One deciding factor that can kill a knife purchase for you

BrandoSpoke

BrandoSpoke

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Have any of you looked at a certain knife and really wanted it, but there was that one thing (that is not too obvious) that it had/didn't have that made you change your mind? For me, if it's an EDC knife if and I can't tip-up right side, carry it, I'm not going to buy it. Expensive knives that are only for my collection are an exception. A good example is the Spyderco Military. I know this is not just for me but it's the main thing people complain about is that the Spyderco Military only has a 1 position tip-down pocket clip, even though it is one of their flagship models.

What about you?

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Logos and etches. Anything other than small and out of the way, will usually make me crinkle my nose a bit.
 
Recently on a Spyderco Vallotton, it has the Spyde hole and a thumb stud!!!???


Sent via telegraph by the same fingers I use to sip whiskey
 
For me it's deep carry clips. If I really love the knife I'll put up with it, but there have been many that I would've otherwise bought if they didn't have it.
 
If it's not right hand tip up, I'm not buying it. Can't stand tip down.
My only complaint on my favorite knife, my MRX, is the pocket clip. I love deep carry pocket clips like my Protech TR-5.
 
I struggle with tip-down only knives.

I have a hard time loving a folding pocket knife that weighs more than ~ 4 - 4.5 ounces.

I have learned that a knife, no matter how nice, that is big in the pocket but small in the hand (bulky, with not much blade to show for it, like a Spyderco Sage series knife) is a knife I won't carry much

If a knife has a skull on it, or a name like Dr. Death, or Death On Contact, it's probably not for me.
 
There are a ton for me. Things I've noticed as I've acquired a lot of blades over the past 2 years, mostly being:

1) No tip up carry
2) non-stainless steels (on folders at least)
3) teflon washers (spyderco ouroboros, I'm looking at you)
4) Too thick at the edge, usually happens on oddly ground blades, I like a very deep hollow grind or full flat grind
5) Too long
6) Too heavy
7) Crappy blade steel
8) Lockbars that slide over with ease (ALL ZT's framelocks)
9) Bead blasted blades
 
Prefer tip up, like good F&F. But it better pop hair off my arm out of the box. At the end of the day I buy a knife to cut with
 
Off the top of my head...

- Assisted opening
- Overly thick blade
- Weight (6oz is about my EDC cutoff)
- Manufacturer
 
Tip up only for folders. I right rear pocket carry, ive heard too many bad stories about cuts due to carrying this way with right hand tip up. So I just avoid it.

Price, for everything.

There are other factors, but if its out of my price range... It's just out of my price range.
 
evilgreg said:
You'll never be an elite tactical operator with that kind of attitude. ;)
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'Tis a shame, maybe I'll get a banana sword to raise my tacticool rating!
I agree with recurve, I own one and after sharpening it one time I no longer carry it.
 
jbarsquat said:
'Tis a shame, maybe I'll get a banana sword to raise my tacticool rating!
I agree with recurve, I own one and after sharpening it one time I no longer carry it.
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Bananas have recurve, too... but meh, at least they're cheap and disposable.

Protip: leave the banana on your kitchen counter top for a few weeks and it'll automatically acquire a tacticool black patina that won't give away your position when you're raiding the refrigerator.
 
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