Things you just live with and get used to.

[sXePhenomenal]

^^ like that one. I’d say steels some knives I like have pretty crap steel especially older stainless models that aren’t 440C.

 

[TheChunk91]

Prices of cool vintage knives.

Prices can be high and prices can be low. Patience is the key, instant gratification is rare when it comes to finding old knives.

 

[The Zieg]

Knives falling into the bottom of my pocket and sitting sideways is a peeve of mine. I know several solutions, but I just like to toss a knife in my pocket sometimes and wish it weren't this way. Slips, pocket sheaths, lanyards, carpenter's jeans, watch pocket carry, rucksack carry, I know them all. Still . . .

Zieg

 

[Hickory n steel]

Knives calling into the bottom of my pocket and sitting sideways is a peeve of mine. I know several solutions, but I just like to toss a knife in my pocket sometimes and wish it weren't this way. Slips, pocket sheaths, lanyards, carpenter's jeans, coin pocket carry, rucksack carry, I know them all. Still . . .

Zieg

That definitely happens to me sometimes, once in a while you just get a bad knife and pocket size combination.
I can have one knife turn sideways and be uncomfortable in one pocket but go unnoticed in another pocket on some other shorts or pants.

 

[afishhunter]

Sak scales, Buck’s grinds, prices of cool vintage knives.

Buck has bad grinds?!?
I don't have a lot of Buck knives ... only 19 of them ...
I'd have to say that all I bought new came with an even grind on all the blades, and were sharp out of the box or hang pack.
Of those I bought used, one needed a bit of sharpening ... but I really don't think I can blame Buck for that.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Buck has bad grinds?!?
I don't have a lot of Buck knives ... only 19 of them ...
I'd have to say that all I bought new came with an even grind on all the blades, and were sharp out of the box or hang pack.
One that I bought used needed a bit of sharpening ... but I really don't think I can blame Buck for that.

I thought he meant not liking their hollow grind, but you might be right in which case he's just been unlucky.

 

[afishhunter]

To be honest, their hollow grind never even crossed what's left of my mind.

 

[TheChunk91]

Buck has really thick grinds on their traditional folders. I suppose buck thinks people would rather hammer their knives through a nail rather than use it to efficiently cut things. I assumed that's what you meant by bucks grinds afishhunter.

Funny thing is, I've noticed the china made buck traditional folders have slightly thinner grinds than the usa ones making the chinese knives better cutters while they are inferior in every other way. But the #1 purpose of a knife is to cut...

That being said the thick grinds on bucks are one thing I have to live with and get used to, as I do like the 301 stockman. I have an older 1990's one that is flat ground but still too thick.

 

[Old Hunter]

"I suppose buck thinks people would rather hammer their knives through a nail rather than use it to efficiently cut things." The Chuck 91

Chunk91, thanks for my first good laugh of Monday morning! OH

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Pocket lint:
For a few years now, I've been carrying my Traditionals in the 'watch pocket' of jeans I specifically bought because the pocket was deep enough for them. That's to say, it's a little over 4" deep, to carry my Case '75 pattern stockman knives, as well as an older 4-dot Buck 112. They ride vertically, side-by-side in that pocket. It occurred to me, after reading other posts here about pocket lint issues, my own knives haven't had a significant issue with lint since I started carrying them this way. When I used to carry them in my deeper front pockets, they collected a lot more, to the extent it sometimes bound up the pivot in my knives. I dealt with that at times by using a brush to de-lint the insides of the pockets after laundering them. But I've no longer had the need to do that, in years.

Folders laying sideways in the bottom of pocket:
See above; same solution fixes this also.

Thick grinds:
I also agree, thick grinds on some Traditionals often keep me from using or carrying them as often as I'd otherwise like to. I have a Buck 301, and it's relatively thickly-ground blades haven't compared as favorably to me as my Case '75. In particular, I've become spoiled on the Case 75's sheepfoot blades, which are as thin as any I've ever used (and I've still thinned them some more behind the edge). I've already done quite a bit of thinning behind the edge of the Buck's clip and sheepfoot blades; but they're still not quite up to my Case '75, in ease of slicing performance. But I haven't given up on it yet.

