Blade Show Limited edition large Inkosi

IMO, most all of these "Special Edition Blade Show" or similar knives are USUALLY almost always a little tacky. I can think of about half a dozen knives from shows, with rocks inlaid, coins, pirate treasure, sayings and hell, even some of the unique graphics are not indicative of an EDC we all will carry and love. They are ALL nice to look at and admire and just say, "oh cool".

Thats what this Special Edition Large Inkosi is..a novelty to just get peeps attention.
 
pwrdbycotn said:
Did you have a stroke when writing this sentence?
Wth does metallurgy have to do with it? Are you trying to weld it to something else or are we talking about knife inlays here? It's a new material used for inlays on a limited edition knife. I know you think there is something wrong with that but that is simply your opinion. I personally like it. As far as brand consistency....they have done inlays before, they have used gold in their wood inlays before (and that's a metal in case you didn't know), they have had the small inkosi out for a year, they have made limited edition knives before. Seems fairly consistent to me.
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There has been a lot of talk in the past about how great it would be to have an inlay material that would take on a patina consistent with the way the titanium takes on rubbed edges, snail trails and the like.

The community just had a focus group and some surveys go out with regards to future product offerings, the current state of the company and the like.

I was hoping these announcements would prove to be the result of the effort the consultants went through to get community feedback to CRK. On a side note I should probably think up something witty to say regarding CRK without CR, maybe ARK now?

Anyways, if Anne wants to take the company in a different direction, cashing in one some popular trends right now like adventure/outdoor knives and materials that patina like brass and copper that are all the rage in enthusiast circles, this isn't it.

Chris has made some very tiny intricate uses of Gold, but nothing like this.

Aluminum bronze polished to a high gloss in this quantity is not consistent with the aesthetics Chris has put out for decades.

If they wanted something that would patina imagine they took this same knife but did the inlay in CuSn5, put a little liver of sulphur to it as a display or left if stonewashed to match the blade?

How positive would have that been received, while still allowing the brand to differentiate itself from the competition and the era that ended when Chris left?

Or how about releasing the Inkosi as a medium, I'm sure tons of people gave that feedback.

So of course now that tolerances have been slipping, knives shipping that would have never made it out of the shop previously, some even leaving the shop dull, inconsistent edges, no more guarantee of a centred blade on some models, and this kind of aesthetic decisions yes I am very disappointed in the brand I have come to love and want to continue to voice my opinion. If Anne has a vision for the future that continues in this path, I and many others will not stick around, though I am sure people will come to fill those spots. Maybe the younger crowd that bought the gold iPhones.

I'm glad to hear you like it. I'm even happier that you are sure to get one, one way or the other. I hope you enjoy it greatly.

Finally in my earlier post I was speaking about both special edition knives. The small as well.

Good luck with your lottery.
 
JustinFournier said:
There has been a lot of talk in the past about how great it would be to have an inlay material that would take on a patina consistent with the way the titanium takes on rubbed edges, snail trails and the like.

The community just had a focus group and some surveys go out with regards to future product offerings, the current state of the company and the like.

I was hoping these announcements would prove to be the result of the effort the consultants went through to get community feedback to CRK. On a side note I should probably think up something witty to say regarding CRK without CR, maybe ARK now?

Anyways, if Anne wants to take the company in a different direction, cashing in one some popular trends right now like adventure/outdoor knives and materials that patina like brass and copper that are all the rage in enthusiast circles, this isn't it.

Chris has made some very tiny intricate uses of Gold, but nothing like this.

Aluminum bronze polished to a high gloss in this quantity is not consistent with the aesthetics Chris has put out for decades.

If they wanted something that would patina imagine they took this same knife but did the inlay in CuSn5, put a little liver of sulphur to it as a display or left if stonewashed to match the blade?

How positive would have that been received, while still allowing the brand to differentiate itself from the competition and the era that ended when Chris left?

Or how about releasing the Inkosi as a medium, I'm sure tons of people gave that feedback.

