The blade thickness may be a necessity to accommodate the bearings being anchored into the blade. CRKT seems to have fixed their cheap screws problem by eliminating the need to touch them during disassembly.
I think this would be most appealing to the hiker/backpacker crowd. That would explain the lanyard, blade thickness, and steel choice. If it were me, though, I would offer it in 154cm as a stainless option at that price.
Wait one moment. CRKT got a good design and didn't ruin it by cutting so many corners that they destroyed the design to sell it for 25% cheaper is a race to the bottom of the barrel? Mind is blown!
No, they use crappy materials like 1.4116 steel (butter knife steel) and sell at silly prices like $99 (and the QC is still hit and miss (mostly miss)).
Thanks for always pointing out when knives poke over 3.5" and how that is mostly a con for most states. There are so many knives I want that sport blades 3.51" - 4", which really blows.
I have the same model and I love it save for one issue that really ruins it for me. The blade falls shut with a great smooth action but with such force that it actually manages to touch the backspacer, denting the edge that I've sharpened a few times now. I would love to know if anyone else has found this issue with the Bona Fide.
Wow. I'm picking this up as my work knife. Nick you said D2 and my jaw swung. You said S35VN and I had to pause and rewind because they blew it by not just putting it out there as probably the best knife they ever had in production. It's a moderate cheer followed by a humongous what were you thinking!
I feel like any person I hand that knife to is going to think its some kind of a button lock and disassemble the knife for me when they try to close it.
If you get caught in the classic stop and frisk and youre worried about that 3.5 inch line, just disassemble it in your pocket, then youve got a couple chunks of metal in your pocket that looks broken
Or just don't attract the attention of law enforcement to the point they search you. I've been pulled over in my home state with my 1911 in the seat (legal to do) and a Piranha P1 in my pocket (not legal to do). It was a deputy from BCSO, and he wrote me a ticket for speeding or a light out or something, but couldn't have cared less what knife was in my pocket. Hell, he barely cared I had a firearm. Anyway, moral of the story: don't get caught. If you do get caught, don't consent to a search. If you're arrested and searched, shut your mouth and let a lawyer speak for you.
@@PlantDaddy1991 not the same in all situations. In a car in a state where you can openly carry a gun in your car is much different from somewhere like NY where if youre walking you can just get stopped and searched. The reality is, some people have a target on their back because of prejudice, and there are law enforcement officers who will target individuals. But in all honesty, my original comment was more satire than anything r/woooosh
@@The_Great_Whodini I recommend those people learn and exercise their rights. You cannot be searched without reason or cause. And yeah, I got it. I didn't laugh, but I got it.
Just a note: I received my knife and after playing with it for a couple of days just opening and closing it, I noticed a dimple on the blade. I didn't do any cutting. The blade contacts the standoff upon closing. Pretty serious flaw.
I live in the adirondack's and have rinsed my knives off in streams at least a few times but never have I taken it apart to do so....I don't carry the torx bits and would probably lose the screws anyway...this is genius!
Some talking points for Quality Control: I bought a CRKT BonaFide a month or so ago, and it came with a small chip in the blade. The blade centering was awful (although I figured it would be sacrificed for field strip tech), and the detent is horribly weak. I like the design, ergos, and function, but those were some issues on my particular model. I can agree that I would like to see one with a decent stainless steel, because D2 rusts far too easily for me. I can definitely recommend it for anyone that needs a working knife that gets dirty often, because the field strip tech is awesome. Edit: the dent in the blade is from over-travel when closing, causing the blade to hit the backspacer. Really CRKT?
LC200N is the metal of the future. Great edge retention, easy to sharpen, rust proof. Best current all around steel for EDC, close second cruwear. Wish more knives came in LC200N.
@@henricokski5549 “It is a third generation powder metallurgy nitrogen stainless steel. The steel has very little carbon. Nitrogen is used in place of the carbon to make the steel hard. The result is a steel with extreme corrosion resistance, excellent edge holding and is easily resharpened.”
One more issue and it’s an important one. I saw a video where a user of this knife was experiencing contact between the blade edge and the rear post when the knife was closed. There’s no stop pin to prevent this. This may or may not be an issue when new, but this particular knife had been lightly used and the area in question had folded over the edge at the contact point and actually created what looked like a chip. Upon examination, you could see that the damaged area met up with the rear post. Ken needs to incorporate a blade stop.
I was an inch from buying this. But then I realized that the field strip mechanism itself would need to be cleaned and probably even more frustrating to take apart than an average liner lock. I carry the Homefront 25th Anniversary when I'm in a section of work where there's constant tiny particles of truck bedliner getting inside literally everything. That would gum this up after a minute.
