What knife can you not bring yourself to like?

Becker BK2. And I like Beckers. The BK2 just does nothing worth a damn other than be heavy. It's too short to chop, too thick to slice. It's just a ridiculous knife to me. I had three of em at one time. I used the snot out of one (or tried to, rather), just so I could have an informed opinion and give it a fair shake. Now I have zero.
 
Most things Spyderco- Just can get used to the hole as mentioned earlier.
Any folding knife with a blade thickness a 3/16 on up.. Might as well have a fixed blade at this point.
Most Hinderers..Mainly just the pivot screw...That's it..Just the pivot screw. Weird I know
Strider
SAK's..I have 1 or two around the house (blashpemy to even say this here..I am going to be burned at the stake) Although, I did see one a coworker showed me I didn't hate.
 
I can't bring myself to like most Spyderco knives because
  • Small cutting edge compare to OAL
  • Not a fan of the hole aesthetically or as a method for deployment
  • They have those large thumb ramps and "humps" which prevent you from choking your thumb up along the spine
  • "Finger choils" which don't do much other than take up potential cutting edge
  • They're not particularly light
  • The clip on some knives are tip down only
  • Some of their designs are just downright silly

That said they do use good materials and I like my waved Delica, even though I only got it for the wave feature.
 
I can't see myself getting onboard for the ADV butcher knives, they just look terrible
I haven't found anything from Medford that I would consider buying
Emerson's are too expensive for the low quality
Knock-offs
Anything from China
I tried 2 hinderer flippers and they were out flipped by my ZT so I let them go
For some reason I don't like that hole on the Sebenza 21's handle
Anything from cold steel or sog
Gerber knives
Anything with the word zombie in the title or description of the knife
not into traditionals or friction folders
chisel grinds
most serrations
lock backs
tiny pivots
OTF's that don't function 100% of the time (benchmade infidel)
Currently anything priced over about $1300 gets to my point where I won't put them to use.
 
Benchmade 940 series. Another highly regarded knife I can't warm up to. Too thin of a profile. Don't feel like I have a solid grip.
 
8steve88 said:
Folding Omni Hunter™ 12PT Knife
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POS. Spring on the backlock way too strong combined with sharp edged release makes opening a painful experience. Supposed to be one hand openind, that must be a joke. The handle is the cheapest feeling rubbish that I've ever seen short of a cereal box, this is not a cheap knife yet it feels and looks like a cheap and nasty knife.

Add to that another Buck, the QuickFire Knife.
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Another plastic fantastic, at least this one has liners, within a week of buying it the right hand scale had broken close to the thumbstuds (blade open) and had to be fixed with superglue, at least the A/O works well and the knife feels better than the Omni.

Also a Nano Bantam
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Yet more plastic, bendable on this one complete confidence drain as you feel the knife flexing as you cut. The blade sharpened away too quickly making it just about unusable.
None of the above Bucks were cheap to buy over here in the U.K. and I consider the Omni and the Nano Bantam a complete waste of money.

Those three have put me off Buck knives for good, although I like the look and specs of the Vantage Force - Pro Knife I doubt I'll ever buy one because I've got a distrust of everything Buck has to offer. Before you start on about the famous Forever Warranty - the cost of mailing and the risk of getting it seized by customs is out for the QuickFire, the Bantam isn't worth the hassle and the Omni Hunter, well you can't polish a turd, it's simply a very poor design.
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I traded for a 12 pt omni hunter a while back and felt the same way (so much so that I considered it useless and almost sold it) until I tried skinning a few things with it (coyote, couple of deer) and discovered that the ergos are near perfect for me for skinning. While cheap feeling, the handle is very grippy when bloody, quite comfortable, and lightweight. I had to play with the pivot a lot to get it where I liked it. It's not a pretty knife by any means, but it is purpose driven and fulfills that purpose for me. The issue I have with it is the triangle plastic structure inside the handle and the pin construction, it is nearly impossible to get blood/meat/gore out of the handle. I have to give it a javex/surface cleaner bath every time I use it or else it starts to smell off. The fixed blade would probably be much better.
 
