How objective are people's advice on this forum?

I don't post here often but I'm thinking of getting a nice folding knife that will last for many years of use. I'm willing to pay 3-4 hundred dollars if I know it will last me for 20 years, because I don't have a problem buying too much stuff. But I'm looking for a workhorse, not a work of art. I don't care how it looks. I'm looking for a 3-4 inch blade, so a fairly large folder, I guess, and the handle is irrelevant to me, aside from not having to spend extra for something I don't need that looks pretty. So what would meet those criteria?
I guess it's a dumb question but a lot of my cheaper knives have developed problems with time. And I think I finally want to get a "real" knife.
Thanks everybody
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Only internet person can answer if he/she was looking for recommendations on $300-400 knives that were long-lasting or long-lasting knives (which he/she was willing to pay as much as $300-400 for).

But I still believe that recommending, lets say, a Buck 110, is staying on the topic posed in the original post.
 
Has it occurred to you, that the reason why Spyderco is "Over represented" is because they are, um, popular?

Do you go to any forum, look at the most popular item, and say, because many many people love it, "Why do people always say 'get this item'"?

This is NOT a government, where all "states" have to be equally represented. These are companies, for gods sake. If I like the Spyderco Native( and many people do", and think its a great knife at a great price, why shouldn't I (and many others that agree) suggest it? :confused:
 
...and furthermore internet person said this in the thread:

Thanks, I'd never seen the D'allara before and it looks NICE. is the ball bearing lock all it's cracked up to be?
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Clearly recommending sub-$300-400 sturdy folders was in the spirit of the original query, and hence, on topic.
 
tirod3 said:
As Spark suggested, there is a valid complaint - staying on topic and limiting answers to the OP's question.

I don't reply to a lot of questions precisely because of that - and the knowledge that many just don't want to hear my pearls of wisdom that would immediately correct the numerous misperceptions inherent in their ignorance, just as many of you could do. I just stopped myself from answering a question about 1/4" folders precisely because I really don't know if any are made at all - the answer to the OP's question.

Three paragraphs about the obvious uselessness of an actual 1/4" folder in EDC isn't necessary, or on topic, and they sure don't want to hear it from me, or any of us.

When someone asks about a $400 dollar folder, obviously Spyderco isn't the answer, and other recommendations in that vein are just as much troll baiting as the poster's. I suppose that when someone asks which Spyderco to get I should load up the thread with a recommendation of what cheap chinese import would do the same job?

Just suggesting that could get ugly - which shows why it's a bad practice. It's just an arrogant insertion in someone else's conversation that adds nothing the subject. Being that much of a fanboy is the problem - not the knifemaker - and certainly does nothing to help his reputation, or the OP.

Think twice, post once, if at all.
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On the other hand, sometimes "unwanted" comments are very much justified. People don't always know what's good for them. For example, if someone wants a 1/4" thick folder for woodworking, someone should tell them that kind of folder would be the most useless possible knife for that task. Similarly, if someone is looking only for a knife that won't rust away immediately in their everyday urban uses and is willing to buy expensive if that's what it takes, it's not wrong to tell them they don't need to invest one million dollars into a superknife made out of meteoric iron blessed by the Pope. ;)

But of course, no human is objective.
 
Elen said:
On the other hand, sometimes "unwanted" comments are very much justified. People don't always know what's good for them. For example, if someone wants a 1/4" thick folder for woodworking, someone should tell them that kind of folder would be the most useless possible knife for that task. Similarly, if someone is looking only for a knife that won't rust away immediately in their everyday urban uses and is willing to buy expensive if that's what it takes, it's not wrong to tell them they don't need to invest one million dollars into a superknife made out of meteoric iron blessed by the Pope. ;)

But of course, no human is objective.
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I was about to post that. If someone wants a Cold Steel Ak-47, is it bad to tell them to look at other knives also, like Benchmade, Kershaws, and Spydercos. :thumbup:
 
thedawg said:
I am not a troll, just my views are different than yours.
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Yes you are, and not because your views are different than mine, but because you are obviously attacking Spyderco and just adding the other part so that can post that your comment was about people making inapprpriate recommendations. If that really was the aim of your original post then you wouldn't have had any need to single out Spyderco.
 