Has any reviewer addressed this? How do you clean the mechanism itself? Small movement to lock or unlock could mean that very little grit could make using it difficult at best. I'm still interested in the knife, but it would be nice if a reviewer talked about this aspect of Field Strip 2
Another great review, Keep up the good work : D I like my Bona Fide, I wish the scales had more grip, maybe G10 scales? I also think the blade could benefit from a diet. The blade holds an edge extremely well, maybe they nailed the heat treatment.
I had this exact knife & returned it. I wasn't happy with the action & the handles. The new field strip is definitely awesome but there was too many things i didnt like about it for the price.
Hey Nick hope you and your family are well. I really enjoyed the cheap knives reviews. Nick I just started collecting knives but with the current covid situation it is difficult to honestly save for a decent knife. Are there any knives you might be tired of or don't use that you might want to pass over to someone who will appreciate it?
The ergos and looks have always been higher than blade steel in my book I do like them going with D2 on this. Its cool to see them doing something new.
I like 4116 steel for its stain resistance. He's right about it not holding an edge very well, but it's fairly comparable to 8cr but with much more stainlessness. I agree about an LC200n version though. I think the 4116 is their attempt at a similar thing but as cheap as possible, which is a shame, but not unexpected for Cricket
they could, without and issue, punch a hole in each scale and have a nice clean lanyard hole. they could even press fit a tube into one side and just have the tolerance really tight in the other side so the scale slides over it.
@@myhandlewastakenandIgaveup Exactly! I’m in Kaneohe on Oahu and it’s so humid here I have to constantly maintain my non stainless blades. CRKT should have just made it the standard.
I really like this knife. I just had the opportunity to buy one at Blade Show and action is really insane. I was surprised knife didn't get any price this year but probably is because I believe the Home Front did some years ago. Anyway, this is really something knife makers should be doing...innovative knives with enough quality to drag the atention of knife aficionados. By the way, why italian knives always win best of the show (Fox, Lionsteel, etc)? Should it be that judges dont't want to piss off the US sponsors of the show? just wondering...
I really do wish CRKT was pricing more competitively. I feel like the expectation for D2 linerlocks with bearings is in the 40-60 range and had they priced this at $60 it would be a lot more compelling at 70 or 80 it would be an upcharge for the new tech but at about 100 it really becomes a question of do you need this feature and if you don't it becomes really tough to look at as a good choice for the average user. Would I recommend this or a Cold Steel Recon 1, or a Mini Griptillian, or a Para3 LW, or a Chaparral, the S35 Elementum. It's really not fighting in the weight class unless you need the field strip which is fine I guess but somewhat limits the appeal.
I disagree... the field strip is definitively worth $40-50. It is a fairly complicated mechanism, more complicated than the rest of the knife combined (also consider the R&D cost to make something like this, it is not just another frame-lock, it is something new). Adding in, that they actually make it well, with good precision justifies the price.
The field strip looks really flimsy, at least with regards to intent to use it to the degree it would require "field stripping". If it was a more robust system and they weren't using trash steel, it might be worth $100. Right now, I couldn't go above $50 without feeling bad about having to chuck it in the bin in a year or so.
@@etherealicer From the manufacturer perspective it may be that the R&D costs involved to make the Field Strip require a $40-$50 markup in order to recoup their costs but from the consumer perspective that is fundamentally irrelevant. Consider the average knife user, do they need this technology? To put it simply, no. The average knife user isn't even going to need to service their knife by taking it apart much less do it "out in the field". For this type of user this is a $50 knife and a $50 fidget toy. Now is that a problem? No not necessarily, but do I need a $50 fidget toy? In my case the answer is no. I don't have spinning tops or coins or fidget spinners or begleri because I don't really need a fidget toy and if theoretically I did need a fidget toy this is not the one I would choose. Knives make people uncomfortable and if I was pulling one out to assemble and disassemble because I'm bored I'd be worried about making my fellow office workers uneasy. So as a toy this isn't worth the cost for me, as a knife it isn't worth the cost for me. That really limits the subset of people who I'd recommend buying it to the people who do need to take apart their knives to do field maintenance and that is a very very small subset of the world. Doesn't mean people won't buy it, but it does mean I won't at this price.
