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Knife flaws that bug you the most?

Seilu said:
Didn't realize being made outside of the USA is considered a flaw. Maybe I'm just not as racist as a lot of members are.
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Grow up.

Blade play, off center blades, excessive blade rub when talking multibladed traditional knives, gaps between liners & back springs & Super strong pulls that bend my fingernail back.
 
Mountain Mike said:
Adjusting a pivot to the point of bladeplay just to get it to open smoothly!
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Lubing it up helps with that without adjusting the pivot, or you could do what I do and just constantly open and close it every once in a awhile and eventually it smoothens out
 
Dull from the factory. A good design with poor materials. Badly uneven grinds. The more the knife costs the more picky I am.
 
The Hotblooded flaming shows nothing but ignorance. if you had sufficient reading comprehesion, you would realize that,"that cheap chinese garbage/ foreign things suck." is not the same as,"I prefer American made knives." There's a difference between prefering something made in the US vs bashing anything foreign. It seems being as chauvinistic as possible wins friends here. I only buy US made knives, but I'm secure with myself to the point where I don't feel the need to verbally destroy makers of foreign origins.

K, I'm done let the thread return to its original standing.
 
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After owning a CRKT Foresight, I have become a disliker of clips that interfere with a good grip on the knife. I really never noticed, honestly, until getting my hands on the Foresight, which has a clip that does not interfere at all with gripping the knife. All clips should be like that, though its a design element on the Foresight that really can't be incorporated on every knife.

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Bad fit&finish. I'm not too picky but sometimes I've had knives that I wonder if QC even cares. I also hate blades that hit the frame/sheaths thah dull or nick the blade.
 
Lock-rock is the worst. Blade-wiggle that cannot be fixed by tightening the pivot is next. ...and the list goes on...
I really want it to be perfect. I carry a Sebbie or a Zaan. Yes, they are expensive. Yes, they are perfect.
IMO.
 
Poor blade centering...the more expensive the knife, the more it annoys me.
 
Mine is lock bars and back springs that don't sit flush when the blade is in the open or closed position.
 
I'd say it's centering, deep grind lines on the edge that take forever to sharpen out, late lockup, stripped screws, and most of all, blade play. I can't tolerate even a little. No otf knives for me, I guess.

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Finger choils. Choking up proves you made the blade to long. Choils are a sorry excuse for a "longer" handle.
 
I don't know if this qualifies, but it bugs me when a good fixed blade ships with a horrible sheath. Got a wonderful Bark River that came with a sheath that is completely the wrong size and shape, allowing the tip to penetrate it which somewhat defeats the purpose of a sheath in the first place.
 
My number one annoyance is knives not coming with a tip-down carry possibility. Further I can't stand blade-play and off-centering.

Personally I don't give a damn where my knife is made, as long as it delivers quality and/or value for money. On top of that, I love free-market capitalism and am not bothered by any sorrow autarkic or communistic sentiments.

By the way, nobody can convince me that Spydercos from Golden have better fit and finish than the ones from Taiwan.
 
powernoodle said:
After owning a CRKT Foresight, I have become a disliker of clips that interfere with a good grip on the knife. I really never noticed, honestly, until getting my hands on the Foresight, which has a clip that does not interfere at all with gripping the knife. All clips should be like that, though its a design element on the Foresight that really can't be incorporated on every knife.
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That's why I find tip-down in any case more comfortable :)
 
Seilu said:
The Hotblooded flaming shows nothing but ignorance. if you had sufficient reading comprehesion, you would realize that,"that cheap chinese garbage/ foreign things suck." is not the same as,"I prefer American made knives." There's a difference between prefering something made in the US vs bashing anything foreign. It seems being as chauvinistic as possible wins friends here. I only buy US made knives, but I'm secure with myself to the point where I don't feel the need to verbally destroy makers of foreign origins.

K, I'm done let the thread return to its original standing.
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"Verbally destroy"

Sensitive much :confused:

Wow.
 
Real deal-breakers: Blade play, off-center, poor pivot action (gritty, flippers with poor detents)
Annoyances (after making this list, I noticed these are all design flaws as opposed to manufacturing errors): Pocket clips that rest on rough handle material (pocket shredding), too much handle exposed when clipped in-pocket, blade tips that are perfectly flush with the end of the handle (meaning likely accidental cuts to the hands), poor thumbstud placement, secondary lock features (autoLAWKS / Rotoblocks), and the biggest one for me: pocket clips that are not designed to allow one to easily place the knife in the pocket. I can't tell you how many times I have almost pantsed myself trying to get a knife in a pocket because of how much force was needed.
 
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