Which knives/styles do you plain dislike? For no real reason, rubs ya wrong, design, steel, handle, blade-shapes, brands. Judgement-free opinions.

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Bob Denman said:
Sawteeth on the spine also?
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Naw, might rip my pocket.

I tell you what (say it like Hank Hill)

But I really don't understand a lot of the blade shapes and grinds, even the names throw me. Nightmare grind, hellhound,etc. I see those tanto hellhound Microtech knives and mine brain leaps from my skull and throws itself off the nearest cliff.
 

K.O.D. said:
Naw, might rip my pocket.

I tell you what (say it like Hank Hill)

But I really don't understand a lot of the blade shapes and grinds, even the names throw me. Nightmare grind, hellhound,etc. I see those tanto hellhound Microtech knives and mine brain leaps from my skull and throws itself off the nearest cliff.
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Small fixed blades, like neck knives, with too short handles. Takes away from effective control.
 
I personally hate serrations anywhere on the blade. My usage of knives don't require it and cuts down the usable blade length for me.

I am also not a fan of excessive etching on the blade of a knife. If it was up to me the blade would be completely sterile. I have no problem with badges and unique pivot embelishments. For some reason I hate blade etchings.

If a knife looks like it was made by aliens or looks like it came from a futuristic video game. Its a hard pass for me.
 
I like a wide variety of knife designs and steel, but I'm not a fan of 5Cr15Mov that feels like it was heat treated in an easy bake oven. Having become a bit of a steel snob, I'm not even that interested in anything with 8Cr13Mov anymore.

I also dislike half-serrated knife blades. Either fully serrated or fully normal blade for me. I only have two half-serrated knives: a Benchmade Triage and a Spyderco Walker. I can accept the half-serration on the Triage because of what it is. I bought the Walker for the military, where I wanted something functional but very light (because I already had enough kit to haul around). If I had better taste in knives back then or a knife mentor of some kind I would have gotten something different. As it was, the idea of spending more than $50 in the 1990s on a decent knife seemed ludicrous.
 
Here' comes a cat amongst the pigeons!!
I dont like the Buck 110.
The brass makes it heavy, I have never liked the ergo's of the sodbuster shaped handle, backlocks are awkward to close with one hand, pakkawood handles,hollow sabre grind, mediocre steel, clip point, big useless "choil" that's not even a choil, no clip even though its a folder, and nail nick opening , but it is pre thumbstud and clip era so...ok
Anyway this sounds like heresy to some but the Buck 110 combines so many features and aspects I dont like, Ive never been able to bring myself to own one, despite its iconic appeal and popularity in the knife world.
 
EDC - what is this? :) Carried mostly outside the house? Definitely does not give any information about the knife, I have seen in many locales in Southeast Asia folks carrying machete-size knives in their hands or wrapped in a piece of cloth in their bags. If a knife is comfortably inside my pocket, it is there even inside the house. Small and mid-size slipjoint folders are truly pocket knives to me. Actually I am curious, how many unclip their great but bulky wonders in the evening when sit on the sofa and are watching TV?
 
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K.O.D. said:
Naw, might rip my pocket.

I tell you what (say it like Hank Hill)

But I really don't understand a lot of the blade shapes and grinds, even the names throw me. Nightmare grind, hellhound,etc. I see those tanto hellhound Microtech knives and mine brain leaps from my skull and throws itself off the nearest cliff.
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Yes. Nightmare grind. Ridiculous.

I think that one's name came from attempting to use/sharpen it.

Anything with a ridge or step in the middle of the blade is a hard pass for me.
 
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"scandi bushcrafters" with a 1/4" tall bevel and $$$ tag. Ridiculous.

overly thick blade stock on a folder. Why do people spend mad money on pocket bricks that suck at their main purpose is beyond my understanding.

cheapos with bad construction. I do appreciate inexpensive quality (Rat-1 with locking cutouts at pivot AND standoffs), but something like a pivot that cant be taken apart while using torx bits on both sides belongs in the trash can.
 
zuluninja said:
"scandi bushcrafters" with a 1/4" tall bevel and $$$ tag. Ridiculous.
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Good one. I agree.

I love listening to an explanation about how a 1" tall blade with only 1/4" of main bevel "cuts better". 😆

They always try to explain how it's a better cutter but all I hear is, "I don't know how to grind a blade so I use a jig but it's REALLY hard to use a jig for a full height grind and anything longer than 4 inches.....so scandi is better".

😁
 
Cajun Carry said:
****The Ritter Griptilian does not count*****


Every single product that Hogue releases looks like absolute garbage.

Also, why do they put a safety on all of their flippers? A safety.... on a manual flipper..... on ALL of their manual flippers. It's insane.
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I agree with you there. Hogue makes great quality knives but I just don't understand most of their design choices. (Maybe their design language is imported from the gun world?) Putting aside the Ritter RSK (which I agree doesn't count), their most "normal" knife so far is the Deka. But even that one has odd choices: the "G-Mascus" G10 on the Gen 1s, the compound grind on the wharncliffe one, the all-black hardware, the slightly weird and knobbly thumb stud, etc.
 
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