CRK Flipper

There's certain things that are fine the way they are..me? I'm a traditionalist..but, I also thought a four door pick up truck was just a fad..LOL!
The Sebenza is a classic and in that right it should be left that way,I'd be tickled too death with a wood inlaid 25 and was told there's no Plains for that but demand from the public dictates in the end sooo..
Dave
 
pwrdbycotn said:
1. Chris has spoken to this before and said it would never happen. He isn't with the company any longer so who knows, but I still HIGHLY doubt it.
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I took a bit of a hiatus from the site, and must've missed this. What happened? Hopefully just retirement...
 
I asked Chris personally and he said absolutely not. Also said no to slip joints as well. He said CRK is about innovation and making New designs, not doing what has already been done. I have no interest. If I want a flipper, I will buy a Hinderer. For any other kind of folder, it's CRK all the way.
 
Getting into the titanium framelock flipper market after the peak of the fad is not a great idea.
 
My ti-lock flips open and closed. I don't do any kind of wrist flick, but the tension itself pops it opened and closed.

My sebenzas fall closed and open with minimal effort. I think these knives have all of the advantages of a flipper with superior build and minus the aggressive wear.
 
The market is flooded with flippers already. I have no interest in a CRK version. I would, however, like to see a redesign of the CRK thumbstud.


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I wouldn't want a CRK flipper because it would take away one of the the things I like best about CRK, which is that hydraulic smoothness of a well-broken-in sebenza being swept open. Undoubtedly to flip well (hint hint Hinderer), it would have to be on bearings, so the simplicity, as well as the feel, would be compromised.

Now if yer talkin' a CRK OTF, auto, 6 inch blade, in black DLC and campat......sign me up!!! :D
 
Don't need bearings for a flipper. Allen Elishewitz uses PB washers and a pivot bushing. Getting everything correct, be it bearings or washers, that the key.
 
nyefmaker said:
I asked Chris personally and he said absolutely not. Also said no to slip joints as well. He said CRK is about innovation and making New designs, not doing what has already been done. I have no interest. If I want a flipper, I will buy a Hinderer. For any other kind of folder, it's CRK all the way.
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Agreed.

You can put me on the no interest in a flipper for CRK list...

The only flippers I can live with are RHK XM's.
 
Front flipper Umnumzaan would be nice. I guess they could do it considering their south african origin and that Umnumzaan already has something sticking out at the top.


Miso
 
Like others have stated, I'm not interested in the conventional flipper design, but I've owned a couple Burger Knives EXK1s with the front opening design and was very impressed with them. I rarely flipped them open, but it was effortless to do. In fact, the South African front opening design might be my favourite one hand opening design to date.
 
nyefmaker said:
I asked Chris personally and he said absolutely not. Also said no to slip joints as well. He said CRK is about innovation and making New designs, not doing what has already been done. I have no interest. If I want a flipper, I will buy a Hinderer. For any other kind of folder, it's CRK all the way.
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I love what CRK does, and I'll probably get crucified for saying it here, but I'm not really seeing innovation and new designs. I'm seeing great incremental refinements of their original innovations, but only in incremental and safe stages. To really continue to be innovative, they'd have to step out of their safe space on a regular basis and take a lot of risks.

They were innovative with the frame lock, and now everyone copies it. The ceramic detent ball lock interface is an elegant idea. But what else lately? Not critical here, I'd love to know.
 
madcap_magician said:
I love what CRK does, and I'll probably get crucified for saying it here, but I'm not really seeing innovation and new designs. I'm seeing great incremental refinements of their original innovations, but only in incremental and safe stages. To really continue to be innovative, they'd have to step out of their safe space on a regular basis and take a lot of risks.

They were innovative with the frame lock, and now everyone copies it. The ceramic detent ball lock interface is an elegant idea. But what else lately? Not critical here, I'd love to know.
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A valid point IMO

also, would be nice to see some variations in blade steels
 
flipe8 said:
Like others have stated, I'm not interested in the conventional flipper design, but I've owned a couple Burger Knives EXK1s with the front opening design and was very impressed with them. I rarely flipped them open, but it was effortless to do. In fact, the South African front opening design might be my favourite one hand opening design to date.
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Good to hear this. Front flipper is my favorite. I can open, and especially close, a blade with a better control using front flipper than spyder hole, thumb stud, or anything. I don't care much about how fast I can flick it open. But the front flipper mechanism is very controllable, intuitive, and natural to me. The best. If this is combined with the engineering marvel of Umnumzaan, it would be just fantastic.


Miso
 
A tab flipper might be fun. I would consider the Inkosi a front flipper of sorts already. I have slow-rolled my Inkosi open front flipper style many times if someone wants a CRK they can open that way.
 
I would love to see a front flipper from CRK. Regular flippers often get associated with tactical knives. Front flippers are more elegant and I think are more in line with CRK's style.
 
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