Knives that make you go huh?! Why?!

[K.O.D.]

We all have personal preferences when it comes to knife design, but occasionally I'm sure everyone comes across something that makes little sense to them. I understand artistic expression, but this design from Kizer seems like a law suit waiting to happen. I'm familiar with swayback designs and all, but this is different.

I give you the Kizer Inversion.

 

[rover]

That is for stabbing. Duh

 

[sabre cat]

We all have personal preferences when it comes to knife design, but occasionally I'm sure everyone comes across something that makes little sense to them. I understand artistic expression, but this design from Kizer seems like a law suit waiting to happen. I'm familiar with swayback designs and all, but this is different.

I give you the Kizer Inversion.

WTF?

 

[AntDog]

Pikal-ish?

Flip that blade around and you might have a useful knife.

 

[Billy The Hungry]

What the fk.

People thought that was a good idea?

 

[Omnius]

Maybe Kizer guys had someone's birthday at work or rough monday morning shift after a weekend of celebrating, and put the blades the wrong way because of that.

Other knife that don't make sense to me is Cold Steel Frenzy. Cool looking design that I would buy if not for its stupid large size. They made it into a joke for social media photos.

Don't remember the brand, probably it was Master Cutlery or some other no name gas station special, but folding karambit with a wave opening and tip down only clip must be the ultimate tactical design.

 

[spoonrobot]

You have to know this is a normal framelock, just aesthetically "up-side down"? Not functionally that way.

 

[tejasandre]

They want in on some of that l-via money

 

[lieferung]

It's an obvious pikal. Why Kizer would want to enter the pikal market, I don't know.

 

[CWL]

It is a pikal knife for ice pick grip. This one isn't a chore knife but a weapon.

Pikal (also pakal) translates as "to rip" as the knife is held ice pick, edge in, and used like a claw (yes, you can stab as well). It uses your enemies' own body mass against himself. When thrust into opponent, their natural reflex is to pull-away, which will inflict additional damage to him/her.

 

[Ourorboros]

I don't understand the harpoon profile at all.

 

[afishhunter]

K.O.D. To answer your question:
1) "Choppers" that make some (but not all) believe they can fell a tree using a knife.

2) "Tactical"/"Over Built" folders, and fixed blades.

3) Folding "Cleavers".
(if you try to use one like a real cleaver, you gonna bust your knuckles ... and what good is a 2 to 3 inch cleaver? What you gonna cleave? A one pound block of Cheddar Cheese? It sure ain't gonna cleave ribs, spine, hips, knees, or pelvis when you making a whitetail deer or other medium/big game critter fit in the freezer ... I doubt it could cleave any part of an tree rat, rabbit, or even a bluegill/crappie/catfish/turtle head.)

4) Foot long plus folders.

5) Otherwise intelligent people who've bought into Hollywood's lie that if you pull a knife in self defense, the bad guy is going to run away, and/or just stand there and let you cut or/and stab him. Them people, I do not understand at all.

 

[Houlahound]

Hawkbill blades are pretty weird to me.

 

[The Aflac Duck]

If you squint your eyes really hard, it turns into a Spyderco.

 

[Smiling]

Similar like others said:

Folding cleavers
Folding bushcraft knives
Lots of large folders by Cold Steel (Frenzy, Rajah II...)
Cold Steel SR1 - 5mm thick blade on a folder
Spyderco holes on fixed blades
Pikal style knives

and this:

 

[CWL]

If you squint your eyes really hard, it turns into a Spyderco.

You mean like this?

 

[K.O.D.]

While it may resemble a pikal, look closer, and at the name. It is a design exercise more than anything, an inverted knife. I would understand if it were actually a pikal, or inspired, but it's just an idiotic artistic expression. Pikal, hawkbill, are all fine with me. This is not.

 

[Insipid Moniker]

While it may resemble a pikal, look closer, and at the name. It is a design exercise more than anything, an inverted knife. I would understand if it were actually a pikal, or inspired, but it's just an idiotic artistic expression. Pikal, hawkbill, are all fine with me. This is not.

I don't think I agree. The designer is Dirk Pinkerton and he does a lot of self defense oriented blades. If I was going for a Pikal style blade I think I would much prefer the Spyderco, but I definitely think this is supposed to be the same concept, particularly since it operates like a conventional frame lock flipper, albeit with a funny looking handle.

 

[kobold]

The Kukri.

I am a Parang guy.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

The Kukri.

I am a Parang guy.

I'm going to let my bias show, but I don't get your point. They are two totally different knives with two totally different applications. One is (generally) a mass-based chopping tool, the other is a thinner machete type blade for hacking vegetation.

One doesn't have to like the khukuri. Its certainly not a requirement. I will say it is not the be all, end all knife design despite my love for them. I happen to really like the parang. I have 4, I think. Much, much better for the brambles down at the cabin over my khuks and I appreciate the shape over a Latin machete. However comparing it to a khukuri is like saying "I don't like tractors. I'm a golf cart guy"

OK my pick:
Aesthetic spirit runs. Im not a collector so the idea if spending a premium for a knife i already have in a different color? Hard head-scractching pass.