Wish you like a knife or brand but can't

I wish I had liked my CQC7b. A great iconic knife that I just could not warm up to. Every other Emerson I have handled has fit like a glove while the 7 felt like a square in comparison.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
I wish I could like Spyderco's Tenacious, but its lock is truly weak. Everything else about the knife is amazing. I only wish they would use a compression lock instead.

I wish I could like the ESEE Izula, but its handle is way too short for me. And uncomfortable.

That's about it for me.
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What's wrong with Spyderco's liner lock?

Eta: never mind, I see that you like to perform spine whacks.
 
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Emerson and Al Mar. Love their designs, but for one reason or another have never been able to pull the trigger on one. I've handled a pair of CQC-7s but really wasn't all that impressed, although the F&F was pretty good. I came close to getting a Horseman, but I snagged a Meyerco Terzuola CQB-1 fixed blade for about the same price.
 
cncpro11 said:
What's wrong with Spyderco's liner lock?

Eta: never mind, I see that you like to perform spine whacks.
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Yup, that's pretty much it...although rather than a "whack" it fails at a firm "tap". Makes me cringe when I hear Spyderco use the terms "proven" and "liner lock" in the same sentence...I'll still buy plenty of Spydercos, but no more liner locks for me.
 
Sir Housecat said:
I wish I liked other Spydercos as well. I have an Endura 4, and I like it, but the asthetics of most other Spydercos turns me off. I like the look of the pm2, but I have an idealogical prejudice against liner locks in any form.
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the compression lock is not even remotely comparable to a liner lock... thats like not buying a framelock because you don't like backlocks...
 
I live just a few hours from Benchmade and just can't warm up to them. They are great knives and i own a couple but I never carry them. I do love my Spyderco's though so I guess I could be the guy in Oregon you were talking about OP. :)
 
Spyderco has bunches of stuff but i really dont like the way they look. Busse because of the price honestly. I know its not extreme priced or anything but...... i dont know, maybe if i could handle one or something my mind would change
 
I have the same problem. A couple times a year I go through the whole spyderco catalog wanting to find something I like. They truly do make great knives. It's just an aesthetics thing though, if you don't like that style they have, you don't like any of them. I have 2 spydercos, a sage 2 and a domino (similar design, apparently the only spyderco design I like), and they are awesome quality and performance, that's why I keep trying to find some more I like, but I can't ever seem to find one that does it for me. So I find myself wanting to like them because of their material choices and quality, but I just can't seem to do it because none of their designs have the look I'm after. On the flip side, I have like 30 benchmades, I guess that's a similar thing. I like their style, so I like almost all their knives.
 
I wish I could like Gerber, 'cause then I'd have a lot more money in my pocket...
 
Shotgun said:
Yep. :D I prefer spyderco to benchmade but the one I really want to like but can't is ZT. The blade shapes are too fat, recurves, and thumb studs. Just don't care for any of that.
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This.

Tastes can evolve (or devolve) too. For years I didn't like Spydercos because of the hump, but now it's probably my favorite knife company. I've been happy with every Spyderco I've ever owned.
 
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