Chris Reeve Butterfly

with the zaan blade? that'd make a pretty fat butterfly. but it would be cool.
 
I think that a CRK balisong would be neat, but there will not be a big enough demand for it. If a sebenza already cost 330$ (for a small base model) you can only imagine how much a CRK balisong would go for.
 
I dunno, i don't think it'd need to be that much more expensive.

In a balisong, there's not frame lock, and each of the handles could be milled out of a single piece... thus less necessity for higher tolerances.

two tang stop pins, and a spring latch. could be built simply enough.

i can already imagine long slim sleek handles with thing long micarta inlays, and a nice thick, but narrower version of the umnum blade with those awesome thumb and fore-finger cutouts.

that would be great.
 
It would be fantastic, especially with a bushing system (like the Sebenza) & solid (not screws just solid steel barrels) zen pins.

...also don't forget the beautiful typical Reeve micarta, over steel liners, sandwich construction.

Please do it:D
 
felix7 said:
It would be fantastic, especially with a bushing system (like the Sebenza) & solid (not screws just solid steel barrels) zen pins.

...also don't forget the beautiful typical Reeve micarta, over steel liners, sandwich construction.

Please do it:D
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I don't know if the bushing system would work. i was thinking on it, and it doesn't seem suitable for flipping... unless the entire bushing was made from Ph-bronze.
 
Dnullify said:
I dunno, i don't think it'd need to be that much more expensive.

In a balisong, there's not frame lock, and each of the handles could be milled out of a single piece... thus less necessity for higher tolerances.

two tang stop pins, and a spring latch. could be built simply enough.

i can already imagine long slim sleek handles with thing long micarta inlays, and a nice thick, but narrower version of the umnum blade with those awesome thumb and fore-finger cutouts.

that would be great.
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Just because you don't need high tolerances doesn't mean you don't want them.

If they are so simple to build why aren't they less expensive? I haven't seen a BM42 for under $200.
 
A Butterfly would be cool for sure. But I dont think the demand would cause CRK to make one. I would love to know what they are working on next. CRK is always planning something new !!!
 
Josh K said:
Just because you don't need high tolerances doesn't mean you don't want them.

If they are so simple to build why aren't they less expensive? I haven't seen a BM42 for under $200.
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I'm not saying you don't want high tolerances. i'm saying that the slab design is much simpler than an umnumzaan, for example, would be. As a result, the tolerances might not be all that time consuming for a top notch product.

And i'm not saying it's going to be a sub-$200 knife. i just mean i don't think it'd necessarily be more expensive than an Umnumzaan at $400.
 
Dnullify said:
I'm not saying you don't want high tolerances. i'm saying that the slab design is much simpler than an umnumzaan, for example, would be. As a result, the tolerances might not be all that time consuming for a top notch product.

And i'm not saying it's going to be a sub-$200 knife. i just mean i don't think it'd necessarily be more expensive than an Umnumzaan at $400.
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Who would think the Ti-Lock would be just under $500.00 ??? If CRK did make a butterfly, you can bet it would be of the highest quality.
 
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