@@gnomersy1087 Actually, that is another argument for the higher price... it is a niche product. Seriously, complaining that you have to pay for a feature you don't need is stupid, just buy another knife. I use my 1st gen Slacker for food-prep and it held up great (so many times taken apart and put back together and it still works like day 1). I love the fact that I can clean it so easily, and I will replace it with a gen 2 Cottidae. I think CRKT is missing the target audience though. I doubt hunter are going to use this but it makes a terrific urban food-prep/EDC knife. So, I think a little less black and a bit more color would serve this knife well. Also, I think the urban crowd is a bit more pretentious/snobbish (look at Nick), so better materials at a higher price would probably work well.
@@etherealicer I've used plenty of my knives in the kitchen and never needed to take them apart but if you feel like you need the feature for that sure whatever works for you. Then again I bought a Gen 1 fieldstrip knife (the Raikiri) when the price dropped to $30 because I think it's a neat feature if I don't have to pay extra for it. We're all arguing for what we would like not what is actually necessary. I can damn near guarantee that Nick(or most other knife buyers) isn't out here in the balmy city of San Diego using his knives so hard that every one of them needs to have S30V or better or he'd never be able to handle the constant sharpening.
Missed nothing on the high end version, weak detent, still sharp edges everywhere, and still weighed a ton. Got it, detent was so weak I sent it back. Disappointed as the design itself was good and I loved the engraving. Best quality controlled for nick but not for the expensive version even.
1.4116 is good on CRKT, because it takes way less time to put an edge worth a damn on it. And if you know what you are doing, run 12dps polished edge to make the most of this low carbide steel.
The type of steel doesn't matter nearly as much as the heat treatment. The crappiest, cheapest steels can perform better than the best steels depending on how they're treated. Seriously, go lookup the spreadsheet of tested rockwell hardness for a bunch of steels from different knife companies. The steel type is basically irrelevant.
Don’t know what spreadsheet you’re referring to but yes, most major companies are properly heat treating their steels. However, even with the same level of heat treat there’s still differences in toughness, ease of sharpenability, edge retention and corrosion resistance. Knives are also a product with a huge enthusiast market. The fact is that 8cr13 and the like are just extremely outdated when you begin to look at what companies like Civivi offer. They even have a knives in s35vn and micarta for a decent bit less than the Bona Fide. Sure there’s no field strip tech but really how much can that account for the price? CRKT also just happens to have good designs and patents like the dead bolt and field strip. People want to see those executed with a better steel because they’re appealing knives. But even with the almost universal adoption of D2 in the budget world they’ve stuck to 8cr and the like, which is frustrating. Obviously just about any CRKT is gonna perform just fine for 90% of EDC tasks, but being a knife enthusiast sometimes you just look for more because the utility is only half the appeal.
@@adrianenciso9277 I can't find the Google doc right now but here's another one: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OepNr_D4lqbdTFqdqWl1rmAd4bOzPzJe6J0iEWrdJGU/htmlview Knife steels don't matter. A knife listed as D2, S35vn, etc doesn't mean anything. If all manufactures used the same level of heat treatment then sure the steel would be worth looking at but they don't at all so it doesn't matter. Each company not only has wildly different treatment qualities but it's even different within the same company and same listed steel. It's a crapshoot.
@@adrianenciso9277 I would say, the field stripping tech at least accounts for $50. Why? It is fairly delicate and needs some decent machining for it not to be useless. It also is new, so there are R&D cost to pay. Probably higher percentage of warranty claims due to the more fiddely nature. Furthermore, it is a niche product, so it won't sell as well as e.g. the Pilar III.
There is Cedric&Ada mentioned many times. If he confirms D2 then it is because it cuts like you would expect from D2. This chart actually shows the opposite of your claim. It shows that we can confirm the metallurgy from performance (if it is labelled D2 and performs like D2, it probably is D2). Cedric & Ada also never tests hardness (he only tests edge retention) and there are many other variables contributing like thickness behind the edge, quality of sharpening and edge angle. I would go as far as saying that the data C&A collects tells us a lot about individual steels but nothing about the heat-treatment quality of companies. Which makes me wonder what the value of this chart is... because I'm 100% sure that C&As data does not allow the conclusion they made in that chart. However, what we can learn from C&A is no matter how good the heat treatment, D2 will never perform as well as M390. And M390 will never have the edge-retention of Maxamet. Clearly showing that the steel does matter.
@@etherealicer This isn't the spreadsheet I was originally referring to. It's just one I found while looking for it. I believe that one was based on how many cuts of rope or cardboard it could make while renaming shaving sharp and then paper cutting sharp. The conclusion after a few dozen steels from different companies was clear: most of the time the steel doesn't matter. Some 440 lasted significantly longer than some S35vn, etc. The knife company and model seemed to matter much more than the steel. VG-10 from Spyderco etc was consistently better than D2 from Civivi etc, even though D2 is considered to be much better than VG-10.
