What is your "pet peeve" when it comes to knives?

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iambored388

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For me it is when people can't figure out how to close a knife. Also it bothers me when i show somebody a really high qaulity knife and they think their $10 maxam knife is way better.
 
iambored388 said:
For me it is when people can't figure out how to close a knife. Also it bothers me when i show somebody a really high qaulity knife and they think their $10 maxam knife is way better.
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1. When someone is compelled to slam open a folding knife with a wrist flick...grrrr....:grumpy:

2. To watch someone thumb check the sharpness or try and shave the hair on their arm with a blade....the reason Band-Aids are such a hit at a lot of knife shows.:rolleyes:
 
When the maker of an otherwise good knife inexplicably chose to crap it up.

The most prevalent example is huge etchings on the blade, but it can be done in many ways; poor blade steel, scales garish enough to embarass a New Orleans pimp, aluminum anything, bizarre serrations, etc.
 
Wolfjohn said:
2. To watch someone thumb check the sharpness ....the reason Band-Aids are such a hit at a lot of knife shows.:rolleyes:
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...just wondering, do you mean that they run their thumb DOWN the length of the edge :eek: ,or are you talking about rubbing across (perpendiclar) to the edge? Because that IS a pretty effective and safe way to feel/test the level of sharpness IMHO. :)

...my peeve is when people look at you like your Chuck Manson for carrying a 2" bladed folding knife.

-Or when someone asks to "look" at your 200+ dollar knife, then imeadiately throws it at a tree, or trys to cut a brick in half with it, because they think that any knife that costs more than $20 should be indestructable! :grumpy:
 
Knives with a thesis paper written on them. I don't want to see the brand name, patent numbers, manufacturing dates, etc. all crapped up on the blade. Just keep it classy and sterile like Chris Reeve.
 
mongomondo said:
Knives with a thesis paper written on them. I don't want to see the brand name, patent numbers, manufacturing dates, etc. all crapped up on the blade. Just keep it classy and sterile like Chris Reeve.
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lol you must not like kershaw huh?
 
When people try cutting something with a knife I'm showing them,without asking permission.Also,I hate dull knives!
 
-Blades that are dull out of the box. Some grind angles are necessary, but I mean come on. You sell knives, not spoons, sharpen em right !
-Crappy steel on an otherwise beautiful design. With the high availability of so many top shelf steels, it boggles the mind.
-Seeing a knife that was serrated that has been butchered to make it plain edge - then they call it a "mod". If you don't like serrations, DONT buy em:mad:
-When someone hands me a knife pointy end first. WTF!
-The atomic slam opening of a manual knife. Why? I mean, really...does it make you feel more like a man to prematurely wear the lock on your blade?
-Handing a knife to someone and they are checking it out, next thing you know they drop it on the ground outside getting dirt in the pivot and damaging the blade...:mad:


GRIM 62 said:
When people try cutting something with a knife I'm showing them,without asking permission.Also,I hate dull knives!
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LMAO! I don't mind, unless they start trying to pry something then I start drawing my arm back to perform the pimp slap.:eek:
 
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I hate when people wrist flick my knives, I HATE BLADE PLAY, and I HATE when people use my knife with out permission(especially when using it like a R-Tard)
 
Blade play is a big one.in fixed blades and folders alike.
Overly hyped blades.( see dark-ops)
Poor QC
Poor to no warranty.
 
I hate when people write "knifes" or "knive" on bladeforums. This is a knife forum, you'd think people would be able to spell knife correctly.

I also hate bladeplay.
 
I can handle dull knives (they can be sharpened quickly).

But when a new knife I just purchased has uneven grind lines, it bugs the crap out of me. I don't want to have to re-profile a brand new knife blade.
 
A_Blade_Afficionado said:
When people wrist flick my knives. HUGE pet-peeve of mine.
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This is my biggest, but it even bugs me to see someone wrist flick there own knife,lol.

Thumb movement is all that is needed, and is just as quick once you learn how.



edit- oh yeah... my second biggest is a knife with a flipper on it, instead of stud or hole.
 
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