So of course now that tolerances have been slipping, knives shipping that would have never made it out of the shop previously, some even leaving the shop dull, inconsistent edges, no more guarantee of a centred blade on some models, and this kind of aesthetic decisions yes I am very disappointed in the brand I have come to love and want to continue to voice my opinion. If Anne has a vision for the future that continues in this path, I and many others will not stick around, though I am sure people will come to fill those spots. Maybe the younger crowd that bought the gold iPhones.

I'm glad to hear you like it. I'm even happier that you are sure to get one, one way or the other. I hope you enjoy it greatly.

Finally in my earlier post I was speaking about both special edition knives. The small as well.

Good luck with your lottery.
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Jeebus, it's ok to hate it, but must you be so long winded? You have gone to such lengths to dismantle this offering that your opinion is really meaningless at this point, being that of an "outlier", or a just a good ol' kook.

Chris has used highly polished surfaces for decades, including all of the non-Micarta inlayed Sebenza slabs, and certainly the unique graphics are just as crazy bling as this knife. No one knows how thus knife will take a patina, or the exact formula they used, so that's all speculation. Likely the same used on the Ti-Lock, which starts out highly polished, and buttery coloured, and turns funky orange. This is the material they would have had on hand.

I know it hurts your psyche to admit that CRK could possibly ursurp your lauded 25, but get over it dude. Don't get crystallized around your old ideas.
 
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kidcongo said:
Jeebus, it's ok to hate it, but must you be so long winded? You have gone to such lengths to dismantle this offering that your opinion is really meaningless at this point, being that of an "outlier", or a just a good ol' kook.

Chris has used highly polished surfaces for decades, including all of the non-Micarta inlayed Sebenza slabs, and certainly the unique graphics are just as crazy bling as this knife. No one knows how thus knife will take a patina, or the exact formal they used, so that's all speculation. Likely the same used on the Ti-Lock, which starts out highly polished, and buttery coloured, and turns funky orange. This is the material they would have had on hand.

I know it hurts your psyche to admit that CRK could possibly ursurp your lauded 25, but get over it dude. Don't get crystallized around your old ideas.
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Cody,

Can you please address the argument rather than make personal attacks per usual. You continuously avoid replying to valid points and that doesn't make me look bad, it makes you look like you can't have a debate.

CRK slabs are not highly polished, they are done on 600 grit paper. They are brushed in appearance.

It's aluminum bronze, the type made to most resist a patina. Of course it will take on some patina, but the kind that is meant to polish off. That's why it's highly polished not stonewashed.

And I don't know what you are takin about usurping anything.

This is the 25 with a couple tiny changes. It's almost indistinguishable to a 25 at a casual glance. If I cared what happened to the 25 so much I would be cheering that so many people called it crap, but once it got a name change its the new star. For the 10th time I have more 21s than I do 25s. I made an excellent argument of all the ways a 25 improved on a 21, which you are clearly still upset about because you couldn't rebut any of it. Now you are taking some kind of personal satisfaction in what you perceive as a defeat of the 25, which I do not even understand is the case as I just laid out. The 25 is now the Inkosi.

I care what happens to the brand. Nothing to do with personal gratification. I'm not my arguments. Please don't be yours.
 
I am looking into my crystal ball and it is saying that this thread is going to be closed unless the topics are knives and not each other.

If I may, I seen a reference to tolerances slipping at CRK. Can someone point to the tolerance that failed and where they found the blueprint showing the tolerances? If so, please PM me the print and a gage lab inspection report..that would be great!
 
JustinFournier said:
Cody,

Can you please address the argument rather than make personal attacks per usual. You continuously avoid replying to valid points and that doesn't make me look bad, it makes you look like you can't have a debate.

CRK slabs are not highly polished, they are done on 600 grit paper. They are brushed in appearance.

It's aluminum bronze, the type made to most resist a patina. Of course it will take on some patina, but the kind that is meant to polish off. That's why it's highly polished not stonewashed.

And I don't know what you are takin about usurping anything.

