Knife features/trends that you can do without?

It bugs me to see cheap (less than $10 in some cases) knives being sold to folks at gun shows with no explanation of why they are so cheap.
 
1. Serrations that are too fine (like Cold Steel's) or that are more for tearing than cutting.
2. Knives with edges that are so thick they don't cut properly (sharpened pry bars).
3. Knives advertised as "for military/police use only" when it's obvious they say that to grab the interest of mall ninjas (I won't mention the co.).
4. Reading about cool knife designs (some autos and balis) that I can't even legally own, let alone carry.
5. Although I own/like some knives with bead-blasted blades, in general I don't like bead-blast.
6. Pocket clips that are so long they aren't snug.
7. Certain extremely short drop point designs where the edge belly curves way up to the tip that the front of the edge is facing forward. I find to use these blades, I have to use my wrist in an awkward way. Or they sometimes slip off what I'm cutting.
Jim
 
kgriggs8 said:
I also don't like the general trend towards who can make the absolute strongest knife regardless of if it still cuts or not. It is possible to make a knife that will never break but you loose what the knife was meant for, i.e., cutting things.
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This is my main complaint. If I need a prybar, I'll carry a REAL prybar. Knives are for cutting SOFT materials.
 
kgriggs8 said:
What trends seem to be going in the wrong direction?
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- Bigger blades on folders/ bigger folders. Smaller blades with a full-size handle is the new hotness but outside of Emerson + Spyderco no one is making them. Damnit.

- Left-handedness is on the decline again. We enjoyed a good surge in products but now they seem to be dropping off the radar again. Kershaw is especially bad about this.
 
moonwilson said:
I agree with SirGalant that this should be in Whine and Cheese.
(here comes the whine)

Things I don't like in knives (some of which are recent trends):
black blades
assisted opening
chisel grinds
quartz crystal/wing walk/skateboard tape/sandpaper handle inserts
sharp-edged thumbstuds
sharp-edged blade holes
sawback blades
crappy sheaths
painted or shiny pocket clips
excessive writing/ huge trademarks on blades
badly finished G10
flames/ skulls/ tribal ornament
mall ninja marketing
liner locks
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I agree with you on most points, but: Black blades can look nice, but they don't serve any other purpose for people who don't go around killing in the night; Assisted opening is a good idea, but still needs to be worked on; and liner locks are my preferred locking method.
 
I enjoy the great diversity in knives, so much of what many dislike, I don't have a problem with. That said, three features I don't like are:

Tanto blades
Serrated blades and
Bloody great printing on blades.
 
A.P.F. said:
I enjoy the great diversity in knives, so much of what many dislike, I don't have a problem with. That said, three features I don't like are:

Tanto blades
Serrated blades and
Bloody great printing on blades.
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I've never used a Tanto blade to be honest, but it seems to me like it would have a stronger tip, and larger cutting area, so I don't see the problem with that :)!

As for serrated, I don't cut much rope -- none -- so it's not useful for me, but I suppose if you did cut things like that serrated would be good; combo edges on the other hand, only seem to cause problems for me (like whatever I'm cutting getting stuck on the start of the serrations).

Bloody great printing on blades just looks horrendously ugly :)
 
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