Knife Gripes! (Slight Rant Alert)

[DJC72]

I feel you on the Zt’s. I am a Zt fan but cringe a little when I hear people say that Zt makes a better Hinderer than a Hinderer. Not that I think a Hinderer is perfect but I have taken a few Zt’s apart and they had a ton of locktite on the screws and I stripped a screw on my 0562. Getting the blades centered was a pia. Others mileage may vary with Zt. In summary, cheap screws and gobs of locktite suck!

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

you could sharpen that out on the sharpmaker XD

You could also crawl an ultra-marathon.

 

[Hickory n steel]

So you mean a sheep's foot that's not straight from sloppy sharpening/grinding or like on a Griptillian?

Both, but the latter is just a design feature.

 

[ourgon]

you could sharpen that out on the sharpmaker XD

Yeah, I'm sure it would look great after.

 

[basmca]

Yeah, I'm sure it would look great after.

by the time you're done your eyesight would be so bad trough old age you wouln't even notice.

 

[buffalo01]

I may be alone here but my gripe is knives that don't slice well. Especially the smaller knives.
Early last year I was looking for a small light carry knife, something for the slicing & cutting duties that come up on a regular basis.
I read a review on the Benchmade Valet under performance & operation there were 5 paragraphs about opening and closing. Not a mention anywhere in the article about cutting ability.
Is cutting ability not considered performance anymore.

I did get a chance to use a Valet, the feel and size were right, it was easy to open and close. Unfortunately I wasn't impressed with it's performance. The valet is just begging for a flat grind.

Reality for me is I spend more time using a knife to cut stuff, than I do stabbing car doors, chopping down small trees or killing zombies and I never pry. Cutting ability is the most important performance aspect of a knife.

I wound up waiting until Ontario released the Rat 2 – D2. That sub $40 knife out performs the $170 valet. Maybe I can't brag about G-10 and M390 but so what.

Trust me you are not alone, that is one of my gripes with my spyderco manix. Even though it is he ffg model it is not God's gift to slicing even though it appears to have a relatively thin grind. I have probably a 28 degree main bevel with a 40 degree microbevel on it now and it cuts decent but not any better than my zt 0220 that has a nearly .180'' thick blade. But i get over it because the knife has so many other great things about it I let it slide. it does not help that mine is a black model and spydercos coating creates a lot of drag, but the stuff is very scratch resistant!

 

[buffalo01]

you could sharpen that out on the sharpmaker XD

You would have to go after that with a 220 grit diamond stone, even then it would take forever. Just by looks you would have to remove .06" of material at least to get it sharp. Then the bevel would be absurdly wide. That is just a very poorly executed blade, not excuses for it.

 

[basmca]

You would have to go after that with a 220 grit diamond stone, even then it would take forever. Just by looks you would have to remove .06" of material at least to get it sharp. Then the bevel would be absurdly wide. That is just a very poorly executed blade, not excuses for it.

I was clearly joking....

 

[Pomsbz]

I may be alone here but my gripe is knives that don't slice well. Especially the smaller knives.
Early last year I was looking for a small light carry knife, something for the slicing & cutting duties that come up on a regular basis.
I read a review on the Benchmade Valet under performance & operation there were 5 paragraphs about opening and closing. Not a mention anywhere in the article about cutting ability.
Is cutting ability not considered performance anymore.

I did get a chance to use a Valet, the feel and size were right, it was easy to open and close. Unfortunately I wasn't impressed with it's performance. The valet is just begging for a flat grind.

Reality for me is I spend more time using a knife to cut stuff, than I do stabbing car doors, chopping down small trees or killing zombies and I never pry. Cutting ability is the most important performance aspect of a knife.

I wound up waiting until Ontario released the Rat 2 – D2. That sub $40 knife out performs the $170 valet. Maybe I can't brag about G-10 and M390 but so what.

Man after my own heart. I often wonder if people are actually cutting stuff with their sharpened prybars.

 

[Cvrobinson]

Man after my own heart. I often wonder if people are actually cutting stuff with their sharpened prybars.

Yeah we cut stuff with our pry bars, just not always, if I want to open mail or an apple, I use a leek.
If I'm needing to cut rope, wire, you know, stuff, and slice an apple, a s30v blur comes to the rescue.
But when you want apple cider, it's time for the Adamas 275

 

[Pomsbz]

Yeah we cut stuff with our pry bars, just not always, if I want to open mail or an apple, I use a leek.
If I'm needing to cut rope, wire, you know, stuff, and slice an apple, a s30v blur comes to the rescue.
But when you want apple cider, it's time for the Adamas 275

Now I'm craving cider!

 

[Cvrobinson]

Now I'm craving cider!

Cool , here is my recipe, skin the apples with a zt301, slice and core with a cs recon, then baton with the 275, gently, and remember, no spine tapping the apples.

 

[Mo2]

50 knife gripes from nick shabazz.

http://knifenews.com/knife-gripes-episode-50-the-finale/