CRKT M16 totally failed!

[irsh]

OP - you should have joined BF BEFORE you bought the knife. We could have warned you off.
I've pawned off all my CRKT's on my son and his friends.

 

[NG VI]

Lol, don't fall for marketing BS. There is NOTHING military about this knife.

As others have said, CRKT is typically fail across the board. Mediocre steel, inconsistent and/or poor heat treatment, poor QC and hit-or-miss with regards to overall fit and finish.

Also as others have said, this is FAR from total failure however.

They sell a ton at the various PX places, but otherwise yeah they're honestly not very good knives that still have a place in many pockets. The name is highly aspirational at best.

 

[Quiet]

Man, I'm not "on about" anything, I was not agreeing with you, disagreeing with you... it was just a musing thought, about how its quite easy for somebody with military credentials to sell a knife that seems like it is, well... "military", like this M-16, and in reality, it's kind of an overpriced clunker. You wrote - "The most "Military" thing about these knives is that they're sold at virtually every Base and Post Exchange, because they're cheap. Yes, I know Mr. Carson is a retired Army veteran. Still: cheap knife. Wish they were better."

So, people buy the knives because of an association with military, right? Carson's a vet, and he's selling this knife, the M-16, to appeal to a certain base. He's making them out of pot metal, like you said, and they're selling for a hundred-whatever dollars because of that whole association. "The Special Forces G10 models share a unique design offering a combination of Carson M16 Series features requested by military procurement specialists.". Right? You were saying that the most military thing about 'em is they're at the PX - so I offered a musing, tangentially related thought.

I don't know why you're one of the most consistently crotchety people on this forum, though, I've had like ten interactions with you and I remember this just... hard, unfriendly vibe, every time. "I don't know what you're on about"? It was a dang remark, man. Your phrasing, though, is pointedly unfriendly. But why tho?
I just think its clear why I'd pick your comment to reply that to. Maybe text mistranslates tone, if so, my apologies. But I write this only after repeatedly getting this pointedly unfriendly, prickly vibe from you. It's a forum, man, expect some replies. I'd perhaps choose a friendlier way of addressing people who've done ya no offense. Now I'm on about something /rant ig

It’s a shame that you seem unable to follow the rules, and felt the need to go on a big rant about how much I’ve hurt your feelings. If you don’t like my “vibe”, perhaps you could put me on ignore, so you don’t have to worry about not liking people speaking in a way you don’t approve* of.

I’d perhaps keep your opinions of me to yourself going forward, thanks.


* What you approve or disapprove of is meaningless to me.

 

[knarfeng]

OK, we're very, very done here.
Thread closed.

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