What knives do you have that just fall short?

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enderwiggin

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I have a Gerber Gamepro--back from when I thought Gerber made "good" knives for the price, so go easy on me!

It's designed by Rick Hinderer, and really not terribly executed by Gerber. Solid frame lock, nice heavy-duty feeling in the hand, excellent blade detent, thumb disc opening, nice (if oversized) clip.

Unfortunately, as with a lot of other Gerber knives, the blade steel is absolute garbage. As in, it will go dull cutting a couple cardboard boxes up.

Not that I expected a custom-quality framelock for $40.00, but liek I said it was purchased before I knew better.

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What knives do you have that fall short of being "pretty nice"?
 
SOG Blink. Sharp as he11 and disappeared in the pocket, but the thumb stud was so short and smooth that you sometimes couldn't find it at all. What's the point of AO if you can't find the stud?
 
KaBar Last Ditch TDI. I spent 20 bucks and got 5 bucks worth of crap that would not take an edge.
 
Folding Warthog- just wasn't a good knife and I thought it would be. Oh well- bought unseen so what do you expect.
 
Well, I bought a BLADE-TECH GANYANA Which I was very excited about as I have heard nothing but good things about it. I am really not excited by the knife. I think the thumb hole is in the wrong spot and the grip is not comfortable in my hands. I will be giving it to my younger brother to see if he likes it. The knife was sharp out of the box and seems pretty well built, it just does not move me at all.
 
Kershaw 1095 folder. Ive used it for years, worked OK skinning and gutting deer but completely failed on Elk. In the 70's they heat treated the AUS-8 steel soft and while it sharpens great it wont hold a edge for long.
 
Kershaw E.T.. interesting design experiment, but nearly useless as an EDC. best part was the pocket clip.
 
Buck knives-The blades seem more akin to aluminum than steel.
Gerber-likewise.
Swamprat batte rat-Edge chips, once almost destroyed by cutting up a foam rubber mattress.
Anything marked "Pakistan".
 
For me it was a Kershaw MiniCyclone. It seems to be a popular knife on here, but I really didn't like mine. First of all the speedsafe feature packed it in about a week after I bought it. To their credit Kershaw did send me a pack of torsion bars and springs. However, after installing a new torsion bar and spring, it still wouldn't work. I finally got it kind of working now, but not every time. Also the blade seems to be made of silly puddy, right from the get go it wouldn't hold an edge at all. I thought the Sandvik steel would be good, but it would go dull just cutting open an envelope. The handles are nice on the knife though, love the aluminum scales.
 
Tha RAT-3. I should have bought the FOUR. I do like the three but, well Guess I will go for the Five now.
 
Midwest Ninja said:
SOG Blink. Sharp as he11 and disappeared in the pocket, but the thumb stud was so short and smooth that you sometimes couldn't find it at all. What's the point of AO if you can't find the stud?
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The flipper :D

For me, the Sebenza is just a little too thin for constant use. Still wont stop me from getting one
 
Well, I'll say it. And this can't possibly be the only negative post on the Sebenza at this site, but I haven't seen any others. The small classic Sebenza. It had flawless F&F and worked beautifully, but I found the ergonomics lacking. The bead blasted titanium is sandpapery and caused an uncomfortable hot spot in the palm of my hand where the rear corner of the handle dug in. Too blocky to grip comfortably IMO. Maybe the small regular Sebenza would have been a better fit for me, or the large, but I just didn't see the magic in them the way many others have. Give me a good Benchmade or Spyderco any day.

Also, most any non-SAK knife with low end stainless steel and that includes some Kershaws like the Vapor II and double cross, although Kershaw makes their knives well and makes many with good steel. Mostly this has been a case of getting what I paid for and not knowing how to choose steel. It is a shame that poor steel is the default in so many affordable, abundant and otherwise nice knives. Cheap carbon steel whould be a big improvement in many cases.
 
CRKT M-16. A lot of people here seem to like them,so I got one.After it came,I played with it for a while,put it back in the box and that's where it sits.
 
I have a Junglee Marshall with FRN handle.
Really nice AUS10 blade. Fit and finish are decent. Lockup seems solid.
But the Handle material is not quite thick enough. It flexes in hard cutting, which I find disconcerting. So the knife mostly sits in my dresser drawer.

I generally like FRN handles, I just think they goofed when they designed this one.
 
Glock field knife. I bought it maybe 20 yrs. ago, and I knew little about knives. It is not of much use for cutting. I would use it for scraping or digging, and that's about it. I have never been able to find out what the blade steel is--does anyone know?
 
Bill Bond said:
I have no knives that fall short.
If I get one I do not like I sell it right away.

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Or give it away. I've handed out several Kershaws-Vapor and Scallion this way. Or return it for a refund. I returned a Griptillian because it well, just didn't 'do it' for me.
 
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