CJRB Pyrite: I love a good cheap knife!

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This knife checks so many boxes. I nearly pulled the trigger but balked at reports on the blade steel quality. I don’t need a super steel, but the reviews out there are eyebrow raising, to put it mildly. But those who got a “good one” seem to love them. Great looking knife!
 
I enjoyed mine and felt like it offered good bang for the buck. I just wished it was larger! The dimensions make perfect sense for an EDC knife, but I think an XL version would be more to my taste. CJRB recently showed a prototype of a larger knife with a profile similar to the Pyrite, so maybe they'll release something that fits the bill soon.

Overall, I got a little burned out on budget button locks and wound up selling all of mine, including the Pyrite.
 
I just can't see buying a knife named after fool's gold. Also, there is the corrosion issue:
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The Role of Pyrite in Localized Corrosion of Mild Steel

The formation of greigite and/or pyrite seems to correlate with onset of localized corrosion Experiments involving deposition of pyrite on the steel surface were conducted to investigate if localized corrosion occurs when pyrite is deposited on mild steel in an aqueous H2S environment.
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:-)
 
Another Shepherd said:
I just can't see buying a knife named after fool's gold. Also, there is the corrosion issue:
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The Role of Pyrite in Localized Corrosion of Mild Steel

The formation of greigite and/or pyrite seems to correlate with onset of localized corrosion Experiments involving deposition of pyrite on the steel surface were conducted to investigate if localized corrosion occurs when pyrite is deposited on mild steel in an aqueous H2S environment.
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Corrosion on the blade? The is supposed to corrosion resistant. I have seen any corrosion so far.
 
maydayredparade said:
I enjoyed mine and felt like it offered good bang for the buck. I just wished it was larger! The dimensions make perfect sense for an EDC knife, but I think an XL version would be more to my taste. CJRB recently showed a prototype of a larger knife with a profile similar to the Pyrite, so maybe they'll release something that fits the bill soon.

Overall, I got a little burned out on budget button locks and wound up selling all of mine, including the Pyrite.
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There is an XL on the way.
 
anthony cheeseboro said:
Corrosion on the blade? The is supposed to corrosion resistant. I have seen any corrosion so far.
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Notice the smiley. A Pyrite knife does not contain pyrite, but I think it is stupid to name a knife after something that seems to cause corrosion on some kinds of steel in some circumstances.

Of course, salt also causes corrosions, but it is easily understood that a Spyderco Salt knife is suitable for use in a salty environment.
 
Another Shepherd said:
Notice the smiley. A Pyrite knife does not contain pyrite, but I think it is stupid to name a knife after something that seems to cause corrosion on some kinds of steel in some circumstances.

Of course, salt also causes corrosions, but it is easily understood that a Spyderco Salt knife is suitable for use in a salty environment.
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I see!
 
I have a CJRB with the same steel.
The blade steel is hard enough for my needs, general cutting of anything I think needs cutting and despite cutting even lemons it has not shown any signs of rust. Definitely Stainless and has not needed any sharpening yet.
 
I do like the looks of the new Ekko button lock in micarta, like a tweaked pyrite . . . hmm . . .
 
I'm an Amazon Vine reviewer, and now and then a knife comes along. They're all free (except you may have to pay income tax on your Vine items), but mostly it's a lot of Chinese stuff trying to break into the US market.

I got one knife that was a flustercluck, but the second one was quite decent. Except for a couple of easily fixed details (which I pointed out in my review), it was a decent knife. It takes an edge well, I just haven't used it enough to comment on the steel. It tells me this - good Chinese knives are right around the corner. The fit and finish of the "good" knife was excellent as was the attention to detail. I think that the Chinese are following the same path as the Japanese after WWII - first send cheap junk to find markets and understand American tastes, then send the quality stuff. It's hard for me to praise a country when I so strongly disagree with their gov't, but there's no question that the Chinese are capable of producing high-quality goods. It will be interesting to see what happens to the knife industry when that happens.
 
Thorgrim said:
I'm an Amazon Vine reviewer, and now and then a knife comes along. They're all free (except you may have to pay income tax on your Vine items), but mostly it's a lot of Chinese stuff trying to break into the US market.