This is the 25 with a couple tiny changes. It's almost indistinguishable to a 25 at a casual glance. If I cared what happened to the 25 so much I would be cheering that so many people called it crap, but once it got a name change its the new star. For the 10th time I have more 21s than I do 25s. I made an excellent argument of all the ways a 25 improved on a 21, which you are clearly still upset about because you couldn't rebut any of it. Now you are taking some kind of personal satisfaction in what you perceive as a defeat of the 25, which I do not even understand is the case as I just laid out. The 25 is now the Inkosi.

I care what happens to the brand. Nothing to do with personal gratification. I'm not my arguments. Please don't be yours.
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If you care about the brand so much, as you say you do, then why have you made so many posts bashing the limited Inkosi to death? You act like these 10 knives, which is not even a blip on the radar compared to the number of knives they sell per year, is somehow going to cause the company to go bankrupt. If you don't like the knife or choice of inlay thats fine, but must you just continually bash it over the head with a baseball bat? It's something new, it's a small run focused at collectors, and it's exciting to most people. I really like the knife.


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kidcongo said:
Jeebus, it's ok to hate it, but must you be so long winded? You have gone to such lengths to dismantle this offering that your opinion is really meaningless at this point, being that of an "outlier", or a just a good ol' kook.

Chris has used highly polished surfaces for decades, including all of the non-Micarta inlayed Sebenza slabs, and certainly the unique graphics are just as crazy bling as this knife. No one knows how thus knife will take a patina, or the exact formal they used, so that's all speculation. Likely the same used on the Ti-Lock, which starts out highly polished, and buttery coloured, and turns funky orange. This is the material they would have had on hand.

I know it hurts your psyche to admit that CRK could possibly ursurp your lauded 25, but get over it dude. Don't get crystallized around your old ideas.
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Cody,

Can you please address the argument rather than make personal attacks per usual. You continuously avoid replying to valid points and that doesn't make me look bad, it makes you look like you can't have a debate.

CRK slabs are not highly polished, they are done on 600 grit paper. They are brushed in appearance.

It's aluminum bronze, the type made to most resist a patina. Of course it will take on some patina, but the kind that is meant to polish off. That's why it's highly polished not stonewashed.

And I don't know what you are takin about usurping anything.

This is the 25 with a couple tiny changes. It's almost indistinguishable to a 25 at a casual glance. If I cared what happened to the 25 so much I would be cheering that so many people called it crap, but once it got a name change its the new star. For the 10th time I have more 21s than I do 25s. I made an excellent argument of all the ways a 25 improved on a 21, which you are clearly still upset about because you couldn't rebut any of it. Now you are taking some kind of personal satisfaction in what you perceive as a defeat of the 25, which I do not even understand is the case as I just laid out. The 25 is now the Inkosi.

I care what happens to the brand. Nothing to do with personal gratification. I'm not my arguments. Please don't be yours.
 
pwrdbycotn said:
If you care about the brand so much, as you say you do, then why have you made so many posts bashing the limited Inkosi to death? You act like these 10 knives, which is not even a blip on the radar compared to the number of knives they sell per year, is somehow going to cause the company to go bankrupt. If you don't like the knife or choice of inlay thats fine, but must you just continually bash it over the head with a baseball bat? It's something new, it's a small run focused at collectors, and it's exciting to most people. I really like the knife.


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Fair enough. I apologize. I'm sorry for bashing it repeatedly.
 
bhyde said:
I am looking into my crystal ball and it is saying that this thread is going to be closed unless the topics are knives and not each other.

If I may, I seen a reference to tolerances slipping at CRK. Can someone point to the tolerance that failed and where they found the blueprint showing the tolerances? If so, please PM me the print and a gage lab inspection report..that would be great!
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Pm incoming.
 
lemmuhj said:
We need someone with photoshop skillz to turn those inlays on the first page to a micarta/grey black color!
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not perfect bug gives you an idea

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Acadian said:
not perfect bug gives you an idea

MicartaLargeInoski_zpsxlkpm3do.jpg
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I'll take it! Thanks for doing that, looks great. I hope that CRK doesn't limit the inlay to Micarta on this one. I'd love to see them use woods as well. With the blasted scales of course.
 
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