what knife that you regreted to buy?

My first quality folder, a Microtech Vector, because it made me buy a whole bunch of other knives to fuel this sickness... :p Seriously though the only knife I really regret buying was a MOD CQD. It had bad blade play, and most of the screws were stripped out. I sent it in to get fixed, but I bought the knife new and didn't see why a new knife would need to be fixed. I won't buy an MOD now. That was 4 years ago.
 
The only one I regret so far is a Buck Pilot I bought quite some time ago. It takes an edge OK, but for some reason the fit in my hand and location of the thumb stud just doesn't work out, making it almost impossible to open one-handed.The angle of force is always off. I liked it because it felt substantial but was still quite thin.
 
For me, a few Gerber cheapies i picked up for the kid an myself a while back.
Not really anything wrong with the knives themselves, just thier companys policy to blatantly copy anything out there, i didn't know this till i started coming to BF, then i felt bad about my purchases with them.



On a side note, any of you guys with fixed blades sitting around, do yourself some good an send them to a canadian like myself, we can use all the knives we can get at this time of year, bears are getting hungrier as winter aproaches and coming down from the mountains, and we have to fight them off, on our ways back an forth from work an such.

And a real good (Free) fixed blade may just keep a kid out of a bears gut this winter thanks to your generosity.

To think, you guys have knives just sitting around, an we here watch as the old,sickly and slow moving get eaten, what has this world come to.

Help us by sending your free knives to...WR@GreatWhiteNorth

Totally kiddin
WR
 
I've regretted buying many of the knives I own. I regret buying them because I don't use the majority of them. They are quality knives, but just never carried or used them. I would like to sell or trade some of them, but I don't think I'd really get much for them. I'm now at the point where I'm looking for just a few really high quality knives; mostly customs.
 
Grapevine said:
4. Big puukko type knife from these Scandinavian makers at the NYCKS. It was a comedy of errors since I didn't want it and thanked the maker for letting me handle it. He thought I was thanking him because of the price he gave and proceeded to happily wrap it up. His friends were congratulating him and celebrating all over and he told me in broken English that it was his first knife sold in the U.S. I didn't have the heart to tell him that it was all a mistake. Paid a pretty penny for being too polite and diplomatic there.
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Out of all the reasons to regret a knife listed so far, I like this one the best. It wasn't that you were pissed at getting a crappy knife, or that that you paid double what you could have gotten it for elsewhere, but rather that you tried to be a good human being. :thumbup: If I had any cash to spare, (which I don't) I'd offer to buy that knife off you so it ended up win/win.

I bought a number of factory knives that I eventually sold off. I can't say I really regret buying them; my tastes just changed. The one knife I really regret was a folding fighter made by Randall Gilbreath. Though I still like the blade shape, it had a number of design problems with the handle & lock, as well as shoddy execution. The thing was literally a danger to carry. I returned it to him for repairs, and after waiting like a year and a half, he sent it back in even worse condition. Right now the thing is laying on my dresser in pieces. (fell apart again.)

I'm afraid that an aquaintence of mine is really setting himself up for drastic disappointment. He's buying pocketknives by the boatload (must be hundreds now. ?) because he likes them and they're "good deals"- mostly new Case slipjoints and such. I really hope he continues to enjoy them. But after going through a change of heart myself like so many others have mentioned, well, I hope he doesn't regret it all some day.
 
That would be all of my CRKT's but 3 (blade lock, D.O.G. and P.A.L.) and the Coldsteel Scimitar( cheap handle and a great deal of blade play)
 
Nearly all of the knives I have bought made from low grade stainless steel, such as 420, AUS6, and 440A.
 
Actually this thread is very interesting. Only 1 CS and it was just because he did not carry it. There are quite a few CRKT.

