Would You Tell Me What is So Special About Chris Reeves Knives?

There have been more threads in the last 20 years like this concerning CRK knives than any other.Cant believe this still goes on....
They are strangely polarizing. Very well made, very expensive and slow to change. Like a Toyota Land Cruiser.


I am waiting on a Magnacut Large Insingo and a Magnacut backpacker. I will probably have forgotten all about ordering them when I get the notification.
 
Kinda feel the same way. A dude can be a super good guy, but the minute he starts running the competition into the ground, that's a red flag for me.

Agreed. I've never actually understood Demko's goal in making these videos. I know that he's claimed virtual fixed blade performance from his knives due to the lock, but I've never seen Chris (or Tim) Reeve make such an assertion anywhere, which immediately invalidates any such comparison. Every lock will eventually fail, and every fixed blade will eventually bend or break. The existence of slipjoints sales that stretch back over the last two hundred years in this country (pretty much unbroken) proves that locks aren't nearly as important as some folks think they are with regard to a knife being able to do its job, which for those folks who are a bit slow is:

knife:
"noun, plural knives [nahyvz].
an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine."

Odd, I don't see "Able to withstand being beaten against a table or jammed into a tree and used as a stair step" anywhere in that. Crazy.
 
Odd, I don't see "Able to withstand being beaten against a table or jammed into a tree and used as a stair step" anywhere in that. Crazy.

Do you even tactical bro?

It has often wisely been said that a folder is just a broken fixed blade; but for some reason people want to force folding knives into this "Walter Mitty" scenario where they are fending off their attackers. Look, a folder is better than bare hands; but if I find myself in some real-life self defense encounter, I want a fixed blade. I have trained as much multiple times in force on force scenarios.
 
Agreed. I've never actually understood Demko's goal in making these videos. I know that he's claimed virtual fixed blade performance from his knives due to the lock, but I've never seen Chris (or Tim) Reeve make such an assertion anywhere, which immediately invalidates any such comparison. Every lock will eventually fail, and every fixed blade will eventually bend or break. The existence of slipjoints sales that stretch back over the last two hundred years in this country (pretty much unbroken) proves that locks aren't nearly as important as some folks think they are with regard to a knife being able to do its job, which for those folks who are a bit slow is:

knife:
"noun, plural knives [nahyvz].
an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine."

Odd, I don't see "Able to withstand being beaten against a table or jammed into a tree and used as a stair step" anywhere in that. Crazy.

Yeah...also: Has there ever been a report of someone being injured by a Sebenza lock-fail? I might not get around much, but I've never seen one...
 
Do you even tactical bro?

It has often wisely been said that a folder is just a broken fixed blade; but for some reason people want to force folding knives into this "Walter Mitty" scenario where they are fending off their attackers. Look, a folder is better than bare hands; but if I find myself in some real-life self defense encounter, I want a fixed blade. I have trained as much multiple times in force on force scenarios.

Screw that. If I need to fend off attackers I'm not reaching for my knife, I'm reaching for a pew pew. If my knife comes out in self-defense we're already on to plan Z.
 
"Sabenza Tough" "like a fixed blade" "hard work" I remember the ads.

The semi hand made aspect is what makes them special these days. When they first came out they were original and special. Everyone started copying them.

I like them even though I am not crazy about frame and liner locks (I was at one time) no early lockup nonsense on mine nope it has adequate engagement.

I now know they are not the toughest knives out there but they are good, simple practical, usable, and very nice.

In addition to being semi hand made the materials usages are hard to work and expensive hence the high price
 
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