Worst knife you've ever purchased...

got a fixed blade tanto from BudK for a couple of bucks. It came with no edge whatsoever, a plastic butter knife would out cut this thing any day
 
Out of many dozens of knives I have had, the Boker Plus Manaro Folding Knife was by far the worst. There are many issues, but for me the frame lock had a reputation for being unduly stiff and hard to release. Mine was the exact opposite - failed to lock unless slammed open. Blade design is cool looking, but very hard to keep a proper edge on because of the curves and changing thickness of the blade. Heavy, not pocket friendly, in the end, I returned it!
 
jill jackson said:
Paraframe is a awful knife, but the one I had long ago I tried hard to make it fail spine whacking the crap out of it and it never did give. The cheap lock just went all the way over and stuck there.
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same here, although i bought mine 13 years ago or so.

my worst knife is a 5.11 cheapie i got for free. wow, it's just so crappy it's not even funny.
 
Gerber assisted deploying (so horrible I refuse to remember the model)
Came with a wobbling blade. Not blade play, I mean wobble!
 
ridethepony14 said:
got a fixed blade tanto from BudK for a couple of bucks. It came with no edge whatsoever, a plastic butter knife would out cut this thing any day
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I bought a Timber Wolf Damascus folder from them, and between the dull edge, extreme amounts of blade play, and the fact that the knife was shipped to me in about .5 inches of oil, I sent it back and have decided to never buy anything from them again.
 
Gerber LMF. Love the design. Love the sheath. WAY too heavy. Mystery steel just will not get sharp. I have my much thicker ESEE 5 sharp as a razor...a very think heavy razor. I still have it though. My truck tool box knife.

Number two? That ESEE 5. It's the knife that answers the question that pretty much nobody has asked. It's literally a nearly unbreakable sharp prybar with a very nice sheath. Just haven't got a use for it. It's a nice knife but not a useful one.

Knife that get's used the most? Delica.
 
Tmack said:
Gerber assisted deploying (so horrible I refuse to remember the model)
Came with a wobbling blade. Not blade play, I mean wobble!
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I think that's now referred to as "The Gerber Blade Dance". It's a frequent phenomenon with certain models.
 
I dont remember the model but it was some cheap Smith and Wesson model you buy at a hardware store. It was a tanto style partially serrated blade that ran on plastic washers.
 
Lee48 said:
I think that's now referred to as "The Gerber Blade Dance". It's a frequent phenomenon with certain models.
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Lol yeah I believe it. I've handled gas station knives that felt better.
And it fired out so hard it wanted to jump out of your hand.

Gerber is a popular brand in this thread. If only they cared enough to frequent the forum , they could learn from threads like this.
 
Kershaw Crown. What where they thinking? It's everything that Kershaw shouldn't be - rough finish lines, wobbly lockup, painful thumblug, stiff action, overly-heavy for it's size, the list goes on. Right now I have one sitting at the bottom of one of my tool boxes as a last ditch cutter in case I can't find a sharp rock to hack something in two. Just an awful knife - especially when compared to any of the other 10+ Kershaws that my boys and I have. Whatthehell?
 
KaBAKZ said:
Really? Why is that? I have a friend with one that loves it.
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Earlier in the thread I mentioned the same knife. I agree. The knife sucks, mainly because of the locking mechanism. It's the weakest piece of crap ever. I could literally push the blade almost an inch back toward the handle by pushing on the spine when it was opened. Not to mention the ridiculous blade play front to back. Side to side play wasn't bad but I'd didn't matter. I could hear the blade move back and forth just by shaking the knife in hand when opened.

I had to take the knife apart and stretch out the spring that moves the locking bar. When I got the knife it was so weak that the stud you push down to release the lock wouldn't even stay extended at the top of the cutout. It would kind of just dangle in the half way point where the blade would be loose but the lock wouldn't be disengaged. After I fixed the spring it's alright now and that play is gone after I modified the spring but damn. I certainly didn't expect that from a $50 knife.

I use it as my work knife now as it's light and I don't care about messing it up, at all. It really is a crappy knife hidden behind the sog name. I can't mention it enough how shitty the locking mechanism is... It's just so terrible it's not even funny. Provides no strength at all. Like I mentioned I could literally push the blade and move it a good amount back towards the handle when open. If I applied more pressure I would have broken the lock and closed the blade. Awful.
 
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Wow never knew that, interesting. I didn't take a very close look at it when I looked at it, but from what you say it sounds horrendous.
 
DallasSTB said:
Kershaw Crown. What where they thinking? It's everything that Kershaw shouldn't be - rough finish lines, wobbly lockup, painful thumblug, stiff action, overly-heavy for it's size, the list goes on. Right now I have one sitting at the bottom of one of my tool boxes as a last ditch cutter in case I can't find a sharp rock to hack something in two. Just an awful knife - especially when compared to any of the other 10+ Kershaws that my boys and I have. Whatthehell?
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I think the problem with the Crowns is that the F&F is kind of all over the place from knife to knife. Personally, I have and have handled several, and most of those were actually quite good for the price (heavy, yes, slicker than I would like, yup, but otherwise ok), but the ones that weren't great were pretty iffy (stiff, poor F&F, etc.). Hey, it was a $15 Wally World special, and for the most part, hit the mark for the intended demographic. I see it as less of a problem than other, more expensive knives, that one would expect more out of.
 
Gerber Icon Tanto. I tried to adjust the pivot as soon as I got it, and even though I had a bit that fit, the screw would just turn without changing the pivot tightness. I also tried to sharpen it from the crap factory edge (if you could call it one), but it was futile. Then, the first time I carried it, it opened in my pocket and penetrated half an inch into my thigh, no exaggeration. I measured the blood on the tip. For some reason, I didn't get rid of it after that, but it was almost rusted out two weeks later. It's long gone now.
 
CRKT M16-10Z

I went through three of them at my job in a span of 4-5 months or so. I just used them to break down boxes, cut zip ties, hack through styrofoam, etc.They would literally fall apart in my hands during use. The Auto Lawks mechanism is a joke! I have to give props to CRKT though. Every time I sent my knife back to them after it fell apart, they sent me a new one.

I also have to mention a mini gerber paraframe that I got for free. Straight into the trash!
 
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The worst overall knife I have ever bought had to be a pakistan boot knife that was just overall worthless. But that wasnt my biggest disappointment. That title or I should say titles is reserved for a brand with way too many fanatics for me to mention publicly. Lets just say i have been let down by this brand enough to where I no longer consider buying their products regardless of what design they release that I like. I shouldnt have to buy 5 knives and settle for the one with the least defects.
 
Queen Serpentine Jack, had a joke for a bevel, and was very thick behind the edge for a knife with that size and purpose. Wouldn't cut me even if i struggled, right out of the box, so it was perfect for spreading butter.
Even with a 15/15 degrees bevel i wasn't satisfied with that one. Only after a full regrind, it became what it should have been.
I don't mind some sharpening, honing, when i buy a new knife, but having to actually regrind the blade to make it usable was too much.
 
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