It looks nice. But, the need to field strip it is not a feature I would expect a good nice to need. I mean, it’s interesting and well executed. But if they made a Toyota Camry that had pop off fenders and hood so you can quickly work on the engine, it would kind of imply to me that the engine needs to be fixed often. Right?
When I worked in a warehouse, my knives were always getting tape and adhesive in the handle, so in that case, it would be awesome, but other than that, idk...
I think we may need to accept that a whole lot of people are crazy and want a giant lanyard hole for some reason. It is weird but it's that way on SO many knives that... it may just be A Thing.
@@ryanc2696 if you go to about 15:37 it looks like it could disassemble so easily if say pressed up against a wallet. But I guess they wouldn’t make if it was that unsafe.
So with the tool steel they'll go stone wash and coat the stainless (like really stainless I believe)? Well I guess at least there's no 8cr so kind of a win ?
Assuming the scales are double layer, one of them hiding the field strip mechanism. Wouldn’t that be just as prone to gathering dust and dirt as the pivot? Now you’re cleaning the scales and you need a screwdriver for that. Hmm.
1.4116 SS is also known by X50CrMoV15. So it should be around 8Cr13mov which has been a CRKT staple. If you live West of the Rockies D2 is great, but East of the Rockies they have these things called chiggers. 🤔
The more important thing for 1.4116 CRKT is that those are made in Taiwan, and 8Cr/D2 CRKTs are Chinese. Taiwanese CRKT has slightly better fit finish, that's it. Wear resistance between all aforementioned steel doesn't matter much with CRKT's factory grind, and if you re-profile, 8cr/1.4116 can do much lower angles without chipping so in the end it still doesn't matter lol.
I am always a bit hesitant to celebrate a new CRKT model because even when it's great, it just reminds me that they know better when they release something awful. Hopefully the upcoming releases continue the trend of good designs in serviceable steels.
LC200N I agree but based on what they are charging for D2 this might put the price in Chris Reeves price territory. CRKT priced these outta the market.
It’s a cool knife I’ve had it for months now. But I’ve had cheaper knives that I would carry for years before I got a different one to test. So far the clip on this knife bent really easily and I noticed that the blades edge rolled because it does hit the post on the bottom of the handle so that’s really annoying. Over all it’s a really cool knife but I wouldn’t buy it and I’m not thinking about carrying it for much longer.
100$. So it's gonna be 150€ over here. For D2. Oh, Cricket... All things considered this is just way to expensive. D2, liner lock, made in China. Yes, the field stripping is really cool as are the fixed bearings, but still. For that amount of money I can get ZTs, Benchmades, Spydercos or whatever. I'd really like to see CRKT to step up their game but they always seem to hold back for some reason and either cut to many corners to sell great designs cheap or make something to expensive for what it is. And those limited editions...
That fieldstrip mechanism looks like it creates the problem it tries to solve. On the one hand the knife has bearings which have a greater chance of needing a cleaning and on the other the fieldstrip mechanism itself requires tools to disassemble and clean. And it's ugly, there I said it.
A shame we didn't get a 15 second disassembly video
God bless CRKT for continuing to take a.... ... ... stab at new things.
Take my like but know I’m unhappy about it.
The blade thickness may be a necessity to accommodate the bearings being anchored into the blade. CRKT seems to have fixed their cheap screws problem by eliminating the need to touch them during disassembly.
I think this would be most appealing to the hiker/backpacker crowd. That would explain the lanyard, blade thickness, and steel choice. If it were me, though, I would offer it in 154cm as a stainless option at that price.
Or even CPM-154. This could be a real winner with some minor tweaks.
Wait one moment. CRKT got a good design and didn't ruin it by cutting so many corners that they destroyed the design to sell it for 25% cheaper is a race to the bottom of the barrel? Mind is blown!
No, they use crappy materials like 1.4116 steel (butter knife steel) and sell at silly prices like $99 (and the QC is still hit and miss (mostly miss)).
Thanks for always pointing out when knives poke over 3.5" and how that is mostly a con for most states. There are so many knives I want that sport blades 3.51" - 4", which really blows.
Thanks to this knife review I’ve decided to quit my job at the Vaseline factory and get a job at a maple syrup farm!
I have the same model and I love it save for one issue that really ruins it for me. The blade falls shut with a great smooth action but with such force that it actually manages to touch the backspacer, denting the edge that I've sharpened a few times now. I would love to know if anyone else has found this issue with the Bona Fide.
