It happens every year

JTR357 said:
Even though I tell all my family members not to get me a knife, one of them gets me one. I told them all, I have a very particular taste in knives. This was from a distant nephew, so he wasn't in the loop. I politely accepted it & thanked him. It's dull as a spoon & probably Paki/China pot steel. My space is limited. I don't know what to do with it. I think I'll just throw it in my closet & take it out when he comes over. I mean I hate to sound ungrateful because he went & got me this thinking it was a good thing. I could hang it on the wall but honestly, I don't want to look at this ugly thing every day.

Maybe we can turn this thread into "Crap knives non-knife people get us" 🤷🏼‍♂️😂
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That knife is so bad it’s good , in a good way. Id get a sheath for it and wear it to family gatherings. The blade shape is bad ass and it’s got a screaming eagle on the pommel. Maybe it’s heat treated and it can take an edge. You could make it a barbecue knife
 
luethge said:
That knife is so bad it’s good , in a good way. Id get a sheath for it and wear it to family gatherings. The blade shape is bad ass and it’s got a screaming eagle on the pommel. Maybe it’s heat treated and it can take an edge. You could make it a barbecue knife
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That will teach them a lesson.... :o

Wear a straw hat, Bermuda shorts, and that knife to ALL family functions....

*Actually I would do that, I love that idea.
Actually Serious

Hunny, I can't wear that suit you picked out to your Uncle's funeral......it doesn't match My Knife.
 
Wherever you plant the blade of that knife into the barren soil, and eagle will scream (actually they will get it in post and dub in a hawk because bald eagles sound like whiny chickens irl), and democracy will ooze from the wound birthing 100% uncut freedom.

I get it. It's the thought that counts. My stepdad got me a really, really crappy Pakistani knife for my birthday years ago. It's oily garbage, but he picked it out and thought I would like it. I keep it in my liquor cabinet to cut the foil/keepers off bottles of booze. I'll never get rid of it.

I have a drawer full of those bulk-buy $28 for 37 knives my late grandfather gave me. I often get a chuckle when I see people post things like, "my granddad would never stoop to something Chinese...he would always buy once, cry once!" Lol, not my depression-era WWII vet of an orphaned melon-farmer grandpa living on a factory workers pension. $28 for 37 knives? Hell yes! Put a real edge on it and use it. I think he bought them 20 years ago and never wore out or broke one up until his dying day 4+ years ago. The man knew a deal and was happy to use what he could afford.

It's easy to get wrapped up in this hobby, and that's ok. Our tastes grow refined, and as long as we appreciate the thought, it doesn't matter how fugly the knife is.
 
JTR357 said:
Even though I tell all my family members not to get me a knife, one of them gets me one. I told them all, I have a very particular taste in knives. This was from a distant nephew, so he wasn't in the loop. I politely accepted it & thanked him. It's dull as a spoon & probably Paki/China pot steel. My space is limited. I don't know what to do with it. I think I'll just throw it in my closet & take it out when he comes over. I mean I hate to sound ungrateful because he went & got me this thinking it was a good thing. I could hang it on the wall but honestly, I don't want to look at this ugly thing every day.

Maybe we can turn this thread into "Crap knives non-knife people get us" 🤷🏼‍♂️😂
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I saw the exact same knife at an antique/ crap shop in Missouri. Pretty hard to forget the blade and that Gawd awful pommel.
I know the shop owner(she’s not a knife person). She had about $10 bucks in this beauty. I recall she had it priced at $25.
 
eveled said:
Thanks but no thanks. Your gesture means a lot to me.

I’m not upset in the least about not getting any presents. I found it liberating. I was surrounded by people I love who love me. Nobody wasted their money on me. I had a truly great Christmas.

Again thank you.
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I'm the Same way as You, with how you said it....
I "just" got a pair of blue jeans that I desperately needed.... As we get older, we just don't need much of anything anymore.
I enjoy giving More than getting.

*Ill be honest though, I got a little excited scrounging through the shop looking for stuff..... I was starting to clean up my shop knife to send ya! I use it for cutting sandpaper, but I was hoping to get it Nice for you.
 
Crag the Brewer said:
I'm the Same way as You, with how you said it....
I "just" got a pair of blue jeans that I desperately needed.... As we get older, we just don't need much of anything anymore.
I enjoy giving More than getting.

*Ill be honest though, I got a little excited scrounging through the shop looking for stuff..... I was starting to clean up my shop knife to send ya! I use it for cutting sandpaper, but I was hoping to get it Nice for you.
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I'm betting that your shop knife is better than most of what I own.
 
JTR357 said:
Even though I tell all my family members not to get me a knife, one of them gets me one. I told them all, I have a very particular taste in knives. This was from a distant nephew, so he wasn't in the loop. I politely accepted it & thanked him. It's dull as a spoon & probably Paki/China pot steel. My space is limited. I don't know what to do with it. I think I'll just throw it in my closet & take it out when he comes over. I mean I hate to sound ungrateful because he went & got me this thinking it was a good thing. I could hang it on the wall but honestly, I don't want to look at this ugly thing every day.

