All About Pocket Knives

Danno's post on a butt ugly knife prompted me to take a short run through my accumulation to see what I could come up with for what I consider,"butt ugly" knives. The criteria is varied:it may be the shape of the knife overall;it may be a blade;there are many reasons.
So here forthwith are ten of what I consider,"butt ugly" knives; please feel free to add any you might have and why you think so(or not;it may be readily apparent).

Some ugly ones being shown, but that "USA" springer takes the cake. I don't view those Wyoming Skinners as safe, but they've got to not be as bad as I think they are, given they seem to sell a ton of them.

I admit, I personally like that Cressi. Found one for $40 (albeit, yellow plastic handles instead of cork); so I put it on my watchlist. Hopefully, the seller comes down to about $25-30, which I still feel is high. The sheath has a broken and mangled-looking belt slot.


I have quite a few ugly, cheap knives. Most came as parts of used lots.

Tac-Force. A knife I carry when doing nasty, dirty work, in which dirt, mud, whatever will get in the knife.
Coast BX330. Ugly, cheaply made, and dull from the factory. Came with the Tac-Force in a lot. I don't use it. The belt cutters on both knives are useless.


The Estwing 4" blade Bowie wasn't that cheap, and I bought it on purpose. It's ugly, it's heavy, but I like it. It's a very strong knife that takes all matter of uses and abuse. The only thing that isn't metal is the sheath! The knife is forged from a solid piece of carbon steel, and handle is painted over. I'm strongly against batoning a knife, but this one I think is made to take it. I have actually used it for splitting a shovel handle so I could put a wedge in to keep the shovel from falling off its handle again.

Yup,
All previous shown knives definitely fall into the club, .
Buuuuuuut Ugly.

A useful tool, but the looks of a slug. I think these Kleins win the ugly prize. Fake wood grain brownish maroon Delrin.

Another butt ugly and totally useless knife.Try using it when the cleaver blade is folded!

Jmho...

It could've been a pretty nice pattern, except they had to go with aluminum handles that look like a crumpled up Hershey Kisses wrapper, and G-10 for bolsters.

I almost bought one to get rehandled; but then I realized between the knife, paying someone to rehandle the knife (materials, labor) and postage back and forth; I might as well just get a Camillus-made Remington Bullet Trapper; since I figure it would be about $50, if not more to get a $15 knife redone.

Stanwade wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:36 amJmho...

I totally agree!!

Right?! ..I know "to each/, their own" but these ones RR put out just turn my stomach! Ok, not that bad but man those are something you don't take home to momma!..no offense meant to anyone who likes these.

Probably this will not be popular, but the $600 Medford has the personality of a lawnmower blade and the Spyderco looks like someone knocked it's teeth out to me. Can't get into the cheap looking handle either, should be a $30 knife if you ask me.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-HOUSER-BUC ... SwnF1f17YD

No; I do not own it.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:36 am Probably this will not be popular, but the $600 Medford has the personality of a lawnmower blade

I got suckered into a fake Medford and am glad I didn't spend $600 for a real one. They are as ugly as a mud fence. The green handles on the RR Half-Hawk ruin an otherwise perfectly good knife.
The RR Double-Take is not a particularly attractive knife and I can't imagine it would be handy to use.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:36 am Probably this will not be popular, but the $600 Medford has the personality of a lawnmower blade and the Spyderco looks like someone knocked it's teeth out to me. Can't get into the cheap looking handle either, should be a $30 knife if you ask me.

I like the looks of the Medford

And then if you want to get completely ridiculous we have the ten blade "double five trapper" or the seventeen blade,"load it in a sock and use it for a club" knife. The former was a Pakistani special and the latter an Italian creation.

Suspenders required for both.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:45 am https://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-HOUSER-BUC ... SwnF1f17YD

No; I do not own it.
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Reminds me of the old Black Beauty knives a lot of companies made in the '50s--but that orange Cerakote blade--Eww!

Here is a butt ugly knife I have. No markings. Looks home made. Heavy. It is really sharp however. Got it for a fiver at the antique mall. Dont know why I thought I needed it but I like it for some reason.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:45 am https://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-HOUSER-BUC ... SwnF1f17YD

No; I do not own it.
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The price is even uglier than the knife! Ugh!

Stanwade wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:36 amJmho...

I looked at those for a while trying to figure out if I liked em or not, then decided that I didn't like em.

I liked the idea of a light weight Aluminium knife but I don't like how it looks.

Home-made from a bandsaw blade by a friend:
Doesn't hold an edge well... I think the blade was overheated while grinding the bevel. Its ugly, but I like it for some reason.

Good examples I put all my butt ugly knives in the Drawer of Shame...not gonna mess with taking any images I'm so ashamed of them....

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:06 pm

Stanwade wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 1:36 amJmho...

I looked at those for a while trying to figure out if I liked em or not, then decided that I didn't like em.

I liked the idea of a light weight Aluminium knife but I don't like how it looks.

Yeah, I think RR missed the mark on these ones..but to each their own...

Found this, on a picnic table, in a park. No one was around. Being a knife person, I picked it up...but; this is seriously butt-ugly.

Doc B wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:52 am Found this, on a picnic table, in a park. No one was around. Being a knife person, I picked it up...but; this is seriously butt-ugly.
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Doc B wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:52 am Found this, on a picnic table, in a park. No one was around. Being a knife person, I picked it up...but; this is seriously butt-ugly.
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Probably a "dump and run," Doc.