The thing about CRK (in general, not just the Insingo) is that they can be deceptive.
"Yeah okay, another Titanium framelock, whoop-de-doo". Is what I thought, at first.
It took a while to understand that you're paying for something you can't really see.
Obviously, the warranty and customer service are a big part of it. It's very rare to see somebody talk about a negative experience with the knives and in those cases, I have seen usually Chris or Tim reach out personally to try and make it right.
The "bank vault feel" that people talk about has been kinda overshadowed now that it's much more common to see the kind of tolerances that were once pretty much exclusive to them. They were the only ones putting out a mid-tech with the amount of "flat, square, and parallel" that they had.
The other thing you're paying for is something that really can be the last knife you buy. You'll see some members here who use them for everything from cutting bags of concrete to a wedding cake, to their first-born's umbilical cord.
Maybe wash it in between, somewhere.
That's not something you can find very often, at any price, and it doesn't show up on a stats sheet on the internet. You only find it after years of dirt, sun, cold, candlelight, and living.
along with an amazing sunset that happened and I swear was sent from above and boy did I need it! Changed my entire outlook on current situations.
