CRKT any good?

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I've never seen or tried a CRKT before, and was looking at the minimalist wharnecliffe necker. I don't know how I feel about the 3 finger indents, as I have always been a fan of "normal" handles. The knife shops in my area are woefully understocked. I.e Canadian House of Knives and a couple of crappy outdoors stores that sell buck 110's for $90, and mora companions for $60 (yikes). For the price, I'm not expecting much. Is this an example of a well made inexpensive knife? Or does it feel "cheap".

Thanks for the input.
 
The Minimalist's ergonomics are wonderful, buy it if you have a good price. I have a couple other crkt knives and they are pretty good. I love their designs and they don't feel cheap by any means, but for the price I have never been a fan of their low-end steel selections.
 
The minimalist is a smaller knife then it appears in online pics I bought my nephew one. They make lots of good quality knives with many unique designs not found in other brands, if you see something you like its worth it to find a review online, most their knives are built well, most dont feel cheap in the the hand, some the newer models dont appeal to me as much as the older ones, but their new model the Eraser looks good, I might be getting that one.

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I Say Get It.
Perfect Neck Knife.
CRKT Is Not Bad, At All.
Sure They Don't Use The Highest Rank In Blade Steel - This Is Why They're Affordable.
But They Are Overall Good Quality - Especially For The Price.
 
I've owned 3. For their price they not bad.

The sf knives are very good for SD

Be careful of their neck knives, some of them are trash.
 
The Minimalist Is A Good Neck Knife, I Owned One And Wore It For Quite A While.
I Eventually Just Didn't Carry It Anymore.
I Would Get It. It's Cheap, It's Nice, Good Material, And Feels Good In The Hand.(Even When You Have Pretty Large Hands Like Me)
Also, I'd Look At Some Of Their Folders.
I've Owned Many CRKT Models:
CRKT Firespark
CRKT Notorious
CRKT Drifter G-10
CRKT Pazoda
CRKT Pazoda 2
CRKT Ryan Model 7
CRKT Crawford Kasper
CRKT Folts Minimalist
And Many Many More.

They Do Make Pretty Good Knives. And For The Price You Can't Go Wrong.
 
Thanks everyone. I am used to the edge retention of mora carbon steel, and the feel of spyderco's. I think i'll order one eventually...just to try it out. I won't have super high expectations, knowing that it is an inexpensive knife made from average steel. I was mostly interested in the handle. A few of you say it feels good, so I think i'll go for it. They are on amazon for 17 bucks with free shipping :)
 
I have had several CRKT models too. For the price range I think they are worth considering, but lately I am leaning towards Kershaw.
 
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