What knife / knives do you not "get"?

opinels I dont get it. alot of people talk them up so I bought one. Nice thin slicer sure, but it still feels like a cheap broom handle with a blade stuck in it to me.
 
Overbuilt folders too big, cumbersome and expensive to use and of which 99% are only ever taken out of the safe and dusted off for pics on BF.

Striders.

Microtechs.

Jay Fisher knives.
 
Super crazy compound grinds. Some are really crazy and add recurve on top of having compound grinds. Some are ok to look at and I can appreciate the skill it takes to put them there but although I don't own any I imagine sharpening one requires just as much skill.
 
EChoil said:
The two brands that come immediately to mind in the 'I don''t get it' department are Sebenzas and most Spydercos. With the Sebenzas, it's basically 'everything.' With the Spydercos, it's mostly the look of most of them, especially when open, and that big hole. In their case there ARE a few of exceptions to this--3 or 4 models I might like. I know Spydercos and Sebenzas are good knives though.

Regarding Cold Steel, IMO they are probably the one brand with the broadest spectrum of "nice >> ugly." The Cold Steels I own I purchased because I like the look, utility and quality of them. However as you go down their line there are those which, to me, are either non-appealing or just plain ugly. At one time I bought into 'the whole line and brand is just cheaply constructed, weirdo crap' crap. Now that I own a few I realize how wrong I was.

As far as Emersons are concerned I liken them to Harley-Davidsons. Lovers and haters, little in between. Me not being a carrot-slicer, it's the old, "If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand" thing. I respect the opinions of the honestly-held detractors however. No knife is for everyone. It's only those who have never owned one for any length of time yet denigrate them continuously that I am a bit suspect of. For Emerson bashers who want to talk about price:

Quality knives can be expensive, a relative term. How a Sebenza is worth two or more Emersons is the biggest mystery of all to me. In that case it's ME who doesn't understand.​
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Not bashing Emerson, but comparing them to a Sebenza just doesn't work:

How often do you hear people complain about QC from CRK? How about QC from Emerson
Emerson is a "tactical" (if you will) whereas CRK's are more "gentlemanly" (if you will).
CRK uses better steel as well as a more consistent heat treat. Is a CRK worth twice the price of an Emerson. IMO, yes. However, I believe both brands are overpriced.

I've never understood Emerson knives. Almost every thing about them I don't like. I don't like the wave, recurves, chisel grind, the logo slathered all over the blade, and the whole fast draw/tacticalness. I owned a Kershaw Emerson briefly. Hated it. I don't want my knife to open everytime I go to pull it out or have to consciously think about manipulating the knife so it doesn't open when I pull it out. I guess working in an office lessens my desire for getting all tactical.
 
Spyderco - specifically their mid to large folding knives. The thumb hole just adds so much surface area to the knife when folded.


Reate - and pretty much any brand that refuses to drill holes for a reversible pocket clip or lefty specific versions. Perhaps i'm just a grumpy lefty. But cmon guys. It's not that difficult.


And for a positive shout out:
my current favorite brand for modern folders is Lion Steel (and DPx). The stuff they are producing right now is totally awesome in function and value.
 
I'll be in a tiny minority here. I don't get pocket knives with only knife blades. Really, put a screwdriver/bottle opener combo on those. Everyone who carries a pocket knife will sooner or later try to use that blade for prying or as a screwdriver and most of the time with disastrous results. Granted I carry a Vic Explorer and like having all those other tools, but if I could find a Beer Scout in stainless I could get by. I see people who don't know the first thing about whittling carrying a 3 blade whittler or a 2 blade knife but look upon SAK's as being quaint. We really need to start a movement for more useful pocket knives and get the screwdriver/bottle opener blade on anything that's intended for the bottom of the pocket.
 
Not really a big surprise a cubicle worker doesn't like tactical blades lol

Echoil, he is more likely to use a stapler than a knife, hence his view.

Different strokes for different folks with different jobs. No wrong answer , just as long as everyone understands that not everyone is a paper pusher nor is everyone a door kicker busting in waving two knives simultaneously lol
K.O.D. said:
Not bashing Emerson, but comparing them to a Sebenza just doesn't work:

How often do you hear people complain about QC from CRK? How about QC from Emerson
Emerson is a "tactical" (if you will) whereas CRK's are more "gentlemanly" (if you will).
CRK uses better steel as well as a more consistent heat treat. Is a CRK worth twice the price of an Emerson. IMO, yes. However, I believe both brands are overpriced.

I've never understood Emerson knives. Almost every thing about them I don't like. I don't like the wave, recurves, chisel grind, the logo slathered all over the blade, and the whole fast draw/tacticalness. I owned a Kershaw Emerson briefly. Hated it. I don't want my knife to open everytime I go to pull it out or have to consciously think about manipulating the knife so it doesn't open when I pull it out. I guess working in an office lessens my desire for getting all tactical.
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NorthernSouthpaw said:
Todd Begg Knives.
I'm flabbergasted when see what is basically a production knife selling retail for over $1000. I mean Brad Southard and Jon Graham are at least doing some work on their production models and they charge $400-$500. Does Todd Begg even breathe on those $1400 Bodegas that are leaving his shop?
No offense to the man, and if people are willing to pay it, more power to you.
I personally just don't get it.
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He needs that extra charge to pay off the loans on his humongous machines perhaps?
 
