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

mine would have to be people at stores giving s**t advice and people being afraid of knives in public, its pocket knife not a feakin machete!
 
Thalestin said:
I bet my plain edge could cut everyhting you used your serrated knife for. :P. Sorry, I also hate serrations.
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Thats fine but I want every advantage in a lrescue situation. I think I'll test that out tomorrow my sharpest plainedge vs my Endura 4 wave partial serrations on a seat belt and see what cuts easiest and fastest for me, and that is all what works best for ME and no one else just me I won't tell anyone they are wrong over their edge choice. And besides that wasn't the point of my post, the point was don't tell me my decision is wrong. That is my absolute biggest pet peeve ever.
 
Can I still say soddie?

I guess my pet peeves are nail-breakers, blade play, and sloppy quality control in general.

And...I know...I really don't like carbon blades that much.
 
Tony8179 said:
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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The function of a folding blade knife is that of a slicer for every day tasks such as cutting packaging tape off of boxes, snapping zip ties, opening envelopes, the occasional tangled line, etc. I still have yet to see a knife made from a 'better steel' with 'better handle quality' etc etc perform this task better than a cheap solid folder made out of AUS8 or 420HC. I don't hate expensive folders, it's just a pet peeve listening to people rant about them in 99.9 percent of these threads. I can justify dropping the bones on a fixed blade, because its tasks are alot more extensive-wood work, skinning, camping and combat utility, etc. IMO, paying for an expensive folder is paying for a negligible convenience of less occupied space for a knife with a bunch of working parts that tries to mimmick a fixed blade knife, IE solid lockup. KISS, keep it simple stupid. Even my EDC's are fixed blades, I can chop down a tree or do extensive wood tipwork with a HEST and I'd like to see a Spydero Paramilitary do the same.
 
PayetteRucker said:
The function of a folding blade knife is that of a slicer for every day tasks such as cutting packaging tape off of boxes, snapping zip ties, opening envelopes, the occasional tangled line, etc. I still have yet to see a knife made from a 'better steel' with 'better handle quality' etc etc perform this task better than a cheap solid folder made out of AUS8 or 420HC. I don't hate expensive folders, it's just a pet peeve listening to people rant about them in 99.9 percent of these threads. I can justify dropping the bones on a fixed blade, because its tasks are alot more extensive-wood work, skinning, camping and combat utility, etc. IMO, paying for an expensive folder is paying for a negligible convenience of less occupied space for a knife with a bunch of working parts that tries to mimmick a fixed blade knife, IE solid lockup. KISS, keep it simple stupid. Even my EDC's are fixed blades, I can chop down a tree or do extensive wood tipwork with a HEST and I'd like to see a Spydero Paramilitary do the same.
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Don't knock it till you try it.
 
How almost every brick and mortar store that sells knives is extremely overpriced.

Counterfeits.

Companies like Extrema Ratio that use rubber compounds for handles and then call it mil-spec elastomer in an effort to trick consumers.

On a similar note, how Cold Steel makes a series called nightshade, of knives and kubatons and such out of cheap plastic, and then calls it "grivory" to triy to make it seem like something awesome.

Any kind of kraton handle.
 
PayetteRucker said:
The function of a folding blade knife is that of a slicer for every day tasks such as cutting packaging tape off of boxes, snapping zip ties, opening envelopes, the occasional tangled line, etc. I still have yet to see a knife made from a 'better steel' with 'better handle quality' etc etc perform this task better than a cheap solid folder made out of AUS8 or 420HC. I don't hate expensive folders, it's just a pet peeve listening to people rant about them in 99.9 percent of these threads. I can justify dropping the bones on a fixed blade, because its tasks are alot more extensive-wood work, skinning, camping and combat utility, etc. IMO, paying for an expensive folder is paying for a negligible convenience of less occupied space for a knife with a bunch of working parts that tries to mimmick a fixed blade knife, IE solid lockup. KISS, keep it simple stupid. Even my EDC's are fixed blades, I can chop down a tree or do extensive wood tipwork with a HEST and I'd like to see a Spydero Paramilitary do the same.
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While I agree with some of what you say you must keep in mind that some prefer not to or can't carry a fixed blade and thus want a folder that comes closest to what a fixed blade can offer. While you may think that a folder should be used for simple everyday tasks, my folder needs to strip wire, cut through copper, aluminum, and cable wire, notch out wood and sheetrock, and be able to do all the other tasks a simple pocket knife is used for. I'm sorry, but 420HC and AUS-8 ain't gonna cut it when it comes to my needs from a folder. And if I had to I could cut down a small tree with my ZT0300. Like I said, it's all a matter of preferences.
 
"Pet peeves"? Hmmm....

How about when some genius makes the "Folding knives are meant to fold" statement when discussing knife locking mechanisms.
 
iambored388 said:
dang, this got alot more replies than i thought it would
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I think that'll always be the case when you ask for things people dislike. As a new member here, one thing I've noticed is that people here LOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE to gripe about stuff.... :D
 
My pet peeve is people who carry and tout the notion that locks are necessary on folding knives, or that non-locking knives are dangerous/unsafe.
 
seanv1 said:
I think that'll always be the case when you ask for things people dislike. As a new member here, one thing I've noticed is that people here LOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE to gripe about stuff.... :D
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People love to gripe anywhere you go on the internet. It's the meeting place for all pesimists, complainers, and debaters everywhere. Debate and strife are constants. Without these things most people would lay down and die.
 
kzooglock23 said:
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
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Lol, this is so true. I dislike the knife dealers at local knife and gun shows as well.

Last time I was at one, there was this guy selling spydercos for way above value. I said really loudly so everyone could hear, "you can get these $60 cheaper on the internet, go to knifeworks.com!" and the guy got so pissed. He said "No you caint! You're a damn liar!" in the angriest redneck accent I've ever heard. I actually thought he was going to stab me for a second.
 
puukkoman said:
My pet peeve is people who carry and tout the notion that locks are necessary on folding knives, or that non-locking knives are dangerous/unsafe.
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My pet peeve is those who act superior for using knives without locks.
 
puukkoman said:
My pet peeve is people who carry and tout the notion that locks are necessary on folding knives, or that non-locking knives are dangerous/unsafe.
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my pet peeve are people who refuse to see innovation and try to ram their opinions down other people's throats.
 
Wolfjohn said:
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:
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haha u would hate me haha i love flicking open a knife just because i can and i prefer shaving leg hair haha:):):):):)
 
BryFry said:
...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:
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haha i agree and the hell is chuck manson haha
 
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