Inexpensive mall ninja?

I think he really means very inexpensive. So go with anything by Tac-Force. I'd suggest a Karambit of some sort. Hell, I've got one in decent shape you can give him Barely used as it was a gift to me. Just a few nicks from other people handling it and dropping it. I'll even put a good edge on it for ya.
 
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This please!
 
Neffarious wins.

I retract my Kershaw Tremor suggestion. Big, scary and inexpensive? Yeah. Mall ninja? Not really. Not enough blood grooves, spine serrations, pointless, counterproductive grinds and red scorpions.
 
I'd say that there are two ways to go with this-

1. If you just want to get him a "knife" and you want to spend as little as possible, just go to your nearest gas station, liquor store, or swap meet, and get him a cheap China folder. Why spend good money if the knife is only going to be a toy.

or

2. Get him something truly useful and of good quality and maybe he will become someone who looks upon knives as valuable cutting tools rather than just something "cool" to play with.
 
stabman said:
That could be true of all knives, Judgey McJudgerson.
Just about every Spyderco, Boker, Benchmade, Hogue, Emerson, and practically the rest are bought by a very similar cross-section of society; the truth of this assertion is proven by how vociferously they'll deny it, attributing some odd trait to the "others."

"Sebenzas are just the best quality."
"Emerson's are used by Special Forces."
"Swiss Army Knives are used by MacGyver."
"Kershaw makes knives for The People."

Gah!!!
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I'm not sure where you're coming from with this--I agree with you. All of these knives are bought by the same thin slice of knife loons, for the most part. Most will never see any hard/tactical/ninja/bs whatever use. Most will slice fruit, open packages, and perform other, similar, mundane tasks.

But, there is a small slice of that small slice, the mall ninjas who grew up and got jobs and could then afford to shop beyond the mall. In my experience, those people, they buy Striders and Emersons and other tacky tactical stuff like it's going out of style. I don't blame anyone for selling to that market. ZT is doing great with the "too thick to cut well, but damn it looks cool" style of knife, good for them. I have a couple of them as not particularly useful but fun to fondle toys myself ;)

I know three people who have Striders in real life. Two of the three have literally claimed to be ninjas at one point or another, including one showing off his moves in a bar, which involved a chubby middle aged Strider owner doing a terrible cartwheel roll sort of thing that ended with him falling down and several people laughing until they cried.

Let's consider the fine products of Strider. Uncomfortable handle shape? Check. Cool looking but unnecessary finger choil on a large blade? Check. Spotty quality? Check. Overpriced? Check. Marketing that appeals to the mall ninja tactical mindset? Check. Silly grind options? Check. Tiger stripes? Check. Strider = a grown up mall ninjas wet dream.

Excuse me now, I'm going to go open a package with my ZT ;)
 
evilgreg said:
I know three people who have Striders in real life. Two of the three have literally claimed to be ninjas at one point or another, including one showing off his moves in a bar, which involved a chubby middle aged Strider owner doing a terrible cartwheel roll sort of thing that ended with him falling down and several people laughing until they cried.
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Drunk ninjas are the best. :thumbup:
I saw a guy in downtown Windsor outside a bar while I was walking to get the bus after work around midnight.
He was with about 2 girls and 2 guys, when he said "Look at this!"...and proceeded to do a jumping spinning kick, which he was far too drunk to pull off (probably cannot do it sober either).
He fell down, bouncing off of the wall. Everyone laughed, including him, and some people stopped walking just to point, laugh, and clap.

He had no knife on him, though. :(
Not even a Strider.
 
evilgreg said:
Strider = a grown up mall ninjas wet dream.
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Yesterday, I used my Strider at work to cut a couple of zip ties to get the auction sign down.
It was one of those moments knife people dream of, where the guy comes over and says "Do you happen to have a knife on you? Probably not..." and starts to walk away, to which you reply "I sure do!"
Neat. :)
But it was an auction in an old factory with a couple of million dollars in sales (a couple hundred thousand of it in cash :eek:), so I cannot attain the coveted title of Mall Ninja.

So I shall settle for a new one: Factory Superhero. :thumbup:
(Heroics doesn't pay though...a couple of million in sales, and I get minimum wage...:rolleyes:)
 
I think the scorpion knife wins.

There are a couple knife videos on youtube that usually gets linked to in threads like this.

One is with an explosion bonded handle and blade, and the other is some self defense crap. I hope someone will post them, because I don't know what they're called.
 
explosion bonded is a miltner adams...pretty funny vid. The red scorpion wins hands down, don't look for anything else.
 
I'm still giving it to the revolver karambit with a scorpion, but there are some pretty funny other cheap options. I know this isn't from an approved dealer, but look at this $10 wonder:

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