Which knives have you held that dont feel right to you

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For me its my bk10 its so handle heavy that it feels so different i just didnt expect it. It does tasks decently i feel like a bk7 would be just as good and people say the bk7 and 9 do FEEL better
 
It appears that I seem to not like knives where you must use the choil to have a full grip. I didn't like it on the SnG nor the Native 5 lightweight, and I got rid of both of those.
 
As much as I try to deny it, my ESEE 4 has never felt quite right. The scales are kinda/sorta on the short side. I forgot about all this, but I took it out the other day, and it hit me again. So I ordered a set of TKC scales for it in neon green. Should be bright enough to see when dropped, but not retina burning like the factory orange scales.
 
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Mini Griptilian. The full-sized Griptilian already feels sorta off balance to me with that overly lightweight handle. But I can manage the full-sized model pretty well. The Mini Grip handle is just too short for me to get ahold of comfortably. And, oddly enough, I very much like the Dragonfly and Case Peanut.
 
For me the one that never felt right was the ZT 0560. Little bit too large of a grip and didn't like the balance. Ended up with a 0562 instead.

Everybody is different in what they look for / feel. For me this was it. :thumbup:
 
upnorth said:
As much as I try to deny it, my ESEE 4 has never felt quite right. The scales are kinda/sorta on the short side. I forgot about all this, but I took it out the other day, and it hit me again. So I ordered a set of TKC scales for it in neon green. Should be bright enough to see when dropped, but not retina burning like the factory orange scales.
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Agreed. The thickness of the scales and handle length just didn't fit with me. It felt unbalanced with the size and thickness with that 4" blade. Ending up gifting it to a friend and purchased a ESEE 3 which hit the sweet spot. Same size handle and thickness but the shorter and thinner blade just plain ol worked better in hand. Not to mention it was far better slicer and it could still use the snot out of it if need be.
 
I got to play with an XM-18 in a BF pass-around years back.
Liked the quality, but hated that much drop in a handle.
Hard to cut away from yourself with that much drop in your palm.

And that goes for any knife with a lot of drop in the handle, other than on a large chopper that is.

If it doesn't have a straight(or close to it) handle it doesn't feel right to me.
 
This is tough because everyone has different hands, and everyone is looking for a different feel....

What I mean, is that a knife that doesn't feel right to me, might fit like a glove for you.

This also includes "hot spots" and they vary depending on the size of your hands.

In general though, thin, badly contoured scales are something that never feels good to me, either do badly designed pocket clips.....

Another thing that I personally am not a fan of, is knives with blades that go past 3.5 inches but have no choil....not very good for any work that requires control.

And yes, this is for folders or fixed blades, except for the pocket clip part...
 
upnorth said:
As much as I try to deny it, my ESEE 4 has never felt quite right. The scales are kinda/sorta on the short side. I forgot about all this, but I took it out the other day, and it hit me again. So I ordered a set of TKC scales for it in neon green. Should be bright enough to see when dropped, but not retina burning like the factory orange scales.
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Sounds like you keep trying to make it fit. I bought an ESEE 4 as my first and only ESEE knife to date. I just wasn't particularly impressed and I didn't like the sheath without helping to make it "fit" my preferences in a belt knife. The short story is that this knife just sits on the shelf and I really don't care if it stays there unused. A knife this size should come with a belt sheath that works. Largely this is the reason I have not purchased a Fiddleback Forge knife. No sheath. Oh I know I can have one made, but I shouldn't have to.
 
TBL said:
For me the one that never felt right was the ZT 0560. Little bit too large of a grip and didn't like the balance. Ended up with a 0562 instead.

Everybody is different in what they look for / feel. For me this was it. :thumbup:
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Exact opposite for me. Love my 560 and thought the 562 was a bit awkward in my hand. :thumbup:
 
quite a few. as a matter of fact, fit in my hands is probably my main criteria for buying/keeping a folding knife.

im probably in the minority, but some popular production knives like the BM 710, 940, Barrage and Kershaw Skyline, Cryo instantly come to mind as popular knives that didn't fit my hands well. Most Spydercos also go here to to a lesser degree, the feels good in the hand and knife design is great for the most part (wish they had more models with a sharpening choil), but thumbhole placement relatively speaking is horrible for me compared to other brands, even Byrd knives.

I only have a few folders, but of the ones I do have, while not a perfect fit, my JYD2.2 probably fits my hands the best.
 
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Spyderco Gayle Bradley is the first one that comes to mind. I've probably bought four, each time thinking "I'll like it this time" - but, something about the ergos never felt right.

Same goes for the Yojimbo 2 - mostly due to the compression lock cutout.

