What popular knives that you don't understand why

Butterfly Knives. All that flipping around. I would cut myself bad. I don't dislike them. I just don't understand.
 
The Tops Tom Brown Tracker. This is a knife design that tries to be too many things all at once, and ends up being good at none of them.
 
These are the pretty popular knives that have me scratching my head.

1. Every direware
2. Every Carillo
3. Every Medford
4. Every Sniper bladeworks
5. Every Extinction blades

All of these brands have a common strand of DNA. They just really are not for me but I obviously am missing something as plenty of people gravitate to them. The ONLY thing I can think of is some get draw to the super overbuilt stuff and I have to admit that they are different. But I guess I just like more organic lines as these seem to really have an industrial/mechanical feel to them. Im sure they are all great knives from a build standpoint given their price ranges. But they do nothing for me in the looks department and many of the blade shapes to me would hinder my ability to cut things.
 
A few people have mentioned Spyderco. I didn't find them particularly attractive until the Native 5. I think it is the graceful, unbroken, dropping line from the tip to the tail when opened. Especially in titanium or a custom wood (or even the moonglow edition). I can agree that most of the spyderco models with the extended/bumped out spydie hole can look like a wart on the nose. But what like Sal from Spyderco has said, they're designed for the hand, not the eye.
 
payton206 said:
A few people have mentioned Spyderco. I didn't find them particularly attractive until the Native 5. I think it is the graceful, unbroken, dropping line from the tip to the tail when opened. Especially in titanium or a custom wood (or even the moonglow edition). I can agree that most of the spyderco models with the extended/bumped out spydie hole can look like a wart on the nose. But what like Sal from Spyderco has said, they're designed for the hand, not the eye.
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For years I hated Spyderco knives because everytime I looked at the blade I thought It looked exactly like one of the Spy vs. Spy characters from Mad Magazine. Still do, but actually I still happen my PM2 and Dragonfly.
 
payton206 said:
A few people have mentioned Spyderco. I didn't find them particularly attractive until the Native 5. I think it is the graceful, unbroken, dropping line from the tip to the tail when opened. Especially in titanium or a custom wood (or even the moonglow edition). I can agree that most of the spyderco models with the extended/bumped out spydie hole can look like a wart on the nose. But what like Sal from Spyderco has said, they're designed for the hand, not the eye.
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I've come to realize that spydies are durable, functional, cutting tools. Sure, they have their art/collector models, but their mainstay work knives really can't be beat. They are ugly. I'm sure astronauts use spydies, and if the Earth ever gets it collective shit together and put an exploration force into space, they will use spydies. Sal is a genius. The best tools out there for the money. I don't carry a spydie, I like flippers, and the spydie flippers aren't my thing (yet).
I have a Gen 2 Delica that I have put in Horrible places for detestable things, because I didn't like it at first. That knife laughed at everything and performed better than knives 6X what it was worth. It is now in my bathroom. A joke, right? Wrong. It's a scalpel, for surgery on your finest parts. If Uncle Sam recalled me tomorrow to go to War, or I had to travel the far reaches of the earth without resupply, I'd pack a Delica and an Endura and never look back. For opening the mail, or slicing an apple, there are finer things. For conquering the unknown, or vanquishing unseen enemies, there are not. (Well, maybe a 1095 Ka-bar, and probably a Mora companion in there).
 
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AntDog said:
So, go full serrated, que no?

I have never seen the point of combo edges. I have plenty of serrated blades, but they are fully serrated. I use them to cut stuff that I would not or could not cut with a plain edge. They work great for what I use them for. A blade with a few serrations just doesn't make any sense to me. Whatever you want to cut through cleanly keeps getting torn to hell by the serrations, and whatever you want to rip through with the serrations only gets partially ripped through because you run out of serrations... The guys in my neck of the woods that like combo edges tend to also buy a lot of "Jin-yooo-wine Boo-weee-knaffs" they see on infomercials just because they don't know any better. (Bud K obsessed rednecks - and that's not a jab at rednecks - I am one - that's a jab at Bud K obsessed rednecks) ;)
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Because I don't want to go full serrated. Re read my comment for explanation.
 
Rip Gut Tactical said:
I don't like the CS Vaquero and I don't really like most SOG knives....the only SOG knife I want is a Seal Pup.

And honestly I don't like the Blur.
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I'm not totally in love with the Blur either, otherwise I'd own one. They look good on the computer screen but through the shoplifter proof glass at Wallyworld the grips appear too big for the blade and my pocket for EDC and I know I'd constantly be fondling it in my pocket or pulling it out and looking at it instead of just forgetting about it until I need to cut something. Thats what I do with too big of knives.
 
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Dferg10 said:
I feel badly about this, but here goes: Sebenzas. There, I said it. I want to like them, I know I should, but I can't. I think it is the asymmetrical scales that I dislike the most. If anyone feels the need to point at me and laugh or call me hurtful names for my dumb opinion, I understand.
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I completely agree.
 
manowar669 said:
I've come to realize that spydies are durable, functional, cutting tools. Sure, they have their art/collector models, but their mainstay work knives really can't be beat. They are ugly. I'm sure astronauts use spydies, and if the Earth ever gets it collective shit together and put an exploration force into space, they will use spydies. Sal is a genius. The best tools out there for the money. I don't carry a spydie, I like flippers, and the spydie flippers aren't my thing (yet).
I have a Gen 2 Delica that I have put in Horrible places for detestable things, because I didn't like it at first. That knife laughed at everything and performed better than knives 6X what it was worth. It is now in my bathroom. A joke, right? Wrong. It's a scalpel, for surgery on your finest parts. If Uncle Sam recalled me tomorrow to go to War, or I had to travel the far reaches of the earth without resupply, I'd pack a Delica and an Endura and never look back. For opening the mail, or slicing an apple, there are finer things.
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I don't own one but it looks like the Spydy blades are disproportionately small for the grips and butt heavy so when you really need to hit a lick or draw it across something the pointy end doesn't look like it'd bite but rather scratch. Like they don't have a sweet spot or power curve. On a tanto folder or recurve fixed blade OTOH the more you draw the deeper the cut.
 
Boker Albatros. I don't get this one at all.

Look at that tip! Or rather, lack of... How are you supposed to poke into things?

It's not a knife, it's a spatula.

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