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Haha good point
they lasted about 4 minutes which actually was longer than I thought they would last! And just to be clear I didn’t intent this to be an elforyn bashing post, mostly just was hoping others who scored on this drop would share their experience as well.I am sorry about the Cool Whip container comment; I wasn't trying to bash your knife but that is what the material looked like to me in the photos.Haha good point
Haha no worries, it gave me a chuckle
My comment wasn't about your comment, more just the general tone of my posts, and I didn't want my being unhappy with the knife to impact anyone else's enjoyment, I think a lot of these came out really great from a couple of the other pics I've seen.
Will do! Have decided it’s a keeper, will see if Crk is willing to refinish the inlays since I do think even though the lack of grain isn’t their fault, the scuffs are just from a bad polishing job on their end. Worst case they tell me it is what it is, it’s still a cool knife and there are worse problems to haveSo if you decide to sell the knife...
Keep me in mind!
on the plus side I won’t feel the need to baby it as much! I know double lugs can be polarizing, but to me this one is screaming for double silver lugs when/if I send it in!I think I saw a couple for sale in the classifieds.So if you decide to sell the knife...
Keep me in mind!
watching: always wat hing...
I think it’s the large variant coming out soon. totally up to you if the limited nature is worth the premium, I would point out I saw a lot of the smalls listed here at or slightly above retail, so I’m thinking the demand for these hasn’t been too crazy.
I got a small 31 in Elforyn I'd let go for retail and eat the shipping and fees on. I just wanted to try CRK and Elforyn and enjoy chasing drops, but I decided I don't like the Elforyn and do like the 31, so I am looking for a plain.
That's a fair point. The regular sand blasted models with micarta inlays retail for around $475 (for the small), so at $550 for the small Elforyn, a chunk of that premium is the glass blast. One other factor I think worth pointing out is that CRK won't be able to re-blast the handles of the Elforyn models due to that material not really being a typical micarta. Probably both increases the premium of having that model glass blasted in the first place, but also maybe makes it not quite as ideal as a user if you planned to get it re-blasted in the future. All things I thought hard about before deciding to keep my small Elforyn
You're right and I can't read well
I always prefered the PJ version but that elforyn looked so beautiful that it almost made me sway.
Didn't catch that either, thank you for pointing it out.
To me I just think the PJ will be a better user and I like the character of snail trails on the plain Ti. The Elforyn is attractive and showy, but because of its plastic nature I think it'll show markings a lot more readily micarta and not be as easy to refinish as PJ, and it's not so attractive and showy that I'd want it for that reason - I'd want a box elder burl one or bog oak one instead, so it kinda falls in between for me, not as much of an elegant gentleman's work knife as the PJ or micarta ones, not so much of a showy knife as the wood ones.You're right and I can't read well
I always prefered the PJ version but that elforyn looked so beautiful that it almost made me sway.
Didn't catch that either, thank you for pointing it out.
I was joking.
Are you talking about sanding the Elforyn to get some different texture? It has this smooth, more plastic-y feel to it that does feel a bit like ivory only not cool to the touch as much. I think if I were to sand it the results would be fugly, though.
