CRKT pocketknife

[drjones]

Just wanted to know what you all think of the CRKT 5510 pocketknife. I'm looking at it just for a simple, every-day carry pocket-knife. How is the quality of CRKT? Also, the thing that worries me is that the blade is exposed, even when the knife is closed. Would this present a problem as far as injuring other items in my pocket, or wherever else it is carried?

Thanks!
Strati

 

[stjames]

I had to look up the product code, but the CRKT "K.I.S.S." is a notorious little finger biter. It does have a chisel grind, so the blade won’t cut you if it stays closed.

I wouldn’t keep one near anything that I liked.

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA

 

[MNH]

I carry a Peck as a money clip in the bottom of my pocket, which is the same design.

I have had the blade open slightly in my pocket, and I have been bitten. Note: the Peck has a real pointy little blade, and when you get bit you know it. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen.

I still carry it every day, I just don't thrust my hand into my pocket with reckless abandon any more.

Welcome the the Forums!

Mike

 

[Chang]

I used to have two KISS's, but one probably fell off my belt in the Hooter's parking lot.

Good knives, sharpens easily and I've never had any accidents, the ball detent keeps it shut rather securely. I use it as a key chain.

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Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus

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[Full Tang Clan]

Of my knives, the Sampson's spearpoint KISS is my daily carry while my larger folders stay home.

The biggest plus is that it is so wafer thin that it you can comfortably keep it in that little change pocket of your jeans.

I've had one accident with my previous tanto standard KISS. I must have accidentally dislodged the blade while it was strapped to my belt. Unknowingly, I grazed my hand across the blade -- not once but twice -- giving myself lacerations. That was only once of wearing the knife almost everyday.

There was another thread warning of the lock failing. However, this was due to some fellow's friend who was using the KISS knife as a stabbing implement. Not what it was meant for.

It is possible, though, to hold the knife in such a way to insure a more secure lock-up. Since it is almost like a BM Pinnacle, or Sebenza style knife without a scale on one side, you can -- if right handed -- place the tip of your thumb against the pivot screw, while your forefinger naturally grips along the lock. Now your thumb is acting like a left side liner. As you grip harder, your forefinger will put pressure on the lock to the inside against the opposing pressure of your thumb.

[This message has been edited by Full Tang Clan (edited 09-23-2000).]