Hi everyone,
just joined in today (although been reading posts here for quite a while, it's been helpfull when shopping for a new knife).
i have a rather different point of view about the cruiser, i doubt it'll be of any importance to most of you but i hope it'll still be interesting.
i am a military man for the past two & a half years. i also happen to like knives & happen to need them for my line work.
to the point, some time ago the need came for a blade to serve me at CQC. after much abuse to my tight budget i got myslf a SOG Goverment Agent, great knife, but not comfortable to use with all my gear on me, not to mention to draw in high speed.
i've searched & searched & then i saw it, the cruiser, & for $40!!
i saw CRKT, 4" blade & AUS6M & got it on the spot without checking for anything else, which could have proved to be a mistake.. but it sure didn't.
i don't know if it was intended as such, but the cruiser is a serious combat knife by my standards. & here's why.
$$$ - it's cheap for starters, which means you can easily replace it should it take serious damge (& trust me, an AK47 clip can really damage a knife).
steel - aus6m - sure it's not the best edge holder out there but it's tough & strong & to me, in a comat knife it's much more important than sharpness, the knife needs to stay in one piece first, sharp comes second.
i've had an aus-8 balde break on me.. the aus-6 is plenty strong.
in that aspect - ease of sharpening & corrosion resistance - i can't carry knife care & sharpening products with me in thr field, can't spare the room & weight. i'm forced to sharpen my knife with the diamond powder file on the leatherman wave. i know some people will want to kill me after reading this but this is the only choise i have, & it works, period.
as for corrosion, you know, aus-6, it's great.
the lock - good strong liner lock, thick liners, doesn't fail under any test & just to make me happy CRKT added the lawks... speachless
grip - can rival fixed balde knives, simply superb.
flipper - great for quick opening, some love it some hate it.. i love it.
i removed the clip on mine, i find it useless & uncomfortable, i carrey the knife in a special pouch i had made, sometimes open, sometimes closed depending on the situation.
cons - not all is bright.
thumb stud - quite useless & unreachable.. i removed mine
no laynard hole!!! that is a big drawback in my opinion, i don't think i have to explain why.
this knife is just no good as an EDC, it's big, is bulky, it's heavy & uncofortable for carrey in anything short of a bag.. again, that's just my opinion though.. some may like their knives big and heavy.
all in all... great knife military use, camping & such ( i would even say climbing & rafting if it had a laynard hole). not an EDC.
just joined in today (although been reading posts here for quite a while, it's been helpfull when shopping for a new knife).
i have a rather different point of view about the cruiser, i doubt it'll be of any importance to most of you but i hope it'll still be interesting.
i am a military man for the past two & a half years. i also happen to like knives & happen to need them for my line work.
to the point, some time ago the need came for a blade to serve me at CQC. after much abuse to my tight budget i got myslf a SOG Goverment Agent, great knife, but not comfortable to use with all my gear on me, not to mention to draw in high speed.
i've searched & searched & then i saw it, the cruiser, & for $40!!
i saw CRKT, 4" blade & AUS6M & got it on the spot without checking for anything else, which could have proved to be a mistake.. but it sure didn't.
i don't know if it was intended as such, but the cruiser is a serious combat knife by my standards. & here's why.
$$$ - it's cheap for starters, which means you can easily replace it should it take serious damge (& trust me, an AK47 clip can really damage a knife).
steel - aus6m - sure it's not the best edge holder out there but it's tough & strong & to me, in a comat knife it's much more important than sharpness, the knife needs to stay in one piece first, sharp comes second.
i've had an aus-8 balde break on me.. the aus-6 is plenty strong.
in that aspect - ease of sharpening & corrosion resistance - i can't carry knife care & sharpening products with me in thr field, can't spare the room & weight. i'm forced to sharpen my knife with the diamond powder file on the leatherman wave. i know some people will want to kill me after reading this but this is the only choise i have, & it works, period.
as for corrosion, you know, aus-6, it's great.
the lock - good strong liner lock, thick liners, doesn't fail under any test & just to make me happy CRKT added the lawks... speachless
grip - can rival fixed balde knives, simply superb.
flipper - great for quick opening, some love it some hate it.. i love it.
i removed the clip on mine, i find it useless & uncomfortable, i carrey the knife in a special pouch i had made, sometimes open, sometimes closed depending on the situation.
cons - not all is bright.
thumb stud - quite useless & unreachable.. i removed mine
no laynard hole!!! that is a big drawback in my opinion, i don't think i have to explain why.
this knife is just no good as an EDC, it's big, is bulky, it's heavy & uncofortable for carrey in anything short of a bag.. again, that's just my opinion though.. some may like their knives big and heavy.
all in all... great knife military use, camping & such ( i would even say climbing & rafting if it had a laynard hole). not an EDC.
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