Tread carefully around the CRK loyalists, friend!
Over the Internet, it's hard to tell just how serious a person is being, when they say something. I have never owned a Reeve, but I respect them because if the reputation they have, here.
Olamic jumps to mind, though they're sort of the anti-CRK (or CREWK as I like to think of them) when it comes to options and style, where CRK is all about a small number of relatively simple designs and options, Olamic is all about doing wildly varying designs in a million flavors. That said, the quality is there, or at least it has been in the seven I've bought (a Busker, four Swishes, a Gambit and a Rainmaker, I think).
I've owned CRKs and Shiros and Olamics and for my money I prefer the Olamics, FWIW. I'm biased, though, I really love their work.
This Swish in particular might be the first knife I'd grab if I could only grab one, this lightweight acid rain version only weighs ~4 oz (light for a 3.75" bladed folder) cuts great and has perfect action:
The beauty of Olamic is that if you find the holes, texture, coated blade and color of that one make your eyes bleed, you can do up the same knife in a clean and simple version like this instead:
In what way are they not durable? I'm not picking on you, but when people make claims that go against the experience of thousands of others, I'm curious as to what happened. I've had an umnumzaan for almost 10 years that has been beat on and not treated well, and it's still as smooth and tight as the day I got it.Lets just hope that no one intends on censoring another's opinions. I am serious I have had several crk, they are like the Montblanc pens, sure they have some refinement and will write but not very durable and over rated.
Those are some beauties! Love the Olamic Wayfarer...just for reference as I feel it is pertinent to the discussion, which one would be more like the “CRK” of flippers from Olamic...the Wayfarer or Swish?
Lets just hope that no one intends on censoring another's opinions. I am serious I have had several crk, they are like the Montblanc pens, sure they have some refinement and will write but not very durable and over rated.