Which knives have you held that dont feel right to you

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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Same here. I bought the earth camo TKC scales and I'm still not quite ok with how the knife feels. I lubed it up and put it away. I could have had another Millie. :sorrow:
 
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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Agreed with you on the Barrage series. I bought a 586BK in the hopes that it could replace my mini griptilian, and a less ergonomic knife I have yet to find.
 
I've learned that you can't really rule out knives that just didn't feel right standing at the knife counter.

Initially holding the benchmade 162 I thought it was the most awkward handle I'd ever held, and dismissed it. However a great deal presented itself for one and figured I could always sell it later. Well after actually using it, it has become one of my favorite knives. So now I don't immediately rule out a knife based on how it feels at the counter. I just try to find it much cheaper just encase.
 
There have been two knives
ESEE 6
Uncomfortable slab-side handles
Choil that really didn't need to be there
Just too long for fine work, too short for heavy work

Second was the Marttiini Witch's Tooth.
Everything about it was perfect except the handle was too short. The drum protusion wouldn't fit my massive mitts, even hammer holding it


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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Thats been my experience with pretty much every ESEE knife. They're always "off" is some way. The Junglas has been the only one that has decent ergos, but for whatever reason, the ONE knife of theirs that would benefit from a choil, they decided not to include it. Even TKC hasn't done the trick, though I hear LMF makes a interesting set.
 
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The Spyderco Southard just didn't feel right to me when I held it in the store. Although, for some reason I still want one.
 
Spyderco Endura--the handle is too narrow to get a good grip. The Stretch has a much better handle for medium sized hands.

Also, the Benchmade Grip is too blade-heavy. Perfect, however, with custom Putnam scales!
 
Cold Steel Gunsite from back in the day, with the smooth ABS plastic handles.

It was awful large for my hands, and the combination of a very stiff lock, a very sharp edge, and those very slick grips made it the only knife I was afraid would bite me!
 
The Cold Steel Tuff Lite feels great in the hand, but the lock sucks. The lock reflects the price more than anything. But I still recommend them if someone wants something fairly cheap with a short blade.
 
I feel like I'm almost alone in this, but the PM2. The choil is too close to the first finger groove to use comfortably, and the rear swell is in the precisely wrong place for me to get a 4-fingered grip on the scales. The slab-sided, tall-but-thin design also forces a sort of pinch-grip using knuckles and thumb rather than my entire hand. Half-inch longer or half-inch shorter and with thicker, machined G10 and I'd re-evaluate, but as it stands, it's a superbly designed knife for exactly the sort of hand I don't have.
 
Bobby3326 said:
I've learned that you can't really rule out knives that just didn't feel right standing at the knife counter.
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Agreed. There were a few knives I thought were horrible out of box, but after I just needed to get used to them. Delica, Gayle Bradley, PPT and Adamas are examples. All are now heavily used/carried. The Delica is even the first knife I bought duplicates of.

PPT was the worst. I even began taking pictures of it to put up for sale about 10 minutes after getting it. Decided to give it a shot, and now I love it.
 
Cold Steel Lone Star Hunter. The knife was heavy and had BLADE PLAY!! So the Triad lock can actually have lateral play. Also the the plastic faux stag really sucked. Still, I liked the shape enough to give it a try. I made new scales that sucked even more. Finally gave it away.
 
GEC #66 calf roper slim. Handle too small and the blade angled the wrong way.

Mora classic #2 is unbalanced and too tip heavy.
 
The Southard didn't feel right to me either. The handle was as thick as it was tall, so it felt like I was gripping a curved hot dog. I had no control over it. And the pocket clip (among other areas on the handle) created bad hot spots.

I really wanted to like that knife, but it was terrible for me.

ebidis said:
The Spyderco Southard just didn't feel right to me when I held it in the store. Although, for some reason I still want one.
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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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Sort of with you on that in a few ways.

I always found the choil to be somewhat gimmicky. In most cases the same effect could be achieved by simply taking the cutting edge all the way to the handle, and designing the handle accordingly.

Why waste blade space ?

As to the OP, ive found the mini versions of some Emerson knives dont lock into my hand the same way the big ones do. You cant just simply shrink a knife and expect the ergos to work the same.

Thx.
 
CRK (any of them) - I can appreciate his knives, but they feel slippery and I dislike their deployment.

I have some knives I only like with tactical gloves on. The Adamas 2750 is one of them, but with gloves, I love that knife.
 
Rich S said:
All techo-freak frankenknives.
Rich
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Please elaborate... :thumbup::D I'm genuinely curious.


Choppers with poor grips/aka lack of traction drive me buggy especially if the handle shape is lacking.

For example, the Rodent 9:

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The ridges on the handle have smoothed out over time with use; it is not really a safe grip to use with gloves on; even bare handed is dodgy at best.

So, I added the rubber wrap which has since been replaced with hockey tape. :( Ghetto grip mod LOL. The handle needs more of a drop in the pommel although the subhilt/palm swell helps a bit.



The larger Becker knives like the Bk2/Bk7/Bk9 grips are too slick as well IMHO; I've owned all three and don't feel confident using them just for that reason...

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