New Insingo Carbon Fiber

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sean0411

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Large Insingo from KnifeArt. This is my first Chris Reeve and after handling the knife it's much sleeker/smaller in hand than I thought it would have. I've been carrying the zt 0560 which this will be replacing. Thanks.

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Very nice, though I must tell you it's far prettier than those 3 sisters! :)
 
Great knife. Large Insingo is one of my favorites. When you planning to sell the other three to get another CRK? :D
 
Already have my eye on a large 21 tanto from true north, I dont think I'll be able to wait.
 
Just got the small cf insingo myself! awesome knife! I also have a small standard 21 and a 25 and a mnandi! I LOVE the 25!
 
Just ordered the exact same one from Knife Art yesterday.

How do you like the carbon fiber? Do you expect it to be durable?
 
sean0411 said:
Already have my eye on a large 21 tanto from true north, I dont think I'll be able to wait.
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I have a large 21 tanto micarta and couldn't recommend it more. Just an awesome blade. Perfect grind on the tip. Scary sharp. The hard angle makes slicing and detail cutting a dream. I've always loved the tanto.

Bigblue. I'd venture to say the standard titanium probably shows more wear (snail trails) than a nice piece of cf.
 
BigBlue99 said:
Just ordered the exact same one from Knife Art yesterday.

How do you like the carbon fiber? Do you expect it to be durable?
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I carry the blade everyday and I use the blade everyday. So far so good, the titanium has some wear but the carbon fiber is good to go.
 
The only thing I've noticed is the blade is contacting the lanyard in the closed position and is cutting it somewhat. I don't know if that's common with all CRKs or the insingo blade but doesn't bother me too much. Maybe if it gets really bad I'll send it in to see what's going on.
 
The tip of my lg Insingo also bit into the lanyard.
You have to tighten the knot, from time to time, so that it won't make contact the tip - no need to send it in.
hope this helps
red mag
 
I also have just purchased this knife hoping it lives up to the hype. That the weight of the large carbon fiber is very similar to the weight of the small all titanium plain jane.
 
Man I'm tempted to pull the trigger on a CF version. How is the CF compared to the full Ti, is it just as good, better, worse?
 
I noticed mine isn't perfectly centered. It's off about 1 mm towards the CF side but not rubbing against the scale. I haven't disassembled it yet so I can rule out human error. Anyone else?
 
I know on a xm 18, you can loosen the handle screws, insert a credit card to push the blade in the opposite direction, and tighten them down again.
Mine was off a TINY TINY bit (xm) and that got it perfect.

I'm not sure if the same method works on a Crk, but if it's bothering you, it might be worth a try.
 
Blade is perfectly centered in mine but to be honest I had taken it apart, cleaned, lubed, and polished the washers. Not sure if that may have affected the centering but like I said dead center.
 
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