The kinda unspecified CRK talk thread.

I definitely prefer double studs, with double studs, the knife looks balanced. A single stud isn’t a deal breaker and double studs are less common, especially in a lefty.
 
Just a random observation to share. I cleaned and lubed my small 21 last night. It has been a while. It is so impossibly smooth now it’s hard to describe. Once the detent is released, the opening is feels absolutely frictionless but tight all at the same time it is amazing. the feeling is hard to put into words. Sometimes you get the lube applied just right. This one is about 10 years old and broken in.

I figured I’d share this in the only place in the world that someone would know what I’m taking about.
 
rishma said:
Just a random observation to share. I cleaned and lubed my small 21 last night. It has been a while. It is so impossibly smooth now it’s hard to describe. Once the detent is released, the opening is feels absolutely frictionless but tight all at the same time it is amazing. the feeling is hard to put into words. Sometimes you get the lube applied just right. This one is about 10 years old and broken in.

I figured I’d share this in the only place in the world that someone would know what I’m taking about.
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That‘s exactly the feeling that comes to mind whenever I read or hear someone describe the Sebenza’s action as “hydraulic.”
 
From a visual perspective, between the drop point, tanto and insingo, which blade offering has the most blade life or blade material? its gotta be the tanto right?
 
mrknife said:
From a visual perspective, between the drop point, tanto and insingo, which blade offering has the most blade life or blade material? its gotta be the tanto right?
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When I look at my large 31 tanto and Insingo, the Insingo appears to have more real estate. Never bothered comparing to my Regular drop point.

(I don't think I'll live long enough to wear any of them out...so it's moot.)
 
Blues said:
When I look at my large 31 tanto and Insingo, the Insingo appears to have more real estate. Never bothered comparing to my Regular drop point.

(I don't think I'll live long enough to wear any of them out...so it's moot.)
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same, it was just something i was thinking about. i did see one very well loved drop point and thought the owner must have carried that for decades, cause it was sharpened to a point similar to how old traditionals were. its still got life in it. even on the smalls, unless you drag it thru one of those carbide v sharpeners 🤮
 
I think 99% of the blade wear I see on knives is due to overly aggressive sharpening. Watching my father-in-law sharpen a knife, he removes 20x more steel than I do to accomplish the same thing. He also tries to give me tips on how I should sharpen…
 
JAB said:
That‘s exactly the feeling that comes to mind whenever I read or hear someone describe the Sebenza’s action as “hydraulic.”
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Yes, I see hydraulic used to describe it. Maybe that’s right. I’d say my son’s 31 feels hydraulic and it’s awesome. This 21 feels more like two pieces of oiled glass sliding against each other.
 
rishma said:
Just a random observation to share. I cleaned and lubed my small 21 last night. It has been a while. It is so impossibly smooth now it’s hard to describe. Once the detent is released, the opening is feels absolutely frictionless but tight all at the same time it is amazing. the feeling is hard to put into words. Sometimes you get the lube applied just right. This one is about 10 years old and broken in.

I figured I’d share this in the only place in the world that someone would know what I’m taking about.
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I had experimented with the Cherry Balmz grease on a Spydiechef and it changed completely changed the action on the Spydiechef.
So I finally used Cherry Balmz Black rifle grease on my Sebenza. It’s unreal how smooth the action is. Like oiled glass.
 
ibute21 said:
I had experimented with the Cherry Balmz grease on a Spydiechef and it changed completely changed the action on the Spydiechef.
So I finally used Cherry Balmz Black rifle grease on my Sebenza. It’s unreal how smooth the action is. Like oiled glass.
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People get interested in trying different greases, and sometimes find one that works even better than stock. I remember whole threads about it. I’ve never been tempted to try a different grease than the CRK fluorinated. I guess I don’t have a problem I’m trying to solve so I haven’t put any effort into it. Plus I always have a tube laying around.
 
rishma said:
People get interested in trying different greases, and sometimes find one that works even better than stock. I remember whole threads about it. I’ve never been tempted to try a different grease than the CRK fluorinated. I guess I don’t have a problem I’m trying to solve so I haven’t put any effort into it. Plus I always have a tube laying around.
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I always have some CRK fluorogrease floating around. This was more of an experiment than anything else, ever since I’ve tried using Cherry Balmz on my handguns and rifles. I figure if it’s intended to be used with high heat and rapid movement it might be overkill, but oh well.
 
A little confession:
So a while back I couldn't find my cloth I clean my glasses with. So out of desperation I grabbed the blue cloth that came with my Sebenza and wow did it do a great job. Well I'm still using it, sacrilege I know, but its perfect.
Carry on
 
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Fire King said:
A little confession:
So a while back I couldn't find my cloth I clean my glasses with. So out of desperation I grabbed the blue cloth that came with my Sebenza and wow did it do a great job. Well I'm still using it, sacrilege I know, but its perfect.
Carry on
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They are really nice cloths. I’ll probably drop an extra $15 for one next time I order something from CRK. You could do that and put the new one back in the box and pretend like you never committed such and atrocity.
 
mrknife said:
From a visual perspective, between the drop point, tanto and insingo, which blade offering has the most blade life or blade material? its gotta be the tanto right?
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Speaking of the Sebenza, the tanto has the least in terms of blade material, but it is also the one that will change shape the least over a theoretical lifetime of sharpening. The drop point probably has the most, but it will get thicker at the belly as you go. The insingo is somewhere in between.

I agree with the above sentiment that it is moot. With intelligent sharpening practices, most of us won't live long enough for it to matter.

If it's a real concern, just buy more knives. :cool:
 
rishma said:
They are really nice cloths. I’ll probably drop an extra $15 for one next time I order something from CRK. You could do that and put the new one back in the box and pretend like you never committed such and atrocity.
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You keep the boxes?
 
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