KnifeGeek
Consumer and social
knife database
SHOW HN2023
140points
88comments
#455of 3,109 in 2023
Top 15%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 17 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Design: 1 for, 11 againstIdea: 6 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful, well-organized database for knife enthusiasts
From 3 comments
I think this is a great idea and looks very cool, I know my wife will look through it she loves knives like these :)
pencilforhire on HNAs a person who never walks out without one (and, consequently, never relocated to Germany), I approve! :))
IYasha on HNCool, a little feedback: Back button is broken, for example search for balisong knives, click on one, click back - your search is gone. Also, suddenly the search stopped working…
jacobsenscott on HN
Objections
Images look poor, with white aliased borders and transparency issues
From 2 comments
I'm a knife collector, so this site seems cool. One thing that can be improved is how the knives are displayed. The white aliased border around the thumbnails looks really really…
quaxar on HNIt's better, but I think maybe your browser isn't rendering things the same way mine is, so I took a screenshot for you. There's transparency issues with the knife images, which…
qup on HN
Search results are sparse or inaccurate, with missing folding knives and wrong data
From 2 comments
When I search for "Folding blade" and blade length "0-3 in", I only get 7 results from your site. A similar search on BladeHQ gets me 12,000+ results. I think you have too few…
exhilaration on HNFirst check: Spyderco R C67 Result: Spyderco R C67 GFP shows up, but not the original knife or any of the other variants. --- Second check: Benchmade mini AFCK Result: found…
dsr_ on HN
Forced login after advanced searches is jarring and unexplained
From 2 comments
Forcing me to create an account after a certain amount of interaction without explaining what the account is for, or providing any information about how my personal data will be…
jehb on HNCool, a little feedback: Back button is broken, for example search for balisong knives, click on one, click back - your search is gone. Also, suddenly the search stopped working…
jacobsenscott on HN
Links and open-in-new-tab do not work on results
From 2 comments
A small friction point is that middle click, ctrl-click, and right-click / open in new tab are all unavailable to access details for a knife. If I wanted to compare a few…
nabilhat on HNBeing unable to middle mouse click knives to open new tabs is a usability dealbreaker for me. Wrap the image with links, not binding awkward events. It'll also reduce your load a…
theelous3 on HN
Requests
Metric unit option, now added
From 2 comments
Please add a option to display metric units instead.
Loranubi on HNCan we get a converter so that we don't have to use imperial units?
animal531 on HN
Filter by lock type, opener type, and folding/fixed
From 3 comments
Neat! I'd love to be able to filter by lock type - is that something you've considered?
E39M5S62 on HNAs a longtime pocketknife enthusiast one search criteria I would love to see is a way to filter by rear Flipper, Thumbstud or Thumb Hole opener. I spent an hour last week trying…
duckworth on HNA small friction point is that middle click, ctrl-click, and right-click / open in new tab are all unavailable to access details for a knife. If I wanted to compare a few…
nabilhat on HN
Shareable URLs with search parameters in the URL
From 2 comments
A permalink option would be great. More generally, putting search parameters in the URL would be great, for basic browser features like open-in-new-tab, bookmark, etc....…
Zak on HNOn that note, search results don’t appear to be real links, so built-in open-in-new-tab functionality doesn’t work.
amluto on HN
Dropdown menus for filter values
From 2 comments
Dropdown menus instead of text input boxes would help, I'm a newbie to this world so I'm not sure what to search for.
ajvs on HNI’m not much of a knife guy but have a couple and know what I’m looking for feature wise, less so on specific steel types. But, proper drop downs would help a lot, I can’t always…
alexwasserman on HN
Multiple photos per knife
From 1 comment
Speaking about images, please try to add multiple photos for each knife to show every angle. Great site, thanks for your effort.
Yizahi on HN
Questions
How was the database built and what stack is used
From 2 comments
How did you build the database? Were you able to piggy back off of existing efforts or did you go vendor to vendor, scraping your way? Journey of a thousand miles and all that,…
fbdab103 on HNI want to get similar website for other hobbies. I am good at getting the dataset but I am weak at web development. Whats the stack behind website? Is there an easy way I can…
mailjenil on HN
Would the site cover multitools or other hobbies like flashlights
From 2 comments
Playing around with the site, for me the search was also broken at some point. Unfortunately it was not reproducible for me. On another note I sadly miss multitools
xrayarx on HNIt'd be great if there was this for flashlights too. I know there's candlepower forums etc but it's hard to really find what I'm looking for. There's so much on the market.
wkat4242 on HN
Alternatives named
BladeHQ
From 1 comment
When I search for "Folding blade" and blade length "0-3 in", I only get 7 results from your site. A similar search on BladeHQ gets me 12,000+ results. I think you have too few…
exhilaration on HN
Knifecenter
From 1 comment
Being unable to middle mouse click knives to open new tabs is a usability dealbreaker for me. Wrap the image with links, not binding awkward events. It'll also reduce your load a…
theelous3 on HN
Looria
From 1 comment
Adding to this: Getting people to write reviews on your own platform will be hard, but there are a ton of knife enthusiasts on Reddit and we've aggregated their opinions on…
hubraumhugo on HN
Parametrek flashlight database
From 1 comment
There is: http://flashlights.parametrek.com/
Zak on HN