My Modest Chris Reeve Mnandi Collection

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Locutus D'Borg

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1) On the far left, the Mnandi with Macassar Ebony scales and a Chad Nichols ladder Damascus blade;
2) Just to the right is a Mnandi with blonde-colored Box Elder burl scales with Devin Thomas basketweave Damascus blade;
3) On top is a Mnandi with Snakewood scales and a Devin Thomas raindrop Damascus blade;
4) On the far right is the Bog Oak Mnandi with a Chad Nichols Boomerang Damascus blade;
5) Just to the left is a Mnandi with Striped Platan scales and Devin Thomas basketweave Damascus blade;
6) And below is my newest member, the Spalted Beech Mnandi with Chad Nichols raindrop Damascus blade.

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I've never really taken a serious look at CRK. Nothing about it JUMPED at me (maybe because uncoated Ti ain't my jam) but these are just gorgeous. That cream colored one and the dark wood in particular, but that micarta is sweet too.

Very, very nice.
 
3fifty7 said:
I don’t think modest means what you think it means.

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Let's put it this way, there are Mnandi's out there with spirograph and other rare Damascus blades and a few (back when they used this material) mammoth scales. So, mine in comparison is pretty vanilla. (*_*)
 
3fifty7 said:
I don’t think modest means what you think it means.
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Yeah, that's approximately 6x less modest (more provocative?) than my Mnandi collection, which is also distressingly free of pattern-welded blades.

Lovely knives. What is the handle material on the one second from furthest right?
 
Hashishiin said:
I've never really taken a serious look at CRK. Nothing about it JUMPED at me (maybe because uncoated Ti ain't my jam) but these are just gorgeous. That cream colored one and the dark wood in particular, but that micarta is sweet too.

Very, very nice.
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I don't know if you handled one but they are super solid, the precision fit and finish is amazing. That said, they aren't cheap.
 
That spalted beech Mnandi was mine at one point. Got it directly from DLT at their B&M store.

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Ajack60 said:
Nice collection !!!!!!
Do you have a preference between D.T. and C.N. Damascus?
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That is a very good question. Honestly, I'm not sure I could tell one maker from the other if you put some of their blades in front of me. And on one of my knives, maybe a William Henry, has Rob Thomas Damascus. I think he is Devin's brother and maybe Larrin's uncle. I do notice over the years that both Chad and Devin's work has gotten better.
 
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