Preferences/Pet Peeves

Bob Denman said:
So what's your point?
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The part where the cutout is not on the ricasso as you stated. No big deal to me, but you did go on to post the pic that defines the various parts of a knife, so you probably knew better in the first place.
 
Has anyone mentioned garish "billboard blades" yet? Where the company feels compelled, for unfathomable reasons, to etch, engrave, print, or stamp the knife info equivalent of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" onto the blade? Why??? Heck, I'll even call out CRK's more prominent than necessary "Idaho Made" stamps on especially the Nyala. (Luckily I also have one of the pre-stamped knives.)
 
I don't like choil taking away usable length of the blade. This is a main reason that I am moving away from most Spyderco folders. I don't like complicated and weird blade grindings.
 
TC said:
Has anyone mentioned garish "billboard blades" yet? Where the company feels compelled, for unfathomable reasons, to etch, engrave, print, or stamp the knife info equivalent of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" onto the blade? Why??? Heck, I'll even call out CRK's more prominent than necessary "Idaho Made" stamps on especially the Nyala. (Luckily I also have one of the pre-stamped knives.)
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You could always have the blades coated...
 
luethge said:
My name is Kyle and I hate choils. Why ruin a perfectly useful knife with a big choil ? No choils bigger than 3/16 please.

Thank you for letting me share.
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Sounds like choils anonymous haha
In seriousness, it’s me thing that kept me away from the Bradford 3 is that large choil. I can’t get past putting my finger right up against the sharp part of the blade.
 
Dimashkieh said:
I don’t believe this is a choil. It is stil kind of part of the handle.
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Well, White River, in their literature, says “ The large finger choil provides incredible control with plenty of power”. Yeah, some hyperbole there but that’s what they call it.
 
2nd or 3rd owners who state they never carried or used the knife But don't mention what all the other people who owned the knife did with it.
 
I dislike glassbreakers. Especially ones that greatly protrude, like Microtech or Heretic. The one on my Brian Tighe and friends Twist Tighe OTF is OK as it doesn't stick out. I'd rather not have the extra handle length that isn't grippable, plus it negates the purpose of a deep carry clip.
 
I greatly dislike it when people leave out information on sales post. Top secret information like what steel it’s made from, blade length and if there is blade play. Drives me insane.
 
I would like to see offshoring (not just in knife production) to be reversed. Supply chains are obviously too long and unsustainable. Blaming everything on Covid is getting old too.

Maybe they have their place, but some compound ground blades are just ridiculous, while some do look cool.

Behind the edge thickness is never thin enough.
 
cbach8tw said:
I have a peeve about too small of a handle on small fixed blades, compact is nice, but if I cannot get a good grip on it, the knife’s effectiveness is lessened. Another thing is sharp edges or acute angles that make a handle uncomfortable in different grips.
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In a perfect world the blade is built for its function at a given task. The handle should be built for a hand.

Just because I need a small blade doesn’t mean my hands got smaller.
 
Lack of a pivot ball track... where it can cause a folder to fail to open.

If you need to flip with Superman speed & might every time ... hey builders... maybe add a pivot ball track.
 
Delta-v said:
I always laugh at user reviews that seem more concerned with tearing down a competitor's knife than with reviewing the knife owned.

"I love my new Brand X knife. It's so much better than Brand Y. Brand Y is this and Brand Y is that, and I don't like Brand Y. I had a Brand Y and it spontaneously exploded in my pocket. That's why I love my new Brand X. Because it isn't Brand Y."

Such a strange obsession with crapping on what they didn't buy.
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I feel the same, and add "they would never spend this for that"
 
RugerNurse said:
Sounds like choils anonymous haha
In seriousness, it’s me thing that kept me away from the Bradford 3 is that large choil. I can’t get past putting my finger right up against the sharp part of the blade.
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Try the guardian 3.5 then. Fixes that issue
 
AntDog said:
My biggest pet peeve here lately are choils that take away usable blade area (the MOST usable part of the blade, in fact) on short fixed blades. It’s annoying as hell to me.

My favorite manufacturer has stated that’s just the way it is and will never change. Good nuff. That was all I needed to check out other manufacturers…

On folders it’s blade play on expensive knives. If junk Chinese makers can nail that every single time, quality US manufacturers damn sure should too.
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Not saying that you are wrong, just that I don't like marketing that's "too loud". I'll overlook it though, if I like a knife a lot ....
 
ferider said:
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Not saying that you are wrong, just that I don't like marketing that's "too loud". I'll overlook it though, if I like a knife a lot ....
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Yep. Good thing, because I’m not wrong. I’m not saying Busse has never made knives with no choils - they’ve made plenty.

What I am saying is that Jerry Busse said no more Busse knives will be produced without choils.
 
Imagine how cool Ratmandus would be without that ~1” section chomped out of the blade, right where you need it the most. :rolleyes:😞

Elf choils make even less sense. Can’t fit a finger in them, too big to be a sharpening choil… what’s the point of taking out that section of usable edge? Frustrating.
 
AntDog said:
Imagine how cool Ratmandus would be without that ~1” section chomped out of the blade, right where you need it the most. :rolleyes:😞

Elf choils make even less sense. Can’t fit a finger in them, too big to be a sharpening choil… what’s the point of taking out that section of usable edge? Frustrating.
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It is a Carother's BFK you are looking for :)
 
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