Chris Reeves knives = HK pistols?

K.O.D. said:
P7M8--One of my favorite pistols I've ever shot. I had a chance to buy one 5 years ago, but couldn't pull the trigger, they wanted too much for it IMO. I still look for one occasionally. One of the ranges by me the people who work there and shoot there are very friendly, and I often let other people try my guns and try theirs as well. Having shot many, many handguns, rifles, and shotguns there, I agree that CRK is closest to the old SIGs.
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Sometimes I wished I bought the M13....Anyhow, my eyes and age have affected my accuracy, but when I got her in 1986ish.....I was doing cloverleafs at 10 yards all day.
 
I think of the new semi-custom production Dan Wesson 1911s. Great quality but limited in choices.
 
I would put older sigs up there as well before HK though I've never handled the P7. That design may be better.

As far as 1911's go. I wouldn't consider any of them equal and it's a matter of price point. Yeah CRK is expensive but they're still within the realm of reality compared to other producers like spyderco price wise. To get a well built 1911 you're going way off the crazy train to get them to function well and to be machined well. Unless you're lucky. But even a well running one has issues. I think a well built 1911 would be more analogous to customs more than CRK.
 
stonproject said:
Wilson combat is leagues above a sebenza!

I would compared a sebenza to para ordinance 1911s. Better than a sig or kimber, but not quite a colt or a brown ;)

PS. HK pistols are lame. MP5s are sweet though!
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I think Wilson Combat's Sebenza's were made by Chris Reeve?
 
Shotgun said:
I would put older sigs up there as well before HK though I've never handled the P7. That design may be better.

As far as 1911's go. I wouldn't consider any of them equal and it's a matter of price point. Yeah CRK is expensive but they're still within the realm of reality compared to other producers like spyderco price wise. To get a well built 1911 you're going way off the crazy train to get them to function well and to be machined well. Unless you're lucky. But even a well running one has issues. I think a well built 1911 would be more analogous to customs more than CRK.
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Pure BS
 
stonproject said:
Wilson combat is leagues above a sebenza!

I would compared a sebenza to para ordinance 1911s. Better than a sig or kimber, but not quite a colt or a brown ;)

PS. HK pistols are lame. MP5s are sweet though!
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Man, i just bought these shoes...
 
Shotgun said:
I would put older sigs up there as well before HK though I've never handled the P7. That design may be better.

As far as 1911's go. I wouldn't consider any of them equal and it's a matter of price point. Yeah CRK is expensive but they're still within the realm of reality compared to other producers like spyderco price wise. To get a well built 1911 you're going way off the crazy train to get them to function well and to be machined well. Unless you're lucky. But even a well running one has issues. I think a well built 1911 would be more analogous to customs more than CRK.
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Youre not very educated on the 1911 platform aye? Ive shot these 1911s out of the box ( each was cycled MINIMUM 100 rounds).

Springfield mil spec.
Rock island compact
Rock island full size
Para Ordinance OPS
STI spartan

All of them functioned FLAWLESS out of the box with zero aftermarket work.

1911s are very simple, yet a perfect design.
 
jac_solar said:
I think Wilson Combat's Sebenza's were made by Chris Reeve?
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My sentiment was that, sebenzas are a high quality production knife. Wilson combats are semi custom guns. CRK did make the WC knives but if were comparing the companys products, I think theyre in different leagues.

I would compared Nighthawk, Les Bear, Brown, and the like, to Emerson Customs, Hindered Customs, etc.
 
jac_solar said:
I think Wilson Combat's Sebenza's were made by Chris Reeve?
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Yes, they are:)

There's some communication issues going on here, so I might as well clear it up. The thread asked which gun brand CRK most closely resembles in terms of quality and prestige, and the OP believed it was HK.

Trying to be funny, I said Wilson Combat because that's the only gun brand (as far as I know) that CRK has made a variation of the sebenza for. Seems like stonproject took it seriously, so he came back disagreeing and saying that the sebenza wasn't on the same level in the knife world as Wilson combat is in the gun world.

Wilson combat wasn't my actual answer to the OPs question. In fact, I don't really know which I would pick. Knives and guns are two different industries.
 
Lea Baer. I own 2 hk guns but since their motto is "you suck and we hate you" I don't think it's a fair comparison to Chris Reeves.
 


CRK is way different than CZ but they look good together.
CRK is more like a Baer 1911 IMO
 
stonproject said:
Youre not very educated on the 1911 platform aye? Ive shot these 1911s out of the box ( each was cycled MINIMUM 100 rounds).

Springfield mil spec.
Rock island compact
Rock island full size
Para Ordinance OPS
STI spartan

All of them functioned FLAWLESS out of the box with zero aftermarket work.

1911s are very simple, yet a perfect design.
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Think he was talking super match style extreme accuracy tied with function.........not just shoots well and functions. I got a half dozen 1911s. From colts to turkish mil spec cheapos. All work and shoot better than i do. None shoot as well as the higher dollar custom makers.

Back to the topic.....the only tie i see to crk and hk is the op just likes them both.
 
I went and read the thread again and the question he asked.

No they are not. HK is more like a ZT at best not that there is anything wrong with that . I stick with what I said for the most part that a Les Baer, or Wilson Combat would be this best knife to gun comparisons
 
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More like a Colt Revolver. The most custom shiniest, prettiest H&K or Sig, looks like it was made by a caveman, when compared to the extreme precision, inside and out, of a Colt Python.
 
It's probably all just a matter of preference, but I'm a stickler for quality and after trying out loads of other brands this is what I travel with.....

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Nothing magic about HK, although they are good. I've owned a lot of "good" brands in various price ranges. After years of competition and carrying a concealed weapon for thirty yrs, I carry a G26 or a G19; sometimes a Walther PPS. Reliability trumps everything else.

I've owned perhaps twenty cRK's, including the large Insingo. Large Sebbies and the Zaans are very nice, and will last a lifetime, if you want to keep the same knife that long...
 
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DAVE_M said:
Chris Reeve and Hk? No.

When I think of Chris Reeve and a firearms manufacturer, I think of Wilson Combat, for obvious reasons.
When I think of Hk and knife manufacturer, I think of Benchmade, for obvious reasons.

I still don't understand why people hold Hk so high. I've handled a Hk 9mm USP Tactical, P2000SK, Hk45, and Hk45 Compact Tactical; I like my Glocks.
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they're some of the best made guns you can buy. They hold two things over most other firearms companies. Engineering and quality control. Sigs been a joke with both of those lately, smith arent bad, but m&ps tend to rust and their slides are known to break after 30k rounds or so. Glock are good, but are slow to innovate now and have bad problems with recent launches, like the gen 4 glocks and teething problems with that 380 one recently.
 
CRK knives are all about holding extremely tight tolerances using a combination of high tech machine and hand fitting
Most of the pistols out these days are assembled as machined and have designs that don't require hand fitting.

I guess what I am saying is that if you want a pistol that shares a similar use of precision and the design benefits from it then HK is not it.

Colt Python is a great example like the previous poster had said. There are many pistols that are customized after the fact but few that leave the factory the way a Sebenza does.

I'm going to be honest I really don't care for HK as a company even if they build a fine ( but way over hyped) product.
They are a really good pistol but one of the finest not so much
 
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