I just noticed this! I'm keeping the knife, but pretty unhappy about the blade contact!
2021 and CRKT has discovered D2...wow!
This feels like an improvement just as big as a liner lock or thumb hole. Great video as always Nick.
Are those ball bearings ceramic or steel? Outta be ceramic for the cleanout factor.
Very practical folding knife, and it looks fine aswell! : ) Thank you Nick for a good review.
Wow. I'm picking this up as my work knife. Nick you said D2 and my jaw swung. You said S35VN and I had to pause and rewind because they blew it by not just putting it out there as probably the best knife they ever had in production. It's a moderate cheer followed by a humongous what were you thinking!
Nice! Looks like cricket is doing some good work!
This is aimed squarely at the hunting market. The blade shape, thickness, field strip - this is for hunters, trappers, etc.
I feel like any person I hand that knife to is going to think its some kind of a button lock and disassemble the knife for me when they try to close it.
People do that with my 25th anniversary homefront so they will 100% do it with this one
WAIT WAIT WAIT! I see a straight line. That CANNOT POSSIBLY be a Ken Onion design!
I don't know if that was an intentional rhyme, but Dr Seuss would be proud.
Nice design. Can I get one with a better steal and without printing on blade.
CRKT it's a blade not a billboard.
I think the lanyard hole was made with ruck sacks in mind so they can attack using a thick rope or string. no other reason.
Are you going to review the CRKT Cottidae?
If you get caught in the classic stop and frisk and youre worried about that 3.5 inch line, just disassemble it in your pocket, then youve got a couple chunks of metal in your pocket that looks broken
Or just don't attract the attention of law enforcement to the point they search you. I've been pulled over in my home state with my 1911 in the seat (legal to do) and a Piranha P1 in my pocket (not legal to do). It was a deputy from BCSO, and he wrote me a ticket for speeding or a light out or something, but couldn't have cared less what knife was in my pocket. Hell, he barely cared I had a firearm.
Anyway, moral of the story: don't get caught. If you do get caught, don't consent to a search. If you're arrested and searched, shut your mouth and let a lawyer speak for you.
@@PlantDaddy1991 not the same in all situations. In a car in a state where you can openly carry a gun in your car is much different from somewhere like NY where if youre walking you can just get stopped and searched. The reality is, some people have a target on their back because of prejudice, and there are law enforcement officers who will target individuals. But in all honesty, my original comment was more satire than anything r/woooosh
@@The_Great_Whodini I recommend those people learn and exercise their rights. You cannot be searched without reason or cause. And yeah, I got it. I didn't laugh, but I got it.
Just a note: I received my knife and after playing with it for a couple of days just opening and closing it, I noticed a dimple on the blade. I didn't do any cutting. The blade contacts the standoff upon closing. Pretty serious flaw.
I live in the adirondack's and have rinsed my knives off in streams at least a few times but never have I taken it apart to do so....I don't carry the torx bits and would probably lose the screws anyway...this is genius!
Some talking points for Quality Control:
I bought a CRKT BonaFide a month or so ago, and it came with a small chip in the blade. The blade centering was awful (although I figured it would be sacrificed for field strip tech), and the detent is horribly weak.
I like the design, ergos, and function, but those were some issues on my particular model. I can agree that I would like to see one with a decent stainless steel, because D2 rusts far too easily for me. I can definitely recommend it for anyone that needs a working knife that gets dirty often, because the field strip tech is awesome.
Edit: the dent in the blade is from over-travel when closing, causing the blade to hit the backspacer. Really CRKT?
i bought 2 crkts knives, the same exact knife twice because the first was so shitty i though for sure the second would be better. nope, same story
@@dirtrider88 dang, thats unfortunate. I guess I have to remember CRKT is mid to low range, but sub-par Quality Control is never ok.
Had the same exact thing happen. Poor design. Just like the Swindle. Wow. Did nobody test this before going to production???
They should do limited editions the way benchmade does it's gold class limit the time it's available but produce as many as people are willing to buy
LC200N is the metal of the future. Great edge retention, easy to sharpen, rust proof. Best current all around steel for EDC, close second cruwear. Wish more knives came in LC200N.
I like Vanax😀
@@NedKnives I don’t know much about Vanax, is it any good? How are the properties?
@@henricokski5549 “It is a third generation powder metallurgy nitrogen stainless steel. The steel has very little carbon. Nitrogen is used in place of the carbon to make the steel hard. The result is a steel with extreme corrosion resistance, excellent edge holding and is easily resharpened.”
