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

I hate that most of the places I frequent in California have local ordinances that describe a knife having a three-inch blade as a deadly weapon. My poor mora sits in my trunk waiting to be put to use.
 
Biggest pet peeve ? On forums ? Bladeforums in general ? in real life ?

Reading some of these answers I have to wonder.

Mine is people who are scared of knives and thus feel a need to control knife owners with regulations/ordinances/laws. ( same goes for guns )

Tostig
 
I guess my biggest peeve is people shoving what they believe down everyones throat,,some do not like serrations,,fine,,why say they are not good for anything?,,they sell a lot of them so there must be some that like them,,,people saying one knife is better than the other jsut because one cost mega bucks, if a $10 knife meets my needs then to me it is a good knife,,sure a $100 knife would do the same thing,,but would it do any better,,,rarely I think,,some hate to see a knife flicked open,,sure nobody likes to see a fine knife destroyed in any way,,but the bottom line is,,you do not flicking,,do not do it,,to others it is what they may have bought a certain knife for,,I guess what I am saying mostly is ,,to each their own,,just because what one person does will not meet your expections,,does not meant its wrong,,some think they are judge jury and hangman here,,that I realy hate,,,I love knives,,some more than others, I hate a knife from the factory not being sharp,,uneven edges, poor warranties, over priced knives, and many more I could name,,just my thoughts
 
1) Miss-matched stag handles/ scales: Case is notorious for this. One side will have an absolutely 'killer' piece of stag while the opposite side is hideous,
(completely different color) and NO character. This is the main reason I will not order stag handle folders on-line (unless) I can view both sides!!!

2) The word "tactical".....:grumpy:

3) Camo pattern blades...A recent example I saw had international orange
G10 scales w/ a camo blade pattern....WTF??

4) Shipping rates that increase based on price of item...
Can you say SMKW? :grumpy:
 
The dealers and tables full of POS knives at cow-town knife shows. Guys that think their you should be jumping at the chance to buy their $20 CRKT knives for $40. Then when you pull out a ZT0300 that you brought for possible trades and they realize you may know something about knives, they realize that you see through their BS.

Just like douchebags that work in gun stores who don't know crap and try to make you think they do.

SB
 
Just my personal thoughts here, but being left-handed, and usually carrying my knife strong-side (as a matter of personal preference,) I absolutely hate right-hand only knives. I know a lot of people here have commented about "wrist flick" opening and the like, and to be sure, it's not always necessary. There have been knife designs I've absolutely fallen in love with... except for that pocket clip being for righties, and/or the thumbstud being righty as well. Occasionally, for one-handed opening, a right-hand knife is easier for me to "wrist" open, with one or more of the following "flaws":

-a small ricasso/no flipper
-an anemic thumbstud (a Kershaw I own)
-no serious ramping/jimping/choil/etc.

So next time you see somebody wrist flick open a knife, if it's in his left hand, he may just be a poor cursed southpaw, not necessarily a d-bag.

I also hate the usual suspects; poor grinds, shallow blade angles, stupid flourishes, poor steel, poor heat treat, etc., etc.

I also hate when a company uses good steel, but the heat treat is crap. It's like slick G10 scales, with no texture- what's the point?

Just my vicious, left-handed fascist screed; pay me no mind. Non-ambidextrous pocket clips make my blood boil....
 
KEmSAT-Survival said:
My pet peeve is people in general. But I'll try to make a specific example or twelve.

1.) People who find it impossible to type the word "Sebenza", "Wharncliff", "Spyderco", etc... all the way and instead must gimp it down to "Sebbie", "Wharnie", "Spydie", etc... If you want to talk baby-talk go back to pre-school. Would it kill you to use the extra syllable? You lazy douche.

2.) People who think "cheap" automatically equals "crap". Come down off your high and mighty pedestal, oh creme de la creme. Sometimes us tight [expletive deleted] might be on to something.

3.) Brand loyalty is fine. But being an overzealous douchebag is not. Everybody is different and variety is the spice of life.

4.) Calling it "satin finish" when you can see scratches and gouges in the blade. Satin is supposed to be smooth. If it looks like you hand-rubbed it with sandstone and then threw it into a the back of gravel truck it ain't "satin finish"...but it starts with an "s".

