Al - UW is University of Washington (Seattle, WA). 
I guess it just makes sense for me to blast the handles myself, because my time is cheap - plus I enjoy it. Sure, if people don't have access to the proper equipment, they could go out and buy the gear to save $21 on the re-blasting (obviously not the most cost effective way to do it).
It just is a bummer that one pays so much for a knife, and then a few years later they pay another ~$75 (that's about what my credit card got billed after redoing the blade, reblasting, replacing screws, and shipping). Many custom makers will do these things for free. I realize that Chris is not a custom knifemaker anymore and that CRK is a small production shop - but they are doing damn good work and charging darn near custom prices. I'm not asking anyone to agree or disagree with my perspective here - it's just MHO...
I guess it's sort of like a guy I know who owned a few Lamboroghini Diablo's - pretty much every year he had to get a transmission job - it cost $12k for the job. Gotta pay to play. On the other hand, no one really ever needs to send it back for a refurb...it's just a cosmetic thing.
~Mitch
I guess it just makes sense for me to blast the handles myself, because my time is cheap - plus I enjoy it. Sure, if people don't have access to the proper equipment, they could go out and buy the gear to save $21 on the re-blasting (obviously not the most cost effective way to do it).
It just is a bummer that one pays so much for a knife, and then a few years later they pay another ~$75 (that's about what my credit card got billed after redoing the blade, reblasting, replacing screws, and shipping). Many custom makers will do these things for free. I realize that Chris is not a custom knifemaker anymore and that CRK is a small production shop - but they are doing damn good work and charging darn near custom prices. I'm not asking anyone to agree or disagree with my perspective here - it's just MHO...
I guess it's sort of like a guy I know who owned a few Lamboroghini Diablo's - pretty much every year he had to get a transmission job - it cost $12k for the job. Gotta pay to play. On the other hand, no one really ever needs to send it back for a refurb...it's just a cosmetic thing.
~Mitch
