Knife photo rant! Tip-up, tip-down? Ambi?

fulloflead

fulloflead

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I don't know who started the trend. Perhaps it was Emerson with their "Flag" side always being shown in photos with their logo and chisel grind.

(Actually, I love Emersons and have a ton of them and know that they're all tip-up carry and ambi disk.)

DEALERS PAY ATTENTION!

It drives me absolutely bat schit that knife photos are almost always from the left side and you can't tell if they're tip-up or tip-down carry or if there's a thumb stud on the other side!

I always prefer tip-up and I open my knife as I draw with my index finger of my right hand on the right stud as it clears the pocket which is a method I've found to be very fast.

But while shopping for knives they are almost always shown only from the left so I always have to search for more pics or ask someone to see if it suits me.

I'll almost always choose a tip-up ambi knife over others even if it's a better deal or if I like another knife a little better because of my preference.

But, because of this strange left-side-only habbit people have in picturing their knives it's always a pain in the arse!

I always appreciate sites like PVK or KnifeArt who usually picture both sides.

Rant mode off.:rolleyes:
 
Fulloflead,
I have the same pet peeve. But, sometimes I like to see the side with the clip so I can see approximately how deep pocket carry would be. It bothers me when dealers don't show both sides of the knife in this case.

Tom
 
Tom,
I wish they showed the profile so I could see the blade, liners, scales and lock thicknesses and their relativity to each other
 
It sounds like, This Is A Job For ... Brick'n'Mortar Storekeeper!

I agree with all of you. A picture doesn't have to be worth the traditional thousand words, but so many of them are more like a mumble. At least the text could mention ambi or not, moveable clip ... but noooo, you have to go to a knife show to find out!

Hey, that's a good idea.

In the meantime, just ask. With any luck, a few of us here will know enough to tell ya! :D
 
Unfortunately, the majority of retail knife websites don't do their own pictures. They use what the vendors provide to them. This is why you see the exact same pictures on several different sites.

Photographing knives is a time-consuming and/or expensive task. Most online retailers operate on very slim margins and they can't afford the time or money to take three or four views of each of the hundred or more knives they carry.
 
I also don't like the fact that most of the time, knives are shown from the "right-hand" perspective, meaning that the blade is pointing towards the left (as if it was being held in the right hand)...The darn things look backwards to me since I'm a "lefty".
 
I would be happy if they would show pictures in both open and closed positions.

Paul
 
other things to consider:
More pictures=more server space
more server space used = More bandwidth used.

Also the more pics on a page means slower download speeds for the page and not everyone has highspeed internet.

But the points brought up are good ones :)
 
Yeah, I guess thats kind of a bummer, but Im a firm believer that you should hold a knife before you decide to buy it.
Even though I'm pretty good at guessing whether I'll like the feel of a knife from pictures you can always be unpleasantly surprised.
For instance if I didn't hold one every chance I get the overwhelming support for the Sebenza here could get me to buy one sight unseen.
Just doesn't grab me....love the blade though.....sorry
 
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