One piece line going away: Where's the mad rush?

I'm gonna hazard a guess and say that CRK might just keep a VERY LIMITED one piece line in the catalog. I mean, it's a part of their heritage after all. The CRK dvd goes into great detail on the one piece line, they show a lot of pride in it. But with the dude in South Africa retiring and all of the work (from raw barstock on up) taking place in Idaho, the price would probably spiral out of reason.

I just can't see CRK disco'ing the whole line. That would be like Rolex dropping the Submariner. :rolleyes:

Look for a "heritage" model or somesuch in the one piece line to come out each year. Prices will be scary. You heard it here... :p
 
I got a email confiming the end and asked if they would do a Kathathu run but they said it was a limited run and they wont do any more. :mad:
 
CRK are one of the few companies out their that listens to their customers. If we all ask nicely for a limited one piece I am sure they will accommodate us on our request. They did it with the small umnum (in the works still).
 
The knives from their one piece line, are the only ones that I collect! I hate to see it go. Guess I will have to find another makers knives to collect ! very sad.
 
I wonder if there is a significant cost advantage to have the initial machine work done in South Africa that eliminates a machine shop in North America being able to do the work cost effectively. It would be interesting to learn how many are made each month, but I would think there has to be a shop with the ability and capacity to handle the workload.
 
Say it isn,t so --- :(


The Chris Reeve one piece fixed blades are the only ones I like ....
 
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If I remember correctly Chris Reeve said in the interview they make about 2,000 one piece knives a year. Maybe they are ending them to make room for new knives?
 
if true, the onepiece line is ending, what a disappointment.:confused::(

CRK should do a limited run with the "Scout" PiterM had specially made.
 
Noss, no doubt, deserves some credit for this.

Another folk legend fools the public and hurts a good brand.

Too bad, they were nice knives.
 
:thumbdn:Noss:thumbdn:, that "Cat" ( keeping it clean ) who wears a mask and deliberatly breaks knives he don't like.......Dont Get Me Started !!!
 
bearcut said:
Noss, no doubt, deserves some credit for this.

Another folk legend fools the public and hurts a good brand.

Too bad, they were nice knives.
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NO, not at all :confused:

Criss said in the bushmonkey interview that the guy in SA who does a large
part of the machining to the bar stock is retiring at the end of the year.
 
This is too bad. Like everyone, funds for me are tight right now, and I have a Koster Bushmaster coming my way, so the fixed blade fix has been taken care of for a while...but I would have liked to eventually pick one of these up.

Soon, however, I have to stop putting off buying a Sebenza :)
 
CRK should work with Bark River to turn out one pc knives. Bark River already offers great knives at a fair price and does wonders with A2 steel.
 
Haze said:
NO, not at all :confused:

Criss said in the bushmonkey interview that the guy in SA who does a large
part of the machining to the bar stock is retiring at the end of the year.
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True, but if the line were still selling that well I'm sure Chris would find someone else who could do the machine work. It's not rocket science. Unless the machinest has been salary, which I doubt, he may have felt it wasn't worth it anymore. Even if the guy is getting old and just doesn't want to do it anymore, I would think CRK could still find another vendor if they wanted to

Obviously the one piece line isn't profitable anymore or CRK wouldn't discontinue it. Chris doesn't strike me as a bad or dumb businessman.

My point is that Noss has (falsely) damaged the reputation of many knifemakers. Perhaps the CRK one piece line was the first casuallty.

I hope I'm wrong.
 
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Bought a Pacific last year. Great knife but I think my Project II is better but then I'm biased as I've used my Project for over 15 plus years.

Got to move with the times and when the demand grows out will come a Classic run in 2015.
 
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