Most of the larger ZTs as well - 0560, 0200, 0452CF, 0600. They're just unwieldy. I like larger knives - 2/3 of my EDC rotation is over 3.8" - but those just didn't have the right balance or handle shape for me.

Cold steel is the only company I've found that consistently produces huge knives that are still comfy in the hand. I'm eyeing the new XHP Talwars and Ti-Lites pretty intently at the moment. I do wish they would upgrade the Tuff Lite to XHP, as that knife is the most natural fit in my hand that I have ever experienced.
 
uofaengr said:
It appears that I seem to not like knives where you must use the choil to have a full grip. I didn't like it on the SnG nor the Native 5 lightweight, and I got rid of both of those.
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I came in here for the Native 5. I've held the G10 and Lightweight, and it feels like I'm just pinching the choil while the rest of my hand has no grip on the handle. I still want the Lightweight though, to see if I can make it work or get used to it.

fp627 said:
im probably in the minority, but some popular production knives like the BM 710, 940, Barrage and Kershaw Skyline, Cryo instantly come to mind as popular knives that didn't fit my hands well.
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I hated my first Skyline, until I used it as an experiment knife and put a second finger choil right behind the first one on the handle, among other mods. Then I bought a new one to do just that to it, and I absolutely love it. The big swoop down on the handle just got in the way of my middle finger for some reason, but as soon as that was gone, my last two fingers could get a hold of it.

Comeuppance said:
Same goes for the Yojimbo 2 - mostly due to the compression lock cutout.
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I wouldn't have guessed that from your avatar. :p
 
My most recent one was the ZT 0900. I wanted to like the knife, it was a great quality knife, but just something about it when I held it. It wasn't for me.
 
TBL said:
For me the one that never felt right was the ZT 0560. Little bit too large of a grip and didn't like the balance. Ended up with a 0562 instead.

Everybody is different in what they look for / feel. For me this was it. [emoji106]
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I found the clip on the 0560 uncomfortable in tip up, but much better in tip down. 0562 was very comfortable, but I don't like the new pivot (part of the move from tough user knives to fancy designer knives, the new double male pivot loosens easier).
upnorth said:
As much as I try to deny it, my ESEE 4 has never felt quite right. The scales are kinda/sorta on the short side. I forgot about all this, but I took it out the other day, and it hit me again. So I ordered a set of TKC scales for it in neon green. Should be bright enough to see when dropped, but not retina burning like the factory orange scales.
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I don't like the ESEE handles below the 5 because the upturn for the guard is way too abrupt.

Murphenstein44 said:
I came in here for the Native 5. I've held the G10 and Lightweight, and it feels like I'm just pinching the choil while the rest of my hand has no grip on the handle. I still want the Lightweight though, to see if I can make it work or get used to it.



I hated my first Skyline, until I used it as an experiment knife and put a second finger choil right behind the first one on the handle, among other mods. Then I bought a new one to do just that to it, and I absolutely love it. The big swoop down on the handle just got in the way of my middle finger for some reason, but as soon as that was gone, my last two fingers could get a hold of it.



I wouldn't have guessed that from your avatar. [emoji14]
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Man, that's why I love Natives. Easily my favorite grip for an edc knife. So much control.

The skyline was just a bit small for my hands.

The Techno opening hole cutout made it awkward.

The 940 is just too short and therefore awkward.

I wish Enduras/(blanking on the smaller version's name) were the original grip style. The uppermost area is slightly too small for two fingers and too big for one. Which way do you guys go with that?

I have only handled them, but I don't get the Strider handle.

Valloton was too thick.

Contego has weird shape.

I'm sure I could think of more, I'm picky about ergonomics.
 
The one that comes to mind first would have to be the Benchmade 810 Contego. I was playing around yesterday with my husky and grabbed his upper jaw/muzzle teeth and all and thought to myself "Contego grip" ...
 
BK-2 is the first one that I simply don't use. It is just too much of a hunk of iron for me. It would make a seldom used truck knife however which puts it in the environment that I think it was made for. Hard use. So, I keep it around and I may move back toward liking it.

Some of you all mention a lot of folders I simply don't have any experience with. I tend to get what works for me and then stop rather than continually trying out new ones that I "might" like. I still do try a few new folders a year, just because, but I am pretty selective. The Spyderco Kiwi 4 was one of those. I like it. I do buy knives or blades that going in I have a pretty good idea that I won't really use them on any regular basis. I'm comfortable with that.
 
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I find the Bark River knives to be uncomfortable in my hand. For me the handles are to small, thin and lacking in mass. Many of them also get slick when wet. Most I've used fatigue my hand after about ten minutes of hard use. And if I have gloves on, forget it !

They're great knives, just something about my hands I guess. If it wasn't for that I'd own a few.
 
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