Columbia River Knife & Tool

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kootenay joe
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CRKT continues to bring out a wide array of well designed and often quite unique knives. Prices are 'moderate' and workmanship is always excellent so i find many of these knives hard to resist even though i do not need another knife.
Here are a few i particularly like.
The 5" Hissatsu, 4" Hissatsu-2 Williams, and the 4 3/4" Fire Spark are all spring loaded. The Fire Spark is a rocket. All are liner locks with a tab at upper edge of handle that needs to be pulled back to release the liner lock. This prevents accidental closure. I am very partial to the Fire Spark. If you are looking for a big one hand opening knife, i recommend this one.
The other 3 are the Swindle designed by Ken Onion, a 4 1/4" liner lock, manual flipper. super sleek knife, and 2 Ken Steigerwalt designed slip joints, both 3", one called "Art Deco" and the other the "Quill" . Both are most pleasing to the eye as well as being well made, well finished and sharp.
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Those are indeed nice ones Roland. I agree on the quality of CRKT's products. I have only one CRKT knife, a fixed blade called a "Wrangell Range" that I bought used at the bargain store at Bass Pro in Springfield MO about 15 years ago. I probably wouldn't have bought it otherwise but the price was too good to pass up. ::tu:: Not sure why it was returned cuz it's a fine user! Made in Taiwan.

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I bought this Crawford / Kasper CRKT Natuaral right when they came out
I carried this knife at least 4 yrs straight, never had a bit of trouble
with it...replaced the thin bone slabs on it when I got it with Stag scales

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Bought one of these m16 tanto last year, impulse buy .. .. ..

Chisel-grind on the blade that I never did get a usable edge on.
Lock open is rock solid, but the liner lock does not have enough 'land' on it to facilitate un-locking the blade.
I could barely get a thumbnail on it to push the liner over. Not safe in my mind.

Its been put in the "why the hell did I buy this?" pile ... .. ... ::facepalm::
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