Spydie Mouse, CS Kobun, and CRKT Bearclaw impressions

[MAURICE]

lemme start with the mouse.
my little brother has been wanting one for some time,and was surprised to see a (barely) used one at ag russell the other day. i just happened to look down,said 'theres one,want it?' so i bought it for him. its a cool little knife. it was used,but looks brand spanking new. lock up is extremely tight,has pretty good steel (vg-10 IIRC) and came with a decent edge. a few minutes after i got it home it was shaving sharp,thanks to a ceramic rod.
its a cool knife. non threatening,and a pleasure to hold,IMHO.


next is the CS Kobun.
i got this in a trade from Crayola, and Im very pleased. it carries well,conceals well,and is comfortable to hold. the sheath is pretty good,although im considering drilling a hole for drainage.i dont remember the steel right this second,but its decent. i keep it in the car wherever i go
overall,not too shabby.

crkt bearclaw.
i got this on a whim
it came shaving sharp,but i dont think you want to try shaving with it,for obvious reasons.its a little heavy for a neck knife,but not bad. fit and finish is the standard crkt quality. the sheath is a little stiff,but its loosening up with use.
i wore it to work the night i got it,and it was actually a pleasure to wear. im not a big fan of neckers,most of them bother me. weight,the type of cord,etc etc. but this one wasnt bad at all.
even with the somewhat thick scales it concealed well,and no one noticed i had it on.

overall these are pretty damn good for what you pay.
i have seen the spydie go for as much as 105 bucks,and would say its worth it. this company continues to amaze me with their quality. the kobun,same story.

now i do have one gripe with CRKT.
its not on one of the above knives,but a mil-spec (or whatever its called) m-16.
i noticed the blade chips extremely easily out of the box. its nothing that cant be fixed,but it takes a lot of time to get back in shape. anyone else have this problem?

anyhoo, if you folks are looking for some pretty good knives at decent prices,then you cant go wrong with these three.

 

[shootist16]

The Mouse is indeed a cool litle knife. I have often said that this mouse thinks it is a moose. It acts a lot bigger than what it is.

 

[MAURICE]

i keep threatening to take it from him...at least twice a day.
gonna have to get one for myself before too long

 

[Raptor]

I just recently purchased A "Mouse" for my wife. She loves this little knife.
It has a very good feel to it. You can tell just from looking at it that it's a quality knife.

My only complaint, if I had to register one at all, is that I can't open the knife using the thumbhole and rotating the blade out. There's just not enough handle for me. For one handed opening I have to hold the thumbhole and snap it open. OK for me, but the wifey doesn't like this method. Actually, she isn't very comfortable opening any knife one-handed so this isn't a big deal for her. She's going to practice the snap/flick open method. We'll see!!

Maybe I'll try to tie a lanyard, as some have suggested, so that it gives you something to grab on to while rotating the blade open. It sure sounds like it could work.

Bottom line??

The "Mouse" is a very nice knife.

--The Raptor--

 

[Cosmic Superchunk]

Originally posted by MAURICE
now i do have one gripe with CRKT.
its not on one of the above knives,but a mil-spec (or whatever its called) m-16.
i noticed the blade chips extremely easily out of the box. its nothing that cant be fixed,but it takes a lot of time to get back in shape. anyone else have this problem?

.

Maurice, the earlier aluminum handled M16's were all ground on one side which was very prone to chipping. All current ones are sharpened on both sides to avoid that. Which model is yours?

 

[RokJok]

FWIW, the steel options for the CS Kobun are CarbonV and AUS 8A.