Knife that most disappoints you

An old Uncle Henry/ Schrade folder. It's a beautiful knife, but I snapped off the tip trying to dig one of my arrows out of an old dead tree stump (target practice). I didn't think I was using that much pressure, oh well. It was a gift from a good friend, so that made it hurt double.

I hate to admit it, but I still like the knife, and might get another one.
 
The Knives that disappoint me most are the ones that I screw up. It was a bad time (health wise) when Apogees in question were made. That was a year or so ago. But life is much better now as are the knives. The hell of it was it took a week in a hospital bed for me to figure out That I was very ill.

I do have to say that not every knife fits every persons expectations. The best I can do is try to make the vision that the person has correct in the end. Feedback is the best tool. Thanks for the comments.

Here are the upgrades since that time.

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Hi everyone!
the knife that I own that dissapoints me most would definately be the Gerber Gator. The size is perfect, the handles are nice but the blade has certainly let me down. I jsut can't get it to hold an edge. I can get it sharp but it loses the edge so quickly. I have heard this from a few Gerber owners too. Anyone else here have the same problem with the Gerbers?
 
Right now there are 3 and ALL are from Microtech. The Amphibian (in it's current form), the new fixed blade (why did they change it) and that ugly ass little CC knife.

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EDI Genesis I. The grip is too slippery. I'd be afraid of dropping it when I really needed it.

-Fred
 
I think mine was probably a Cold Steel Mini-Tanto I ordered a long time ago. It had a way small handle and a round guard. I sent it back just like that.

Just traded for another though - an original with the standard brass guard and filework. Much better!
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Number one on my disappointment list was my Emerson Commander, fit wasn't great, finish was atrocious, lock was anemic, hated the chisel ground blade. if I'd bought it to look at I wouldn't have been AS offended, but I bought it as a heavy duty work knife and it was a real disappointment. if I may be so brazen as to mention a #2 it would be my Benchmade AFCK, loved the blade, the feel of the handle etc, problem came when one day I errrr..was suffering from what I'll refer to mildly as "Cranial Rectumitis" and left it in my jeans pocket when I was doing the laundry, the knife i took out was in three different pieces, busted spacer, emblem missing from the handle, etc. of course I've never see a knife advertised as "Washer and Dryer proof" but I've had $14. Swiss tinkers survive the heavy duty wash cycle, I was a bit apalled when my AFCK didn't make it, that was one of my very first high dollar knives. uhmmm..on second thought i'm wonder if I should have mentioned that I'm absent-minded enough to wash a knife more than once?
 
Careful KAJNIN. It's not politically correct to criticize Mr. Ralph on these here pages. After all this is where he advertizes his wares.
 
My most disappointing knife has been the emerson cqc7. I remember 4 yrs ago I had a very hard choice between the benchmade cqc7 and the afck. I got the afck. Well I was able to get a cqc7 last year for cheap so I figured what the hell. It sucked. I love the way the knive looks, but after that...1. The edge is too thick to cut,does not hold an edge and is hard to sharpen. 2. Slotted screw kept loosing up. Blade to handle ratio is ridiculous. 3. Liners are puny and the lock sticks severely. I sold it. Overrated and overpriced. A knife that I never have owned but dissapoints me is the LCC. The handle feels like a chalkboard eraser, but with sharp edges. It just doesnt't flow like the other MT knives. Maybe the aluminum handle change will change my mind.
 
William Henry Evolution series, they just don't have the "walk and talk" of the original line. Much cheeper in every way.

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA
 
The Cold Steel Triple Action. I had mine for three weeks, and it was cool in the beginning. I was getting very good at flipping it one handed, kinda like a LEGAL bali. Chris999 was better at flipping it than I was and offered to buy it after I got my Buck/Strider. Three weeks into owning it, the screws in the handle joint fell out. The handles were aluminum, and the metal is too soft for a bali IMHO. It just fell out.

...POS

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Emerson Commander - Looks cool, but only frmo one side... Blade play, not very good fit & finish overall. Definitely was not worth neither the money I've spent on it, nor the 2 month I've been waiting for it.

Buck M9 - when I got that it was listed as a Field Knife. Ok, now I know it's a bayonet, nothing else, but still, can't hold any edge whatsoever...Sucks
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1)A long time ago I bought what I thought was the Cold Steel Master Tanto for carrying in Africa. Three months I traveled with a knife I thought I could trust my life on. The second week back home it broke at the tang. I had been conned. I went and bought the real CS Master Tanto, which is as good as I ever want.

2)Wilkinson Sword Survival Knife. Fortunately I was given it to test. It was so bad, mostly due to the design, that I gave it back. The write up never went to press.

3)Benchmade Bushmaster, kukri/bolo. Too squishy a handle and the blade takes damage too fast.

4)Cheap knives I break so I don't bother with them any more.
 
AFCK

Blade scuffs, blade wobble, blade goes off center...

At this price point!!! You gota be kidin me! The M2 steel and comfort save this knife.

The 710 is twice as good.

W.A.

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Not a knife really but I ordered a tanto a while ago...real beautiful shaping, great edge, beautiful visible grain and everything, but the hamon was gunome (2nd least liked) and there was a bit of togari (least liked) on the ura.

Since I can't afford and don't buy factory knives, I'm fortunate to say that this was the worst disappointment I've had.

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Shinryû.
 
Commander, the only knife to ever send me to the emergency room. A true POS, as was the Emerson replaced first one I had. Seems to be quite a few Commanders listed on this list.

Second was a Elishewitz Phantom w/ti bolsters and carbon fiber scales. While the lock was great on this one, the fit and finish was atrocious! The blosters didn't lie flat with the liner and the blade looked like it was sharpened with a brick. The blade also showed grinding marks. Fit and finish just flat out sucked. Bought it directly from Elishewitz and couldn't believe they sent that unit out. When I ordered this knife, I even told his wife how friggin' picky I was when it comes to fit and finish.......go figure! They didn't even inquire if I wanted it fixed. They just gave me a refund (less about $20 shipping both ways). Saw the same knife up for sale a week later on an internet dealer sites.......knife had the logo misplaced (logo too close to the blade grind) exaclty as mine did.......think they fixed the rest of it?

jc
 
When I was first looking for a 3 bladed stockman pocketknife, I bought a Colonial Stockman, inexpensive and cheap - and there is a difference in the two!

The blades wobbled and would not take or hold a good edge and the handles and bolsters were cheap. But it did serve a good purpose, it convinced me that I wanted a stockman style knife. I like the choice of the three blades.

I replaced it with a Buck Stockman but because the blades were too hard to sharpen I switched to a Schrade Old Timer Middleman Stockman and I am quite satisfied with that.

Even those inexpensive Imperial pocketknives are better than the Colonial. My favorite brand of pocketknife though is Camillus.
 
I'd have to say the Boker Brend. I really liked what I saw before I bought one. The fit and finish were terrible. I really wanted to like that knife, but couldn't get over the quality problems.

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Microtech LCC. The knife has a very impressive style to it and the fit and finish on mine is first rate. But the handle is very slippery and I dropped the damned thing soon after getting it. Also, it is heavy and unbalanced to my way of thinking.

As far as criticizing Darrel Ralph on these pages, I'm sure Mr. Ralph can take care of himself. No matter what bad experiences some may have had (and all craftsmen, no matter how great, have some bad days) it remains that Darrel's designs are some of the very nicest in the folder world today.



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Peter Atwood

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