YOUR least frustrating knives...

[gdpolk]

Mine would be the Buck 110 that I inherited from my grandfather from 1981-1986. I love the knife but it's too clunky and heavy to pocket carry daily. Instead I just take it out hunting along with his .22 and remember the good days before his Alzheimer's disease set in fairly bad.

 

[Tdhurl1103]

I don't have a "least" frustrating knife. I'm not even sure what that means, but... My most frustrating knife I Love: My GEC Farmers Lock.

I drooled over pictures of this knife for months and months, so when I had the opportunity to get one, I did not pass it up. I love this knife so much but.......the blade play annoys me something fierce. I prefer a very very tight blade. When I first got it, I had it in my pocket for 2 weeks straight, only because I was so happy to have it, but......the blade play finally just got the better of me and it is now put away. It hasn't been used or even looked at in a month or so. I know I could probably get it fixed......I just haven't yet. Maybe because I'm not sure who to send it to. I know I can't do it. Anyway, I bought it from Big Biscuit a while back (he informed it it had some blade play. I bought it nonetheless.)

I'll add in a pic later, for some stupid reason my photobucket page is not loading up.

 

[Pomsbz]

Northwoods Willamette Whittler in blue camel bone.

It's gorgeous. Beyond belief. A birthday present from my wife. Two wonderful blades in a beautiful handle. But. I use my EDC knife for fruit on a daily basis among other tasks. This was my first 1095 and it was a rude shock. The fruit became inedible. I also could never get the main blade properly sharp. Wasn't until I sent it to the pro sharpening guy I use (Jason Bosman who is a member here) that he told me that there was no apex on the last third of the blade. I feel somewhat vindicated. I do like the idea of one knife that does most every cutting task and this knife isn't it, it's rather more specialist than that from my point of view. It's a whittler. Can't see myself selling it but it's also not one that gets dropped in the pocket either.

 

[tongueriver]

These two knives are old friends and are the most likely to be with me at any given time. They are tried and true, but each does have a slight annoyance or two that are NOT deal breakers. The dogleg jack is almost always in my pocket. The one annoyance I have with this knife is that, for a stiff price, it should have had prettier stag. That's it. No problem. Oh.... wait.... There is one other little thing. I put this knife in my drawer for a couple of weeks while I carried some slutty thing; I don't remember what, now. When I got my old friend out of the drawer, both springs had snapped in half!!! The good people at CASE fixed it immediately, no charge. I still have no idea what was going on there, but it certainly was an annoyance, though temporary.
The Buck? Well, this knife has never let me down. Because it has no weird curves in the cutting edge, it is not bad to sharpen, and holds an edge pretty well. The handle is not slippery when wet. It is not fiercely cold in the winter. It is strong. It has gone through literally dozens of game animals, from field dressing to skinning to boucherie. The old-style flap-over sheath is quiet and gives good loss and damage protection. The annoyance? Well, like all larger fixed blades it is annoying to belt-carry, especially in a vehicle. And frankly, it is not a real beauty to behold.
But both of these knives are with me for the long haul. Good stuff.

 

[Catherine_Montana]

I do not have ANY knives that frustrate me because I passed them on to my husband and friends who use them and love them. Plus I gave some to charity too. They do not frustrate those people. They appreciate them.

I do not own or keep any knife, object, tool or thing that I do not use on a regular basis. Although, I did give my last few rifles to my husband and I do use them on and off. I use them to keep up my skills. Everything else went bye bye.

I only use and carry fixed blade knives now due to my arthritis and old injuries getting worse.

I would still be using and carrying a few folding knives if I did not have those issues!

I LOVE the Buck 110, the Buck 55 and a few other former folding/pocket knives but since I only use fixed blade knives they went to my husband. He uses them on a regular basis.

I NEVER found the Buck 110 or the smaller Buck 55 too heavy or awkward in carrying on a regular basis. Fanny pack or pocket carry. I only carried larger fixed blade knives on my leather belt. But then, I was used to carrying a handgun on a daily basis so 'weight' was not an issue to me even though I am a smaller lady and owned several styles, sizes and caliber handguns in the past.

I love holster carry using a leather belt for larger fixed blade knives. I like fanny pack carry for smaller fixed blade knives used on a daily basis too.

Your mileage may vary. No problem.

Cate

 

[Bigfattyt]

I'd call that less a frustration and more a pretty serious design flaw.

In fact, reports of stout backprings on GEC etc. knives have kept me from ever considering them. If a knife costs $100+, and I can't put my hands on one to test-open it, well, let's just say it's "No sale, pal."

The snappy springs are one of my favorite things about them!

 

[kamagong]

The dogleg jack is almost always in my pocket. The one annoyance I have with this knife is that, for a stiff price, it should have had prettier stag.

I can see why. That's one thing that always bugged me about the Case/Bose collabs. They're the best, and priciest, factory knives made, but the stag they use often looks like discarded leftovers.