Which knife did you regret buying...

[Ted]

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

[Alan2112]

For me it's the Buck Tool. It has half screw drivers, and the pliers twist when useing them, the should have made them lock. I was really disapointed in this product! RKBA!

[sam the man..]

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

[Gallaghe]

A $35 Columbia River folder, fell apart in less then a week. I have several folders under $20 that I have had for years w/o problems.

Kevin S. Gallagher

[mnblade]

Hate to say it, but I regretted buying a Spyderco Wayne Goddard lightweight. Don't get me wrong, it was a nice enough knife, just too darn big for my tastes (I bought it from an online shop sight unseen). The good news is that I was able to trade it for an almost new Endura that I love.

[clipiteer]

CRKT Stiff Kiss. Cheap, dull, hard to sharpen, and the torx screws that hold on the clip are a <b>pain </b> to screw in. Also, I had to wrap the handle in climbing cord (really thin) to even get a semi-comfortable grip on it.

[demtek9]

Had the same experience with a CKRT. I bought a couple when they first came out and since then, they have depreciated. I don't know what to do with them now.

[J Smith]

A kiss Japan made it will not sharpen.I am going to try to trade it for a Dragonfly at the gun show next week.
mnblade isn't the endura larger than the Goddard.Or is it just the fit.I have not haddled a Goddard but I have one on the way,hope I like it.


Jeff }{

[liko]

No offense, but it's my Rescue Jr. I really have not found a good use for it yet. A sheepsfoot blade is nice to have around, but it's definitely not an EDC. Mind you, I don't regret any of my purchases enough to trade them away.

[RYAN]

Benchmade, I think it is the Striker. Tanto style by Elishiwitz, Black G-10, black blade. I wanted a tanto blade and I thought it looked cool. I have to agree with samo, when I got it home, I found no practical use for it aside from stabbing, and it was hell to sharpen. I realise that tantos are made for stabbing, but, the point on the Benchmade was sharpened so finely that the edge gave way almost everytime.<img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> Thank God I work where I do now, and see the reason behind the &quot;Appleseed&quot; grind on the Lum Tantos. If I pick another tanto up it will be the Lum, but don't hold your breath. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[Tightwad]

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 &quot;fit in the hand&quot;
being wrong for ME.

I think as this thread weaves on the &quot;fit&quot; 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.

[scolby]

J Smith - I agree, those &quot;classic&quot; 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

[Gary]

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
&quot;... floating down the Columbia River with my Spydies... <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>&quot;

[Sword and Shield]

My main regret was the Schrade ClipHanger. Don't get me wrong, I really like Schrade's stuff, especially Old Timer. It's just that the linerlock on the first one wouldn't engage, and the second one just felt too flimsy to really use.

Keepin' it real...real sharp, that is.

[J Smith]

The first time I looked at the cliphangers it only took about 30 seconds to know I did not want one.Its a shame too because it is a great design.If only it was made better.

Jeff }{

[yog]

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."

[JamesA]

Don't think I want to name names on the forum -- there's a 300+ dollar knife that I bought and couldn't get rid of fast enough. Took a fairly substantial loss on it. Wish I'd never heard of the thing.

[LIZARD]

FOR ME IT WAS A BLACKJACK LIGHTWEIGHT FOLDING MAMBA.THE BLADE AND THE HANDLE WERE OK BUT THE STUDS ON THE BLADE FOR OPENING TORE UP MY POCKET LININGS AND WERE JUST PLAIN UNCOMFORTABLE TO OPERATE.

[sc_rebel1957]

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) :-)

[Tool]

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.

Later
Tom B <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

[J Smith]

Got the Goddard and took it to work tonight,I dont like it.I see your point mnblade.Maybe I can get a ss Endura for it and the kiss.

[dePaul]

That would be my Buck Nighthawk. Completely useless. Poor steel (bad edge retention), foul edge grinds (thick, convexed), hard to sharpen, ugly. Don&#180;t know why I bought it.

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[java]

Unfortunately one of my G-10 Civilians has earned my regret. After providing food, clothing, and shelter to this beauty for 6 months, she turned on me the first day I started her as an EDC. Slashed me deeply across the tip of my right middle finger. Happened the same night Kahz and Lum tried to meld as one. Are <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>cos telepathic??? Six hours later both bottom screws pulled out of the clip - not backed out but PULLED out. Nearly lost a $100.00 plus knife and screw holes are stripped after less than a day of carry. Still can't believe this happened with a <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>co!!!!

[ruxton]

too many rubbish non-<img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>s to count but i still kinda regret my native, no boye dent, blades too small don't like the steel, feels uncomfortable, ah well
MAT

[RLR]

Only bad experiences with CRKT: Lawks - don't work on the whatever-the-heck model I tried. Urban Shark - lock didn't (on two models). Mirage - great knife, solid, but got a model with butter-injected steel for a blade (too soft). I did like my p.e.c.k. for once-in-a-while carry, but the concept of the sandwich knife scared me and it was hard to open. It's gone now too. Not to slam CRKT, but I got too many &quot;oddities&quot; to ever buy one again. With <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> all is well (once I get my Meercat back - it had a blade with too much play). 10 <img src="spyder.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0> and happy as H-E-double hockey sticks (one for each of our Gold Medal Teams).

Go CANADA! - RLR

[Brian]

For me it's Camp USA. I bought a three pack of knives for my mom and I kept the Delica sized one. While it was a decently sharp knife, the lock failed inside of two hours. So I spent thirty bucks on a trash can item, but some good came out of it though, that is what brought me to Spyderco.<img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle border=0>

&quot;The virus has spread thru his entire body doctor.&quot;

[wiley sharp]

anything benchmade.

[JBE]

My CRKT M-16-13Z...Would desperately luv to get rid of this one..Any takers?...lol