Knives I Wish I Didn't Buy....

First post!!! Great way to start it off eh?

The regret started with flea market/asian mall store knives (except a couple balisongs.)
Then moved to wal-mart gerbers, eeeeew.
But next I found kershaw, thanks to wal-mart no less. Kersh will always rank tippy top with me due to their AMAZING cust. serv. Kershaws opened my eyes to real knives. Some of their low end is not great though, I must admit. Gave away a couple china framelock kershs (can't remember model) to friends and just ended up grinding on them multiple times in order to make them usable.

Anyway recently I gave my gf a couple gerbers and a kershaw oso sweet. I still have an oso sweet myself (will never use) as my ocd forces me to buy 2x every knife so that I have one for the safe and one for use. Sucks double when I get a bad one. Bonus when I get the limited edition blurs that I love so dearly.

Most notably and recent I sold 2 buck 119s. Had one snap on me and now I'm disgusted seeing how peeny/meagner the tang was. Scared to buy another buck as these were my first and only and I had heard such great things.
 
my worst buy was probably a valloton double action. I don't remember the model but it just felt like hit or miss as far as sliding the scales to release the blade.. sometimes it would not budge, other times it would whip out and it was just unpredictable so I traded it off.
 
Only knife I really regret buying was a Benchmade Osborne model. Overpriced as usual- for what you get - and a terrible design.. I let the sales clerk do their job and talk me into it.

There are a lot I have wondered why I bought them , but I no longer have those , most of those were Spyderco or some lower end Kershaw that I thought a buddy would get more use from then I.

Tostig
 
Well lets see, my top worst buys

1. Sog Trident
2. spyderco native
3. a crkt - dont remember the name it was assisted opening
4. kershaw cyclone
5. benchmade mini pika

all of the above accept the native have been traded or sold
 
I do not regret buying any knives.
I bought some, which I didn't like. Sold them, may be lost few buck. Consider I paid for education. Just peanut to compare to today's tuition.
 
jvarn81 said:
Guys could you give a reason why you didn't like these knives, got we wondering....
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cziv said:
The BM 940 - a disappointment!! What??!! One of the finest production knives I own. Different strokes I guess. :)
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KarlMaldensNose said:
A lot of people consider those two classics. Well, maybe not the Sage, but it is certainly highly regarded. Everyone's hands are different.

I myself regret selling my 940, twice. Best Benchmade I've ever handled. One day if I can ever manage my money properly, maybe I'll have one that I won't have to sell to pay the bills.
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While not all Benchmade's are of the terrible fit and finish that my BM 940 was, that particular knife turned me off of Benchmade knives for a while.

The blade grind was so off that it was literally crooked, the edge was a diagonal line instead of a straight line down the center of the knife. The blade touched the right side scale when closed, and was slowly gouging into the aluminum scales over time.

Compared to several other BM Axis-locks, this particular example was gritty and it was impossible to remove blade-play on. Upon examination of the phosphor bronze washers, I could see that they were badly corroded. Even after polishing them to 1 micron lapping tape, they still scraped against the blade.

I carried a BM 943 for several years, which locks up perfectly and is dead center with nearly perfect grinds, and I found that the 940's reverse tanto grind was more annoying than useful in comparison to the 943's modified clip point

The final straw was when the right-side Omega spring broke only two months after I bought it.

Again, not all Benchmade's are of such terrible fit and finish, but after spending $140 on a knife that just plain annoyed me, I decided to start buying Chris Reeve Knives. I've been completely satisfied with every one of mine, and I cannot find a single flaw.

The Sage 2 is a right-handed knife, and I'm left-handed. The usual more aggressive thumb ramp on most Spyderco's is great for me, but the more gentle curve on the Sage's hurt my thumb (all of my joints are really loose, to the point that they all bend backwards 60-90 degrees, so having to constantly use my muscles to lock my thumb in place made it painful).
 
Anything made by CRKT. I would also include my Buck Strider/Tarani except
that I rec'd it as a present; still, a total POS.
 
Horn Dog said:
Here is my list. It is rather short considering how many knives I own. Most are folders.

Gerber 06 Auto: Weak spring. Fails to open fully on occasion.

Boker AK74 Auto: Spring broke on first day.

