What is the big deal about Chris Reeve?

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buckman110 said:
Sorry guys, I just can't see it. I've got tons of other knives benchmade bad blood Spartan Becker etc. There all great. But crk no.
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Me too and had a buck custom from cabelas guess what your flat out wrong dead wrong. Its a mentality not quality thing with most CRK haters. CRK is quality you may not like the look or the feel or the price tag but you cant deny the quality.
 
Mic77 said:
Me too and had a buck custom from cabelas guess what your flat out wrong dead wrong. Its a mentality not quality thing with most CRK haters. CRK is quality you may not like the look or the feel or the price tag but you cant deny the quality.
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No your wrong. U can't get a custom buck from cabellas. U prob have the 110 ag lol there built from the custom shop.
 
I loose most of my pocket knives at work , or fishing. I cried when my new Spyderco Persian hit the water when I was welding on top of a piling. I couldn't live with myself if I lost a $400 Sebenza in the river / ocean. I would love to own a micata one though.
 
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Sebenza if you say it fast does sound like you sneezed I will consider that as a minor flaw
 
Mic77 said:
I would love to put that to the test I bet I break the tip off your buck first minuet in. Then I bet I can get your back lock to fail really easy. After that I will chip out the edge in no time at all. Then theres the blade play I know I don't have any do you? Want to do a cut test bet the 440 doesn't go far. Put your $200 where your mouth is I will put my sebenza 25 up against any folding buck you have any time.

I will say $200 for a buck was way overpriced.
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I recently owned a $200 Buck Mastercraft series folder with BG-42 blade, silver bolsters, and fancy scales. I also owned a small Sebbie. Both were comparable in fit/finish IMHO, while the Buck looked much more like it was worth it's price tag. I ended up selling both for fear of breaking one (I actually made a small profit on both knives). As a sidenote, Buck will replace a broken blade for $10 and make the knife like new again---good luck getting a new blade on a Sebenza for $10.
 
Ajack60 said:
What part of Louisiana are you from, I'm in Southwest La.
It's not really a big deal about CRK's, they're not for everyone. For some, it's a hate/love thing. For others, they've been around the block with other brands and realize the proven quality of a CRK. Personally, I carry two knives most days, one being a CRK and the other a Strider. From time to time I swap out the Strider, but always have a CRK. You have to have one in hand to understand why folks love them. They're truly an amazing knife to have. Their customer service is among the best, you can send one in and get back a new looking knife, they hold a reasonable resale value, they are in demand.
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You might not like the Sebenza because of your preferences, but if you know a bit about knives, you should be able to see the quality of it and why people do like it.
 
buckman110 said:
Buck customs are special order dude. Learn your facts. A custom buck from cabellas lol.
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I had no idea that BUck made customs via special order that were not considered Custom Shop offerings. Then again, it's a safe bet that most people come here to learn and not simply troll around threads. In any case, you are correct, I have not owned or used a $200 Buck Custom knife, but I have owned a 110 since I was about 8 years old at one point or another. I don't particularly see the benefit in trying to systematically bash a product that I don't have experience with, such as your "Custom" Buck 110, but if you have something to add about it by all means.... I have no experience with it, so I cannot speak to it in spirit, ownership, or performance.

Furthermore, I am not trying to sell you, convince you, or trick you into learning something you otherwise don't have the need for. That would be a waste of your time as well as mine and we both know that. As much as you'd like to tell people to "Learn their facts", you refuse to accept the facts that have been presented to you about this manufacturer. Something that most manufacturer, retailer, and consumer (at this level) already knows. So it stands to reason that you are simply saying what you are to troll the discussion. You have clearly demonstrated you don't want to learn anything, you have nothing really to add that I or anyone else can see, so...here we are.
 
thefamcnaj said:
Yeah I hate crks: they come way to sharp, hold an edge way to long, feel to good in my hands, way to easy clean and sharpen. They cut way to good, and up to any task I throw at them. Yes the are terrible give me a break.
These are not 400$ pretty boy knives. They are 400+$ work horses. They are worth every penny.
People like buck110 above pass judgment on the sebenza and have never held one or used one or felt the silkey smoothe action. I'm not a pretty boy, I'm a hard working blue collar worker with a family. I prefer quality tools and am a firm believer you get what you pay for.
What am I getting with a 200$ buck?.....well I'm getting ripped off.
A lot of people that bash crks are the same type people who hate: people with a sig sauer, an h&k, a Mercedes, a beamer, a two story house etc... They say, my Glock, my kia my Hyundai are better...... No there not, each one will do its intended task, but they are all in different classes....again you get what you pay for.
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So many people who haven't handled them think they are useless knives that couldn't stand up to any sort of hard work. It's not a pry-bar or a good knife to chop firewood with (like any folder), but that knife is one of the most solid, perfectly made, and one of the most beautiful but plain slicers I've ever had the pleasure to own. It has, IMO, a stronger lock than any other frame lock I've ever seen, in both longevity and how much it would take to break it. The only reason I don't consider it a "hard-use" knife is because the blade stock is a bit on the thin side and the grind is more dedicated to slicing (and longevity, the steel is thinner 1/8 of an inch behind the edge than right after the edge for a better sharpening life.)
 
sams said:
I loose most of my pocket knives at work , or fishing. I cried when my new Spyderco Persian hit the water when I was welding on top of a piling. I couldn't live with myself if I lost a $400 Sebenza in the river / ocean. I would love to own a micata one though.
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Sounds like you need a sheath for your knives, especially if you're thinking about a Sebenza.
 
Wow buck110, that's incredible that a buck knife can cut through a bolt.....a bolt wow. I'd love to see that.
Now with your expensive crk purchase you also get unsurpassed customer service. They stand behind their product, and want to keep their customers happy.
I could keep going and going as to why the crk's are worth it.
 
thefamcnaj said:
Wow buck110, that's incredible that a buck knife can cut through a bolt.....a bolt wow. I'd love to see that.
Now with your expensive crk purchase you also get unsurpassed customer service. They stand behind their product, and want to keep their customers happy.
I could keep going and going as to why the crk's are worth it.
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Yep read up on it. Al Buck used to demonstrate that. That's why buck's famous embilum is a ball peen hammer driving a buck knife through a bolt.
 
please take your 110 and a hammer and beat it through a bolt and post pics I really really want to see it shit I might spend 40 on one and do it my self it would be worth the laugh. What size bolt I want to do it tell me what size bolt and which buck I will do it and you and I both know how this ends for the buck. Please set the parameters of the test and I will put your buck to it.
 
RBid said:
Outstanding fit & finish. Probably the best blade to handle ratio out there. Great grind for longevity and slicing. Blade stock is thick enough for tough work, but not so fat that it adds excessive drag while slicing. Good quality steel in CPM S35VN.

Probably simultaneously the best and most overrated folder on the market.

It doesn't really do anything for you that a number of other folders won't do for substantially less money. At around 1/3 to 1/2 the cost, you can get into folders that deliver the same or comparable steels. Fit & finish stops actually aiding function at levels well below the CRK price tag.

I appreciate CRK knives for what they are. Having handled a bunch of them, I am also comfortable saying that I don't care to own one.
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That's a great summary. I looked at them for years, never pulled the trigger. I was given one as a present and the end result, so far, is that I now own more than a dozen of the folders and more than half a dozen fixed blades (mostly OPR).

So, the point is that after spending some time with one I came to the conclusions that the combination of design, materials and workmanship are both attractive and worth paying for, but YMMV.
 
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