CPM Cruwear is no joke

I don't have CRUWEAR but I have it's ingot predecessor Vascowear and it's pretty easy to sharpen with a Crystolon stone and a coupple of swipes on a ceramic rod and you're in business
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Certainly up there among my favorites, though I only have one knife in it. Hard to believe I've had this thing for 7-8 years now, and I can't see anything new ever knocking it out of the rotation. I'd have to say it's my favorite knife made outside of Idaho.

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EDIT: On the topic of corrosion, that's not patina BTW. I acid washed it but then brushed it afterwards instead of stonewashing. I do recall it having a stain on it from something before I did it, but never any noticeable rust. I will say that it gets quite a bit more pocket time here in the dry summers than in the damp PNW winters, but I'm not sure if that's really necessary.
 
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Knives&Lint said:
Certainly up there among my favorites, though I only have one knife in it. Hard to believe I've had this thing for 7-8 years now, and I can't see anything new ever knocking it out of the rotation. I'd have to say it's my favorite knife made outside of Idaho.

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EDIT: On the topic of corrosion, that's not patina BTW. I acid washed it but then brushed it afterwards instead of stonewashing. I do recall it having a stain on it from something before I did it, but never any noticeable rust. I will say that it gets quite a bit more pocket time here in the dry summers than in the damp PNW winters, but I'm not sure if that's really necessary.
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What scales are those?
 
Knives&Lint said:
They are made of TeroTuf, from a company named Fireside. I believe the color was called seafoam.

(If I remember correctly, which I often do not 😉)
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Do you like them better than micarta? It looks like Fireside may be out of business...
 
b-crow said:
Do you like them better than micarta? It looks like Fireside may be out of business...
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Yea, I bought them a good few years ago, and I don't see a site for them anymore. I like them equally as well as micarta. I just dug the color so I grabbed em. I'm down home in Florida for the month so I can't compare it in hand at the moment. This knife came from the factory with CF as a Knifecenter exclusive around 2016-17
 
Who says it is no joke?

A one-liner:
CPM CruWear is so tough, even its edge retention has commitment issues.

A two-liner:
Why did the CPM CruWear blade refuse to go to the party?
It said, "I'm already hard enough on my own."

A three-liner:
I told my friend my CPM CruWear knife needed sharpening.
He looked confused and said, "Isn't that the steel that laughs at the concept of wear?"
I replied, "It is, but my ego is getting dull."

Shall I continue?
 
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