With a narrow sheath and an ulticlip, this would be a great pocket carry. If I’d change anything it would be to soften the edge more at the front of the scales, which would allow an easier pinch grip. Not a full scallop or anything, just a little bit more of a transition. Visually, I think that would go well with the narrowing of the blade that happens naturally with the thumb ramp and finger choil. But then again, a lot of people who know me say that I’m an idiot so…maybe just ignore me.

I’m so glad to see this. I’ve had one in my wishlist for a while. The pink one, of course, for the reasons you so aptly stated.
While I don’t agree with Civivi’s “50 new models every quarter” approach to business, the fact that they make all of their knives with this level of quality is amazing. They’re constantly in the top of my list when someone asks “what should be my first knife.”

G10 will take Rit synthetic dye very well. Just sayin’… 😄

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A curious thing! Did you seal the wood? If you did, with what?

What a great companion to have during all those adventures!

While my personal favorite pattern is the stockman, the trapper pattern is very good. The spey blade for it’s general utility and the clip point for piercing and finer tip work.

I would be remiss if I did not point out that the corkscrew is an excellent tool for undoing tightly bound knots of cordage and rope.

Great review as always. I appreciate your gut taking one for the community with that MRE.

This knife is weird in how not-weird it turned out to be. Something something book covers etc.

Right, I get that. I guess what I’m saying here is that he should have talked to you about how sharpening isn’t the correct choice here and instead offered to re-profile it.

Regardless, after you use it for practice, put it in a shadowbox and stick it on a wall as a reminder of how to not treat knives! 🤪

The Work Sharp Benchstone Sharpener. You do not need oil or water, as it uses diamond plates, and will be good for a huge variety of knives. Work Sharp has a lot of tutorial videos on YouTube.

This kitchen knife is toast. It’s not coming back to anything resembling a working knife. Mr. McKay should have tried re-profiling the knife instead of sharpening that wavy edge.

It would be better to practice hand sharpening with it before sending it to the recycling bin.

what did that knife ever do to you to deserve that?! 🫠

It’s very easy to get “lost” in the myriad of steel choices, handle material, blade shapes, locking mechanisms. I have tried to buy things I find interesting, but end up using only a few of them. I have discovered that, for folding knives, I’d rather have a few inexpensive ones with different uses than a single knife that is more expensive (and probably built better). But for fixed blade knives, I want to buy from custom designers and small makers.

As for your utility knife, you might have already discovered that knife companies are making fun and interesting folding utility knives now using the same razor blades you get at the hardware store. I just picked up the Knafs Yuti and for about a year I’ve had the CJRB Boxer. The Boxer I think is the best because it does not require a tool to replace the blade.

Woah! You have been busy! That Humbolt is a heck of a chopper. Given the amount of batoning we do around these parts, it’s very tempting

I’m glad I’m not the only one to read it that way. 😂

A convex edge makes the edge of the knife stronger. The convex edge is also called an “apple seed edge” gives more strength for more difficult/harder tasks. The trade off is that it’s going to behave less “sharp” than if you have a standard v-edge. Not that it’s not a sharp edge just that it won’t be wickedly sharp. However, it’s going to last longer than a v-edge (broadly, lots of variables here).

So, for example, woodworking tools will be a v-edge because you want the sharpest possible edge. The trade-off is some of that edge will be less stable/strong over time and you’ll need to re-sharpen more regularly.

Here’s maybe a weird use for this material: If you get a completely smooth foam mat (instead of textured as seen in the photo) you can use spray glue and glue down a sheet of sandpaper. (Or multiple sheets of different grit levels)

Then, on the sandpaper, you can sharpen your knife by hand and give it a strong convex edge instead of a v-edge that you would get from a stone or plate. The “give” of the foam allows the convex shape to be formed in the steel.

CRKT continues to be an enigma wrapped in a mystery. I have to imagine each day in the office there is utter chaos. If it’s not wild designs it’s huge swings from “everything in 8CR” to “you asked for premium steels so now only premium steels”

Anyway, thanks for the review. Not sure if you found this article but it goes into some of the background on the design inspiration: https://www.crkt.com/community/blog/a-second-chance-at-brilliance-meet-the-gravitic-flip

Oh, and Ted has also turned the sharpie into a karambit. He has a consistent design philosophy for sure!
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Dungeon Crawler Carl… ::: spoiler spoiler
Based on the first couple chapters (I’m only to page 130), I’d say Carl should have had a knife when he entered the dungeon. :) :::

Yes, pressing the button fully releases the blade and the action is very smooth. So it’s very easy to wrist-flick open and drop closed. Very little actually wrist movement needed. If you aim the knife down, it’ll fall open easily with the button pressed. Same for closing if you hold it upward.

Too sneaky by half! Live and learn indeed. This is important to show, IMHO, and I appreciate you doing so.