Knives you would never buy again!

This Chinese knife I bought off Amazon, for two reasons.

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1. Its no-name steel (I suspect 440A) got horribly bent while doing some fairly light batoning.
2. More importantly, it was essentially the first knife I ever bought, and my disappointment with it sent me spiraling toward my growing knife obsession. Most expensive $20 knife ever :rolleyes:
 
I was lucky and hadn't bought it yet my friend saved me
any of cs big folders like the ak I couldn't even put my hand in my pocket, the handle was huge and the blade was awkwardly stubby feeling.
just my two cents
 
mybladesatool said:
I was lucky and hadn't bought it yet my friend saved me
any of cs big folders like the ak I couldn't even put my hand in my pocket, the handle was huge and the blade was awkwardly stubby feeling.
just my two cents
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Stop wearing "skinny jeans"; problem solved. ;)
 
I bought a big pack of cheapo knives on clearance at lowes for maybe $12 a year or so ago. I knew they were cheap but I figured there would at least be a couple decent ones in there. Other than a couple neat keychain knives they were all crap. The ones that I thought looked ok didn't even have pivot screws and since they hat a ton of bladeplay they were pretty much unusable. Most of the rest were just "jarbenza's" and lower end ones at that. Oh well, it was a cheap lesson at least. I might take the blades from a couple of them and try to make them into faux fixed blades or something if they can hold an edge at all.
 
Cold Steel Lawman, too heavy and hated I could see how much the blade was cut out near the pivot when opening and closing.

Cold Steel Tanto Fixed Blade, that was a mistake. My SOG Tsunami is much nicer and very close in design but blows it away.

Gerber Bear Grylls serrated fixed blade. Wish I had just bought a Gerber LMF instead. Makes me look like a blade novice, too.

But I WAS one when I got it. Now I'm a blade snob and that is both a good and bad thing. Or maybe it's only in my mind....

No, my bank account wholeheartedly agrees.
 
About Gerber - I would avoid a majority of their knives. The Ultimate Pro is a good knife, but its almost 70 bucks.The Gerber LMF 2 is a great tactical knife, but if you baton with it and you hit it where the spear holes are expect bad things.

About Ka-Bar - Look into them if you have not already if you want a carbon blade. I own several and they can take the abuse. Ethan Becker is a genius IMHO, he made a knife for the hardcore and it stands head and shoulders above most and for the price you cannot beat it.

About Mora - Great 12c27 stainless blades that cost next to nothing. Buy a few, toss'em in a bag and go nuts with no regrets. I personally want a Mora Bushcraft Black Survival. I was looking at that new Pathfinder Knife till someone chipped it on a youtube video using it for regular stuff.

About Kershaw - I bought a folder from Wal-Mart and it served me well for years till I gave it away as a gift.

About Tops - I watched a guy bend a TOPS Firestrike while batoning through a piece of Ash. I personally do not own a TOPS so I have no experience with them but that left as bad first impression.

About ESEE - They make a great quality knife, and have a no questions asked lifetime warranty. These knives are pricey, but come with Micarta scales, a Kydex sheath, and a high quality 1095 High Carbon blade.

About Schrade - I have no experience with their knives. A few of them looked rather cool though.

About SOG - No experience with their knives at all.

About Old Timer - I own a folder that I keep in the pocket and its served me well. I hear they make some knives in china now, so im not sure about the quality there anymore.

Anyways these are my personal experiences. - Stay frosty, stay safe folks.
 
Benchmade griptilian + plastic corrugated roof sheets= stabbing myselph in the thumb with a nice fleshwound. All in all I stabbed myselph in the thumb and put it in my mouth. I got a mouthful of blood.
 
Spyderco Southard. I tried to like it and carried it a few months. It was very well made and held a great edge, but the ergos just finally did me in. I carried it and used it long enough to realize what ever new flavor comes out it just isn't for me.
 
I'll never buy another Benchmade Onslaught. It looked so awesome and I fought the urge to buy it for months! I finally caved, and it arrived!! The thing had a terrifying appearance so you could never carry it in genteel company... the blade was also so very thin I could never carry it with survival or combat on my mind.... huge letdown. I sold it at a loss.
 
Cold Steel Spike. It was great at what it did (be a puncture oriented neck knife), but I never could find a real reason to own it. It's not that it was bad, it just didn't fit anything I needed out of it. Anything a spike necker can do, another, more functional knife can do better.
 
Boker trapper slip joint knife. Had such high hopes for it. When I got it, both grinds where off and couldn't cut butter with. Very disappointing seeing as I have there straight razor and it is fantastic.
 
Any knife made in India or Pakistan, or which may have been made there. I would buy a pre 1900 blade made there though.
 
BM 710-101 gold class for me. I actually bought this one before owning a blue class 710. It's a sweet looking knife but the scales are thick and sharp. Any kind of extended use would be painful-not a user. I used it to break down some cardboard and found a chip in the M390 steel afterward...who knows maybe I hit a staple..? Seriously didn't know what all the fuss was about regarding the 710 until I bought the blue class version. Then :thumbup: the lightbulb came on...even though I wouldn't buy the 710-101 again, I still own it and enjoy carrying it on rare occasions.
 
This may not count since there's no "Again" factor, but I lusted after the oft-touted Benchmade Griptilian, fighting off the impulse to buy it with great steadfastness. I bolstered my dedication not to buy as I read of the cheesy Omega springs and the questionable 154CM steel. Then one day I was in a Scheels store and there it was in the case. Flinging all reason aside, I grabbed the nearest employee and demanded to see the Griptilian, fully intending to seize this knife as my own (by meekly taking it to the cash register.) The dude handed it to me, and it was just exactly like getting to shake your hero's hand and getting a cold, damp, limp, uncalloused, trembling letdown in return. It was the wrong weight, the scales felt cheaper than any Walmart Gerber I had bought as a teenager, the Axis lock wouldn't budge without a digit on both sides. The blade played in every cardinal direction, ever so slightly. Bewildered, I handed it back to the Scheels kid and left without a word, wiser but not unscathed.
 
Spyderco Endura unless find one used for $20-30. Also probably never get another Emerson. My Benchmade 275 810 585 have been perfectional bliss. Except i dont know why but it seems like they either put too much or too little jimping on some off their models. Not a big deal only flaw i've had with the 810 and 585. 810 too much and 585 too little but will never get rid of either and will probably do jimping mods and grinding down on both when i just a chance. 275 has perfect amount and placement of jimping.I'm Benchmade all the way. Every model I've bought i've kept.

Oh also CRKT Hammond Cruiser or Cold Steel Bushman wouldn't buy again. Probably won't buy any CRKT knives again period.
 
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Ulf Krogstad said:
Also probably never get another Emerson.
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Ditto on that. My first $150+ knife was a CQC 11. Really liked the wave, but as my collection grew I noticed much better F&F and materials on less expensive knives. I know there are a lot here who love Emerson knives and I get that. I don't hate them (still own the CQC 11), I just consistently find other knives that I'd rather spend my money on.
 
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