Most over-rated production knife brand?

Insipid Moniker said:
I want pretty much all of my utensils and personal hygiene items to come in balisong form. That way I can intimidate the plaque right off my teeth before I even begin to brush them with my balisong toothbrush.
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But...you'll never go to Sport Clips again
 
craytab said:
Well kiddo, get a better job that can afford you better things! Or don't and buy the many inexpensive options to this hobby. The only way to do this hobby wrong is with ignorance....
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Ignorance....quite the hypocritical post ya got there. ;)

I don't think either of the following brands are overrated necessarily (their reviews speak for themselves), but I view benchmade and CRKT as kind of opposites in the knife world. Benchmade developed a rock solid design, very reliable, great tolerances, and excellent choices of steel. However, their designs aesthetically aren't that much different. Get a super steel, axis lock, and a handle with 1 or 2 solid colors, and you got yourself a benchmade (broadly speaking, obviously there are exceptions. Their limited edition looks badass, they should make more stuff like that). Their is nothing wrong with this at all though, if it aint broke don't fix it, especially since they are doing so well already. Very consistent, but nothing too radical. I would love some more radical benchmade designs, but they know what they are doing. Benchmade Tighe collaboration would be incredible.

CRKT on the other hand uses designs from many people, and their knives are very different and unique. The fulcrum, Tighe designs, and other designs all give a wide selection and access to those designs without the original price tag. I just wish they would use higher quality steel (8cr13mov, Aus 8, etc. Is kind of low end). I do appreciate their price consciousness, and their stuff is quality (I speak from owning an expensive knife from them - 154cm steel is more than enough for my needs though), but better steel for 2x their price would be cool.

Basically, I think that Benchmade focuses on depth, perfecting what appears to be just a few designs, while CRKT focuses on breadth, focusing on making/licensing many radical knife designs more easily accessible to more people. Both of these aims work terrifically well in my opinion, but that's just my take. 2 of my favorite brands.

But back to the thread topic...can someone please explain to me why Hinderer knives cost as much as they do when they use a flat head screw as a pivot? :confused:
 
I have read the term consensus here. Perhaps this thread needs a mascot ...
Anyone care to name our little friend?

For the record, I do own Emerson's too. Thought we could use some refreshments here. Reading through the posts, someone said they'd drank the Kool-Aid, so ...

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Spey said:
I have read the term consensus here. Perhaps this thread needs a mascot ...
Anyone care to name our little friend?

For the record, I do own Emerson's too. Thought we could use some refreshments here. Reading through the posts, someone said they'd drank the Kool-Aid, so ...

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LOL! That's awesome.

Yes I did drink the Kool-Aid, I am not ashamed to admit that I am an Emerson fan. Seems like a lot of folks in this thread are not. Oh well, we don't all like the same food or cars either I'm sure.

I think we should name him Ernie.
 
shinyedges said:
Way to not contribute to the thread and add a post that does absolutely nothing for the topic. Reported so as not to allow further derailment of this thread. Contribute or don't post.. Simple.
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So by you calling him out and reporting him, you did the same exact thing, further derailing the post, and he said what a lot of us were thinking.

For me I would have to say Medford is the most overrated, with striders a close second. The price for a Medford is a lot for a very impractical knife, and I understand the cost, but sold mine promptly after buying one.

The fit and finish on two of my striders were really bad. I bought one which was very sloppy, sold it at a loss, then hoped I might have better luck with another, same deal.
 
Muaddib1116 said:
You can be a fan of something and still have criticisms about it.
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I would even go so far as to say, you SHOULD have (fair and honest) critisms of your favorite products, just like rooting for your favorite team to win, and brutzing over that one guy who misses the big play, or the coach with the questionable calls, and if you don't have any, you're nothing more then a blind follower.

*(how else can a company adapt and improve to meet consumer demands, if the consumers have no critisms to suggest improving upon?)
 
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strategy9 said:
I would even go so far as to say, you SHOULD have (fair and honest) critisms of your favorite products, just like rooting for your favorite team to win, and brutzing over that one guy who misses the big play, or the coach with the questionable calls, and if you don't have any, you're nothing more then a blind follower.

*(how else can a company adapt and improve to meet consumer demands, if the consumers have no critisms to suggest improving upon?)
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I agree completely. For instance, I'm a fan of Emerson knives (and no, they're not the only ones I like), because design wise, they give me what I want. However, I do have some issues sometimes with their execution of said designs. I think there are some things that could be better.

I can honestly say the same thing about any knife brand, and I own quite a few, and have had many pass through my hands. I've yet to find any brand that is perfect, but that doesn't mean I don't still like them.
 
Thanks for you opinion, I guess...lol couple hundred posts late buddy.
Sarge930 said:
So by you calling him out and reporting him, you did the same exact thing, further derailing the post, and he said what a lot of us were thinking.

For me I would have to say Medford is the most overrated, with striders a close second. The price for a Medford is a lot for a very impractical knife, and I understand the cost, but sold mine promptly after buying one.

The fit and finish on two of my striders were really bad. I bought one which was very sloppy, sold it at a loss, then hoped I might have better luck with another, same deal.
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Cutlover said:
But back to the thread topic...can someone please explain to me why Hinderer knives cost as much as they do when they use a flat head screw as a pivot? :confused:
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So you are saying the cost would be worth it if they used something different? Enlan uses a proprietary pivot screw, should they cost the same as a Microtech because of this?
 
Muaddib1116 said:
You can be a fan of something and still have criticisms about it.
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100% agree. Some blind fans simply cannot take it when anything negative is said about their brand, but rather than accept constructive criticism for what it is, they prefer to make excuses for why something is the way it is when they know it could be improved upon. I really believe some people think if they hype and praise something enough, the manufacturer is gonna contact them randomly and give them free stuff for being a shill.
 
So funny and so true. Those same folks will "defend" their brand at all costs no matter what, basically willing to ignore anything and everything. Really quite pathetic.

The don't just defend it they go on the offensive over "their" brand. Sometimes I'm just like... Seriously dude?!?!? Get real dude.
uofaengr said:
100% agree. Some blind fans simply cannot take it when anything negative is said about their brand, but rather than accept constructive criticism for what it is, they prefer to make excuses for why something is the way it is when they know it could be improved upon. I really believe some people think if they hype and praise something enough, the manufacturer is gonna contact them randomly and give them free stuff for being a shill.
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I'm all for being an enthusiast of what ever brand you like but seeking out and interrogating "naysayers" is more than an enthusiast, it's rabid ridiculousness.
 
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