Knife names you like or hate

Steely_Gunz said:
Easy there, amigo.
I don' think anyone here is getting their personal knickers in a twist over a name. The point is that a stupid name for a knife is a stupid name for a knife. Perceptions matter. Its not infringing on anyone's freedom. The marketing department thought it was some cool badass and scary name. It has nothing to do with the knife, but it DOES reflect on our hobby.

As knife enthusiasts, our bit is not to get bent out of shape over perceived affronts to our freedoms. Our job is to be good ambassadors of our hobby and bear the brunt of understanding that many people are woefully ignorant to the good of our passion. Part of the gig is being honest with ourselves and calling out inflammatory stupidity when it pops up. It is simply foolish to name a knife Death on Contact. Any knife used "correctly" for such a job would result in "death on contact". There is nothing special about that knife other than the marketing department wanted to be provocative. It puts money in the coffers of the manufacturer who catering to some high speed, low drag types (or types playing the part), but it does nothing to help our cause with society that knives are tools, art, and part of the collective culture.
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Anza’s Dune Field is ok, if onl I knew what that was. But ixnay on its larger brother Dune Slayer.

Ya gotta like Skookum Bush Tool, because....
 
Steely_Gunz said:
Easy there, amigo.
I don' think anyone here is getting their personal knickers in a twist over a name. The point is that a stupid name for a knife is a stupid name for a knife. Perceptions matter. Its not infringing on anyone's freedom. The marketing department thought it was some cool badass and scary name. It has nothing to do with the knife, but it DOES reflect on our hobby.

As knife enthusiasts, our bit is not to get bent out of shape over perceived affronts to our freedoms. Our job is to be good ambassadors of our hobby and bear the brunt of understanding that many people are woefully ignorant to the good of our passion. Part of the gig is being honest with ourselves and calling out inflammatory stupidity when it pops up. It is simply foolish to name a knife Death on Contact. Any knife used "correctly" for such a job would result in "death on contact". There is nothing special about that knife other than the marketing department wanted to be provocative. It puts money in the coffers of the manufacturer who catering to some high speed, low drag types (or types playing the part), but it does nothing to help our cause with society that knives are tools, art, and part of the collective culture.
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it is a name and I don’t really care who is offended.
 
Sorry, I'm not politically correct. If I like a knife, I don't give a rat's ass what it's called. Doesn't mean I'll ever call it that, or anything, other than mine. And 99% of the public doesn't give a rat's ass what your knife is called. Really, they could not care less. And I could not care less what the general public thinks of my knife, or its name, assuming they looked up from their phones long enough to notice. Cater to the mythical over-zealous District Attorneys if you wish, but don't expect me to comply.

For those who prefer not to upset people that you don't know who really don't care, when was the last time you just asked someone you don't know what they thought of the name of your knife?
 
I guess I'm one of the few who, at the very least, doesn't mind ZT's core numbers naming convention.

HALO is quite cool.
 
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I guess I'm one of the few who, at the very least, doesn't mind ZT's core numbers naming convention.

HALO is quite cool.
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Sorry, not reading all the above entries. Don't like too many acronym names ending in UK.
 
Ranger is a knife name I quite like, there's probably good reason Buck currently uses it in some form for 3 different knives.

Cheetah is one that sounds like a crappy 1980's import to me, the Case cheetah is an interesting knife but the name I find kind of dumb.
Copperhead I like, and the shark series names I think are cool as well.
 
Dislike any knife with so many letters and numbers in the name that it tries to make itself look exotic. Hurts the tongue just trying to say it. Tries to hide the fact that it is imported money grabbers.
 
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Buck Hoodlum: I own one and I know it's a play on Ron Hoods name but it's ridiculous for a knife that expensive. Plus where I live if you do get stopped by the Cops and you have to explain why you have your knife with you. I can only imagine having "Hoodlum" written across the side is only going to complicate things. Runner up for the same reason is the Buck Thug.

Spyderco Shaman: Maybe it's because I grew up with my Dad being a Preacher, but the name never made any sense to me. At the same time I wouldn't want Evangelist or Bishop as a name either.

Spyderco Myrtle: It's named after a plant, but the blade kinda reminds me of a turtle. IDK just sounds weird to me.

Like:

Cold Steel Ti-Lite: Out of all the Cold Steel names I like this one the best. Usually their names kinda describe the knife, but not this one which is why I would like to learn how they came up with it.

Spyderco Para Military 2/3: My inner child is a mall ninja and loves taticool names and this one hits all the marks. Maybe it's also just because I like the knife so much.

Spyderco Ikuchi: In Japan there is a island and a sea monster that shares the same name. I've been fascinated with anything Japanese or Japanese sounding since being a kid growing up in the 80's.
 
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