What popular knives that you don't understand why

RedLynx said:
Haven't watched that one yet, it's hard for me to get into the comedic cartoons, ala Simpsons, King of the Hill, etc. I do like Archer though, and American Dad.
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I feel the same way. Hated this one at first but my fiancee likes to put it on after dinner so it's grown on me.

After reading this thread I assume everyone would be happier with one Mora and an Opinel folder, lol. Maybe an Izula on a luxurious kind of day.
 
Zeta33 said:
I feel the same way. Hated this one at first but my fiancee likes to put it on after dinner so it's grown on me.

After reading this thread I assume everyone would be happier with one Mora and an Opinel folder, lol. Maybe an Izula on a luxurious kind of day.
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Yes, I tend to try new series like these as something quick to watch with breakfast, etc, so some of them do grow on me this way as well.
 
That's one thing I never got, the price Emerson's go for... 154cm, g10 and a wonky recurs wave blade? Blah... And for those prices they couldn't even throw in a cpm steel, and Emerson's logo always looked like they ripped it off from the Metallica logo.
 
The Lone Gunmen said:
That's one thing I never got, the price Emerson's go for... 154cm, g10 and a wonky recurs wave blade? Blah... And for those prices they couldn't even throw in a cpm steel, and Emerson's logo always looked like they ripped it off from the Metallica logo.
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Yeah, them too. I too can't understand how they get away with it. Their designs seem so...dated and cheap. And if I don't have time to use my thumb to open my knife, I'll take a flipper, not a wave. My pockets are chewed up enough, thank you very much.

For reference, I've found my love with Spyderco. I'll take most Benchmades, a handful of KAI models, and a couple other odds and ends for folders (Lionsteel, for example). Everything else just seems silly. I'm really not a traditional slipjoint guy, but I can appreciate them much more than some of the aforementioned modern designs gone wild. Fixed blades is more varied, but I'm starting to make my own because if you want it done right...
 
Right Payne, Im in love with my Spyderco Sterch in VG10 (gold), Manix 2 XL CPM S30v, and my Manix Translucent Blue in Carpenter steel (can't name the steel she is in lol),
I have a Contego in CPM M4 steel which I really think is the tops for EDC blade steel...the only KAI Kershaw I have is a Storm 2 in 12c27 and she takes one helluva edge, hate the damn serrations. Oh and the Skyline, its so ugly lol I can't stand it either!
 
Busse knives. I've read that they are incredible durable steel, they just can't hold an edge like other steels can. I prefer a thin edge, though I still want a 'dumb' knife you can just beat on, since I already have super thinned edged knives that are fixed and heavy. Though they chip because of the carbon content.
Any coated blade bothers the shit out of me. It causes friction, i like a knife to pass through without any friction, polished or satin finish is good for me.
Combo blades, I've never used the serrations on a combo. They have their use for bread knives and EMT people who don't sharpen.
Thumb studs, especially on my sebenzas, they make it difficult for me to sharpen wide bevels. I basically lay it on the stone closest to you and sharpen a 1 inch strip of stone because the studs are in the way, wish they could be removed.
 
Woodcamo Nut said:
I also don't like most of the 3 inch and smaller knives and I think the knife companies are catering too much to the market that buys the small knives and they don't make enough models that are 4 inch bladed folders. They need to pump out more big 4 inch and over blades like Cold Steel does.

