What knife / knives do you not "get"?

Once you get into the upper tier of slippies it becomes quite exemplary.

A quick example: Todd Davison makes really nice ones at a decent ($500-ish is decent for a custom) price.

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This was a knife he sold in the Exchange here.
 
I totally understand the hate on cord wraps and I agree on all the points. Thanks for input. I still maintain that for my use and desires cord wraps work just fine. As a vegetarian I'm not worried about blood and guts in my cords. As I prefer to maintain the whole of my blades and not just the edge I would prefer to have removable scales and hence I mentioned Spyderco warrior as the best resin handle I've ever used (too bad the blade is purely a fighter) as it has everything I want out of a non-cord handle. I know my choices may not be for everybody and that's fine. My real gripe is materials that don't provide good traction, and micro textured g10 and metal handles fall into that category for me. My preferred material is raw micarta like the RAT blades....yes I'm aware this contradicts my anti-resin rant. In the end, my love be for knives is more important that NOT getting a knife because of some stupid knife handle. I own full titanium Spyderco military and love it, I have tons of micro textured g10s and many cord wraps. I love knives and that's all I care about. If I don't like a handle then mod it, if I can't mod it then at least I still have a cool knife. You will never see me sell a knife even because of the handle. to each his own and if you can prove to me a better way then I certainly will concede and admit my way is inferior
 
NG VI said:
Slipjoints.

The market seems to be dominated by Victorinox Alox or crap under $60, and hundreds of dollars for more nicely made ones.

I'm sure I'm just unfamiliar with them.
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Not sure I understand what you are saying. There are a lot of slip joints/traditional knives that are under $60 that are not "crap" and Vic SAKs are far from crap. When compared to other folding knives, they are quite value priced and immensely practical for a user. There are a lot of slip joints that are priced around the $100 area that are quite well made and good for pocket carry. The thin blades are real slicing machines.
 
Catabis said:
You will never see me sell a knife even because of the handle. to each his own and if you can prove to me a better way then I certainly will concede and admit my way is inferior
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You will never see me buy a knife , if I don't like the handle. I have many better things to do with my time than buy a knife with a handle I don't like, only to spend time "customizing" it to my liking. There are too many knives available which I like just the way they are. I have 4 Beckers which I like very much, but I'm frequently/consistently astonished by the constant barrage of posts, describing in excruciating detail what a Beckerhead has done to alter his brand new knife. I guess I just don't get it. YMMV
 
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22-rimfire said:
Not sure I understand what you are saying. There are a lot of slip joints/traditional knives that are under $60 that are not "crap" and Vic SAKs are far from crap. When compared to other folding knives, they are quite value priced and immensely practical for a user. There are a lot of slip joints that are priced around the $100 area that are quite well made and good for pocket carry. The thin blades are real slicing machines.
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Totally agree. There are plenty of perfectly acceptable knives available for less than $60. SAKs included, along with Kershaw and, more and more, Chinese offerings from Elan and Ganzo (yeh, yeh...Chinese haters/buy American fanatics , save it for another thread). And Alox dominating the market?....gimme a break. In what alternate universe? LOL
 
woodkrafter said:
I like many knife designs, both fixed and folding. The one design that I have never been able to 'get into' though is the butterfly or balisong design. I admire them for their aesthetic quality and engineering but I have never had the desire to own one.

Everyone has their 'wants' in knife designs but this one is not for me. I know that a great many folks like them and that's their choice.

Good thread btw. :thumbup:
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I used to hang around JerzeeDevil a lot more, and there's a big Balisong crowd there. I wanted to see what it was about and picked up a quite handsome used Benchmade Morpho to give them a shot. I was very excited to hone my bali-skills and got started right after I opened the box. Once I had cleaned my blood off the knife, I promptly listed it for sale.

Also, I suppose another kind of knife that completely escapes me is the "traditional" knife, or any knife without a pocket clip. I'm not going to have it loose in my pocket, nor am I going to carry a belt sheath, and I don't see any reason to carry a knife that takes two hands to open when I can legally carry knives that are fully operable with one hand.

While traditional knives are more "gentlemanly," and I can see the appeal in that regard, I see them as functionally inferior and can't get over that aspect. Slippies are growing on me, though, ever since I picked up a Böker Subcom 42 slipjoint. Neat little knife. Still operable with one hand, though.
 
Comeuppance said:
I used to hang around JerzeeDevil a lot more, and there's a big Balisong crowd there. I wanted to see what it was about and picked up a quite handsome used Benchmade Morpho to give them a shot. I was very excited to hone my bali-skills and got started right after I opened the box. Once I had cleaned my blood off the knife, I promptly listed it for sale.

Also, I suppose another kind of knife that completely escapes me is the "traditional" knife, or any knife without a pocket clip. I'm not going to have it loose in my pocket, nor am I going to carry a belt sheath, and I don't see any reason to carry a knife that takes two hands to open when I can legally carry knives that are fully operable with one hand.

While traditional knives are more "gentlemanly," and I can see the appeal in that regard, I see them as functionally inferior and can't get over that aspect. Slippies are growing on me, though, ever since I picked up a Böker Subcom 42 slipjoint. Neat little knife. Still operable with one hand, though.
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I can understand not having a knife loose in your pocket. I really don't prefer it either. But now a days I typically carry a Vic farmer loose in my back pocket in addition to whatever else I'm carrying up front.
 
Comeuppance said:
Also, I suppose another kind of knife that completely escapes me is the "traditional" knife, or any knife without a pocket clip. I'm not going to have it loose in my pocket, nor am I going to carry a belt sheath, and I don't see any reason to carry a knife that takes two hands to open when I can legally carry knives that are fully operable with one hand.
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Personally I don't use pocket clips at all anymore because of the risk of them snagging onto your coat, pulling the knife out of your pocket. It happened to me once at the very wrong time and I don't want it to happen again. It can happen and it's something to be aware of if you want to pocket clip.

One good thing about two handed opening blades is that the blade is usually more flush with the handle when closed, which is better if you have a multi bladed knife and you don't want one of the closed blades digging into your fingers while using another blade. On something like a Swiss army knife, this is preferable.
 
ichor said:
Totally agree. There are plenty of perfectly acceptable knives available for less than $60. SAKs included, along with Kershaw and, more and more, Chinese offerings from Elan and Ganzo (yeh, yeh...Chinese haters/buy American fanatics , save it for another thread). And Alox dominating the market?....gimme a break. In what alternate universe? LOL
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Clearly you've never handled an ALOX SAK before. :)
Just poking at you.
I don't think they're "domintaing" the market, but they're fantastic.
 
Belt buckle knives come in various styles. I used to have a push dagger which was the buckle itself, it looked like a regular belt buckle, and some folding knives were part of the buckle on some types.


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