Opinions, please...

[Charlie Fox]

I want to pick up two of CRKT knives; one being the Stiff KISS and the other is the Carson F4. Any opinions of these blades would be appreciated.

 

[Josh Feltman]

I've got a stiff kiss with the tanto blade. I like it quite a bit. Everyone complains about the AUS 6 steel, but I find it takes a great edge and holds it pretty well. I used it on a week-long camping trip last year, and it held up great. In fact, it became one of the main camp knives, and almost everyone with whom we were camping used it at some point during the trip.
--Josh

 

[calyth]

F4 is near perfect, but it's crying for the last pinky room.....
The lanyard provided would do fine.

 

[Hal]

Stiff Kiss = great little knife. I have 2. Cheap enough to experiment on,,,as in do-it-yourself scales, taking it up to a mirror finish and such. Or good enough right out of the package for a low cost fixed blade.
Another option in the ~ $20.00 fixed blade value market is the Buck Model Number: 476BK
I picked one of these up a couple weeks ago. Nice little knife for the money.

 

[SIFU1A]

both are pretty good, the F4 is awfully small for my hands, i prefer the livesay woo or the cammilus arclite in this style of knife myself, both priced the same(about) as the CRKT's, and better imho, and w/better sheaths too - also check out the companion from crkt, another good one, not such a good sheath on it though imho

imho the woo is hard to beat for a necker, well made, good sheath/design/quality, for $35 or so they are hard to beat.

greg

 

[BOK]

I like the F4 myself. Nice and small and was perfect as a back up to my edc. I wore it around my neck. Great little knife but not crazy about the sheath.