Knives you would never buy again!

For me:
Boker Magnum series. I hated mine.The 440A doesnt take an edge at all no matter what you do to it. I went to try to abuse it and it literally exploded in my hands while i was picking wood. The pivot and some body screws snapped suddenly and pieces flew everywhere. Ridiculous.

Buck Vantage. Rough action, stupidly internally pinned so taking it totally apart was an utter pain in the butt. The flipping action was absolutely mediocre. The liner lock was rubbish. 100% lockup easily with vertical play. The weakest liner lock ive ever had and fails readily with slight shock on the spine.

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Buck Vantage 846

Poor fitting scales, weak flipper, off center blade, rough action, and the nail in the coffin piss poor customer service from Buck
 
Glenn056 said:
Some of the "reasons" you guys have are hilarious. Too heavy? Too big? Too "murdery"? Did you bother looking at the specs before you buy or are you adding to cart whilst blindfolded?

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Tastes change over time.
 
Anything Kershaw, anything that's assisted, anything with a blade over 4" because the handle size just becomes idiotic, anything 5 oz or over, possibly 4 oz or over.
 
Never again- kershaw thermite. Poor handle constuction and week handle materials. The framelock handle had so much flex to it the when using the tip to puncture something any off center force would make the knife close.
 
Wow I have 2 CRTK Knives a trick one where the side slides around the cam to open it . It has a liner lock. The other is my Beast Hammond Cruiser. Both have been fine and worked great.
 
Extrema Ratio BF2 CD. WAY overpriced for what it is. $200 for teflon washers (plus a VERY stiff action), aluminum handles, and an N690 blade. It felt like $60-$80 knife in my hands.

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Oh, and I would never buy a Fantoni HB03 again. I could make the liner lock fail on the one I had with a little pressure on the spine of the blade with my hand! I traded emails with Renzo Fantoni for weeks until he finally agreed that I could send the knife back to him. He insisted that WD40 on the lockface would stop the lock from slipping (didn't work). When I got the knife back, It looked like the lockface had been intentionally scratched to give the liner lock something to grab. The lock stopped disengaging like it used to, but the liner lock would still skate across the lockface and stop just short of disengaging. I didn't trust it, so I got rid of it!

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That is so unfortunate... I just picked up an HB03 3-4 weeks ago and it has quickly become my favorite knife. Last year I picked up a C.U.T. Flipper and was so impressed with the build quality that I had to try an HB03. So far I haven't experienced any of the issues you described with your's. That's a real bummer.


DaNuke95 said:
Oh, and I woukd never buy a Fantoni HB03 again. I could make the liner lock fail on the one I had with a little pressure on the spine of the blade with my hand! I traded emails with Renzo Fantoni for weeks until he finally agreed that I could send the knife back to him. He insisted that WD40 on the lockface would stop the lock from slipping (didn't work). When I got the knife back, It looked like the lockface had been intentionally scratched to give the liner lock something to grab. The lock stopped disengaging like it used to, but the liner lock would still skate across the lockface and stop just short of disengaging
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. I didn't trust it, so I got rid of it!
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shady A.M. said:
That is so unfortunate... I just picked up an HB03 3-4 weeks ago and it has quickly become my favorite knife. Last year I picked up a C.U.T. Flipper and was so impressed with the build quality that I had to try an HB03. So far I haven't experienced any of the issues you described with your's. That's a real bummer.
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I'm glad you're enjoying yours! I might check out some of Fantoni's other offerings in the future, but the experience I had with my HB03 left a bad taste in my mouth.
 
CRKT M21-14sfg. Too big, too ugly and too useless, although those Veff serrations did get me into a coconut once. Just about destroyed them.

Junkie stepson stole it to buy heroin. I knew it was him because the knife is about his speed. I don't even miss it. When he fessed up, he also told me that Pawn America gave him eighty bucks for my Mini Barrage. That one I'd like to have back.

SOG Flash II. Even though it was cheap, and I love cheap knives, I just can't love this one.
 
From my past experiences, I do not but ANY Gerber knives. From ages (accurate guess) 15-19 I always carried a knife. I always bought a Gerber.
When I was 15 I just wanted a knife to carry just for the sake of having one to carry. I felt so cool... LOL

Anyway, I remember a couple of the Gerber knives I owned between age 15-19 (around age 18-19 I bought a Spyderco and never bought a Gerber since. I am 23 now)

The earliest Gerber I remember owning was the Bear Grylls Scout folding knife. This knife had tons of blade play, the edge became dull VERY quickly, and scales were flimsy feeling.
Other than those bothersome flaws my particular knife had, it was not bad for my first "name brand" knife.