Elen...I agree with your point, but have seen no evidence that supports that comments about, for example, Spyderco, were "unwanted" by internet person.

Keith Montgomery...I have to disagree with you. thedawg is not a troll. thedawg is a crackpot. When your opinion is not the majority's opinion, and you think that is true because of some vast clandestine conspiracy...that's crackpotism.

If I didn't want George Bush to be president and felt that the only reason he was president was due to a secret cabal of George Bush "fanboys"....well maybe thats a bad example....
 
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=500653
That was the original thread, judge for yourself.

Before you flame me, and say I should have said that and this, I tried to keep my post brief, because most people didn't read even what I wrote. And with advise on what I should get, feel free to comment there, I'm still in the market, and all arguiments are more then welcome, but if you want to just moth off what's the point.

Now I have to agree that what I said there was a bit misleading, the 250-400, was not so much of a range, but a prefer prices, with 250 being the desired ammount to spend and 400 being the max I can spend.

And towards the end of the post I wrote this:

"Ok those are my choices, which is a better one? That warranty is really important to me. I'm also not very knowledgeable in the knife world as far as manufacturers are concerned. So if you know of any that would fit the bill, please give me more choices, especially if they offer a warranty like strider, and fall in that price range please let me know."

And later in the topic I have agreed, with the fact that a 150 dollar knife could perform just as well as a 400 dollar knife, but what is really important to me is the warranty, Not only do I want to jam the blade into rocks, I want it to perform a heart surgery after wards. And I mentioned that the warranty is very important.

I'm greatfull for all the replies, but, spyderco doesn't have the warranty I'm looking for. Still if I'll find a good deal on one i'll take it.
 
Bottom line is that the advice is based on experience.

None of us has or ever will have all the experience, but many here have quite a bit of experience and lend sound advice. The trick is to dig a little and take into account the advice of folks who actually have the experience with a little more weight.

As with all advice YMMV.
 
This forum is just like anything else found on the internet: recommendations/reviews & facts must be taken with a grain of salt.

Mr. Wilson
 
What I really hate to see, and it happens in every suggestion thread, is this insane push by multiple posters for the thread starter to go outside their own set criteria. Someone wants a good $75 folder, some jacknut will tell them to save up for a Hinderer or a Sebenza. Someone doesn't want opening holes, that's a guaranteed dozen posts saying what a good deal the S30V Native is. A request for dress knives inexplicably leads to discussion on the virtues of mega-folders. There's just a lot of people who think the way to help someone choose a knife is to change that person's mind. I dunno if it's arrogance, ignorance, or laziness.

anyway, thedawg got put to sleep.
 
Well maybe I alone can put a balance to this entire forum. I've never owned a Spyderco and I don't really plan to. I occasionally browse there website and look at there knives, every time it is the same for me. "Ugly, ugly, hideous, ugly, looks like a mutated fish, ugly, etc."

Their designs just do not work for me. I do not criticize there quality or durability. Actually I'm pretty sure they are great usable knives, I just personally think most if not all look like butt. :P
 
4W4K3 said:
Their designs just do not work for me. I do not criticize there quality or durability. Actually I'm pretty sure they are great usable knives, I just personally think most if not all look like butt. :P
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That is what personal preference is all about.
 
First off, every knife brand (company) has positives and negatives for everyone. Not everyone will like the same thing. I can sit here and say from my own experiences that I like the Gerber Gator, but I dislike the Gerber Profile. I can't stand the short, part serrated Buck Nighthawk, but I love the 119. Love the CS Bushman (the handle is a little off, but I took care of that with paracord). I dislike Bark River, won't ever use another one again. But, there are people on here, I believe, that argue for the sake of arguing. The downfall to a forum on the net is that you are not face to face and things are easily misread.
 
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