Maybe we can turn this thread into "Crap knives non-knife people get us" 🤷🏼‍♂️😂
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What are the chances this is a practical joke they played on you?
 
eveled said:
Thanks but no thanks. Your gesture means a lot to me.

I’m not upset in the least about not getting any presents. I found it liberating. I was surrounded by people I love who love me. Nobody wasted their money on me. I had a truly great Christmas.

Again thank you.
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Us here, too, after a particularly difficult year for the family, a 'crescendo' just before Christmas.

There are always a handful of gifts. This year, only a few inexpenive and thoughtful (my lifetime rule i will give you nothing you need, like socks and underwear, only stuff you want...making the implication 'excessive' even if it only costs a buck maintains...my contribution to all a candle...but i wander off, getting older.) No stockings, no Santa, no tree...christmas carols not heard, even the annual standards (Charlie Brown Christmas) unwatched. Everyone, having sustaining some damage this year) pulling for each other, in our small 3 generation family..connected. Nothing about anything said.

It was the best Christmas ever for me, 54 rounds now.

I also found out my BFF (60 y/0) is donating a kidney to a friend, chugging and puffing, matter of factly delivered as the reason, ' you can live with one, i've had a good live. He's lived through hell ' I interpreted more than a decade of dialysis is hell enough...no idea what he was referring to.

That's it. Still overwhelmed. Surrounded by, some of the best humans!

I like cool gifts, on point from knife guys. My address is available, upon request. For the truly lacking, my very best Microtech or F1 swag will go.

If it makes a difference for somebody else, there no excuse not to do. That's the play, for a while...here on out.

Therapy over
 
TRfromMT said:
What are the chances this is a practical joke they played on you?
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That would be pretty funny. Every year it’s someone else’s turn to find the gaudiest POS knife to give him. 😂

Scary thing is I met a knife collector whose entire collection was on display and every one was as bad or worse than the knife in the OP. He was so proud of them. 😔
 
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Terry M. said:
I was lucky. My daughter bought me a knife for Christmas. It isn’t what I would have picked out but she did pretty good for not having much knowledge.

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I haven't tried that one but the Civivi knives tend to be excellent for the price. I think that one runs Nitro-V and they seem to do a decent job with that steel at 59-61 HRC.

Beyond that, I lucked out this year! No silly knives from non-knife people. I did get some kind of acrylic fake-horn beer mug but no silly knives. 😜
 
jfk1110 said:
Beat it like a red headed step kid and see how it.does....Then you might be either A. Grateful it broke😜 or B. Impressed that it didnt....😉. Either way you'll have something to tell the kid about using his gift....
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I was gonna say the same: use it as a garden digging tool until it breaks and tell the donor that it was used to the fullest extent possible.

As have most of us here, I've received many poor quality knives from well-intentioned friends and relations. I generally find some excuse to give them away or use them until they break and toss them. One that I haven't been able to discard is a poor knockoff of a Swiss Army knife: the forlorn thing is so loosely pinned that several of the tools will rattle loosely, even when closed. I still have it because my sweet wife was so proud to gift me a knife she thought I would like. She got it as a father's day gift from a nice decor store she used to work for. The knife was egregiously overpriced with nice packaging and she made the reasonable mistake of believing it was good quality based on the price.

I was genuinely pleased that she tried to find something I would like and haven't had the heart to throw it out, and I probably never will (nor shall I ever use it). The thought really does count, and I'm long past forgiving her for spending so much for a knife that is hardly worth its weight in materials.
 
Steely_Gunz said:
Wherever you plant the blade of that knife into the barren soil, and eagle will scream (actually they will get it in post and dub in a hawk because bald eagles sound like whiny chickens irl), and democracy will ooze from the wound birthing 100% uncut freedom.

I get it. It's the thought that counts. My stepdad got me a really, really crappy Pakistani knife for my birthday years ago. It's oily garbage, but he picked it out and thought I would like it. I keep it in my liquor cabinet to cut the foil/keepers off bottles of booze. I'll never get rid of it.

I have a drawer full of those bulk-buy $28 for 37 knives my late grandfather gave me. I often get a chuckle when I see people post things like, "my granddad would never stoop to something Chinese...he would always buy once, cry once!" Lol, not my depression-era WWII vet of an orphaned melon-farmer grandpa living on a factory workers pension. $28 for 37 knives? Hell yes! Put a real edge on it and use it. I think he bought them 20 years ago and never wore out or broke one up until his dying day 4+ years ago. The man knew a deal and was happy to use what he could afford.

It's easy to get wrapped up in this hobby, and that's ok. Our tastes grow refined, and as long as we appreciate the thought, it doesn't matter how fugly the knife is.
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That's a good idea actually. I think I'll hang it on the wall over the wine rack & bar & use it to open bottles. Thanks! & great story about your grandpa & stepdad too!
 
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