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dizos

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<rant> Am I the only one annoyed when I receive a knife and find that the manufacturer has printed text all over the side of the blade? If a manufacture feels they must put text on a blade, I wish they would do it small and subtle and keep it to things like steel type and a tasteful logo. </rant>

-- Dizos

Edited to remove a reference to a product based on an incorrect assumption on my part.
 
I'm with you 100%. I have not bought knives because the entire blade was covered with text and other crap.
 
another reason why i really only like certain production companies. chris reeve, benchmade (non-ritter grips), spyderco and case (and a few others) to be exact.

they have quality knives, and they stick to basic info on the blade, if any text is there. by basic info; i agree with dizos, put steel types and/or model #'s on the blades and be done with it.

thanks,
 
I agree too! The less text the better! Although I have still bought knives with unnecessary writing on the blades. But I am definelty from the school of "Less is More" where this is concerned!
 
Yep, just some basic info on the knife is all I need. Even that could be moved to a tang stamping making it unseen, unless looked for. As for what goes on the blade itself, makers name (possibly location too), blade material, knife model. That is all that is really needed, and even all of that isn't needed.

I like what Tom Mayo does on his customs, his logo on one side, and blade material on the opposite. Least amount of information needed, and spread over both sides so that it doesn't look like a billboard.
 
Agreed, I really hate it.

Over the last couple of years my tastes have been moving towards traditional slipjoints, and often I come across a model I like, but don't get it because it is covered in graffiti :grumpy:
 
Another thing I like is when the basic info is actually stamped into the tang instead of being screened onto it. I have a DB Fraley folder that has his logo stamped into the flat of the blade then blackened. I really like the precise stamping that Spyderco has on the blade tangs of many of their knives.
 
Hi All-

Agree 100% with the previous comments. The other thing I can't stand is when the screened logo "folds" over a bevel in the blade! ARRRGGGH! If the manufacturer can't fit it properly, they should simply use a smaller logo.

Regards,

~ Blue Jays ~
 
I absolutely hate all the huge etched pictures, logos and designs that seem to be the rage lately. I'm another that won't purchase a knife if that kind of adornment is on the blade.
 
Manufacturer's name, location and steel type on the tang, maybe a model number too- if it's short. On the blade? One or two words, at most. Remington's logo? Cool. Scout emblem and Official Knife- Boy Scouts of America? A little much, but fine. Supermallninjadeathbringawtfomgbbq 2000 CTV2? No.
 
Dislike it too. All sorts of texts, pictures and so on, besides "holy trinity"(maker/place, model, steel) are for "safe queens".
 
K.I.S.S

Keep It Simple, Stupid

What you leave out is as important as what you put in. Many a knife has lost my interest because of the words on the blade, and or the materials they used.
 
Hi All-

We need some digital pictures of some truly absurd blades! The only knives I have in the house are Gerbers, Benchmades, Busses, and Microtechs...so the graphics are generally very reasonable and tasteful.

My complaint above about the graphic "folding" over a bevel was primarily aimed at the butterfly logo on my old school Mini-AFCK and one of my automatic AFOs. The screening probably wouldn't be visible in a picture given my limited macro-photography skills. :cool:

~ Blue Jays ~
 
Hi Westflorida-

That is hideous! Whenever a manufacturer feels the need to inscribe, "Real, Genuine, Certified" or whatever on the blade...I get the willies.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
Maybe they did it to lull the SHEEP into complacency.

"Baaa, no worry boys, back to grazin'. It's only the CATTLE knife."

:D
 
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