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This is an inverse to my other thread, Knives That You LOVED, but Then HATED.
I've bought some cheap knives that I hated, but bought only because they were cheap, but looked kind of cool. Perhaps I wanted to practice sharpening them, or I just wanted them in the glove box of my car.
In other words, I've come to respect the capabilities of some of the cheap knives I've bought because they performed much better than others I'd paid more for. A good example is Gerber. I bought a Paraframe, then found out that I couldn't cut hard plastic and that the edge dulled to the point I thought it was a false edge. But other, cheaper, knives at a fraction of the cost cut much better.
When I first got my Spyderco Native, I thought it felt cheap, and the blade was too small. I wrote it off as a Voyager Junior and didn't use it. But as I did use it on occasion I found myself using it more and more. Since then, I've recommended it roundly.
People also recommended the Buck Alaskan from Cabela's. I put off buying it because it was heavy, I didn't like brass bolsters and, okay, I like thumb studs. And it had that stupid leather pouch that electrician geeks loved. But again, once I bought one and used it, I went so far as to buy another. Now I like it so much I tend to baby it, plus I can't figure out why I didn't like it in the beginning. Brass bolsters aren't so bad and the knife is built like a brick outhouse.
How about you?
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I've bought some cheap knives that I hated, but bought only because they were cheap, but looked kind of cool. Perhaps I wanted to practice sharpening them, or I just wanted them in the glove box of my car.
In other words, I've come to respect the capabilities of some of the cheap knives I've bought because they performed much better than others I'd paid more for. A good example is Gerber. I bought a Paraframe, then found out that I couldn't cut hard plastic and that the edge dulled to the point I thought it was a false edge. But other, cheaper, knives at a fraction of the cost cut much better.
When I first got my Spyderco Native, I thought it felt cheap, and the blade was too small. I wrote it off as a Voyager Junior and didn't use it. But as I did use it on occasion I found myself using it more and more. Since then, I've recommended it roundly.
People also recommended the Buck Alaskan from Cabela's. I put off buying it because it was heavy, I didn't like brass bolsters and, okay, I like thumb studs. And it had that stupid leather pouch that electrician geeks loved. But again, once I bought one and used it, I went so far as to buy another. Now I like it so much I tend to baby it, plus I can't figure out why I didn't like it in the beginning. Brass bolsters aren't so bad and the knife is built like a brick outhouse.
How about you?
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