knife pet hates

Crappy steel in a supposedly quality knife blade. (Wenger and Victorinox are you listening?)
Sharp edges on the handles/hilts of knives and combination tools which is why I simply will not own a Leatherman tool.
Friction lock knives with mainsprings so damned stiff that you break your thumbnail off trying to open the damned things.
And, finally, companies that rip off others' ideas and trademarks.
 
Andy_L said:
is this the reason that some knives have a little bit of metal below the level of the cutting edge at the ricasso?
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That little bit of metal is called a "kick".
 
:cool: Poorly designed and made custom knives who's maker is swearing up and down that "it is supposed to be like that" :barf: if it's wrong, it's wrong!Also those gawdy camo recon," my knife can kill anything better than your knife" things! :thumbdn:
 
Shmackey said:
I also agree about the gun logos. I'm not going to buy a gun with a knife logo, after all.

("Now available: Colt Combat Commander: Benchmade Edition." No way.)
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I would get one of the Busse Combat 1911s when they come out... The reason most gin company knives are looked down on is that they are crap, ala S&W. But the BM H&Ks look ok...
 
Gryffin said:
[*]Tactical, tactical, TACTICAL. Camo finishes, military marketing, threatening product names... Geez, guys, if you keep marketing these tools to the Rambo wannabes, opportunistic polititians are gonna start doing to our "assault knives" what they did to "assault rifles", and we're ALL gonna suffer. Tone down the rhetoric and sell on quality and functionality, fer cryin' out loud, or we'll end up like the UK, with no locking blades or anything bigger than a nail cleaner.
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What, you mean you don't want the new Insurgent Killer 3000, with Sternum-Pro penetrating tip, Gutmaster thumbstud that won't snag on intestines, and the new-and-improved Chip-ex lock that resists fouling from bone fragments? And an extra $45 buys you bloodstain-proof scales. :)
 
kricket said:
:cool: Poorly designed and made custom knives who's maker is swearing up and down that "it is supposed to be like that" :barf: if it's wrong, it's wrong!
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Can you give a specific example(s)? I'm not asking for names, just what was wrong with the mentioned knife or knives. Thanks.
 
- Poor grinds. I've a Rem Bullet that took forever and a day to thin properly, and the thing still won't cut worth a darn.
- Poor snap in a slipjoint. I don't need bear-trap levels, just a nice, solid click.
- Rounded tips and edges. Case, yeah, I'm pointing dead at you.
- Junk steel in a $$$ knife. S&M. 420HC at 56 in a beauty? Case, 420HC at 55 in a $300 pearl knife?
 
Sword and Shield- Junk steel in a $$$ knife. S&M. 420HC at 56 in a beauty?[/QUOTE said:
I got a Queen muskrat, a really slick one with black/purple handle slabs. PERFECT grinding, the blades don't actually touch each other. Steel sucks though.

I also got a S-M with black pearl handles. A nice little 2-blade pen knife, also perfect. But I found out it was crap steel. What gives? They make $30 knives with D2, but $100 knives with 420hc?

Fortunately I got the muskrate for $25 and the pearl one for $30. Not terrible prices for lookers, but damn...
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Carl64 said:
I also got a S-M with black pearl handles. A nice little 2-blade pen knife, also perfect. But I found out it was crap steel. What gives? They make $30 knives with D2, but $100 knives with 420hc?
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I think they're mostly marketed at collectors. Still, some people may want to use them and for that price it should probably be better steel.
 
Andy_L said:
your the only person that come up with this on the places I've asked. Why don't you like them?
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I dislike Torx screws because I they at least for me strip easy, plus when I tried to find a T6/T7 it was sort of hard, not impossible just hard. Anyways, a regular philips head, square head, or even flat head seem to be better for me at least, never have problems with those.
 
Bad edges from the factory is what gets me. I have gotten Benchmades and Spydercos with grinds much worse than my Bucks. What gives?
 
nelsonmc said:
I dislike Torx screws because I they at least for me strip easy, plus when I tried to find a T6/T7 it was sort of hard, not impossible just hard. Anyways, a regular philips head, square head, or even flat head seem to be better for me at least, never have problems with those.
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Cheap torx screws or a cheap torx driver will do it. I have a Smith and Wesson POS with torx screws and the almost fall apart.

No such problems with Spyderco or Benchmade torx screws. If you have the right driver, it's not going to give you any slipping problems or get chewed up like phillips screws can.

It's not 100% necessary, but at least it's a standard screw type. It's used for electronic devices too.
 
ABTOMAT-47 said:
What, you mean you don't want the new Insurgent Killer 3000, with Sternum-Pro penetrating tip, Gutmaster thumbstud that won't snag on intestines, and the new-and-improved Chip-ex lock that resists fouling from bone fragments? And an extra $45 buys you bloodstain-proof scales. :)
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I prefer the Man Butcher from Death's Arms. Better steel.
 
1. Blade coating on stainless steel. (carbon's with coatings are OK)
2. The word Tactical (though the knives are cool)
3. MTech (and I own one)
4. Gerber
5. plastic handles
6. stainless steel handles
7. Clips I can't get on my jeans.
8. Clips that chew up my jeans more than usual.
9. pivot screws that are neither flat, phillips, torx, tri-wing(the three bladed ones), robertson, hex, or posidriv. (Yo Boker, how's it going)
10. covert deanimation (dork ops)
11. proprietary steel types (hello CS)
12. expensive knives made with crap steel, or
13. knives that use steel innappropriate for their function.
14. Atlanta Cutlery Co.
 
Well, my dislikes have been covered by previous posters, but I'll chime in anyways.

I dislike:

  • Writing / large logos on the blades of my knives. CRKT is often guilty of this. Grohmann, for some unfathomable reason, sees the need to plaster 'Flat Grind Canada' across the blade of their #1 model ...
  • Knives that can't be easily disassembled for cleaning.
  • Thin locking liners. My Buck Alpha has yet to fail, but with its thin liner, I figure it's only a matter of time.
  • chisel grinds. They have their uses, but they often turn up as the only options on knife models where a dual grind would be preferable.
 
Insufficient guard on the handle. I have the best blade and sheath and everything but I'm scared to ever really use it for lack of a guard to keep the hand (specifically, the thumb and index finger and the web like space of skin between them)from sliding up on the handle onto the blade, which would cut like hell because it is wicked sharp.
 
Those FREAKIN' square knives!!

Rainbow Coating

Chunky knives (those big "tactical" {sorry :o } b@$tards that feel like you're trying to cut with the buttstock of a rifle)

Prices of some blades (I just don't see it sometimes when a blade that's not handmade can cost almost as much as a pistol or a hefty downpayment on a rifle or other firearm)

I think I'll stop there...STUPID SQUARE KNIVES!!!

Don't want to offend anyone and sorry if some of y'all like 'em but ECK!! :barf:
 
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