And then people will argue that the reason these companies are making mostly small 3 inch blades is because a majority of states have length limits, but Cold Steel on the other hand is doing it right where they offer the 4 inch versions of the Recon 1 and Voyager and then they also offer the 3 inch version for those people that live in states that have length limits.
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Exactly what I think, on every point. I feel like makers have forever bowed down to local laws that are not universal, nowhere near international, and shouldn't affect consumer choice. Even as late as the early to mid 90's, that a widely available brand like Cold Steel would not compromise by offering full 4" folders was a quite new and rare thing. The Spyderco Civilian is my favourite folder ever, and one of my favourite things about it is that it is one of the few folding knives from way back then that does not compromise on length, besides the rather skinny and ineficiently pointed Police model. Another rare one was the hugely long and thin rubber handled Al Mar liner lock drop point folders (I forget the name, but they had thin 5 3/4" blades around 1993!), but these felt so weak and unsteady in the handle I hated them compared to the Civilian. Even today, the Civilian is one of the rarer Spydercos to be over 4". I was looking at the beautiful Vallotton, and instantly lost all interest when I saw it was yet another compromised sub-4" folding knife...

The classic Buck 110 used to be as bit longer before 1971-73 or thereabouts, around 3 13/16", and now they are 3 5/8", probably just like the 110/426s I knew as I kid in the 80s: If all those had been 3/8", or even 1/4" longer, I probably would have felt them valuable enough to keep at least one, instead of throwing them all away... Even after all these years, Cold Steel is one of the few factory makers offering customers a real choice of blade length in folding knives...

G.
 
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@LeathermanGX said:
I have a hard time with asymmetric grips. One side Ti or steel one side scale. Disturbs my boarder line OCD.
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THIS

I understand that some knives with a frame lock can't avoid it, but this bothers me A LOT. All of the knives I own have the same materials on both sides. The worst of this is a knife that has a bolster on only one side, or where the front scale added to the thickness of the lilner is notably thicker than the Ti one the other side...looking at you Spyderco Southard...

I can usually manage if the front scale is a solid peice of soemthing like in a Strider or Hinderer, but it bothers me even then a little. If performance SNGs weren't so expensive I would buy one over a regular SNG almost just to quell this in my head...and yes, I am certified OCD, I know.
 
The cow said:
-Titanium/G10
-Huge tank folders
-expensive tank folders
-"hard use" folders
-why medford calls their knives EDC-able
-zombie shit
-microtechs customer service
-partial serrations
-sabenzas
-busse
-axis lock
-hinderer calling his blades a flipper
-the entire secondary market
-skull bead lanyards
-Emerson getting away charging the prices he does
-almost anything pertaining to the supersteel debate for folders
Last probably gets me the most. Especially when the vast majority of blades that advertised with the botique steels aren't ever going to be used enough or in a way to necessitate the need for it. Especially since a majority of the people wouldn't notice the difference between them in use save the fact its etched on the blade.


Last, but not least,
-People liking things that I don't like
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So...only traditionals?
Because I think that's all that's left, and even then you can't really get one that easily because you don't like the secondary market...

Now, not saying I don't agree with you on...well...several of these, but there's not much left in the market for you it seems at this point besides a traditional knife.
 
Funnily enough I am the exact opposite. If it can't be found on the secondary market, I don't purchase it. ;)

Edit: Thinking of making a one-time exception for some Baryonyx stuff in the future, which has never happened before!
 
RedLynx said:
Funnily enough I am the exact opposite. If it can't be found on the secondary market, I don't purchase it. ;)

Edit: Thinking of making a one-time exception for some Baryonyx stuff in the future, which has never happened before!
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This is often my rule too, but I will break it on accasion for newer knives and things that simply increase too much in value on the secondary market. I don't like trying to find customs on the secondary market either becasue you'll never find the one that is perfect for you, and if you do, it's selling for more than it would cost for you to get it from the maker 99% of the time.
 
True. As I cannot usually afford customs on either market I don't usually look for them, but with the prices some go for I have no doubt it's a chore, on either market.
 
RedLynx said:
True. As I cannot usually afford customs on either market I don't usually look for them, but with the prices some go for I have no doubt it's a chore, on either market.
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Pretty much. Not to mention the time that it takes to get on some makers' lists, and how long you're going to be sitting on those lists before you can get anything in your hands. Some of the waits are more than 1-2 years for popular makers, and for others it can get even longer.
 
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