CRKT - Tighe collaboration

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Hi all,

I am new to the forum and have learned alot from various topics and discussions already.

I read or heard somewhere Brian Tighe is doing a collaboration with CRKT. Does anyone know which of his customs this project is based on?

Any info would be appreciated. Thanks
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In my opinion, as a defensive carry knife, this thing is a disaster waiting to happen.

One seldom sees a grip shape more likely to cause a "slip-up" accident on a hard-target stab, whereby the tip stops and your clenched fist slides down the grip and onto your own cutting edge.

It happens. At least one forumite did it in training against an old punching bag.

The CRKT KFF, REKAT Carny and Sifu are some of the least likely pieces to cause that sort of disaster.

Jim
 
Like the H.I. Kumar Karda, or many a Scandinavian or Finnish fixed blade - this looks like you're supposed to cut on the pull stroke, or whittle sideways. Good for the non-defensive things we do every day with knives. I wonder if it's going to be advertised as a mundane using knife, or as a "tactical" sort of thing.



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Thanks for the response guys. It is nice to get some input from a tactical perspective as I am more of daily type user myself.

I did check out the other thread and pic.

From a collector who can not generally purchase too many customs would you go for puchasing this knife when available or the Microtech LCC? Would LCC pose the same type of accident - slippage down the handle to cutting blade during a hard thrust?

Have great evening!!!
 
*Most* folders today are vulnerable to "slippage" accidents. The CRKT KFF is a breakthrough in being highly resistant to this yet at a low cost.

The CS Scimitar isn't bad in this regard. The Tighe designs seem to be...well, among the worst. Sorry, Brian. In Brian's defense, I'll say that there are entire schools of knife combative thought that emphasize "pull cuts" totally, and the Tighe pommels swell enough in most models to avoid slipping in that direction. If one of these "cut only" systems are your thing, cool. Personally, I like the option of stabbing, at the very least.

All REKAT knives other than some of the neck knives are extremely resistant to slip-ups. Their focus on "real combat ergonomics" is very admirable. Benchmade sometimes gets it right, but not often. Even the famed Sebenza is deficient in this area, in my opinion (ducking and running from "the Sebenza-oids"
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Jim
 
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