I got one knife that was a flustercluck, but the second one was quite decent. Except for a couple of easily fixed details (which I pointed out in my review), it was a decent knife. It takes an edge well, I just haven't used it enough to comment on the steel. It tells me this - good Chinese knives are right around the corner. The fit and finish of the "good" knife was excellent as was the attention to detail. I think that the Chinese are following the same path as the Japanese after WWII - first send cheap junk to find markets and understand American tastes, then send the quality stuff. It's hard for me to praise a country when I so strongly disagree with their gov't, but there's no question that the Chinese are capable of producing high-quality goods. It will be interesting to see what happens to the knife industry when that happens.
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Huh? The chinese have been making excellent knives for several years now. They have many ethics issues for sure (as a whole, not every company of course!), but they are capable, and DO put out knives every bit as nice as ANY USA, or other first rate countries production knives. Im sure the argument that a US "custom" was better exists, but its foolish the think a Chinese custom maker isnt out there that is the match of them. The issue you are experiencing is NOT an issue with country of manufacture, but of a knife built to a price point, and the subsequent issues that brings (spotty qc). An issue that is, again, not related to country of manufacturer. In my job, i deal with parts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars each, made entirely in the USA, of american materials. Qc fails still happen (far too often, honestly)
 
I keep seeing those dang things and keep wanting one also. There's still (I believe) a Kickstarter for new models that look pretty sweet, titanium with inlays.
 
Cgw1984 said:
Huh? The chinese have been making excellent knives for several years now. They have many ethics issues for sure (as a whole, not every company of course!), but they are capable, and DO put out knives every bit as nice as ANY USA, or other first rate countries production knives. Im sure the argument that a US "custom" was better exists, but its foolish the think a Chinese custom maker isnt out there that is the match of them. The issue you are experiencing is NOT an issue with country of manufacture, but of a knife built to a price point, and the subsequent issues that brings (spotty qc). An issue that is, again, not related to country of manufacturer. In my job, i deal with parts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars each, made entirely in the USA, of american materials. Qc fails still happen (far too often, honestly)
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That's a fair assessment. l'm old, so I remember the past more clearly that the recent past; to be truthful, there was a period between my 30's and 60's where a knife is a knife is a knife, as long as it worked well and didn't need frequent resharpening.

As for Chinese blades, and country that can launch satellites and then purposefully destroy them has the capabilities to make anything of whatever quality they choose. I just think that the Chinese got caught up in the junk-to-excellent phase of building markets and logistics a little longer than I expected.
 
Thorgrim said:
I'm an Amazon Vine reviewer, and now and then a knife comes along. They're all free (except you may have to pay income tax on your Vine items), but mostly it's a lot of Chinese stuff trying to break into the US market.

I got one knife that was a flustercluck, but the second one was quite decent. Except for a couple of easily fixed details (which I pointed out in my review), it was a decent knife. It takes an edge well, I just haven't used it enough to comment on the steel. It tells me this - good Chinese knives are right around the corner. The fit and finish of the "good" knife was excellent as was the attention to detail. I think that the Chinese are following the same path as the Japanese after WWII - first send cheap junk to find markets and understand American tastes, then send the quality stuff. It's hard for me to praise a country when I so strongly disagree with their gov't, but there's no question that the Chinese are capable of producing high-quality goods. It will be interesting to see what happens to the knife industry when that happens.
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Bro did you write this in 1992
 
Thorgrim said:
That's a fair assessment. l'm old, so I remember the past more clearly that the recent past; to be truthful, there was a period between my 30's and 60's where a knife is a knife is a knife, as long as it worked well and didn't need frequent resharpening.

As for Chinese blades, and country that can launch satellites and then purposefully destroy them has the capabilities to make anything of whatever quality they choose. I just think that the Chinese got caught up in the junk-to-excellent phase of building markets and logistics a little longer than I expected.
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Or the American importers ordered the cheap stuff to be imported.
 
conan11 said:
Or the American importers ordered the cheap stuff to be imported.
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That's exactly it, there was never a question of what they could produce, they just made what their customers ordered, and then their customers turned around and ran their mouths about how you can't trust them to turn out decent product in order to distract from their own sketchy business practices and intentionally low-grade offerings.
 
We've done the whole "China Question" to death over the past several days, (and that's being generous)...

Enough.
 
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