@@NedKnives Ty! It’s like the LC200N twin, I wonder if it exceeds LC200N in real world applications.
They could easily use just Nitro V or even 14C28N they are tough stainless and hold an edge decent and relatively inexpensive.
One more issue and it’s an important one. I saw a video where a user of this knife was experiencing contact between the blade edge and the rear post when the knife was closed. There’s no stop pin to prevent this. This may or may not be an issue when new, but this particular knife had been lightly used and the area in question had folded over the edge at the contact point and actually created what looked like a chip. Upon examination, you could see that the damaged area met up with the rear post. Ken needs to incorporate a blade stop.
I don't know what you're talking about, I love to hang my knife from my belt by the lanyard hole! LoL 😂
I was an inch from buying this. But then I realized that the field strip mechanism itself would need to be cleaned and probably even more frustrating to take apart than an average liner lock. I carry the Homefront 25th Anniversary when I'm in a section of work where there's constant tiny particles of truck bedliner getting inside literally everything. That would gum this up after a minute.
Has any reviewer addressed this? How do you clean the mechanism itself? Small movement to lock or unlock could mean that very little grit could make using it difficult at best. I'm still interested in the knife, but it would be nice if a reviewer talked about this aspect of Field Strip 2
Another great review, Keep up the good work : D I like my Bona Fide, I wish the scales had more grip, maybe G10 scales? I also think the blade could benefit from a diet. The blade holds an edge extremely well, maybe they nailed the heat treatment.
If that was LC200n I would buy 3 right now ...wash the dirt out and throw it in the pocket, that would be next level!
I had this exact knife & returned it. I wasn't happy with the action & the handles. The new field strip is definitely awesome but there was too many things i didnt like about it for the price.
Only time I'd buy a knife with bearings, nice job cricket.
The field strip feature is brilliant!
I think this is a great looking knife waiting on nick shabbaz to help me decide if I should purchase this haha
14c28n would be nice in DLC. It would also be awesome to see a review of the Cold Steel Air Lite. An exceptional edc pocket knife.
please do the crkt minimalist
1.4116 is one of the only options that would make me prefer D2, but not at that price. Someone should tell them about 14C28N.
Looks great for fishing. A salt version would be awesone
But what about after I finish my seasonal job at the maple syrup farm and go back to my normal full time job at the vaseline factory?
Hey Nick hope you and your family are well. I really enjoyed the cheap knives reviews. Nick I just started collecting knives but with the current covid situation it is difficult to honestly save for a decent knife. Are there any knives you might be tired of or don't use that you might want to pass over to someone who will appreciate it?
The ergos and looks have always been higher than blade steel in my book I do like them going with D2 on this. Its cool to see them doing something new.
I like 4116 steel for its stain resistance. He's right about it not holding an edge very well, but it's fairly comparable to 8cr but with much more stainlessness.
I agree about an LC200n version though. I think the 4116 is their attempt at a similar thing but as cheap as possible, which is a shame, but not unexpected for Cricket
Great review
they could, without and issue, punch a hole in each scale and have a nice clean lanyard hole. they could even press fit a tube into one side and just have the tolerance really tight in the other side so the scale slides over it.
No, I don't think so. Because once you put a lanyard in there, it'd bind the scales together.
@@NickShabazz you dont have to tie the lanyard that tight around it.
I got one of the S35vn limited editions. It’s nice.
I wish I had known that one existed. The d2 blade steel ruins it for me (high humidity area).
Lucky
@@myhandlewastakenandIgaveup Exactly! I’m in Kaneohe on Oahu and it’s so humid here I have to constantly maintain my non stainless blades. CRKT should have just made it the standard.
@@The4cp Ha! Opportunistic maybe 😅
@@NedKnives I carry my 8c13 blades over d2 in most situations.
Hey Nick! could you please do a review of the Pilar 3? It looks really good and I want to hear your opinion on it before I make a decision haha.
I want to like this for fieldstrip reasons, but I DISLIKE CRKT for continuing to use low quality steels and charging way too much for it!
I'm wondering if that lever can release while you're using it? 🧐
Nope, I've messed with one at my local knife dealer and you have to be really intentional in pushing the lever up and then forward.
I really like this knife. I just had the opportunity to buy one at Blade Show and action is really insane. I was surprised knife didn't get any price this year but probably is because I believe the Home Front did some years ago. Anyway, this is really something knife makers should be doing...innovative knives with enough quality to drag the atention of knife aficionados. By the way, why italian knives always win best of the show (Fox, Lionsteel, etc)? Should it be that judges dont't want to piss off the US sponsors of the show? just wondering...