Gerber Bear Grylls Ultimate: Pommel broke off with first use.

Benchmade Infidel: Blade wobbles and is loose. In a $300 knife? The knife works fine, but sure seems sloppy for the money. It's the only Benchmade I ever regret buying.

DPX HEST/F: My first one was a real clunker. The new one is fine except for the broken pocket clip. For the money, I'd still say stick with Benchmade or Zero Tolerance. The ZT0350 is the same size and it rocks.

Bark River Vest Pocket Bowie: Knife broke in half while batoning.

Bark River Mountain Man Dagger: This thing is just dangerous. I don't know why I bought it! I'm afraid I'm going to cut myself with it. Needs a guard.

Becker Necker: I just hate using knives without handles. Paracord wraps don't impress me, either. I recently got a ESEE Izula II with the micarta handle. Love it.

Swamp Rat Swamp Warden: see above

Considering that I have well over 100 knives, this list is rather small, and some of them are no fault of the maker....I just don't like them.
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Your Gerber and Benchmade can both be fixed by sending them back. Both companies will either fix or replace until you are happy. Why not spend a few bucks on s&h and have something usable?

As for the Becker, why not just put scales on it?

Seems like a lot of the "complaint's people have could be easily resolved. I recently traded in to a knife that was less than perfect. $6.00 and 2 weeks later and I have a brand new, nice replacement. I figure the time and gas involved in finding a store with enough stock to pick a "perfect" copy, vs. a few extra bucks and a little patience to send back a less than perfect copy is worth it in some instances.

Just my observations.
 
Where should I start....here we go: SOG Trident, S&W OTF, Strider(early Generation)-overpaid for it, CRKT My Tighe, Emerson Super CQC-7W-too big for my hands, Cold Steel AK-47
 
I have far more knives than I will ever use in a lifetime. Never stopped me for looking and buying the next one.

Regrets? Not many really. The one knife I truly disliked after using it was a SOG Flash II. I like most of the SOG's I own, but I do discriminate. Both of the Flash II's are gone to who knows where... probably taken by worker bees. I now only provide utility knives now to worker bees and I ask for them back at the end of the day.

I bought a Kershaw boot knife once thinking I could use it in the field. It was pretty much a waste of money as far as I'm concerned. It is just not my cup of tea.

Never tried to sell any knife I own.
 
I also have more knives than i will ever use in 10 lifetimes. I do not regret any of them. They all have thier place. I think it is neat to see how my tastes have changed & become more utilitarian. I like fixed blades better, but do own some folders. From stupid cheap & stupid sharp, to stupid sharp & super strong. Now i tend to look for American made ones exclusively.
 
eburon said:
Extrema Ratio Shrapnel. I like my other ERs (Venom, CM, Dobermann), but this one is pretty much useless with a worthless sheath too. But it's good enough to have it displayed although I don't tend to use it.
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Please explain why this knife is pretty much useless, I ask because I was just shopping for one but I have been wavering on dropping 200 bucks on a user. This will be an edc on my duty belt. right now my esee 3 is filling the role but i wanted something in stainless.
 
I got caught up in the whole "Snody" crap, and bought a menace....

Nice custom, but i over paid big time, and it pissed me off the entire time of owning it....sold it for about 80% of my original paying price
 
If I have a knife that never gets used, it gets sold. The only exceptions to this rule are duplicates of knives that I use all the time...I keep a spare Cyclone and a spare Orange Manix 2 NIB that never get used.
 
About a year ago, I bought a Gerber Mini Fast Draw combo edge when I sent my Kershaw Chive (only knife I owned at the time) in for sharpening. I used it for two weeks until my Chive returned, then the Gerber was promptly relegated to the junk drawer. I thought about stuffing it into my go-bag, but decided that a Leatherman Blast is infinitely more useful and went with that. My collection has grown significantly since then, yet that Gerber is the only knife I never carry.
 
clockman said:
I've got a couple of knives I wish I didn't buy....I just dont use them enough...

A couple of medium & big Spydies se's, a couple of RJ Martin's, Bradley Allis 1s.

Does anyone else have knives they dont really use enough but can't get rid of them?
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Is the Military full size one of the ones you wish you didn't buy? Slow delpoyment? Other reasons?
 
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