Ugliest knives?

Hobbit warriors are definitely ugly lumps--but I hear they work.

How about those Frost "Starfighter Booie" things, with all the slots and stars and holes and ovals and squares and parallelogram and all other kinds of cutouts in their monstrous, 420J blades? Those things are not only ugly, but utterly without function. Surely that is the greatest sin.
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That Buck knife with the anchor prongs in the crossguard. Now that's a knife that was designed to be thrown overboard!

David Rock
 
Yeah, yeah...but the original question was:

ugly knives WITH function

Obviously REKAT pops straight to mind, and some of Spyderco's designs do as well. If Bansidthe is correct about the functionality of the KA-BAR Warthog, there might be another contender in the ring.

Mike


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Refund! You lose! :)


 
I think the Toad is functional, but not sure what it's function is.

That's one butt ugly little knife!
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The Pocket Hobbit while being ugly to some has one distinction. Because of the request for a folding Hobbit Warrior the Rolling Lock was created. Bob Brothers and I tried diffrent formats and locks and came up with the Rolling Lock. If not for the fugly (thats F******ugly) Pocket Hobbit there would have not been a Rolling Lock. We design for function and test for that first and formost. Being a very small manfacture and self financed we can't always do what we want our future projects board is full. . As far as dressing up our knives ever see a Abrams with chrome on it. We are looking at diffrent handle materials and exotic materials. I am sick of black myself but have to catch up with the demand on our fugly knives first. The Esclator is wierd, there is no doubt about that. Spark and Mike can tell you what its like being on the reciving end of that bad motor scooter. The faces they made were fugly also and Sparks arm the next day was, lets say very colorful.

Bob Taylor
Some days its not worth chewing through the restraints and escaping
 
Coronach,

Why did you have to knock the F-4 phantom. I grew up watching that plane along with the F-105 thunderchief at airshows. Used to love to watch the thick black smoke trails from those engines. So did the enemy I guess.
 
HA!

you misunderstand me!

If I had to name my top ten favourite warplanes, the F-4 Phantom would almost certainly be among them. The BUFF and the 'Hog would be floating around there somewhere, too.

My point is just that the F-4 is a decidedly unsubtle aircraft. It does not so much fly as bully its way through the air. It is not pretty, at least not in the usual sense of the word. It is as graceful as a battle axe. It has the aerodynamics of a UPS delivery van.

But damn, does it get the job done. I love the plane.

Mike




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Hey! Uncle Sam!

(_!_) Nyah nyah nyah!

Refund! You lose! :)


 
Coronach, in the words of a friend of mine who flew the F-4 a few times:

"You fly and fight with it like driving a freight train: in a straight line."
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Couldn't just lurk on this one. I'd say that the Wayne Clark folders offered by Arizona Custom Knives are about the most hideous looking things I've ever seen. I realize that knives are not necessarily about asthetics, but what the hell was this guy thinking? And oh yeah, I'm thinking about trading in my everyday carry BM for one of those Hibben Jackyls. All right, forgive me please.
 
YEE ha! Here's my list
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: I thought the Pocket Hobbit was a hidious joke when I first saw it, then I saw the price and began to think that it was not a very funy hidious joke, I must agree that the Spydy Toad is butt-ugly, The Cold Steel Vaguero Grande, El lobo, and Hombre just to name a few are hilarious, I view most Hibben fantasy knives and Rambo knives to be impractical and oftentimes ugly, as I don't really like hollow handled knives.(I do like the Chris Reeve hollow handled knives though
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I always was sort of partial to any knife with a camoflage hollow handle that screwed off to hold "survival gear" (dope for camping..keep it dry?) and a whole mess of "sawteeth" on the back of the blade. Is there any reason on this green earth why we would need such an item? Ugly? I would sooner use my Escalator to cut of my own arm than use one. I even saw once such a "survival knife" in dagger form with camo hollow handle, for all you gothic pot smoking campers.