Those are just a few. Like I said, people in general are a pet peeve of mine. These are just the fine folks in the top 40.
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A pet peeve of mine, is people that take life way too seriously and run around with some up their you know what. Sorry, but chill. You say you don't like people much, but I have a feeling it is probably mutual:P
 
Gear said:
And that it is your opinion which should be respected as long as you don't tell someone they shouldn't have serrations on their knife. And I carry at least one "Emergency Knife" that has partial serrations on it which is a Spyderco Endura 4 Wave, I don't use this knife for anything but emergencies aka cutting seat belts, animals caught in rope etc. I can't even state the times I have used the serrations on a knife. If they were useless Emerson knives wouldn't have them on them and Ernest Emerson himself wouldn't state always buy at least one knife with serrations on it. So yes I do have a good reason to have serrations.
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I bet my plain edge could cut everyhting you used your serrated knife for. :P. Sorry, I also hate serrations.
 
Tony8179 said:
One of my hugest pet peeves when it comes to knives has to do with buying/selling/trading on the forums. Some guys are so upfront and forthcoming when it comes to disclosing everything about a knife. Other guys will swear up and down that a knife is pristine and then I get it with a chipped blade edge, scratched up blade and handles, and gunk absolutely everywhere. If you're going to trade or sell a knife I think you should have the courtesy to give it a bit of cleaning before you send it out. I usually offer to sharpen and clean any knives that I have used before shipping them out. Just tell the truth about what you're offering.!

Selling... I hate you lowballers. If I have a knife I'm selling for $200 and it's been on the forum for less than a day, why would I sell it for $125?!
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:thumbup:Oh yea,everything he said,especially that last part!
 
expensive folders. I'd like someone to tell me what the functional difference is between a high end Spyderco and a RAT 1.
 
A knife is a combination of blade, handle, frame and lock. Companies balance these components with cost to produce knives they think will appeal to users. Like gun companies, some of the decisions are great and benefit everyone; other times, some executive gets drunk and makes disastrous decisions.

Someone can buy two smallish knives with blade steels of S30V, for example. Both knives can have great heat treat, good grinds and be made by good companies; however one may have a titanium frame while the other has a polymer frame. The first may be hand fit, have exquisite craftsmanship and even a little case to carry it, while the other comes in a cardboard box. The first may cost $400 or more while the second may go for $40 or so.

If one wishes to pay as much for a small folding knife as they would a fine revolver, that's up to them, but the other components of a knife can be as important as the blade material. No one wants a lock to fail or a knife slip from their wet hands. One also doesn't want to have blisters the next day because a handle was made of the wrong material; neither do they want their fine serrations to shed teeth.

People can pick their knives based on what they want, but the only thing that really gets my shorts in a knot are 1) chisel grind knives that are ground on the left side; 2) serrations that look more like an inch and a half of rugged saw blade; 3) premium steel blades that chip or which are overly difficult to sharpen and 4) thumb nail slits. I also don't particularly care for liner lock designs, brass bolsters that tarnish and adhesive tape that feels like the top of an aircraft carrier deck (though they can remove the bunions and calluses that form on the side of one's feet!).

The worst is the chisel grind knife blades. On the left side, they're okay for southpaws, but a blight for the majority of right-handers. If one is trying to whittle or remove bark, the grind is on the wrong side, as it places the grind right over the material being cut. A southpaw will hold it so that the grind in on the other side and they can whittle with ease. I recall one of my earliest knives to be a Winchester $29 Wal*Mart folder that was ground on the right side. I still have that knife and when I compare actual cutting chores between the Winchester and my CRKT M16-04 (ground on the left side), the Winchester wins every time. The only reason knife blades are ground on the left side seems to be that they're more attractive that way.

CG1.jpg


This isn't a great picture, but it should make the proverbial point. The
cutting edge should be able to bite into the wood (or cutting material)
without the ground portion getting in the way. Cutting is easier in the
bottom illustration, when the blade can cut directly into the material.


Having only two inches of usable cutting edge on a 4-inch knife that sports two inches of big bumpy serrations also is a pain. On the Cold Steel videos, we see a fellow with a fine serrated blade easily plow through a leather shoe and cut it cleanly and effectively into clumps and strips. Using sawtooth serrations, however, can turn cutting into real chores in that the sawtooth serrations seem to be designed for cutting through small branches and joints (maybe for hunters).

