CRKT falcon......

[SIFU1A]

got a CRKT falcon in a trade today, havent bought a CRKT for about 18 months, and the 'q' has gone up a lot - polished blade/better fitting/handles either G10 or look like it/SHARP/etc, a heckuva lot of knife for the $$ imho, i am impressed......


greg

 

[BOK]

The handles are Zytel though they are nicely textured giving it a more 'G 10' feel to it.

I like the recurve on the blade. Not too sure if I like the clip though. Too long.

 

[knifenerd]

CRKT has done a great job in offering these knives at a very affordable price. IMHO, the Falcon series from Pat and Wes Crawford is A++ as an overall useable blade design. I have the CRKT Mini-Falcon and I was fortunate enough to be able to pick up the full and mini-sized customs from Pat at the March ECCK Show in NY. BTW, Pat was very impressed with the quality of CRKT's production versions.
Good Luck with it!

 

[rhino]

Hey, guys . . . I am resurrecting this old topic (see, I can use the search utility!) rather than start a new topic. Today my brother gave me a CRKT Crawford Falcon (6244) with a combination edge.

I have very few knives with a combination edge, and this model is not ground the way I expected. The overall blade shape is a drop point-ish with a slight recurve, with a mild hollow grind. The odd part is the bevel of the primary edge ahead of the serrations ... it's like a chisel grind, kind of like the tanto-ish knives that were/are very popular.

My questions:

Was this grind used to accomodate the way the serrations are ground into the blade?

Is it odd for a hollow ground blade to have a chisel-type edge grind?

Should I leave it the way it is, or reprofile the primary edge to a more conventional "V"?

Thanks ahead of time! I would have checked for the answers on the CRKT web site, but it seems this model is no longer there (probably discontinued?).

 

[me2]

My CRKT M16 was 1/2 serrated and ground the same way, with the primary grinds being symetrical, and the actual edge ground only on one side. When I sharpened it on the Sharpmaker, I just sharpened normally, using 20 degrees on each side. It never did even out, but it didnt hurt anything. I would think you would have to remove a great deal of metal from one side to even out the bevels. It wasnt worth it for me.

 

[rhino]

Thanks for the response.

I tried to sharpen it a bit using the original edge, but it didn't work very well. I got it so it could slice paper okay, but not really "sharp."

I'm in the process of reducing the angle on the "thick" side and I'm about 90% done. It's already slicing a lot better and it pops arm hair okay.

 

[swimmerdude1127]

My CRKT M16 was 1/2 serrated and ground the same way, with the primary grinds being symetrical, and the actual edge ground only on one side. When I sharpened it on the Sharpmaker, I just sharpened normally, using 20 degrees on each side. It never did even out, but it didnt hurt anything. I would think you would have to remove a great deal of metal from one side to even out the bevels. It wasnt worth it for me.

Which part of the sharpmaker lets you do 20 degrees? I thought it was only 30 and 40, and then the shallow scissors angle.... unless you laid the stones flat and sharpened horizontallly?

 

[smegs]

Which part of the sharpmaker lets you do 20 degrees? I thought it was only 30 and 40, and then the shallow scissors angle.... unless you laid the stones flat and sharpened horizontallly?

The 30 and 40 degrees referred to equate to 15 and 20 degrees per side. "15\ + /15 = 30" and "20\ + /20 = 40"