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

This all pertains to folders BTW.

1.Bladeplay*
2.Uncentered blades*
3.Dull,brand new knives*
4.Stiff/Clunky Actions*
5.Big Handles with Small Blades & vice versa
6.The Gettysburg Address written on the blade-keep it simple-the maker's mark & possibly the steel that is used.That's it,no more.
7.Unnecessarily HEAVY folders
8.Kraton(plastic) handles
9.Smooth,slippery stainless steel handles
10.Locks that require you to take more than one step to open & close them(LAWKS for instance).
11.Tip down ONLY*
12.Skeleton handles
13.Combo edges
14.Soft Steel(Rc<56)


That's all I can think of right now.

*these really piss me off:grumpy:
 
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Slightly off subject, but my pet peeve is unclear, confusing knife laws that vary from city to city and county to county. Sooner or later I'm going to miss something and get in trouble travelling through somewhere.
 
Rick said:
For me, it's marketing weasels who employ juvenile ad campaigns and slogans that attempt to portray utilitarian cutting tools as weapons or "hardcore" military implements. This tactic--the only thing "tactical" about cutlery--is great for emptying the pockets of validation seeking adolescent boys of all ages, but it puts the rest of the cutlery industry, and its consumers, in the worst possible light.

Next up: An overwrought, overpriced, tiger-striped and skull-etched titanium shovel called the "Grave Digger 2000" with a slogan like "When you bury 'em with the Grave Digger 2000®, they stay buried!"
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Actually, that is a pretty good slogan! :D
 
What hasn't been said?

people FLICKING my knives TRYING to show off that they know a thing or two...sheeple..

People thinking my knives are much cheaper than they are ie. price and quality.

"No my CRK Seb is more than $30...."
"uhhh $50?..."
"*sigh* just never mind"
 
Blade play,offcentered blade, thick or uneven edge, steel handles,cheap plastic handles(not g10), cheaper steels, bad CS,only warrantied for the first owner, made in China, linerlocks with super thin liners, poor designs in general to name a few.
 
Ankerson said:
Has to have a 100% no questions asked backed by the manufacturer warranty so if anything happens it's covered. ;)

If it's doesn't I don't own one. ;)

If the manufacture won't back their products 100% and stand behind them why would I spend my money on them. I mean if they won't stand behind them they must not have 100% confidence in them so I won't spend my money on them.
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Amen brother...Amen.
 
Small handles. Just because I sometimes have to limit my blade to 3 inches, doesnt mean I want to hold my knife with only three fingers. The handle should fit the hand, no matter what the blade length.
 
I would like to see production folders that are made with synthetic scale handles such as the Spyderco Military come out with wooden scale options.

Another peeve is when a good production folder is dropped from production into extinction for no good reason; for example the Buck folding Kalinga.
 
And another, are sheaths. I like leather sheaths for fixed or folders. Sure the synthetics are nice to be sure, but there is nothing like the feel and smell of good belt sheaths.
 
Ah I could go on for days.

I'll try to limit myself to ten:

1. A Blunt knife. Unsafe, and I find it fun to keep all my blades hair splittingly sharp.

2. People who carry a knife, but don't have the first clue how to sharpen it.

3 . People who go use a belt sander or grinding wheel to sharpen anything, a mate did it with a SAK and asked my why the blade wore out after 3 sharpens.

4. Uneven grinds. Great way to ruin an otherwise great blade.

5. The whole tactical look. Just dose nothing for me.

6. Soft metal, hello Gerber.

7. Lend someone a knife, who you've seen used a knife propperly meny times to see them distroying it. I once saw a mate do this, I lent him my knife to strip some thin branches off a chopped off branch and turn round and see them hitting the back of the blade of my expencive folder with a brick, I was soo close to hitting him with said brick. Boy was he unhappy when I gave him the bill to replace the knackerd knife £156 if I remember correctly.

8. People who look at you like you are some kind of nutter because you carry a 1" knife on your keyring (but are happy to ask to borrow it when they can't open something, I always say no, you should get your own).

9. Overpriced knifes that look and feel good, but you can tell if you took it to the woods with you it would either snap or fall apart with in the first 5 minutes use.

10. people who don't know the first clue how to handle a knife, including one lad I used to know in scouts who would cut about 5 layers of skin off his thumb to see it the knife was sharp, hum wonder why he always had plasters on his thumbs.
 
-When people have to rub their fingers all over the blade
-People who tell me I don't need partial serrations on my knife its MY knife not yours don't tell me what I should and shouldn't have
-People who have to shave hair with my knife I mean seriously that is nasty I do cut food with my knives
 
What I hate is some one taking hold of the tip of an antique slipjoint blade and wiggling to wee if the blade is tight, putting 200-400 PSI on the joint. This will destroy any knife not designed to resist it. If you want to check for tightness then hold the blade at the base right next to the handle and move it side to side. What business does anyone have checking tightness on another man's knife?
 
txman321 said:
lol you must not like kershaw huh?
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Amen to "billboarding" blades. I put up with it with a brand like Kershaw because I love their knives otherwise. I can understand a designer's logo on a blade and am fine with that.

My big pet peeve is soft screws. If you can't take a knife apart without worrying whether you will be able to get it back together then the longevity/length of service of that knife is in doubt and at risk.
 
Que said:
Amen to "billboarding" blades. I put up with it with a brand like Kershaw because I love their knives otherwise. I can understand a designer's logo on a blade and am fine with that.

My big pet peeve is soft screws. If you can't take a knife apart without worrying whether you will be able to get it back together then the longevity/length of service of that knife is in doubt and at risk.
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DUDE! I stripped like evry screw on my tenacious. It sucked!
 
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