What year did knives start coming with the cleaning cloth?

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I recently acquired an older CRK that was sold as NIB from a dealer. It did not include the cloth. Did folders always come with the cloth, or was that introduced at a certain point in history?

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There was a Youtube video of the CRK shop made in 2006 I think that showed how they pack a knife and there was no cloth at that point in time

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Older ones didn't have cloth or lanyard pins, but I don't know the exact year they started( I think around 2009, but that is purely a guess). They used to wrap them in tissue paper and you tied the lanyard to the hole. Go back far enough and you didn't get a clip.
 
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That's what I'm thinking also Peter. I bought a September 2009, new old stock, that came in tissue paper. I'd guess late 09 early 10.
 
Lone_Wolfe said:
2006, but some got out without, or went missing.
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Interesting. It must have been hit or miss. My factory direct April 2008 sm.Classic MM (African Blackwood) didn't come with the cloth.

I certainly can't tell by my boxes-some may have been added on the secondary market. I do have a sm. 2006 Classic MM micarta with cloth, but then I also have a Lg. 2000 Pheasant tail with a very dark blue/black cloth. I know I have added a couple to sales over the years.
so boxes didn't help.
 
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