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The best "ugly" knife?
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Eric Isaacson
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I haven't got one but I have to agree that the Spyderco Toad sure isn't much to look at. I have heard it is quite a nice knife though. Once again beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Isn't that supposed to be beerholder
Have to add any knife made by bushmaster (aka meijer brand I think
) At first site they may not look to bad, but once you see the quality, you feel bad about having touched one. Maybe this belongs in a worst brand of knives post.
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Fix it right the first time, use Baling Wire !
Have to add any knife made by bushmaster (aka meijer brand I think
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Fix it right the first time, use Baling Wire !
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DOH!!!!!!!!
Thanks Gus and MrCas!
I have several knives and paterns on my shop wall that are pretty ugly and are NOT functional either! I burned the pictures of them already.
Neil
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Thanks Gus and MrCas!
I have several knives and paterns on my shop wall that are pretty ugly and are NOT functional either! I burned the pictures of them already.
Neil
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I believe eaisaacs meant to say "Beauty is in the eye of the D'Holder"
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Hi there,
After reading first few posts I pulled out my BM750, Spydie Military and thought about seeking "professional help" since once more I found them very appealing. The same with Starmate - which I don't have yet - but I like how it looks.
Fortunately there are more peple thinking that these knives are nice. So even if we all need to seek a "professional help" that would be a "group treatment" - kind of like AA meetings.
"So I keep carrying the BM750 and I can't
stop it, HEEEEELP!"
Cheers,
Kris
After reading first few posts I pulled out my BM750, Spydie Military and thought about seeking "professional help" since once more I found them very appealing. The same with Starmate - which I don't have yet - but I like how it looks.
"So I keep carrying the BM750 and I can't
stop it, HEEEEELP!"
Cheers,
Kris
jeegeet--i'm going to have to join Pinnacles Anonymus with you. i carry one everyday, but i still don't think it's nice looking. it feels nice and works great, so that's why i carry it.
i think the starmate is pretty attractive myself, but that varies.
i think the starmate is pretty attractive myself, but that varies.
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RexR
you missed the ugliest Spydie of all : The Civillian.
SERIOUS homeliness. Mine is not for sale at any price (metaphorically speaking, of course)
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BrianWE
Believe me....being this old and having to live with all this experience is not the picnic I thought it was going to be.
you missed the ugliest Spydie of all : The Civillian.
SERIOUS homeliness. Mine is not for sale at any price (metaphorically speaking, of course)
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BrianWE
Believe me....being this old and having to live with all this experience is not the picnic I thought it was going to be.
Sal Glesser
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Ugly?
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Sometimes other criteria than appearance are used in creation.
If you are going to buy your knives by "looks" alone", then the steel, edge, etc. doesn't matter?
Perhaps you really need to ask yourself; "Am I going to use this knife, for what job and how much will I sacrifice function for my preference in appearance?"
I am also a collector and I have many beautiful pieces, both production & custom. From a function point of view, few if any will perform alongside a Stamate, especially long term. That doesn't mean that I enjoy or appreciate them any less. Some are very eye appealing, some less so. All have an attraction of some type.
Also times change views. the low "cafe" style handlebars on my motorcycle don't seem nearly as strange now as they did in the early 60's. Clipits are much less unusual now then they were in the early 80's.
To me, "ugly" is; a mean soul, poor quality, deception, waste, greed and narrow minds.
Any knife that is designed and built with thought, caring and determination is beautiful. Any knife that is designed and built for the sole purpose of "getting your money" is ugly.
Just another opinion.
sal
John Deer Tractor
Hyena
Glock
Stealth bomber
Shark
Space Shuttle
Praying Mantis
Sometimes other criteria than appearance are used in creation.
If you are going to buy your knives by "looks" alone", then the steel, edge, etc. doesn't matter?
Perhaps you really need to ask yourself; "Am I going to use this knife, for what job and how much will I sacrifice function for my preference in appearance?"
I am also a collector and I have many beautiful pieces, both production & custom. From a function point of view, few if any will perform alongside a Stamate, especially long term. That doesn't mean that I enjoy or appreciate them any less. Some are very eye appealing, some less so. All have an attraction of some type.
