I think most of us have had the experience where you bought a knife (probably non <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>) and later had to regret it.
I once purchased a Boker 1004 Damascus Mini Folder. ( I just wanted to have a damascus knife at the time). I payed $120 for it. When I went to the knifeshop last week, they had a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> G-10 Starmate for the same price.
Talk about regret... <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Ted
Which knife did you regret buying...
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sam the man..
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Cold Steel tantos.. I bought them when I first started going heavily into collecting and using knives.. Don't find any use in them except for stabbing, so I dumped them for other useful stuff. Besides that, they are very expensive in Malaysia. Overpriced to about four times as much and marked up to 60%.. <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
Sam
have spydies will travel
Sam
have spydies will travel
In the Spyderco line the Wayne Goddard was a disappointment.
For reasons that have nothing at all to do with quality , it was all
ergonomics in my hand. A classic example of "fit in the hand"
being wrong for ME.
I think as this thread weaves on the "fit" issue will be expressed
again and again in different ways. This is THE single hardest
lesson for a novice to learn. Blade steel and shape are all
secondary to how well the handle shape gives the user control
of the whole knife. That is why some basic handle shapes
appear so often .........the human hand.
For reasons that have nothing at all to do with quality , it was all
ergonomics in my hand. A classic example of "fit in the hand"
being wrong for ME.
I think as this thread weaves on the "fit" issue will be expressed
again and again in different ways. This is THE single hardest
lesson for a novice to learn. Blade steel and shape are all
secondary to how well the handle shape gives the user control
of the whole knife. That is why some basic handle shapes
appear so often .........the human hand.
J Smith - I agree, those "classic" KISS knives made in Japan were junk - I had one.
Actually, one of my biggest disappointments was getting a Spyderco Wegner - I love the blade and the overall design, but the smooth sanded G-10 looked and felt like textured cardboard and was chalky. Not at all like the finely textured G-10 on the Military or the Chinook.
"Chance favors the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur
Actually, one of my biggest disappointments was getting a Spyderco Wegner - I love the blade and the overall design, but the smooth sanded G-10 looked and felt like textured cardboard and was chalky. Not at all like the finely textured G-10 on the Military or the Chinook.
"Chance favors the prepared mind" - Louis Pasteur
Regret is a stong word... because I still have each and every one of them. But, I have a love/hate relationship with my Native w/ Blue Inserts. I love the shape and fit of the knife, but do not like the mechanism. It is the only Spydie I own that I think is poorly made. I don't regret any kisses, because I never bought one... but know I wouldn't like them. I have three CRKT Mirages and one Denali that are excellent quality.... if they only had a hole and better steel. As far as their quality... they are standing up as well if not better than my Spydies.
Gary
"... floating down the Columbia River with my Spydies... <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>"
Gary
"... floating down the Columbia River with my Spydies... <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>"
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Sword and Shield
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The only knife I really regret buying was a balisong. I found a shop that sold small SS un-named balisongs, they were great, nice and smooth and stayed nice and sharp.
After dropping this bad boy down a stairwell onto a concrete floor and breaking the tip, I went back to the shop, but horror, they had sold out of these little beautes.
The only bali they had in the shop was a wooden handled bali at twice the price. I bought it, but two weeks later I chucked it. In the end I just reground the tip on the broken bali.
Since then I have only bought higher end knives.
The only Spydie I regret buying was my Civilian. Nothing wrong with the knife, in fact I still consider it one of the most elegant knives I own. The only problem was I bought it from the UK, at nearly twice the US price. Since then I buy online from the States.
"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."
After dropping this bad boy down a stairwell onto a concrete floor and breaking the tip, I went back to the shop, but horror, they had sold out of these little beautes.
The only bali they had in the shop was a wooden handled bali at twice the price. I bought it, but two weeks later I chucked it. In the end I just reground the tip on the broken bali.
Since then I have only bought higher end knives.
The only Spydie I regret buying was my Civilian. Nothing wrong with the knife, in fact I still consider it one of the most elegant knives I own. The only problem was I bought it from the UK, at nearly twice the US price. Since then I buy online from the States.
"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."
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sc_rebel1957
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hmmm, i think the worst knife ive ever owned is the colt detective model.its a liner lock that takes way too much pressure to open, Ive had good luck with about all of the columbia river knives except the neck peck, cant get it sharp! mainly because of the too steep factory edge.. i love my apache folder, ts the smoothest opening knife i own.the mirage series isnt bad except for the stud setting too low in the handle of the warmcliffe version...the grey ghost series are aus-8..but back on the subject i think that colt is buried somewhere in my truck tool box.( if anyone wants it come get it) :-)
Mine would be a MicroTech Halo 3,Not thats its a bad knife but the fact that it cost so much and has the same quality as Lower priced knives like Spyderco and Benchmark and for the price i just Regret the MicroTech the most as far as price/quality.
The biggest Crap Heap of a Knife ever built is the Geber Covert Folder,You will find the blade comes loose after opening it once,The handel just plain out sucks and the whole knife is just retarded, Gerber made a huge mistake putting this model out and they should have known better.
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Tom B <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>
The biggest Crap Heap of a Knife ever built is the Geber Covert Folder,You will find the blade comes loose after opening it once,The handel just plain out sucks and the whole knife is just retarded, Gerber made a huge mistake putting this model out and they should have known better.
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Tom B <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>