For me its spyderco is general I'm shure there great knives but I just can't get used to that funky design with that big dumb hole In the blade it just looks wrong to me.
But thats just my two cents.
 
I would never own a strider.

I would literally never own another knife in my life, over owning a strider.

Hes just a complete scumbag. His designs are cool, but he is the definition of a "conman". I could never support a person like him.
 
Kershaw Skyline.
I'm not sure why, but I just don't really like it for some reason... something about the way it looks, I guess.
 
Sebenzas (owned 2 and sold them) and the Manix 2 (owned 1 and sold it). Never found the Sebenza very comfortable or ergo friendly, the softer steel wasn't for me either. As for the Manix 2 - again, despite many who find it very ergonomic and thus an all-around great knife, it just didn't fit my hand well at all...
 
Medfords..... What the hell were they thinking? Everything about them makes me shake my head. I handled a friends praetorian and I immediately knew they weren't for me.

I'm certain that I will never come around to liking them
 
Krissig12 said:
Medfords..... What the hell were they thinking? Everything about them makes me shake my head. I handled a friends praetorian and I immediately knew they weren't for me.

I'm certain that I will never come around to liking them
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Just a guess, but maybe they were thinking: "some dude out there with a cushy office job just HAS to have a knife that WILL NOT FAIL while covertly opening his package of khaki slacks from the gap."
 
AntDog said:
Just a guess, but maybe they were thinking: "some dude out there with a cushy office job just HAS to have a knife that WILL NOT FAIL while covertly opening his package of khaki slacks from the gap."
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I am not an office worker, have been known to use knives for what they ain't meant for (out of laziness to go get the right tool) and admit I feel the same about the praetorian. Not a good knife or prybar. Makes a heck of a paper weight though.
 
spyderco paramilitary
spyderco gayle bradley
zt 0550 and up
anything benchmade (for some reason :D )
case or GEC stockman
any slipjoint that's crinked
friction folders
tanto points
 
Krissig12 said:
Medfords..... What the hell were they thinking? Everything about them makes me shake my head. I handled a friends praetorian and I immediately knew they weren't for me.

I'm certain that I will never come around to liking them
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Variety is the spice of life. I haven't stopped carrying my Praet T since liberating it from the case it shipped in. Love this knife.

 
Krissig12 said:
Medfords..... What the hell were they thinking? Everything about them makes me shake my head. I handled a friends praetorian and I immediately knew they weren't for me.

I'm certain that I will never come around to liking them
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Ditto for me too. Just the sight of one makes my head hurt.
 
Another one is Paramilitary 2. I had two pieces - both sold.

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Handle is comfortable in shape, compression lock is nice to work with it, but... G-10 was like some plastic in toys [maybe CF version is better in touch?] and blade is too short [~5 mm] for handle. That finger choil is for me another waste of cutting space. I wish they made some day Spyderco Tenacious with compression lock and better steel - M4 perhaps. Or PM3 without that big finger choil and with stronger tip.
 
Everything from Medford, Direware, and Becker. I don't get any of it, and I find all of them to be roughly 30-40% more hideous than a goblin.
 
ourgon said:
Another one is Paramilitary 2. I had two pieces - both sold.

Handle is comfortable in shape, compression lock is nice to work with it, but... G-10 was like some plastic in toys [maybe CF version is better in touch?] and blade is too short [~5 mm] for handle. That finger choil is for me another waste of cutting space. I wish they made some day Spyderco Tenacious with compression lock and better steel - M4 perhaps. Or PM3 without that big finger choil and with stronger tip.
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+1

The Paramilitary 2 was most definitely the one knife that I tried my hardest to get my hands on and tried my hardest to like it, only to end up selling it a few weeks later. Luckily, I sold it for what I paid for it.

I'll add to the list of knives I can not bring myself to like: Anything with the name Boker. I own a Boker S2 and it is such poor quality, it is enough for me to dismiss all Bokers. Paying anything over $40 for 440C is not something I care for. I have no problem with Chinese made knives, but the Boker S2 made in China is terrible. It was worth the price though. I bought it to see if I would like an odd blade shape and size, hoping to one day buy a real Sniper Bladeworks blade.
 
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