Also times change views. the low "cafe" style handlebars on my motorcycle don't seem nearly as strange now as they did in the early 60's. Clipits are much less unusual now then they were in the early 80's.
To me, "ugly" is; a mean soul, poor quality, deception, waste, greed and narrow minds.
Any knife that is designed and built with thought, caring and determination is beautiful. Any knife that is designed and built for the sole purpose of "getting your money" is ugly.
Just another opinion.
sal
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I'm not here to upset or turn this into a flame throwing contest! But, in my most honest opinion............Spyderco's are by far the BUTT UGLIEST knives made!!! Don't get me wrong they also make some of the best looking knives (Blackhawk, Renegade, etc....).....
Don't believe me???? Just take a look at this picture.....
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum20/HTML/000842.html
There are only 2.... OK, maybe 3 knives on that picture that "aren't" BUTT UGLY!!!!
In fact, most on that picture aren't "BUTT UGLY" they are "BROWN EYE UGLY!!!" MAN!!!
But, ya know what......Spyderco's are some of the best and most functional knives on the market - despite being UGLY!!!
To be honest, I think they were designed that way for mass appeal!! There is an old saying, "It's hard to give up that ugly baby!!"
It's only "my" 1 cent worth..........
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Don't believe me???? Just take a look at this picture.....
http://www.bladeforums.com/ubb/Forum20/HTML/000842.html
There are only 2.... OK, maybe 3 knives on that picture that "aren't" BUTT UGLY!!!!
In fact, most on that picture aren't "BUTT UGLY" they are "BROWN EYE UGLY!!!" MAN!!!
But, ya know what......Spyderco's are some of the best and most functional knives on the market - despite being UGLY!!!
To be honest, I think they were designed that way for mass appeal!! There is an old saying, "It's hard to give up that ugly baby!!"
It's only "my" 1 cent worth..........
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GigOne
"Livin' Life - Full Throttle"
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"The metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet."
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Eye of the beholder . . .
The Spderco Civilian has a certain serpentine grace and beauty about it. The Military, on the other hand, is seriously "esthetically challenged," but it works!
The Camillus CUDA series and their new Becker Knife and Tool series are also all performance with no thought to appearance.
Leatherman tools and the other multi-tools are clever, but hardly pretty.
And the REKAT "Hobbit" knives are just about as orcish as knives can be without coming from the armories of the Dark Tower itself!
Funny thing, how at least some of us want our knives to be beautiful, or at least non-ugly.
Do plumbers complain that their pipe wrenches are ugly? Do carpenters ask for good-looking hammers? So why do I want at least one of my daily carry knives to be good-looking.
Here is a contradictory thought. Farm tools like plowshares and pruning hooks are for doing good and wholesome and even beautiful things, and they are normally rather homely looking. Swords and spears, used for their original purposes, do gross and awful and ugly things - like impaling and disemboweling - and they are often made much better looking than they need to be to impale and disembowel enemies.
Maybe this is because we hope we would rarely use a sword or a spear, but we use farm and garden tools much too heavily to invest in grace and beauty for them.
And where do daily carry knives fit in here?
Here is another ugly knife:
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The Spderco Civilian has a certain serpentine grace and beauty about it. The Military, on the other hand, is seriously "esthetically challenged," but it works!
The Camillus CUDA series and their new Becker Knife and Tool series are also all performance with no thought to appearance.
Leatherman tools and the other multi-tools are clever, but hardly pretty.
And the REKAT "Hobbit" knives are just about as orcish as knives can be without coming from the armories of the Dark Tower itself!
Funny thing, how at least some of us want our knives to be beautiful, or at least non-ugly.
Do plumbers complain that their pipe wrenches are ugly? Do carpenters ask for good-looking hammers? So why do I want at least one of my daily carry knives to be good-looking.
Here is a contradictory thought. Farm tools like plowshares and pruning hooks are for doing good and wholesome and even beautiful things, and they are normally rather homely looking. Swords and spears, used for their original purposes, do gross and awful and ugly things - like impaling and disemboweling - and they are often made much better looking than they need to be to impale and disembowel enemies.
Maybe this is because we hope we would rarely use a sword or a spear, but we use farm and garden tools much too heavily to invest in grace and beauty for them.
And where do daily carry knives fit in here?
Here is another ugly knife:
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001