 

[WinchesteRalox]

Buck has bad grinds?!?
I don't have a lot of Buck knives ... only 19 of them ...
I'd have to say that all I bought new came with an even grind on all the blades, and were sharp out of the box or hang pack.
Of those I bought used, one needed a bit of sharpening ... but I really don't think I can blame Buck for that.

I thought he meant not liking their hollow grind, but you might be right in which case he's just been unlucky.

Buck has really thick grinds on their traditional folders. I suppose buck thinks people would rather hammer their knives through a nail rather than use it to efficiently cut things. I assumed that's what you meant by bucks grinds afishhunter.

Funny thing is, I've noticed the china made buck traditional folders have slightly thinner grinds than the usa ones making the chinese knives better cutters while they are inferior in every other way. But the #1 purpose of a knife is to cut...

That being said the thick grinds on bucks are one thing I have to live with and get used to, as I do like the 301 stockman. I have an older 1990's one that is flat ground but still too thick.

"I suppose buck thinks people would rather hammer their knives through a nail rather than use it to efficiently cut things." The Chuck 91

Chunk91, thanks for my first good laugh of Monday morning! OH

I suppose that I probably shouldn’t of added that part, only owning three Buck knives A 110, 422, and the Chinese equivalent to the 303 I just never liked the blade geometry on that knife I feel like eventually I’ll probably sell or trade it but it’s kind a growing on me and anyway I don’t carry it very often.

 

[JaxBaron]

Off centered blades. I would love if all traditionals had prefectly centered blades. Unfortunately that is not the case and every once in a while Ill receive one where the blade favors one side. If the blades not rubbing the liners, I try to not worry about it. Easier said than done. Lol

 

[jc57]

- Using two hands to open them
- Having to reach into a pocket to get it out
- Scratches and wear from use, carrying, and sharpening (not unique to traditional knives)
- More frequent but easier sharpening
- Forgetting to take them out of your pocket and having them go through the wash cycle as a result

 

[black mamba]

The main one for me is GEC's disdain for stainless steel. I wish they would make their GEC branded knives a super premium line, using a powdered stainless like CPM-154, plus all the bells and whistles in their finishing. People are already paying 2,3 or 400 dollars for certain 1095 bladed knives . . . wouldn't we pay a couple hundred for a truly superior knife???

 

[JohnDF]

I would love if all traditionals had prefectly centered blades. Unfortunately that is not the case

Not the Case...
Freud would be proud. Lol

 

[brownshoe]

The one thing about traditional style folding knives that I'll bet many of us live with is needing two hands to open it. That can be solved with a traditional audit...of which I have two leverlocks

 

[Hickory n steel]

The one thing about traditional style folding knives that I'll bet many of us live with is needing two hands to open it. That can be solved with a traditional audit...of which I have two leverlocks

Of course we have to open our knives with two hands ( unless you've got a one armed jack ), but that's nothing to me and I don't feel like I'm living with it or dealing with it.
Maybe that's just me.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Of course we have to open our knives with two hands ( unless you've got a one armed jack ), but that's nothing to me and I don't feel like I'm living with it or dealing with it.
Maybe that's just me.

It's me too.

Those of us of a certain age have probably gone almost our entire lives being accustomed to the 'norm' (dare I say?) of opening a traditional knife with two hands. We grew up doing it that way and watching our Dads and maybe our Granddads doing it that way.

The one-handers still feel strange to me when I open them up, especially in public. It just feels WEIRD...

 

[Hickory n steel]

It's me too.

Those of us of a certain age have probably gone almost our entire lives being accustomed to the 'norm' (dare I say?) of opening a traditional knife with two hands. We grew up doing it that way and watching our Dads and maybe our Granddads doing it that way.

The one-handers still feel strange to me when I open them up, especially in public. It just feels WEIRD...

I'm not exactly " of a certain age " but my first real knife was a Schrade 34OT, and like you say the one handed opening does feel weird. ( They're still a nice change of pace when i carryn one once in a while )
It took no time to get used to the 2 handed opening again after years of one handed moderns, and I quite like the slow down and think approach that comes with them.

 

[TheChunk91]

Opening with two hands is the norm, not something I would say that I have to live with. One hand openers can be convenient, but I don't like them as well.