spalted beech inlays

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tank sniper

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it just dawned on me that the spalted beech inlays have a grain pattern that runs perpendicular to the length of the inlay... This would make it prone to breaking. I would assume that this is an exception to most of the CRK inlays.
 
Perpendicular yes, but prone to breaking no. The titanium does not flex. And if it did, I would assume that is use outside of the warranty, such as extreme misuse.
 
yes I understand that it is an inlay and has no structural function.... the inlay sits above the titanium, not flush with it.... Still it would be more prone to breaking due to the grain running perpendicular to its length
 
Spalted Beech is one of their prettiest of the inlays IMO. I love the detailing of the grain. Why raise an issue where there does not seem to be one? I've never seen members complaining that their SB inlay broke. If that happened, CRK would replace it under their warranty, unless as mentioned above . . . you somehow misused it. But then again, I've only been around for like 5 months . . . but I have learned a lot about the brand from the various members and the threads here.


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But like I said CRK has the best warranty work in the business IMO. If something goes wrong they fix it for us. Any wood product can come with inherent defects. My money goes first to a knife was misused before I'd bet actual failure of their wood materials. YMMV.
 
tank sniper said:
yes I understand that it is an inlay and has no structural function.... the inlay sits above the titanium, not flush with it.... Still it would be more prone to breaking due to the grain running perpendicular to its length
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Please explain how the inlay, meaning embedded in a cavity, would be sitting above the titanium? I fail to see how it would be prone to breaking after being affixed. Possibly during the machining & forming and then at the point of install under a press, but not when properly seated in the milled cavity.

You do understand that the inlays are in a cavity, right?
 
The inlays are stabilized, backed by tape, and embedded in the titanium, so I wouldn't be too concerned. As previously mentioned, if something happens you can send it back.

I am very close to pulling the trigger on a spalted beech Mnandi, I love these scales a lot and beech is my favorite hardwood tree. Even though you lose the ray fleck, I really like radial surface of spalted beech. The spalting also tells a story too, it's like a fungal battleground.
 
I have a spalted beech large 21 that I carry and use. It's even got some scratches on the blade and the scales. So far no issues with the inlays, but if I was planning to sweat all day outside or otherwise have a lot of dirty work to do I would bring either my H1 spyderco or my small PJ inkosi.
 
tank sniper said:
just seemed odd to me that an inlay would be cut with the grain running perpendicular to the length... it probably would be equally attractive if it was cut with the grain running parallel to the length...

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It would look good but I think the grain running perpendicular is more striking because otherwise all the elements of the knife would be running lengthwise. I'm sure there is a way to describe the pleasing juxtaposition according to design theory (asymmetrical balance? I don't think so), but I don't know.
 
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