What popular knives that you don't understand why

[akula83]

Spydie hole's, satin finished blades, anything with thumb studs, Full flat grinds, knives that come too sharp, sabre grinds, black coated blades, Benchmade XL size griptilians, anything in S30V, that Emerson knife that is designed to safely open tampon packages....oh I'm just getting started!

 

[Balls Deep]

I have a deep respect for Ken Onion and all that he has brought to the knife community.

I do not care for his signature recurve as it makes knives more difficult to sharpen. There's a lot of Ken Onion collaboration on Kershaw knives which makes me not a big fan of many of their blade shapes, though I love the company as a whole.

 

[Dangerously]

[...] knives that come too sharp [...]

Wait, what? This is a thing that can happen?

 

[uxo2]

An EXPENSIVE knife made in Taiwan.

 

[CJZ]

Anything from Emerson. They're only living off of their name at this point.

Why would you intentionally run your steel too soft? They say its for "ease of sharpening" but if your willing to dish out enough money for an Emerson, then your probably already a knife enthusiast and don't have problems with maintaining an edge

Not true. Quite a few military guys have Emerson's and know little about knives, and I doubt they have fancy systems to keep up edges out in the front lines.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

Wait, what? This is a thing that can happen?

Reminds me of an old range owner / gunsmith I knew that thought all hunting calibers were good for deer as long as it was a 30-06. He said the 25-06 was too light, flat shooting and too accurate.

 

[jobasha11]

Not true. Quite a few military guys have Emerson's and know little about knives, and I doubt they have fancy systems to keep up edges out in the front lines.

They why did they buy the knife? Because of the name.

If you know how to sharpen a knife then you don't need a "fancy system". If they can sharpen a knife with softer steel on their current equipment, it doesn't magically become unsharpenable with the same equipment if you raise it a couple RC.

 

[G. Scott H.]

anything wharncliffe

Opinels

Interesting thread.

I wish I disliked as many knives as some folks in this thread. Unfortunately, with a very few individual exceptions, I happen to like knives of all ilk and that makes my bank account cry. If only I could develop a dislike for most knives then maybe I could afford a car - or food.....

Yep, same here. I really need to develop my knife disliking skills. Right now I'm like the girl in the eyeglass commercial, "I want this one and this one and this one...." :thumbup:

 

[ShepardCC]

I don't care for slipjoints and friction folders.

 

[Goosey]

Here's another one: Spyderco Tuff.

First of all, the cutting edge is laughable. A 3-inch edge on a knife which is almost 9 inches long and weighs 6.3 oz? Bahaha.

It's also horribly ugly... to borrow a phrase from Elmer Keith the whole knife "looks like a poisoned pup that has lain too long in the sun". The mess of divots in the titanium look tacky, and the divots in the G10 side look even worse. The fuller in the blade is gross as well.

And the funny thing, the name "Tuff" is a misnomer. What's so "Tuff" about it? Nothing in particular... it's just a ti framelock. The ti framelock is a pretty weak locking mechanism. More than one instance of the lock failing, even under very normal use. So why does it even use 3V?

 

[dantzk8]

Spyderco. I just dont get it. Ugly as they could be.

As ugly as a tool can be. High end steels, screws and titanium, carbon fiber or even G10 handles don't change anything. They are ugly and efficient, the most efficient i've ever used, as a good tool can be.

Give me a thin VG10 full flat grind blade with an opening hole, a FRN handle with an outdated midlock. Assemble all that with pins and i will carry and use it for years. As i do since years.

dantzk.

 

[jill jackson]

Best looking Spyderco made and it's very well made at that.

 

[dantzk8]

Jill,

Congrats! That's an ugly one.

dantzk.

 

[jill jackson]

Jill,

Congrats! That's an ugly one.

dantzk.

You must be vision impaired!

 

[dantzk8]

You must be vision impaired!

Not yet. I've never handled that Spyderco. What's your feeling about? Ugliness aside.

dantzk.

 

[jill jackson]

Not yet. I've never handled that Spyderco. What's your feeling about? Ugliness aside.

dantzk.

You would need to handle it and see just how well made it is. Here's another beautiful Spyderco...

 

[Onies]

I've tried real hard to like Zero Tolerance knives, but for now I just don't get it. I'm not a huge fan of flippers in gereral, I find the "flipper" kind of an obstruction.

 

[dantzk8]

Jill,

Thanks for the pictures. Military, fluted titanium handle! An other dream Spyderco knife! Good taste you have! I couldn't take to scratch the grind. I try to keep a familiar contempt with my knives to keep the perspective as said Bob Loveless but there, i confess i'm jealous.

dantzk.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

Jill,

I couldn't take to scratch the grind. I try to keep a familiar contempt with my knives to keep the perspective as said Bob Loveless but there, i confess i'm jealous.

dantzk.

Maybe I'm not awake enough yet but I didn't understand a word of that.

 

[Blackie Scantling]

Another very popular knife with an almost cult following, a fixed blade, that gets disqualified because of looks, is the Becker-9, , (crowd goes Oh,hhh and murmurs). A blade that looks like it came off a lawn mower and bulbous war club handle, form follows butt-ugliness on this one.
Too small to ax dead trees into firewood unless you want to turn it into a noisy, all-afternoon 'wood processing' project and too big for anything else. In a hunting camp it's one heavy piece of steel that would stay in it's sheath.