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I like "crappy" knives.
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Im constantly suprised that people seem to think that cheap knives will explode, its kinda like hollywood where every car crash ends in a fireball.
Its a simple lockback knife, the only way itll close and hurt you is if you are torquing the wrong way on the lock and the lock is faulty. For the record there are youtube clips of a guy seriously abusing the 1 dollar knife, including batonning it thru wood, and the lock doesnt explode and kill him. Is it the greatest knife ever? No, not at all. Is it a sharpened piece of metal that can be tossed or forgotten without heartbreak? Absolutely. Will it replace any knife ever? no not at all. Think of it as a disposable Bic lighter rather than an investment in your knifely future
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I have nerve damage and a 3 stitch scar on my right index finger from a failed brand name (CRKT) knife. Luckily (in a very loose sense of the term), it happened on the job so I didn't pay for anything, but the nerve damage is still there.
A knife you can trust doesn't cost that much. Byrd, Buck, Kershaw, RAT, Ka-Bar, and A.G. Russell all make very inexpensive knives that won't fail you. If you think your $1 Wal*Mart knife won't fail you because of some videos on youtube, then believe what you will. Same goes for any gas station knife, or M-Tech that's in a 5-for-$20 pack, or anything you buy from those yokels on TV at 3am.
Do I expect a cheapo junker knife to fail? Maybe, maybe not. Do I trust it to not fail? Hell no!
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Fair enough. Ive actually read that the CKRT knives have a weak lock more than once, hence why they added the LAWKS system. I have a stubby razel folder that seems ok but i ended up passing on the Heiho when i read that.
Which model failed on you?
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I get what you're saying but for $12.00 I picked up a Kershaw Tremor and four Crown II's at $4.99 each at a bricks and mortar store on clearance...
Any one of those could last a lifetime with a little care and maintenance. I guess I don't have the same mindset around things being disposable.
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I get what you're saying but for $12.00 I picked up a Kershaw Tremor and four Crown II's at $4.99 each at a bricks and mortar store on clearance...
Any one of those could last a lifetime with a little care and maintenance. I guess I don't have the same mindset around things being disposable.
I would never compare the Wally knife to anything made by Kershaw. or any other name brand
I picked up a Kershaw Tremor and also a Compound for around $30 for both shipped and I agree with you , they probably can last a lifetime.
I was just having a little fun with the $1 knife.
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I like low cost knives, but "crappy" blades? No room for those in the pocket or the collection. Example: $12 Mora is cheap/low cost, but I wouldn't dare call it crappy.
That said, I concur with most of the posters in that if a pocket blade costs more than $100 I wouldn't cut radiator hoses at the junkyard with it unless it were only option. With fixed knives it is different.
That said, I concur with most of the posters in that if a pocket blade costs more than $100 I wouldn't cut radiator hoses at the junkyard with it unless it were only option. With fixed knives it is different.
And all are completely avoidable even with a $1 knife.
I'll bet you weren't using it properly. I rarely use folders with locks. Don't like them. But I use the knives properly, regardless if they have locks or not, and I don't use or handle them any different because they have or they lack locks.
Akin shooting yourself in the leg and blaming the firearm.
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Im getting more to the point of using all of my knives without being so picky, like last week I got a new spyderco manix 2 and the day that it came in I was slicing cardboard like no tomorrow, but it also depends on what knife it is that determines how hard I use it. I also have a griptilian that im a bit rough on sometimes, but its a tough knife that can handle it and I have no regrets doing so, besides that ceramic coating is near indestructible and stays looking good after tons of use. I do generally carry a cheaper knife as well as something nicer (like a para 2 with a byrd meadowlark for example) but using a cheaper knife vs a nicer knife I will take the nicer knife, after all its nicer so it will generally last longer and work better so you only deny yourself from using better tools.
If I read this right you don't like using expensive knives because they might break? I dunno if you knew this but benchmade has pretty much the greatest customer service ever and if a screw goes missing or whatever they'll fix it all up for you and sharpen it and everything, free of charge.