Not the WORST knife I've ever seen....quite.

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$1.97 at Walmart. Complete with thumb stud, serrated blade, pocket clip, even a hole for a lanyard (wouldn't want to lose it!!!). The DeLuxe model apparently! All the knife anyone would ever need, really....
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It was so gloriously terrible I had to splurge on it, just to revel in the utter awfulity of it.
The photos don't do justice to the flimsy hard plastic handles, the terrible geometry, the dull edge, the poorly fitted pieces, and the overall awkwardness of it; the protruding, clumsy thumb stud, the badly proportioned blade/handle, etc.
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I was going to call it the worst knife I'd ever seen, but then I realized that for all its flaws, it's at least made to be used and abused, and is technically utilitarian. Which to me makes it a better knife than some of these fantasy display "knives" covered with dragons and impossible shapes, which are really just decorations, not knives. So I give it credit for that.
Sorry if anyone finds these images offensive!
 
Is that an Ozark Trail knife? That's Walmart's house brand. They generally use 3Cr13Mov. Fit and finish could be worse. They tend to be pretty good, for the price. I mean, it's a folding knife for the price of a cup of coffee.

Of course it's laughably bad compared to knives that cost twenty times as much! Luckily, you too can break into that 20x quality bracket by skipping your morning cup of coffee out for a few weeks. Shopping online, there are plenty of EDC gems to be had in the $20-40 range.
 
If you had a choice between this and a flake of obsidian, you’d be wise to take this (unless you know how to knap obsidian and keep your edge off of anything hard).
 
Combo edge? That's a deal breaker for me. Pass. Not an easy pass but a hard pass mind you.
 
So, here is my first question: can it take an edge? I don’t care how dull it comes so long as it can be sharpened.

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Slow day? You bought this knife knowing you were wasting your money to intentionally make yourself miserable, then come here making the effort to post pictures of how "silly" you were to throw your money away?

This reminds me of the old joke...
" Hey buddy... why do you keep hitting yourself in the head with a bat?"

"Because it feels sooo good when I quit"

Robert
 
This thread is a treat!
that handle has a profile of an old bencmade...
The monarch 501s
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in some other level of society
it could become a compliance tool
in power projection.
just as it is certain to make a great workplace edc
to lend folks in a real fix ;-)
 
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Chronovore said:
Is that an Ozark Trail knife? That's Walmart's house brand. They generally use 3Cr13Mov. Fit and finish could be worse. They tend to be pretty good, for the price. I mean, it's a folding knife for the price of a cup of coffee.

Of course it's laughably bad compared to knives that cost twenty times as much! Luckily, you too can break into that 20x quality bracket by skipping your morning cup of coffee out for a few weeks. Shopping online, there are plenty of EDC gems to be had in the $20-40 range.
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This the old $1.50 ( used to be ) ozark trail, not the recent $4 not so worthless ozark trail knives.
These have been around under loads of brand names for a long time and they really are extremely bad.

I had one in my tackle box as a teenager, threw it away after I had used it to cut chicken liver and it got grose.
 
$2 knife = far more expensive hospital bill for stitches.
 
The lock and the potential for injury is legitimately a concern but ... in full disclosure, I too have a few of these $2 wonders. I have used them but am reluctant to give one away or let someone use it.

They do have a place in our universe however. When travelling it can be thrown in a suitcase, left in the hotel room or other places where a "real" knife turning up missing would be more disheartening. If ever vigilant about the risk of lock failure, and using it accordingly, it is entirely possible to get your $2's worth out of it - perhaps even more.

Now, if it were the tactical model, used for super-secret stuff that nobody is allowed to be told about ...
 
What I don't understand is it still takes automated machines probs worth millions to pump these out, the same machines that make quality knives. How is it worth the exercise to the manufacturer??

I ask the same question for crappy, cheap kids toys, a million dollar machine still has to make them.
 
Planterz said:
$2 knife = far more expensive hospital bill for stitches.
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Why does everyone automatically assume that every cheap knife will fail and send you to the hospital?
My slipjoints dont fold on me, and this thing has a lock of sorts.
The majority of people probably just open packages with these things.
And if it fails on you during cutting it will probably fold backwards giving you any most a nasty pinch.

It is junk, doesn't come very sharp, and won't last all that long, but you can get your $2 out of it and it is not a guaranteed hospital trip.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Why does everyone automatically assume that every cheap knife will fail and send you to the hospital?
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I had a cheap knife fail and send me to the hospital. 3 stitches on my finger. I've seen and handled countless garbage Wal*Mart/gas station/flea market/I found it on the side of the road" knives that people carry that weren't safe because they were so badly made.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Why does everyone automatically assume that every cheap knife will fail and send you to the hospital?
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I think the answer to this question is quite obvious. Because a cheap piece of junk knife is far more likely to fail on you than a well built more expensive knife.

We could dive into more details on the reasons why this is true, but that is as huge of a waste of time and energy as this thread, aside from a reason to have a good laugh.
 
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