What specs are major turn-offs?

China, crappy steel, nail nick, no clip, OTF, and blade too thick to slice anything. If I need an ax, I'll carry an ax. These are all non-starters for me. To a lesser extent, assisted or auto knives.
 
Blade coatings and billboard branding on the blade
Bead blasted blades
No specific steel type listed
Combo-edge
 
ridnovir said:
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Blade length over 3.75
Weight over 6oz
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Dito for folder there is absolutely no legitimate reason for a folder to have a blade longer than 3.75 or for it to weight like a brick.[/QUOTE]

In curious about your thinking regarding blades over 3.75 inches. Is this jesting? Unwieldiness factor? Legal considerations?
 
If someone wants a folder with a four-inch blade, why should they not be allowed to have one if it is legal to do so?

I'm curious, what is your attitude about firearms ownership?
 
Rykjeklut said:
-Chiselgrinds. If I need a chisel, I'll use a chisel.

-Steels that are worse than 8CR13MOV, and even then it needs to have a funky design. So I've got a lot of CRKTs.

-half serrated blades
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I've got a new one.

Knives that are exclusive to sites that doesn't ship outside of the US. Especially when the knife in question is made by a European company.:mad:
 
sabre cat said:
If someone wants a folder with a four-inch blade, why should they not be allowed to have one if it is legal to do so?

I'm curious, what is your attitude about firearms ownership?
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My statement regarding the length of the blade in the folder has nothing to do with the legality of the larger blade. IMHO blades that are over 3.75 have no practical use in a folder while adding unnecessary length, weight, and bulk. ie 3.75" blade in a folder can handle 100% of the tasks of 4" blade. If I need a larger knife I will grab a fixed blade. But YMMV if you want to schlep around a large folder go right ahead (I never said you cannot do it).

PS: if you must know, despite me being from NYC, I am pro-gun since it is not the business of the government to tell a grown ass man what he can or cannot do.
 
Psychopomp said:
Things i avoid in knives:

Chisel ground blades - I just don't see the point... not for me

Tanto points - they make the tip nearly impossible to use

Recurves with serrations - i don't like serrated blades in general

Digital camo handles - why make it harder to see if you drop it outdoors in the dark?

Deep carry pocket clips - i like easy access to my knife and I haven't lost a clipped folder yet

I'm sure there's more but right off the top of my head those are things I avoid when knife shopping.
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What about a Tanto tip makes it difficult to use?

I actually love tanto tips. It’s almost like a wharncliffe with a kiridashi on the end.
 
gdwtvb said:
One thing about liner or framelocks is that they are designed and easiest to use only in one hand, primarily a right hand unless a special run of 'left handed' models which are often not available but in just few instances. A lefthanded person would find the majority of liner and framelocks to be very difficult to close. Even a right handed person might not appreciate a knife that can't be easily closed by either hand. whereas a backlock is completely ambidextrous.

Grizz
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I carry my folding knives left handed and most are righty model liner/framelocks. It isn’t difficult at all for a left handed person to close a righty liner/framelock.

You just go like this:
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Or like this:
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I guess you get used to it, but I cringe at fingers in the path of a closing blade. And a lot of knives with those locks don't have the clips where I want them.
 
a stock too thick in proportion to the length and width of blade, shallow grinds, seat belt cutting notch, both hands needed to open/close.
 
Lapedog said:
What about a Tanto tip makes it difficult to use?

I actually love tanto tips. It’s almost like a wharncliffe with a kiridashi on the end.
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It can put the tip in an odd place in relation to the center point of the off the grip thati is hard to use for precise cutting. For poking and stabbing they're great, but i don't poke or stab often.
 
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Pocket clips. Nothing worse than seeing one hanging out of someone's pants, especially a good pair of slacks. Worse, they're damned uncomfortable if you really need to use the knife for any length of time. An ergonomic grip with a clip on it is a complete fail. If you need to keep your knife high in your pocket a simple line of stitches does the job without the "tell' a clip gives.
 
Hackenslash said:
There aren’t really any specs that are a turn-off for me. Almost any spec can be an appropriate property at a given price point. Sure, 3Cr sucks most of the time but for a $8 knife, not so much.

Maybe generic “surgical steel” always sucks...as well as “tactical speed holes in the blade to accommodate multiple zip ties”.

Those always are a turn off.
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More or less how I tend to roll too. The only difference/exception being at this point in the hobby, less expensive knives that can arguably justify the use of low(er) end steels aren't of much interest to myself anymore generally speaking.
 
It can be a long list.
Thin/blocky handles on working knives. ESEE is notorious for this. The grip gets uncomfortable quite quickly.
Finger choils on knives shorter than 8in. They're useless as the general size of the knive is already easily controllable.
Partially serrated blades-They're useless. Give me fully serrated or none.
Recurve-They look cool, but are annoying to sharpen
Chisel grind
Branding in general. If you have to, throw it on the spine or in an inconspicuous space. Maybe even make it look cool. Don't be a TOPS knife that has crap plastered everywhere.
Thick stock on folders
 
Psychopomp said:
It can put the tip in an odd place in relation to the center point of the off the grip thati is hard to use for precise cutting. For poking and stabbing they're great, but i don't poke or stab often.
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Yeah but any knife can have a tip that is way off the centre line of the blade. There are lots of tantos that drop the point down closer to the centre.

I’m not saying you should like tantos just asking because I often hear people say tantos are terrible for utility cuts when in my experience i like them for the types of utility cuts i do. Like I said the front edge is basically sort of like a kiridashi and the secondary tip is great for xacto type cuts like a piece of paper laying flat on cardbord as I don’t have to raise the angle of the knife so much. Also the secondary tip is great for cuts on flat surfaces where I want to limit the depth of the cut. Like tape on a box I can just dip a tiny bit of that second tip in.

Also I often hear people saying they like belly for utility cuts when in my experience I prefer straight edges. This is because the belly sort of pulls away from what I am cutting into while a straight edge more directly cuts into it. Granted there are tasks like skinning where a belly is king so I guess it depends on what one’s utilitarian uses are.
 
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