Knife Fails!

[JTR357]

High speed,low drag,surgical steel,precision tactical tested operator knives always seem to throw up the red flags for me.

 

[cncpro11]

I think the largest, most epic fail in the history of knife fail-dom, hands down, is the Boker Plus Automat Kalashnikov 101.

Seriously, what kind of ninja knucklehead would even touch that piece of junk with a 10 foot pole, let alone buy it! Gak! :barf:

Guilty!
Haha, it was actually a fun knife and surprisingly well built and for as ugly as it was, the handle was very comfortable.
My little guy insisted on giving it to a friend and I kinda miss it.

 

[K.O.D.]

Bull. I liked the M16. If they made more them with better steel in Taiwan, the whole line would be much nicer.

Hmm... lock sucks, steel sucks, lawks/auto-lawks system sucks. I guess I just hate that knife. If they got rid of the lawks system, improved the liner lock or used a better lock system, and upgraded the steel it would be a much better knife. The edge of mine has more chips out of it than a hockey players teeth. The chips are SO bad that I gave up on sharpening/redoing the blade. I keep it around in case I'm lacking something to throw at people I'm mad at.

 

[csisland]

I'm still waiting for someone to test a knife by hooking it up to their truck hitch with steel chains attached to another truck. ok on my signal we both floor the pedal. see i told you the knife and knife lock isn't built to last.

 

[Hickory407]

this knife baffles me everytime i see it.....

 

[evanPGH]

Being made in Idaho has nothing to do with the quality.

Have you ever held a Chris Reeve knife? Like a Sebenza?

When you open those thngs, it feels like angels are coming down from heaven and softly touching your hands to let you know the knife is fully open and the lock has engaged.

Dumbed down, they're very smooth and just radiate quality.

When did they start adding hallucinogens to the CRK kool-aid?

 

[evanPGH]

this knife baffles me everytime i see it.....

Ha! I think it needs one more pin...

 

[gooeytek]

If CRK made a puukko, someone's panties would certainly be in a proverbial bunch.

 

[Shotgun]

Let's hear some knife fails.

IMO

- Anything other than full tang on a big chopper (8 inches or more). Sooner or later that thing is gonna break (experience).
- Idaho Made printed on an expensive knife. Idaho, really?
- Knives with slick handle materials with no finger choil or guard. Sooner or later you'll cut your fingers (experience).

Just having fun here.

-A lot of Asian farmers would disagree.
-Not my thing but who cares?
-Some European cultures view knives with guards to be boys knives.

The biggest knife fail that I've seen(and have been guilty of) is thinking your preference is the way things should be for everyone.

 

[Nullity]

Well, I have one... overly sharp jimping.

If you slip, jimping should not saw into your hand or fingers. Though, I do prefer that jimping come sharp instead of dull, because the user can always soften the edges.
Yeah, I know about gloves but I do not EDC them.

 

[benchwarmer380]

-A lot of Asian farmers would disagree.
-Not my thing but who cares?
-Some European cultures view knives with guards to be boys knives.

The biggest knife fail that I've seen(and have been guilty of) is thinking your preference is the way things should be for everyone.

Indeed. Flippers anyone?

 

[A. G. Russell]

Choils is for goils

A choil is a small or large notch at the handle end of the blade meant to allow the sharpening of the full length of the cutting edge. . . .it has nothing to do with fingers

 

[Kwon Kwang]

Weak locks on folders, especially weak locks that the manufacturer likes to boast about and refer to as "proven" and the like.

Tantos with swedges (well, most of them).

Sharp and boxy handles.

Poor edges out of box.

OTFs. Just a weak design IMO.

Sawback blades. I could do without the stress points, thanks.

Expensive knives in general that don't offer me more for my money. If I'm paying more for a knife, and I often will, I want better ergonomics, better heat treatment, a stronger lock, a better edge out of box, a better sheath, and steel that matches the price point. I'm not paying more because the knife is stylish.

This is going to bother some people, but "MADE IN USA". In my experience, that means a higher price, worse F&F and lower quality control standards, unless I want to spend a lot, which I don't. "But Kwon, you should support the American labor force!" Yeah, I'll support the American labor force when they offer me better knives at better prices. There are exceptions, of course, like Spyderco's Native and Manix 2 folders, and Cold Steel's old Carbon V blades. YMMV.

Just my opinion, you can take it or leave it.

 

[cards94]

Indeed. Flippers anyone?

you mean those mechanical things on the side of pinball machines?

 

[Snakebreaker]

Don't worry about it. I've already learned that some around here take themselves way too seriously.

Agreed. Seems like a perfectly reasonable question the poster asked. After all, it is the "General Knife Discussion" forum. Welcome aboard Odins Son.

He even qualified his question by saying it was all for fun. Seems innocent enough. Geez.....way to make him feel welcome.

 

[Pete3]

OTFs. Just a weak design IMO.

but they are.... cool as F....
I must say, i lust after a microtech or Infidel.... they are illegal in CA though.

I would say plastic handles.... zytel, frn, that sort of stuff. I dislike them on higher end production knives. I dont understand, and I only buy them with intents to replace with g10. or other.
actually, i do understand them . on some knives it works, like spyderco. and water knives. But g10 is pretty cool.......

 

[benchwarmer380]

you mean those mechanical things on the side of pinball machines?

Lol not so much.

Sorry, my quotation should have been clearer.

"The biggest knife fail that I've seen(and have been guilty of) is thinking your preference is the way things should be for everyone.""

It was suppose to be a poke at a recent banned member who had a raging tent for flippers and would not relent no matter what. Sorry poor taste I know but he was lame troll.

 

[PhoenixTearsROCK]

the boker ak is legit, i carry the auto version of it damn near every time i carry an auto, which is once in a while, and on rare occasions my red troodon (it looks like the otf in bullet to the head, but has a slide instead of button, better anyway), but i don't want the pigs taking them, so thats why my lil boker auto ak is the perfect choice, $50 is better to lose than 300 lol i've used it alot too,, isn't the best, but it works, springs like a champ, and the handle is actually pretty easy to grip too. its aus8 which is fine i guess, better than 440whatever. beware the boker plus stamped manuals they're selling now,they are not auto, or just buy a spring. in short, boker ak hater= fail, a lot of other boker stuff is soso tho.

KNIFE FAILS= Edges/ grinds on svord blades, protech godfather tip, dropping almost any S & W recon tac ert whatever on concrete and watching the top to the screw of the center pivot break, anything frost, united cutlery, lord of the rings, movie swords in general, especially the bat'leth, ALL hollow handle knives (chris reeves too, also probably lile's, but u you could just sell it for bank), benchmade pricing and customer service, loser call of duty fanboys asking about ballistic knives, and marbles being china trash now. i sound like a hater, damn|-)

 

[Jmboz]

Bark River's heat treat and/or grinding quality control and the fit/finish issues (sometimes).

Fantoni's crappy customer service. I had a MIX that arrived without the left hand clip (they wouldn't send me another), and the main spring broke after six months of EDC. I couldn't send it back to them for repairs since I live in Australia, so had to get a local knife maker to make a new one for $50.00 out of pocket.

Mcusta's fit (the finish was decent). When my Tactility arrived the linerlock wouldn't lock properly and the knife would close very easy (safety issue). Granted an hours worth of hand fitting solved the problem, but you really shouldn't have to do that on what is supposed to be a high quality made knife.

Anything made in China, except the Spyderco Tenacious. That's a well made knife (at least the one's I've seen in person), but made with so-so steel that still holds up fairly well.

 

[cncpro11]

I tend to avoid knives named "Extreme" or "Ultimate"