Worst knife you've ever purchased...

Without a doubt, my first Benchmade, a Grip in 440C from over five years back, was my least favorite. It came dull - and remains that way (The edge seems to 'roll over' - even with my Spydie 'Sharpmaker'.). Nice lock, of course. I bought my second BM - a fb - after Christmas - a BM 201 Activator +. A D2 butter knife, but it felt 'good', grip wise. Twenty plus minutes on the 'Sharpmaker' hasn't phased it. So, it and the Grip are tied.

Realistically, I got a Bark River 'Huntsman' the same day as the Activator +... it set a new standard. There have been more Barkies here - and more will come. They are like every Buck I have ever bought new, as well - razor sharp outta da box!

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Cabela's pine ridge folder with wooden inserts in the handle. The lock slipped on me twice and both times nearly cut my finger off. Needless to say it is at the bottom of a lake.
 
Zt 0770cf. Awesome concept, amazing look, horrible mechanics and terrible execution. Should have NEVER been designed as an assisted opener. De-assisting does nothing to improve function
 
It's been said.. but the Gerber para.. I remember throwing into the woods out of anger a week after I bought it. That was a looong time ago. I've purchased a few Gerbers since then and I've been pretty disappointed generally. This might not count but I had a saw made by Gerber that snapped in half the first time I used it. I do still have one Gerber fixed blade knife that I keep in my camping gear as a beater.. that's been pretty good.. but boy is it soft.

I find the 0770cf post interesting. I personally like assisted opening most of the time, but I do remember thinking that it would have been great if the 0770cf model was on a bearing system. Gotta say though.. if the 0770cf is the most disappointing knife you've ever had.. then you've had one heck of a knife life.
 
A Linder 305020. I bought it from a dealer in Austria who assured me it was made in Germany, LOL. There's no safety and the push button sits about 1/4" exposed.


My S&W Extreme ops is a close second because the cheap plastic safety broke off in quick order.
 
Junglee. The absolute worst bought 3 different models all garbage. CRKT Hammond Crusier is the next in line.
 
I've recently sold off about a half dozen or so Gerber Paraframes because I've realized they're useless to me. I have so many high quality knives I would never even think of carrying one and they're not ever worthy of putting in a gear kit, emergency bag, or leaving in my car.

However, the Petzl Spatha is absolutely the worst knife ever known to man and I bought one. I'm a climber so the concept was attractive to me. I didn't really have high expectations with respect to materials because it's only about $25 but when I got it I couldn't believe that there was no locking mechanism and the advertised one-handed operation is a joke. Bad materials, terrible design, terrible execution. It made me so mad to look at the thing I threw it in the trash.

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I had a Bud K camping knife with a fork and a spoon on it. I knew it wasn't a high quality knife when I bought it but that thing was just pure junk. One of the handle scales fell off the second time I opened the blade. Lots of play on the blade and the other implements too. It was more of a novelty knife than anything else.

I bought it because it resembled a knife that grandpa bought me when I was a youngster. Should have left well enough alone.

I've had a few others that weren't great but that one was the worst knife I've ever purchased.
 
Smith & Wesson S.W.A.T. First Production Run. Never locked back consistently, and the blade was hard as hell to sharpen.
 
While I could mention the numerous $5 and $10 folders I've had over the years from gerber and s&w, I'll skip them and mention the SOG Flash II. The locking mechanism sucks bad. With the knife open, you can literally push on the spine of the knife and push the blade towards the handle to quite an extent. Very weak. Also had so much play in that same direction back and forth that you could hear the blade wiggle when moving it around in hand. Granted I have fixed that by dissasenbling the knife and extending the spring that is involved in the workings of the lock. The locking stud actually stays at the top when the knife is open and the blade play is gone. I do still carry this knife to work as it's super light and I don't care about banging up the blade if I have to. It did come pretty sharp which was nice but damn.... What a crappy lock design.
 
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CRKT Edgie..... ABSOLUTE worst knife I've ever owned or purchased! Back 12 years ago it seemed like an innovative idea.... I must have been intoxicated.
 
A cheap oyster knife. Busted on the third oyster. The Dexter a have now is great.
 
SOG Aegis... what a total lack of Quality Control! I ordered two, and both were so off center (and not fixable either) that the blades rubbed against the scales to the point that the black finish was wearing off the blades out of the box. I know it wasn't a fluke because I bought two, and they were both the same crap. NO MORE SOG'S FOR ME!
 
CRKT Drifter.
The action was gritty and stiff out of box, and that isn't the norm from CRKT. But when I went to take it apart to clean and polish the washers, every single screw stripped because they were made from pot metal and had way too much thread locker.

Any Emerson.
They're amazing designs, but the material quality and attention to detail isn't on par with their asking price.
 
Moxy said:
Any Emerson.
They're amazing designs, but the material quality and attention to detail isn't on par with their asking price.
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Whoa buddy, them's fightin' words. (not to me, but to many of the Emerson fans on here)

I bought two $1 (literally, they were a dollar each) knives at wally world once. Cause why not, you know. I used one a bit, it wasn't bad for a dollar. The other is just chillin in a drawer. Don't know why I'd ever need it.
 
Another vote for the CRKT K.I.S.S., had one when I was about 15-16 that I begged my mom to buy for me, I had the money but we were on a military base and there was no way they were letting my gangly self buy it.
I thought it was the coolest thing ever, until trying to cut the top off of a Gatorade bottle.... Obviously the pressure from my grip on the lock/handle caused the knife to close onto my finger. I remember taping it up with masking tape and paper towels. Turned out alright just earned a "lesson". Wouldn't reccomemd a Paraframe to my worst enemy.

This is the scar as of right now...6 years later.
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Yes do the math I'm practically a child.
 
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