New Knife being released on Webstore today

These are sexy. I remember buzz about them a few years ago, but they were G10. I totally ❤️ FRN, but $200 certainly seems a little spendy. For $150 I would consider one and for $85 I would buy one right now.
 
archieblue said:
These are sexy. I remember buzz about them a few years ago, but they were G10. I totally ❤️ FRN, but $200 certainly seems a little spendy. For $150 I would consider one and for $85 I would buy one right now.
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The Nilte Quiete is a very similar backlock knife with G10 scales. I think that is probably the knife you are thinking of that was being hyped awhile back.
 
brancron said:
I have not handled this particular model but I don't think $200 is an outrageous asking price at all.
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C'mon man. $200 for that knife is outrageous.

EDIT: Honestly, if it wasn't CRK selling it -- if you saw that knife on a retailer website -- what would you guess the price at? $25?

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SpySmasher said:
C'mon man. $200 for that knife is outrageous.

EDIT: Honestly, if it wasn't CRK selling it -- if you saw that knife on a retailer website -- what would you guess the price at? $25?
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I don't know what's so difficult to understand about this. The quality of Nilte knives is extremely high. They produce very very few knives and likely spend a huge amount of time on each knife in comparison with a company like Kershaw. That's why the cost is higher.

If you haven't handled a Nilte and think you can judge a knife's price by the cost of the raw materials, then I'm sorry, you don't know what you're talking about.

Jesse Jarosz makes customs with AEB-L and G10, which are both cheap materials. Should his knives be $25 too? That's basically the argument I'm hearing from you people.
 
I love the knife and the fact that CRK is promoting it makes me like it even more. I agree that the price is not justified by the materials but I am confident that the quality will make it worth it, and I have a feeling it was made in a small batch. I like some of the modern-meets-traditional folders coming out, for example, the Fantoni Dweller and the Lionsteel Euro Barlow but these two are much less expensive than the Nilte and the latter has much better materials. I suppose I've accepted the fact that sometimes I will be buying knives that are worth it in an intangible way but not worth it otherwise.
 
brancron said:
Jesse Jarosz makes customs with AEB-L and G10, which are both cheap materials. Should his knives be $25 too? That's basically the argument I'm hearing from you people.
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I don't think anyone made any such argument. Any time someone brings out the "you people" statement, it indicates to me a closed mind. There's a lot of great people on this forum. Show some respect for dissenting opinions.

Personally, I don't want to buy a Busse Battle Mistress, or a Henkel kitchen knife, or a SAK from the CRK webstore. It dilutes some of the charm for me, but all in all it harms no-one so I'm not going to lose sleep over it.
 
brancron said:
If you haven't handled a Nilte and think you can judge a knife's price by the cost of the raw materials, then I'm sorry, you don't know what you're talking about.
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If you think you can't judge a knife by it's materials, you don't know what you're talking about.

A knife IS more than the sum of its parts -- yes, absolutely. Otherwise I wouldn't pay what I do for a CRK. However, it is significantly a sum of its parts, or we all wouldn't be walking around with slabs of titanium in our pockets. Now maybe they pour so much love into these knives that they can make injection molded handles feel like titanium -- but I doubt it.

I am, of course, ready to be proven wrong. :)
 
IMHO, most CRK fans will have no interest whatsoever in that italian made knife... go figure
 
Massimo Fantoni (a man behind this knife) is a good dude and a VERY good friend of Reeves. So if they can help Massimo... why not? And it's clearly stated that it's not made by CRK.

(and it actually looks quite cool)
 
it may be cool but not $200 worth of cool... more like $65 worth of cool... I compare it to my spyderco native
 
I would like to see a lengthy review and how they hold up to some hard use, I like simple designs in general and love lockbacks.
 
The Edge Observer and Everyday Commentary both have reviews of a earlier, similar Nilte model. There is another brief review on this forum. I read them a while ago and skimmed them again when this knife showed up on the CRK site but I don't remember the use of the knife being discussed. Go figure. How hard would you use a linerless gentlemen's folder though?
 
Not for me for sure. I can only hope the next new knife on the site is an original CRK.
 
bvo85 said:
Helping out a friend... it's a beautiful thing.
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I think this may actually be a disservice to their friend. I would be surprised if any more than a few of these are actually sold. It appears to be way overpriced. Based on materials and workmanship, seems similar to a Delica or Endura at almost 3 times the cost. Having a product that fails in the market does not help anyone.

Then again, I could be wrong, and maybe these things sell like hotcakes.
 
If you disregard price, and the fact it's being sold by CRK, it is an intriguing knife as plastic knives go. So let's spread a little love for this Italian design, in the face of adversity:

It has some cool things going on (from looking at the take-down pic):

1- A pivot bushing (fixed pivot tension like Sebenza or PM2?)
2- Phosphor washers
3 - 'Grease grooves' or something in the pivot a 'la CRK
4 - A spring loaded lock bar (very interesting!)
5 - simple two-screw construction with some sort of reinforced conical backspacer and wide, taper-head screws.
6 - A cool sheepsfoot blade.
7 - It can be taken down for maintenance.
8 - looks like good ergos with no weird 'traction plan'......IE: likely no hot spots
9 - fit and finish looks good to my eyes.

Who knows how it works, but I'm not going to write this Nilte design off as a "fail" without handling and using one. My guess is it is likely a very cool, lightweight, non-threatening EDC. Is it worth $200?......that's the MSRP....should probably sell for less in reality. Does it belong on the CRk webstore?..... that's not our decision, but it does seem an odd fit. Will I buy one?.....probably not.
 
Yeah I can't help but compare this to the Spydie Native 5 as well. IMO it is good bit sexier, but it has a lesser steel and is over 2X the price. I really like a simple design and I find this knife super intriguing, but for $50 more I can get the -soon to be released- Fluted Carbon Fiber/S90V Native 5 or I could even find a used small Sebenza. Still... I want one. But I want one for $100. I'm curious to see some reviews. I missed Tim's Instagram "Story" and it seems like those type of posts disappear after a short time.
 
kidcongo said:
1- A pivot bushing (fixed pivot tension like Sebenza or PM2?)
2- Phosphor washers
3 - 'Grease grooves' or something in the pivot a 'la CRK
4 - A spring loaded lock bar (very interesting!)
5 - simple two-screw construction with some sort of reinforced conical backspacer and wide, taper-head screws.
6 - A cool sheepsfoot blade.
7 - It can be taken down for maintenance.
8 - looks like good ergos with no weird 'traction plan'......IE: likely no hot spots
9 - fit and finish looks good to my eyes.
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Cody, I too was curious about the "divots" around the pivot in the blade tang. The one-piece spring/lockbar appeals to my "KISS" design affinity (probably why I am a CRK guy). Another aspect of the blade shape/design is the rear of the blade's cutting edge can reach a cutting board (or any other flat surface), a cutting technique may other folders prohibit.

Guess its a brave new world at CRK. Since they are merely making these available, with no attribution to CRK itself, I say go for it. Do I think it pricey? Yup. But I'm all for variety, and we are truly in the golden age of knives.
 
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