The Norseman is probably one of the only current knives I "don't get", though the makers are great.
 
I will not buy a folding knife if it has a thumb stud, or outside of the country of origin that I'm looking for. Other than this I'm a pretty flexible.
 
shinyedges said:
Not really a big surprise a cubicle worker doesn't like tactical blades lol

Echoil, he is more likely to use a stapler than a knife, hence his view.

Different strokes for different folks with different jobs. No wrong answer , just as long as everyone understands that not everyone is a paper pusher nor is everyone a door kicker busting in waving two knives simultaneously lol
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At 6'3" and 223lbs I was born tactical. I have the big office, no cubicle but if a client walks in while I'm cutting cheese, I'd rather not have a big black "scary" looking knife in my hand.
 
" I was born tactical" LOL

While your size may give you a strength advantage over some, I hardly think that relates to "born tactical" Lol

Tactics are learned through training and any item can be used "tactically".

If someone walks in while your cutting the cheese you should say excuse me for the foul smelling stench.

Born tactical sounds like a mall ninja signature here on bladeforums haha unless you were birthed during a fire fight and you strategically deposited into a cloth while your mother front flipped wielding two guns...I have news for you, you sir were born large NOT tactical.
K.O.D. said:
At 6'3" and 223lbs I was born tactical. I have the big office, no cubicle but if a client walks in while I'm cutting cheese, I'd rather not have a big black "scary" looking knife in my hand.
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shinyedges said:
" I was born tactical" LOL

While your size may give you a strength advantage over some, I hardly think that relates to "born tactical" Lol

Tactics are learned through training and any item can be used "tactically".

If someone walks in while your cutting the cheese you should say excuse me for the foul smelling stench.

Born tactical sounds like a mall ninja signature here on bladeforums haha unless you were birthed during a fire fight and you strategically deposited into a cloth while your mother front flipped wielding two guns...I have news for you, you sir were born large NOT tactical.
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Maybe you could lend your brilliant analysis to the actual subject of the thread, instead of repeatedly taking shots at another member?
 
I didn't take shots at any one, why clutter up the thread further by butting in then?

I don't get over priced impractical knives like quite a few of extreme ratio knives.
Insipid Moniker said:
Maybe you could lend your brilliant analysis to the actual subject of the thread, instead of repeatedly taking shots at another member?
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shinyedges said:
" I was born tactical" LOL

While your size may give you a strength advantage over some, I hardly think that relates to "born tactical" Lol

Tactics are learned through training and any item can be used "tactically".

If someone walks in while your cutting the cheese you should say excuse me for the foul smelling stench.

Born tactical sounds like a mall ninja signature here on bladeforums haha unless you were birthed during a fire fight and you strategically deposited into a cloth while your mother front flipped wielding two guns...I have news for you, you sir were born large NOT tactical.
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Sarcasm my friend. Besides, I've never had anyone even attempt to pick a fight with me since freshman year of high school, and I've spent quite a bit of time at rough bars on the south side. That's as tactical as I need. I have martial arts training and I was a wrestler but I've yet to use any of that except for one fight freshman year of high school when I was 5'3"
 
I'm just poking at you man , I have some free time and occasionally feel like being funny although it may not be funny to other people.

No hard feelings, sorry if my dull attempt at humor wasn't funny. I did think born tactical was funny as hell though.
K.O.D. said:
Sarcasm my friend. Besides, I've never had anyone even attempt to pick a fight with me since freshman year of high school, and I've spent quite a bit of time at rough bars on the south side. That's as tactical as I need. I have martial arts training and I was a wrestler but I've yet to use any of that except for one fight freshman year of high school when I was 5'3"
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ZT, Kershaw and Emersons. I get good quality but ZT is just overbuilt - fat, wide and heavy.. no way I will carry one every day. I thought I was buying a knife and not a pry bar. Kershaw I don't like any of the designs, I had a leek once which was nice in weight but very brittle tip. Lastly, Emerson just looks tacticool to me. Then again I'm not a Navy Seal, don't use my knives as weapons or to stab people so wtf do I know.
 
shinyedges said:
I'm just poking at you man , I have some free time and occasionally feel like being funny although it may not be funny to other people.

No hard feelings, sorry if my dull attempt at humor wasn't funny. I did think born tactical was funny as hell though.
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Which was my intention as well. Sorry for being dull as well. The older I get, the more often I find my train of thought boarding at the station.

Ok now what was this topic about? Oh yeah...

I just don't get metal handles. If you come from the land of the ice and snow metal handle knives don't make sense. The ones I do own, are my 50+ degree weather knives.
 
shinyedges said:
" I was born tactical" LOL

While your size may give you a strength advantage over some, I hardly think that relates to "born tactical" Lol

Tactics are learned through training and any item can be used "tactically".

If someone walks in while your cutting the cheese you should say excuse me for the foul smelling stench.

Born tactical sounds like a mall ninja signature here on bladeforums haha unless you were birthed during a fire fight and you strategically deposited into a cloth while your mother front flipped wielding two guns...I have news for you, you sir were born large NOT tactical.
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Some of us were born with a knife.
On the other hand unarmed crawling trough a tunnel is pretty tactical too.
Maybe we are all born tactical?

So stop making fun of people :-)
 
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