have character while not being overly fancy with stuff like damascus, mother of pearl, etc. Some may call these types of knives boring. Others may call them useful and not silly.

Bad Guy Knife:
Intimidating, very tactical, or just looks like it's up to no good. Some may call these knives coool, bad ass or wicked.
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Just out of curiosity, if damascus and MOP aren't good guy or bad guy knives...what kind of "guy" knives are you saying they are? :confused: Just trying to figure out the rules here. :thumbup:
 
dzlvs8 said:
Good job on stating the obvious, guys. You are very very very smart. Now how about having some fun.
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You mean like hunting rifles and "assault rifles", boy that execise in illogic has been a real load of fun. Why add to the stupidity?

n2s
 
This is all pretty much balderdash. It's not the knife, it's what one does with it.

Now if you are trying to find a knife that will find a friendly reception in a wide variety of settings, perhaps that's a different matter. In that case, either something traditional or something like a nice red Swiss Army Knife. Not even the most timid person would view a SAK as a "weapon". I daresay a large Sebenza probably would be by such a person. I have a Spyderco Endura that I opened up at the State Fair that got a funny look. What was I doing? Grandpa was cutting the end off of a plastic straw full of honey so my little two year old grandson could "taste what the honey bees make" at the beekeeping exhibit. Scary stuff!
 
I think I kinda got it.

Good guy knife: Shrade Sharpfinger and Buck 110. Who could possibly do any harm with those outdoorsy classics!?!
Bad guy knife: ESEE Candiru. It's got a skull on it.
 
marcinek said:
I think I kinda got it.

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No you don't, because the question is purely nonsense. Inanimate objects are neither inherently good or bad; but, if you believe that there should be a list of banned knives and that those knives should be selected just because they have "skull" images as decoration, then go ahead and help to put it together.

n2s
 
not2sharp said:
No you don't, because the question is purely nonsense. Inanimate objects are neither inherently good or bad; but, if you believe that there should be a list of banned knives and that those knives should be selected just because they have "skull" images as decoration, then go ahead and help to put it together.

n2s
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The skull might be okay but it's named after the Candiru... Do you know what that fish does!!! :eek:

Definitely a bad guy knife :grumpy:
 
Good Guy; Generic Traditional fixed skinner
Bad Guy: Any relatively fast opening one handed knife that is flicked open by moving the arm as much as when you'd throw a foot ball. Mostly stiletto automatics though.
 
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