Anything you want to see from the M21-02?

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Fonly

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Just picked up a CRKT M21-02 in aus-8.
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I was wondering if ther was anything any of you wanted to see if this knife could do? aside from breaking it.:D
Im going to do the normal review, see If I can get a nice little fire going, mabye even split some pieces of wood:eek:

Crkt M21-02
3" aus-8 stainless
4 1/4" 6061 T6 Aluminum handle
Just over 7" over all
Hollow ground, shaving from the factory, great grinds.
 
i doubt you will break it.

i had one for a long time, used it as a prybar and for opening cans of chilli.

strong fricken knife if ya ask me, especially for the price i paid.

i've batoned with it plenty of times as well sometimes lock engaged.

its a good knife i'm sure you'll be happy with it.

cheers.
 
So, here are the guys that came on the trip to the back yard.
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Here is the 1/3" that I sawed in half with the saw on my blast. For some reason I prefer that saw to the saw on my Sak's.
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I then batoned that piece with the m21, WITH lock engaged and it did fine.(you can see my baton to the left)
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Next I split those pieces into smaller pieces and made some shavings. I am in love with this knife, it was so comfy in the hand, felt like an extension. It
had no problem making shavings, it just felt perfect while working with it.
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Then got some dryer lint out and made the strike with the spine of the M21, the spine is nice and agnled so it had no problem.
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And after it went for a few.
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So in the end I am very, very impressed with this knife. I got a new EDC and a new field knife from this one. The Aus-8 was still shaving afterwards, had no
blade play what so ever. Its really a tuff little knife. The only complaint I have is that I can't consecutivly flip it open with the flipper. But, I lossen
the pin a bit and I can get most every time(9 out of 10)
BTW this is a taiwan made knife, but obviously as we all know its what level of quailty control is on the knife, and in this case there was alot. Striaght

lines, no finish problems.

Certainly a keeper.
 
btuner said:
awesome... whered you pick it up if you dont mind me askin
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Local hunting shop, they just started getting some nice knives in, mytighe's(sp?) fom CRKT, Kershaws, buck,spyderco, benchmades. Quite the little place now.
 
Fonly,
when you say "I can't consecutivly flip it open with the flipper."... do you mean because the pin came too tight from the factory? I ask because I had the opposite problem, mine was a little loose when I got it.
 
holeymoley said:
Fonly,
when you say "I can't consecutivly flip it open with the flipper."... do you mean because the pin came too tight from the factory? I ask because I had the opposite problem, mine was a little loose when I got it.
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I believe so, just had to mess around with it and "fine tune it".
 
good review as always Fonly.

mine was great straight outta the box but had to make that same adjustment to the pivot to get her going.

took it apart cleaned factory lube and added some new stuff.

traded it off a long time ago i'm afraid but i have some great memories with that knife.

cheers
 
As always Fonly, I look for your reviews on knives. I had one of those too. For the money you can't beat them. I ended up giving it to my friend's daughter for her first camping knife. Great job and good luck with the new knife.
 
Rather than loosening the pivot, I generally prefer to keep things tight first and play with it a lot so things can wear in. For the same reason I won't lube it at first. With a little time, the action should become much smoother and easier to open on its own, at which point it can be cleaned, lubed, and adjusted if necessary. If you just loosen it right away, it may open a bit easier, but the mating surfaces won't be polished as quickly for even better long-term use.
 
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