I first saw this and thought that the thread will be filled with Cold steel(which I do like)............. I guess more people do like them. :rolleyes:
 
A couple of CRKT's make the list, but the one I really regret is my Spyderco Karambit. It's a great knife, well made etc. But after I bought it i looked at it I said to myself "what do I do with it?". :confused:
 
I once bought this silly toy called Night Watchman, it's an aluminium baton with a knife blade inside. You have to unscrew the handle to reveal the blade. The blade is thin and wobbly and it says United Cutlery on it. A completely useless piece of crap. However, I never really regret buying all the cheap and useless junk. I know it's junk. If I see a cheap but unusual or outlandish design for a bladed weapon, I buy it. For entertainment purposes, you know.

The things I do regret buying are the ones that I think I could really use but that turn out to be unsuitable for the task or mode of carry. Among those is the CRKT Kasper/Polkowski companion. I'd like to like the knife, but I don't. But it was cheap so no biggie.
 
I have been trying to think of a knife, besides the cheapies I purchased, and have since gotten rid of them. Ooooh, I just thought of one, it was an Ontario Knife, Marine knife or Airforce Knife, it was NOT well made, off centered blade, it was a piece of junk. I have long since gotten rid of it. And there was the CRKT Kasper something or another,that would open in my pocket. It happened more than once!!!
 
companion,ryan plan b,s&w hrt1.......dont regret....msy spydie caly jrs,timberline med wortac,crkt m16-10k
 
I dont really have any knife I regret buying. Most of mine have some sort of historical or sentimental value and I would never sell them. The only one I would probably sell is this Chinese knife I got for 5 bucks at a knife shop in Tennessee. It has no real use and is only made for display.
 
No regrets here.Each knife I get (buy/trade for) is a learning experience.I've had thousands of knives go thru my hands in my lifetime,some I regretted getting rid of some not.That is what makes the knive hobby interesting for me.tom. :D
 
No regrets, and at the same time "Yes".

Strictly speaking, I have only 2 knives which I do not use: Busse BA3 and Muela Skinner knife.

I got BA3 specifically to shoot my bow (cut arrows from trees), but since I bought it I did not have a chance to shoot my bow a single time. But anyway, I feel good that I own it, plus I like to show it to my friends! So, it does some job!

Muela Skinner - I bought it for skinning lamb, but still did not have a chance to use the knife properly. But I hope soon I will go to my motherland, then I will have plenty of opportunities for skinnning, except only I am planning to go to Kyrgyzstan for 7 years already... Anyway, it is a good souvenir from Spain!

But like many people feel here, when I calculate how much money I spent on knives I start thinking I should have spent it on something else... However, today I ordered a knife which, probably, costs as much as I all my knives!
 
If we are just talking about disappointing quality, it's a lot of Bokers for me. I won't pay more than $20 for anything from Boker now. At that price they have some good deals, but I have bought more expensive Bokers that were garbage.

Regret due to "should have known better"? Case, by far. I buy one now and then if I see a really cool pattern or bone color/design. Almost all of them end up making be sorry I bought them because they just don't stay sharp at all and usually have some other problem too. The worst (most expensive) was a large Seahorse Whittler. At the time, I couldn't find any other split backspring whittlers, and the main blade was cool. Of course, it ended up being junk and I soon ran into better stuff.
 
I regret buying the 80mm Manix the day it was released, before it became clear that the "Mini" moniker is left off the official name for a reason... The thing's just too dang big! I was hoping for something more Calypso Jr sized, but with the robust build and materials of the Manix... What I got was a Manix that's had 1" chopped off the handle. Don't get me wrong, it's a great knife, but it's simply too big for my EDC. I'll be trading it.
 
BuckyKatt said:
I regret buying the 80mm Manix the day it was released, before it became clear that the "Mini" moniker is left off the official name for a reason... The thing's just too dang big! I was hoping for something more Calypso Jr sized, but with the robust build and materials of the Manix... What I got was a Manix that's had 1" chopped off the handle. Don't get me wrong, it's a great knife, but it's simply too big for my EDC. I'll be trading it.
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I like the design of the 80mm manix, but I am kind of losing interest too now that I know it's bigger than I expected. I will look at it the next time I go to a show, but I don't think I will order it before seeing it up close.
 
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