My Escalator is really ugly, but so damned cool and effective, those frost "Undertakers" are hideous and anything designed by Gil Hibben for United Cutlery is BFU (figure it out). Maybe they are not knives, but also those fantasy sword with the dragon handles as well, puncture that palm, yeah! Don't forget the ontario Spax (WTF is it?) and maybe that $2.59 "bowie" i bought as a youngster made by Imperial Knives with the plastic handle and vinyl sheath?

Wayne Clark builds 'em ugly and so does REKAT, but they cut, so maybe that evens out. Maybe that Sifu is so ugly I gotta have one, maybe so.
 
Spyderco Civilian. I know, it may not qualify for the practical part of your equation but it sure does qualify for the ugly part in my opinion. I have a particular aversion for United Cutlery fantasy knives as well. I can't even bring myself to offer them for sale. Take care.

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In my opinion, a REKAT is to combat folders as what a GLOCK is to combat handguns, as what a B-2 is to bombers, and as what a HUMVEE is to a military 4x4. They're ugly but they RULE! I won't have it any other way.

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[This message has been edited by Titan (edited 23 April 1999).]
 
Titan,

You're right about the old Glocks, but I think the new compact and finger grooved models actually look pretty cool. The Hummer, while not beautiful, does look pretty good in a tough and rugged sort of way.

But the Pocket hobbit(No offense Bob
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) looks fat, pudgy, and just plain goofy to me. All these even cancel out any tough or deadly looks the knife could have. But, thats just my opinion.
 
People often call rough-finished knives made by blacksmiths out of old files ugly -- but they smile when they say it, and they buy them. The VW Beetle was designed purely for function with no regard for appearance, too, and people called it ugly and smiled and bought them. The Edsel, on the other hand, was designed purely for appearance with no regard for function, and although people called it ugly they didn't smile (and they didn't buy them).

A knife that was designed for appearance and not for function can be described with the same word -- "ugly" -- but it's using the same word to mean something completely different. Nobody smiles when we call those holes and slots in a blade ugly.

"When you call me that, smile!"

-Cougar Allen :{)
 
As an aficionado of all things ugly, I felt obliged to respond to this post.
I agree with all of the earlier comments about the nature of beauty and
functionality; it's really difficult for me to categorize any functional
knife as being truly ugly. I find a subtle grace in any artifact that
efficiently accomplishes its intended purpose. "Ugly" is an epithet best
applied to shoddily made junk that is sometimes misrepresented as quality
cutlery (I'm thinking of cheap Indian khukuris, 420J "fantasy" bowies,
etc.).

That being said...I'll have to second an earlier post and vote for the BM
975SBT as the most "aesthetically-challenged" functional knife that I'm
familiar with. Due to the "tanto" point, chisel grind, black coating and
blocky G-10 handles, this beast may be perfectly suitable for it's intended
purpose (?); I just think that it's excessively "tactical" appearance makes
it a little too intimidating for me to carry on a daily basis (that's why I
ordered the Sifu
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). Don't get me wrong...I'm really quite fond of the 975
and I think it's an extremely well-made knife. It's just not particularly
appropriate for the cutting situations that I generally encounter (besides,
it really is pretty ugly...
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(Ugly) Jim
 
If you're going to talk ugly but wonderful airplanes,
YES
THe BUFF,
THe F4
and don't forget,
the C-130.
Butt ugly Durante nosed milk truck of a plane. But they takes the lickin' and keeps on tickin!
Only ugly knives are some of the
REKATs (Don't care if they're ugly, they're IMPRESSIVE)
and
ANYTHING from Frost Cutlery. (wouldn't own one if you gave it to me)

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I cut it, and I cut it, and it's STILL too short!

 
spoonslayer:

take a look at the spyderco khalsa,
that is one ugly dude.
but take it in your hands and it feel
quite good and usable.
i think it wins the ugly pegeant easy.
 
BobT,

In REKAT's case, "ugly" is good thing. REKAT serves a purpose. If you have to pulled the thing, yeah... it's going to be UGLY.

My REKAT won't be for display. It's beauty is strictly in its function.

sing
 
Any Spyderco.Wouldn't own one on a bet.
My .02

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