CRKTDesertCruiserSerrations.jpg


From a CRKT Desert Cruiser. The teeth on this mostly get in the way,
though they don't dominate the blade.


GerberAR300_3-1.jpg


This Gerber has way too many teeth on its blade for practical
cutting. Opening boxes and envelopes was a pain.


Just my own views....
 
Confederate said:
A knife is a combination of blade, handle, frame and lock. Companies balance these components with cost to produce knives they think will appeal to users. Like gun companies, some of the decisions are great and benefit everyone; other times, some executive gets drunk and makes disastrous decisions.

Someone can buy two smallish knives with blade steels of S30V, for example. Both knives can have great heat treat, good grinds and be made by good companies; however one may have a titanium frame while the other has a polymer frame. The first may be hand fit, have exquisite craftsmanship and even a little case to carry it, while the other comes in a cardboard box. The first may cost $400 or more while the second may go for $40 or so.

If one wishes to pay as much for a small folding knife as they would a fine revolver, that's up to them, but the other components of a knife can be as important as the blade material. No one wants a lock to fail or a knife slip from their wet hands. One also doesn't want to have blisters the next day because a handle was made of the wrong material; neither do they want their fine serrations to shed teeth.

People can pick their knives based on what they want, but the only thing that really gets my shorts in a knot are 1) chisel grind knives that are ground on the left side; 2) serrations that look more like an inch and a half of rugged saw blade; 3) premium steel blades that chip or which are overly difficult to sharpen and 4) thumb nail slits. I also don't particularly care for liner lock designs, brass bolsters that tarnish and adhesive tape that feels like the top of an aircraft carrier deck (though they can remove the bunions and calluses that form on the side of one's feet!).

The worst is the chisel grind knife blades. On the left side, they're okay for southpaws, but a blight for the majority of right-handers. If one is trying to whittle or remove bark, the grind is on the wrong side, as it places the grind right over the material being cut. A southpaw will hold it so that the grind in on the other side and they can whittle with ease. I recall one of my earliest knives to be a Winchester $29 Wal*Mart folder that was ground on the right side. I still have that knife and when I compare actual cutting chores between the Winchester and my CRKT M16-04 (ground on the left side), the Winchester wins every time. The only reason knife blades are ground on the left side seems to be that they're more attractive that way.

CG1.jpg


This isn't a great picture, but it should make the proverbial point. The
cutting edge should be able to bite into the wood (or cutting material)
without the ground portion getting in the way. Cutting is easier in the
bottom illustration, when the blade can cut directly into the material.


Having only two inches of usable cutting edge on a 4-inch knife that sports two inches of big bumpy serrations also is a pain. On the Cold Steel videos, we see a fellow with a fine serrated blade easily plow through a leather shoe and cut it cleanly and effectively into clumps and strips. Using sawtooth serrations, however, can turn cutting into real chores in that the sawtooth serrations seem to be designed for cutting through small branches and joints (maybe for hunters).

CRKTDesertCruiserSerrations.jpg


From a CRKT Desert Cruiser. The teeth on this mostly get in the way,
though they don't dominate the blade.


GerberAR300_3-1.jpg


This Gerber has way too many teeth on its blade for practical
cutting. Opening boxes and envelopes was a pain.


Just my own views....
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IMO, a knife is a combination of a blade and some form of grip as to which one can utilize it. frames and locks and scales are all unneccessary working parts that can fail. Not to mention, us southpaws have had it rough everywhere else in life-learning how to shoot, play golf, hockey, write in an ultraconservative christian school... give us the one advantage in life of having our leftie chisels ;)
 
PayetteRucker said:
expensive folders. I'd like someone to tell me what the functional difference is between a high end Spyderco and a RAT 1.
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Personal tastes. If you're happy purchasing lower end knives that's fine, but why would you hate folders that are expensive? It's not necessary to buy them.

BUT

You do usually get better handle materials, better steel, better heat treat, better locking systems, and better grinds. The RAT-1 folder is an exception as are a few other less expensive folders, but for the most part less expensive folders are usually garbage COMPARED to the more expensive ones.
 
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