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i wanted to start getting more into the forums while answering my own personal questions, so i wanted to start posting a company showdown type series,. so to start, who do you think consistently has the better product. and i mean consistently, per mabie say 100 knives each company produces, how many are actually any good? also, what about steels? for instance, crkt uses both aus 8 and 8cr13mov. while cold steel does not use 8cr13(or 14)mov. is this a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion? also, how would you pit some of the companys best, and most recognizable knives together? and lastlyy, handle material (polymer plastics/metals). cold steel likes to use kraton as well as grivory, while crkt tends to stick to zytel and g10. and lastly, there sheathing. how do they hold up in the end? and finnaly, innovation.
also, lets just tack on price, how often do you get a good knife from them without paying an arm and leg?
so lemme know what you guys think, who do YOU think is the best?
also, lets just tack on price, how often do you get a good knife from them without paying an arm and leg?
so lemme know what you guys think, who do YOU think is the best?
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) I see Columbia River as a company that's out to sell you something--very business driven: whatever your taste, you can find a suitable CRKT product. They're good at signing on new designers and have an extensive inventory that they'll produce wherever is most economically viable. CRKT can make a crap knife, but they are more than capable of producing some real gems too.
. one of them basicly said the same thing you said (overbuilt tanks), and i agree with crkt being more buisness driven. i think in the end it does depend on taste. although, im not sure wich i like more as far as the innovations. because i look at something like the crkt fulcrum, and instantly i think its an redisgned, upgraded, and overall better version of a cold steel tripple action. but at the same time i see the "LAWKS" system (not autolawks) and it seems like a more toned down saftey measure, and looks nowhere near as strong as the triad lock. i think if i had put any other 2 companys together it would be more decisive, like benchmade VS spyderco, wich i might wanna do next. boker vs kershaw also seems like it would be a good match. and as far as the questions not being valid, im trying to say to look at the companys prefrences, and how they preform in combonation with everything else. for instance, one of the m16 knives have an msrp of soemthing like $110. but the blade steel is aus 8, and the handle material titanium. good combo? dont think so. your basicly paying for the titanium handle scales. i cannot possibly think of any situation where you could do something to this knife in wich titanium would hold up better then aluminium, and not void the warrenty. I.E. actualy running it over with your car or shooting it.
but i think when it comes to cold steel though, they are usualy grossly overpriced. the thought of how much i bought the black rhino for when it came out, still makes me shudder.
