Knives you won't buy (and why)

i would have to say a mora i know they are good knives and have a lot of followers, i just dont like the thin blade even the new pricy one blade still not thick enough for me
 
Any folder thats "built for hard use".
Anything over built. So most modern designs because the makers build "large" because they are scared their knife won't pass some crap destruction test.
Woodlore and Bushcraft knives because most are built too thick. Don't like sheath knives that don't have at least a lower guard; so thats a lot of modern knives.
Bushwhackers that are a sharpened slab of steel.
Anything that is hyped up on y tube that comes from a main manufacturer.
Anything that "Special Forces" use (though probably don't).
Any machete that is for jungle use, but sold to work everywhere. Best kept in the jungle where they belong.
Kukris, are for Gurkhas.
Too clever by half designs. I prefer KISS.

I like honest knives that don't try to be more than they are, and just good at what they do. An honest knife might be an Opinel or SAK. Even a Serbenza which are what they are and its everyone else trying to make more reason than there is. Survive Knives are honest too.
 
NearlyNormalMike said:
Frame locks.
They may work fine but I just cannot get past the look on the lock. To me it destroys the beauty of a knife. I have one, a gift, but I very rarely carry it fot that reason.
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I think frame locks look great, especially with more intricate titanium features. For my I won't buy knives made in china.
 
Combo edge blades
Slipjoints
Coated blades (unless is something I reallllly want and only comes coated, but I normally remove the coating anyways)
 
Blades with big sawtooth spines don't do anything for me. Just a personal thing.
 
So many different knives, I really like my knives dirt simple with nothing fancy about them and no designs anywhere on the knife other than jigged scales on a traditional. ( my buck 482 almost has too much going on )
My ideal edc knife would be a sodbuster Jr with a lockback thumb stud pocket clip and lanyar hole.
But really I won't buy any knife with high end handle materials like titanium and so called super steels like s30v ( too many people think that these are THE good knifes )
Plus I'm not into the whole wave or flipper craze.
I'm only 21, but I really do have the tastes of an old man ( except where food is concerned )
I don't think titanium or so called super steels are bad, but I just don't need them and to me they won't make the knife work better, they'll just empty a wallet faster.
 
Hickory n steel said:
I don't think titanium or so called super steels are bad, but I just don't need them and to me they won't make the knife work better, they'll just empty a wallet faster.
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But an empty wallet is thinner, making you that much more aerodynamic. ;)
 
Pocket bricks...Those overbuilt clunky knives that just take up too much room in your pocket.
 
Mossyhorn said:
Any Turtleman or Larry the cable guy knives.
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Regardless of whether or not you like lady the cable guy ( I happen to think he's funny )
His name is on some good US made carbon steel kitchen knives ( I think they may be Dexter or Ontario )
And the fact that his name is on the handles may cause them to end up being discounted substantially.
So that being said would you buy them on sale and sand the handles down ?
 
I won't buy knives that are sold for stupid markups on the retail cost. No matter how badass they are. I won't support flippers. If I really like a knife say for $400 and it sells out and I miss it, I will not spend $600 for that knife, I'll just chalk it up to missing out.
I won't buy anymore knives that have a stupid warranty either. I don't expect miracles, but a 1 year warranty is just stupid. Don't claim to make the best knives if you only back them up for a year.
I won't buy knives from companies that do not or cannot fix lock rock, lock slip, or any sot of other movement that is clearly the result of poor geometric comprehension. Too many knife makers out there that passed the class and can make a good frame lock.
I won't buy knives from companies that I cannot communicate with. If a customer calls and gets to the tight department for warranty/repair and the rep have no idea what the hell I am talking about when I describe knife marts, then they will not get my money. Even the worst YT reviewers know what a the various components and parts of a knife are, so I would expect a little better from someone that has a job working for a manufacturer. Know your product. Behold my friends where my ...are grown... see how they are barren....
 
TimmyJ said:
May I ask why?
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I'm not talking about a knife with a flipper tab. I'm talking about the speculators. They buy a knife and list it before they even get it delivered. It's lame as hell, and personal preference. If people want to do that, more power to them. Some folks have more money than sense.
 
RevDevil said:
TimmyJ said:
I'm not talking about a knife with a flipper tab. I'm talking about the speculators. They buy a knife and list it before they even get it delivered. It's lame as hell, and personal preference.
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Got ya! I should have known better.... I don't like market speculation either, but " buy for a dollar, and sell for two" is the way of the world. Supply and demand is just how it goes.
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I think my original reply included spyderco but I held a delica in January and bought it. 4 months later i still think it's ugly as a cows *** but it's so comfortable to hold so my things I won't buy have changed.
Knife that's not comfortable to hold. I don't care if it can chop cinder blocks without dulling. If it's not comfortable then I wouldn't even wanna feather a stick.

Fixed blades made anywhere besides here and made in factories. I already have four and that's 4 more than I need to know handmade in USA is what I want. Just made my own fixed blade do it makes me appreciate that much more handmade stuff.

Stainless steel knives. I don't care if it's 440a or 154cm if the description only says stainless steel and I have to look elsewhere to find out actual steel then I don't want it.

Serrated especially combo edge. If I did more box cutting and rips cutting id be more inclined to a full serrated but I'm more likely to whittle wood or cut drywall than open 49 boxes so straight edge is best

Designed in China. Just no. Designed here made in China atleast it's helping our economy. Besides Chinese designed stuff doesn't feel right.

Folding knife with blade over 3.5 inches or under 2.8. If I need more than 3.5 I'm either batonning would in which case I want the knife I made or I need a machete. Under that and it has to be a kiridashi to carve with because smaller folding knives have handles too small.
Finger spots. With the exception of having one for index and one large one for rest of fingers, my uncles have fat fingers so I don't want a knife now that my hands will be too fat for when I'm like 25 or 30.

Knives with flippers I find it getting caught on my pants I prefer either only thumb stud or tip down spyderco and no more assisted for me.



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blade dude said:
I think my original reply included spyderco but I held a delica in January and bought it. 4 months later i still think it's ugly as a cows *** but it's so comfortable to hold so my things I won't buy have changed.
Knife that's not comfortable to hold. I don't care if it can chop cinder blocks without dulling. If it's not comfortable then I wouldn't even wanna feather a stick.

Fixed blades made anywhere besides here and made in factories. I already have four and that's 4 more than I need to know handmade in USA is what I want. Just made my own fixed blade do it makes me appreciate that much more handmade stuff.

Stainless steel knives. I don't care if it's 440a or 154cm if the description only says stainless steel and I have to look elsewhere to find out actual steel then I don't want it.

Serrated especially combo edge. If I did more box cutting and rips cutting id be more inclined to a full serrated but I'm more likely to whittle wood or cut drywall than open 49 boxes so straight edge is best

Designed in China. Just no. Designed here made in China atleast it's helping our economy. Besides Chinese designed stuff doesn't feel right.

Folding knife with blade over 3.5 inches or under 2.8. If I need more than 3.5 I'm either batonning would in which case I want the knife I made or I need a machete. Under that and it has to be a kiridashi to carve with because smaller folding knives have handles too small.
Finger spots. With the exception of having one for index and one large one for rest of fingers, my uncles have fat fingers so I don't want a knife now that my hands will be too fat for when I'm like 25 or 30.

Knives with flippers I find it getting caught on my pants I prefer either only thumb stud or tip down spyderco and no more assisted for me.



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I'm the same way when it comes to finger grooves, but for me it's the fact the knife is telling me how to grip it and I don't like that.
 
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