Second, I had a Gerber Instant. MUCH BETTER! I don't remember what happened to it.

Third, the Paraframe. NO. The pivot screw loosened easily, the blade was stiff as all hell, off center, I could really go on but I think a lot of people covered this one

Fourth, The Bear Grylls Survival Knife (1st Gen) SOLD IT! I did not like the handle, it dug into my hands leaving marks if I squeezed a bit too hard, the steel dulled quickly, the sheath isn't the most durable...

Anyway, a lot of the problems I had with Gerber knives may have been resolved.. who knows? However, because of how things went in my life, it was the first "brand name" knife company
that I ever heard about and for that Gerber forever won a spot in my heart. I have never bought a high end Gerber, that's for sure. I have a good feeling that is why my experiences turned out the way they did.

I jumped from Gerber onto Spyderco immediately after seeing the Tenacious. It's after the Tenacious that my knife addiction grew. It's after that Tenacious I started learning different steels, handle materials,
grinds, finding out what a finger choil is on a folding knife, etc. Spyderco opened my eyes and turned knives into something I carried 'just because' into something much MUCH more. Now I buy knives all the time,
and ONLY RECENTLY I started trying out new brands of knives (my first post here on Blade Forums) like Kershaw and Benchmade.

Can anyone recommend their favorite Gerber if you come across this post? I'd like to try them again. Preferably non assisted.
 
The Buck 110.
Solid lock, but there is tons of blade play in every direction. Came so dull I could cut better with my fingernail, and the steel dulls so quickly it blows my mind.
The thing weighs 1200 pounds and doesn't come with a pocket clip. It's marketed as some kind of hunting knife, but develops hot spots after minutes of use, and it's so heavy and
imbalanced, it makes it tough to utilize. When you let the knife snap shut, the tip of the blade touches something on the inside of the handle.
It seems well made when you first look at it, but it's a pretty crappy knife.
 
Anything assisted or partially serrated is a no-go for me. I also would not buy the CRKT Shizuka Noh Ken again. I like the knife, but the amount of bladeplay is ridiculous for a knife at that price. The bladeplay showed after opening the knife a few times. I hadn't actually used the knife at all. Tightened it up a bit and used it very lightly for a few days. Same problem occurred. Then the little knob for the LAWKS safety broke off when I actuated it. Just a major disappointment as far as build quality goes. Still like CRKT as a whole though.
 
CrazyCaucasian said:
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Can anyone recommend their favorite Gerber if you come across this post? I'd like to try them again. Preferably non assisted.
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The good old ones:

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and any of their USA made Multitools.

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Almost anything from before the "Bear Grylls" era might be a good buy.
Can't ever go wrong with those
 
K.O.D. said:
Too lazy to look through and see if I posted previously.

CRKT
Will never own a Boker
LionSteel SR series, handles are too smooth
ZT 0801, 0770, 0350.
Anything assisted
Anything over 5oz.
Anything with S30V


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What's wrong with S30v?
 
K.O.D. said:
Too lazy to look through and see if I posted previously.

CRKT
Will never own a Boker
LionSteel SR series, handles are too smooth
ZT 0801, 0770, 0350.
Anything assisted
Anything over 5oz.
Anything with S30V


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On board with "Anything over 5 oz" too many beautiful bricks out there.
but whats wrong with s30v?
Iv been carrying my first s30v blade for just over a week and love it so far.


First time (about a week ago) not so bad, wasnt a slice but a light push

The 2nd time was a slice (about 2 hours ago). My finger didn't even know it at first. I knew it went deep but my finger was like "nahh its not that bad" about 3 minutes later "ok, soo you might want to grab a bandaid"

Apparently Iv lost the ability to function with big boy toys. But point is Iv been moderate on this blade for a week without touching it up and its holding up awesome. Cutting 5mil plastic and pink insulation more cleanly than my co-workers lightly used xacto.
 
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CRKT Jettison.
Wasn't quick to deploy when I got in an altercation with a black guy.
Maybe a Strider would be better.
 
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