Things you used to prefer, but now avoid

Assisted - now never
4 inch or more - now 3 to 3.5
Any blade design - now no serrations or recurves


That pretty much it. Open to anything else.
 
I pretty much avoid autos and assisted opening knives (AO) now. I thought AO knives kind of cool at first; but now I see little need for them in my life. I never really was interested in autos other than out of curiosity, but have never considered carrying one regardless of legality. Never really was interested in waved knives at all and wasn't even curious about them enough to buy one to play with.

I have gone to simpler knives in general and speed of opening is not important to me. I'm not going to fight somebody with a knife or try to defend myself with one.

Safety is important to me; really important to me actually. I think the only AO knife that opened on me or partially opened was a SOG Twitch or something like that. But no damage, just a surprise. Guess that's why they had a lock function on them.

Locks are not a big deal although I really like Benchmade's axis lock and generally locks of similar design. But on slippies, I want a half stop except on SAKs. Would actually prefer a half stop on Vics.....
 
Partially serrated blades, large heavy pocket knives, thick blades, wharncliffe blade shape.
 
Assisted opening
Partially serrated blades
Chisel grind
Coated blades
Aluminium handles
Persian style blades
Ball bearings
 
Man I use to love me some partially serrated, blacked out tantos :rolleyes: Glad I'm not alone haha.
 
I am pretty much done with Emersons, although I do like the looks of the Overlander. I never got into Auto knives even though they are legal in Missouri now. The last two folders I have bought are perfect for my needs, a Buck 110 pro in green micarta and a Benchmade 940-2.
 
I think I just grew out of "overbuilt" (although I never preferred them per se) and I consider the grind/stock thickness more than I ever did. I am also a little more conscious (sometimes) of assessing the cost/value ratio of a knife.
 
I used to think that clip points were the way to go. Not any more.
The same holds true with assisted-opening knives.

I avoid both along with black finished tactical knives and metal scales on medium/heavy duty knives. Metal is OK on light duty SAKs.
 
I'm pretty sure I don't avoid much except things that I just don't like from the get-go. The only exception to this has been the finger-choil fad: I bought a knife with one to see if they were all they were cracked up to be. Turned out that the answer was no.
 
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