Hwy @nickshabazz if the used LC200N blade steel and priced it competitively. That would be a winning 🏆piece 😃💜
I really do wish CRKT was pricing more competitively. I feel like the expectation for D2 linerlocks with bearings is in the 40-60 range and had they priced this at $60 it would be a lot more compelling at 70 or 80 it would be an upcharge for the new tech but at about 100 it really becomes a question of do you need this feature and if you don't it becomes really tough to look at as a good choice for the average user. Would I recommend this or a Cold Steel Recon 1, or a Mini Griptillian, or a Para3 LW, or a Chaparral, the S35 Elementum. It's really not fighting in the weight class unless you need the field strip which is fine I guess but somewhat limits the appeal.
I disagree... the field strip is definitively worth $40-50. It is a fairly complicated mechanism, more complicated than the rest of the knife combined (also consider the R&D cost to make something like this, it is not just another frame-lock, it is something new). Adding in, that they actually make it well, with good precision justifies the price.
The field strip looks really flimsy, at least with regards to intent to use it to the degree it would require "field stripping". If it was a more robust system and they weren't using trash steel, it might be worth $100. Right now, I couldn't go above $50 without feeling bad about having to chuck it in the bin in a year or so.
@@etherealicer From the manufacturer perspective it may be that the R&D costs involved to make the Field Strip require a $40-$50 markup in order to recoup their costs but from the consumer perspective that is fundamentally irrelevant.
Consider the average knife user, do they need this technology? To put it simply, no. The average knife user isn't even going to need to service their knife by taking it apart much less do it "out in the field". For this type of user this is a $50 knife and a $50 fidget toy. Now is that a problem? No not necessarily, but do I need a $50 fidget toy? In my case the answer is no. I don't have spinning tops or coins or fidget spinners or begleri because I don't really need a fidget toy and if theoretically I did need a fidget toy this is not the one I would choose. Knives make people uncomfortable and if I was pulling one out to assemble and disassemble because I'm bored I'd be worried about making my fellow office workers uneasy. So as a toy this isn't worth the cost for me, as a knife it isn't worth the cost for me. That really limits the subset of people who I'd recommend buying it to the people who do need to take apart their knives to do field maintenance and that is a very very small subset of the world. Doesn't mean people won't buy it, but it does mean I won't at this price.
@@gnomersy1087 Actually, that is another argument for the higher price... it is a niche product. Seriously, complaining that you have to pay for a feature you don't need is stupid, just buy another knife.
I use my 1st gen Slacker for food-prep and it held up great (so many times taken apart and put back together and it still works like day 1). I love the fact that I can clean it so easily, and I will replace it with a gen 2 Cottidae.
I think CRKT is missing the target audience though. I doubt hunter are going to use this but it makes a terrific urban food-prep/EDC knife. So, I think a little less black and a bit more color would serve this knife well. Also, I think the urban crowd is a bit more pretentious/snobbish (look at Nick), so better materials at a higher price would probably work well.
@@etherealicer I've used plenty of my knives in the kitchen and never needed to take them apart but if you feel like you need the feature for that sure whatever works for you. Then again I bought a Gen 1 fieldstrip knife (the Raikiri) when the price dropped to $30 because I think it's a neat feature if I don't have to pay extra for it. We're all arguing for what we would like not what is actually necessary. I can damn near guarantee that Nick(or most other knife buyers) isn't out here in the balmy city of San Diego using his knives so hard that every one of them needs to have S30V or better or he'd never be able to handle the constant sharpening.
Missed nothing on the high end version, weak detent, still sharp edges everywhere, and still weighed a ton. Got it, detent was so weak I sent it back. Disappointed as the design itself was good and I loved the engraving. Best quality controlled for nick but not for the expensive version even.
1.4116 is good on CRKT, because it takes way less time to put an edge worth a damn on it. And if you know what you are doing, run 12dps polished edge to make the most of this low carbide steel.
Yea... fieldstrip v2 is cool, but the overall designs so far are just not interesting to me. Hopefully they push out some other collabs.
just like the deadbolt knives they have, good lock, horrid designs for the knivez that have it
The type of steel doesn't matter nearly as much as the heat treatment. The crappiest, cheapest steels can perform better than the best steels depending on how they're treated. Seriously, go lookup the spreadsheet of tested rockwell hardness for a bunch of steels from different knife companies. The steel type is basically irrelevant.
Don’t know what spreadsheet you’re referring to but yes, most major companies are properly heat treating their steels.
