What knives do you hate, and why?

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So, we all love Beckers. I mean that is why we are here. But which do you hate? What kind of knife rubs you the wrong way?

For me it has to be a toss up between butterfly knives (balisongs, whatever the heck people are callin em these days) and fantasy knives.

I had a butterfly knife when I was a kid. It was fun to play with. I can't see them holding up for anything more than some light stabbing action, and maybe not even that.

And fantasy knives, well, I have a buddy who looked at my BK2 and then pulled out some spiked brass knuckled dull stainless wsk/trench/star trek knife thing, and he actually had the audacity to say his was better. I was really tempted to try and drive my BK2 through his to prove the point, but then decided against it. I probably could have, it was only 3/32" thick. Like something out of a BudK catalog.

So guys, what dares call itself a knife that you just cannot stand?
 
Not much other than those Buck 110 like knock offs that come out of India. Half the street punks in town have these five\ten dollar pieces of crapulance. They serve no purpose other than to send other drunk\doped up kids to the E.R.
 
The knives you buy at convenience stores. I'm getting pretty irritated with several knife companies...lol.
 
hate? well. that's a tough one.

i think i most hate poser knives. stuff that has a lot of flash going for it, but when you really come down to usage, day to day, in the dirt, wherever, you find they come up way short, in many ways. that kind.

there's nothing more frustrating than the allure of a good knife, that lets you down.

especially if that knife cost a brick ton.
 
Hate is a pretty strong word. There are knives I don't give a passing thought to. I, like Derek have no use for fantasy knives, I have said so before in a similar thread. Balisongs too, not legal here, so why bother. $1.00 knives, in the fish bowl, on the Quik-Mart counter. Knock offs of others artistic talents like CRK and Ethan. And knives made in China, we are selling our Heritage for cheap steel.
 
I HATE SMITH & WESSON KNIVES

The guns I love but there knives (( XXXX ))
 
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Anything made out of Pakistani chrome bumpers.

Never had a knife made of 440 stainless that I liked, isn't the knife, just not a fan of that stuff.

If the question was, "What common popular knife would you never buy that seems to be one of the darlings of the knife world"?

Spyderco, never liked them, ever.
Cold Steel, used to own them, don't like where they've gone.

There are others but these two are currently at the bottom of the list of buy.
 
Flexxx said:
I HATE SMITH & WESSON KNIVES

The guns I love but there knives (( XXXX ))
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S&W has nothing to do with the knives, they just license the name. To Taylor Brands if I am not mistaken. Made in China. Again selling our souls to the far East.:grumpy::mad:
 
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I totally hate those "$4.99 gaudy, made in China, POS" knives that you see in droves at flea markets.

What makes it more priceless....when the guy behind the table tries to tell you what a quality knife it is..:rolleyes:
 
Karambits
Things with wierd shapes whacked out of them .
Waved knives.

and above all:
Waved karambits with wierd shapes whacked out of them.
 
I don't like any knife that says made in China or Taiwan or Malaysia and any fantasy type knife. I know there are some good ones that come out of these places but there are better ones that come from the states but I try to support our economy before others. This is all my personal opinions and I do make some exceptions. I like some of the SOG knives made in Seki Japan and other Japanese made knives also some of the knives out of Italy & a couple other places.
 
Gerber, the whores of Wal)*( Mart!

lets get in wally wurld, get a large Then make china knock offs of the company we just put out of bidness and we will call the winchester, made in china, might as well whore out another fine old name while you are at it. may Uncle Henry rest in piece.
 
i couldn't hate a knife unless it was blatantly unsafe to the user, I think.

other than that I couldn't care less. not like I'm going to spend money on a fantasy knife. but if someone wants to, who am I to say anything?
 
That Kabar kukri thing. Useless and fugly to boot.
Anything made in Asia, unless it's cold steel or HI ( there are a few others but not many).
Generally any cheap, faked, gimmicky, poorly fit, chisel ground, 420HC POS knife from the dollar store, flea market, gas station, etc.
 
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