Most regretted knife purchase?

Microtech DOC. Absolute garbage. Still have to send it in to be fixed. But grind lines are way off, 90% lockup, horrible pocket clip. The list goes on. Huge disappointments. Doubt I'll buy a microtech again without seeing it in person.
 
Benchmade Adamas.
It is my most expensive knife and I now understand why people spend so much on knives.
Now each knife I purchase will be more and more expensive.
I have entered a downward spiral into knife-induced-debt.
 
Greco Scagel copy.
Yes, I abused it but it still shouldn't have snapped off at the guard.

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His only concession was to offer a ten percent discount on another but he specified I could NOT choose what type.
ONLY ANOTHER SCAGEL COPY!

He can keep his knives.

:barf:
 
Franciscomv said:
I think I'm rather lucky, because out of hundreds of knives there are only a couple that I regret buying. I've had my fair share of disappointments, but I managed to sell, trade or give away most of those and kept only the knives I really like.

For example, a few weeks ago I saw a Spyderco Remote Release at a gun shop. I bought it just because it was a discontinued Spydie at a good price. I almost immediately knew I wouldn't use it, I kept it in the box and gave it to a friend for his birthday. He loves everything I didn't like about it.

There are two Queen folders that I absolutely regret buying. They are beautifully made knives, one is Schatt & Morgan from their File and Wire series, and the other is the RAT stockman. Fit and finish is top notch, but the blades had no edge. Returning them is not an option because I live thousands of miles away. I never bought another Queen knife again. I'm a good sharpener, but these knives needed grinding not sharpening. I boguth them a few years ago, and spent around $80 on each of them. I stick to Case CV knives for my slipjoint needs now.
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Best thing is to get a coarse diamond benchstone. It'll reprofile in almost no time. 50 strokes each side was all it took to reprofile my gec cody jack. And if you're having trouble with the final sharpening just switch over to a sharpmaker after. Learning benchstones was the best thing I've done in a long time. My knives have never been sharper
 
I accidentally bought a manix 2 half serrated at the factory sale. I picked up a knife, set it down and than picked it up again, well, i thought.

Hated it. I ground the blade down so it's now a plain edge.

Its my edc blade. Serrated knives are strong opinions around here. I personally hate them once i found out how to sharpen my knives, and what sharp really was.
 
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A Strider SNG; all of my other knives are now jealous and neglected. I've been starting to suspect that they might be planning a coup.
 
SOG Aegis for me. Very cheesy, plastic handle, coming from a guy who likes FRN. Also Fit and finish, left a great deal to be desired, with an annoying amount of blade play. Also the assisted opening required the thumbstud to be pressed, I prefer, the ones that are deployed via the tang, like many Kershaws
 
ZT0560CFCB, Paid an arm and a leg for it, didn't dig it and wanted to sell it. Then when everyone found out that the RC was soft the market value plummeted, and I took a loss selling it.
 
ALLHSS said:
I have been wanting to try sand paper. Would a home improvement type store have high enough grit?

IOne of the reasons I bought the knife is because it is made near me, so shipping shouldn't be too bad.
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Wed dry muli pack at hardware store works. Honestly if you have a strop, 600 grit is high enough to get very, very sharp edges. I rarely go higher than that any more.

I have grits going up to 3,000.

An auto/paint store should have automotive sandpaper, and should have the finer suff.

For a backing you can use a sheet of glass, or a soft backing for convex. I have a dense rubber pad, bought for a few bucks at Tandy Leather that I use.
 
Moxy said:
ZT0560CFCB, Paid an arm and a leg for it, didn't dig it and wanted to sell it. Then when everyone found out that the RC was soft the market value plummeted, and I took a loss selling it.
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I don't think the steel was under hardened. Think it was edges being overheated when the edges were ground on. I had another 2 kershaw knives with elmax and the edge retention was really good.
 
Opinel I now *expect* a folder costing more than $10 to live up to its cutting / edge holding / comfort to use hard for prolonged periods ...

Sanrenmu ( spelling ? never sure on that name ) but now I expect anything over $10 to have the same or better fit and finish

not regrets tho , lessons learned instead .
 
coldblooded357 said:
Best thing is to get a coarse diamond benchstone. It'll reprofile in almost no time. 50 strokes each side was all it took to reprofile my gec cody jack. And if you're having trouble with the final sharpening just switch over to a sharpmaker after. Learning benchstones was the best thing I've done in a long time. My knives have never been sharper
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No offense, mate, but I've been freehand sharpening for a long time. I even did it for customers at my knife shop for a while. These Queen knives needed serious grinding, not just sharpening or reprofiling. I took them to a local knifemaker and had him put decent edge bevels on them with a beltsander.
 
Navyblu said:
Many thanks for the welcome. While in the rest of texas knife laws have been changed, I currently live in a city where it's illegal to posses any knife that locks open in public. Yes, you heard me right, there's a city here in the lone star state where it is technically illegal to poses any locking folder in a public setting. Guess that makes me an outlaw.
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I'm in this same city... I haven't had a problem yet though.
 
Oh but the knife I regret the most zt560... just doesn't fit my hand at all. This is one of the only knives I bought off the internet instead of my lks.
 
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