However, even with the same level of heat treat there’s still differences in toughness, ease of sharpenability, edge retention and corrosion resistance. Knives are also a product with a huge enthusiast market. The fact is that 8cr13 and the like are just extremely outdated when you begin to look at what companies like Civivi offer. They even have a knives in s35vn and micarta for a decent bit less than the Bona Fide. Sure there’s no field strip tech but really how much can that account for the price?
CRKT also just happens to have good designs and patents like the dead bolt and field strip. People want to see those executed with a better steel because they’re appealing knives. But even with the almost universal adoption of D2 in the budget world they’ve stuck to 8cr and the like, which is frustrating.
Obviously just about any CRKT is gonna perform just fine for 90% of EDC tasks, but being a knife enthusiast sometimes you just look for more because the utility is only half the appeal.
@@adrianenciso9277 I can't find the Google doc right now but here's another one: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OepNr_D4lqbdTFqdqWl1rmAd4bOzPzJe6J0iEWrdJGU/htmlview
Knife steels don't matter. A knife listed as D2, S35vn, etc doesn't mean anything. If all manufactures used the same level of heat treatment then sure the steel would be worth looking at but they don't at all so it doesn't matter. Each company not only has wildly different treatment qualities but it's even different within the same company and same listed steel. It's a crapshoot.
@@adrianenciso9277 I would say, the field stripping tech at least accounts for $50. Why? It is fairly delicate and needs some decent machining for it not to be useless. It also is new, so there are R&D cost to pay. Probably higher percentage of warranty claims due to the more fiddely nature. Furthermore, it is a niche product, so it won't sell as well as e.g. the Pilar III.
There is Cedric&Ada mentioned many times. If he confirms D2 then it is because it cuts like you would expect from D2. This chart actually shows the opposite of your claim. It shows that we can confirm the metallurgy from performance (if it is labelled D2 and performs like D2, it probably is D2). Cedric & Ada also never tests hardness (he only tests edge retention) and there are many other variables contributing like thickness behind the edge, quality of sharpening and edge angle.
I would go as far as saying that the data C&A collects tells us a lot about individual steels but nothing about the heat-treatment quality of companies. Which makes me wonder what the value of this chart is... because I'm 100% sure that C&As data does not allow the conclusion they made in that chart.
However, what we can learn from C&A is no matter how good the heat treatment, D2 will never perform as well as M390. And M390 will never have the edge-retention of Maxamet. Clearly showing that the steel does matter.
@@etherealicer This isn't the spreadsheet I was originally referring to. It's just one I found while looking for it. I believe that one was based on how many cuts of rope or cardboard it could make while renaming shaving sharp and then paper cutting sharp. The conclusion after a few dozen steels from different companies was clear: most of the time the steel doesn't matter. Some 440 lasted significantly longer than some S35vn, etc. The knife company and model seemed to matter much more than the steel. VG-10 from Spyderco etc was consistently better than D2 from Civivi etc, even though D2 is considered to be much better than VG-10.
It looks nice. But, the need to field strip it is not a feature I would expect a good nice to need. I mean, it’s interesting and well executed. But if they made a Toyota Camry that had pop off fenders and hood so you can quickly work on the engine, it would kind of imply to me that the engine needs to be fixed often. Right?
When I worked in a warehouse, my knives were always getting tape and adhesive in the handle, so in that case, it would be awesome, but other than that, idk...
I think we may need to accept that a whole lot of people are crazy and want a giant lanyard hole for some reason. It is weird but it's that way on SO many knives that... it may just be A Thing.
Holy balls the disassembly got me sold
Nick,I know the crkt ritual is a little small for you,but why don't you reveiw it anyway?
I didn't know Bugs Bunny did knife reviews, this is pretty cool.
Thank you Nick
How easily could it disassemble in your pocket?
Pretty much impossible
@@ryanc2696 if you go to about 15:37 it looks like it could disassemble so easily if say pressed up against a wallet. But I guess they wouldn’t make if it was that unsafe.
Ken Onion is brilliant!
Maybe he should ask CRKT to produce their best knives in bigger batches than 250 pcs and/or stop to limit their runs at all...
KG! KG!!! You gotta take a look at this!
Wow, it's about time crkt. I still won't spend 100 bucks but getting better.
So with the tool steel they'll go stone wash and coat the stainless (like really stainless I believe)? Well I guess at least there's no 8cr so kind of a win ?
I hope CRKT continues to upgrade their knife steels. There's no excuse in 2021 to charge more than 5 bucks for alphabet soup steels
I would have liked this blade shape on the green version of even a sheepsfoot would rock
Better off in a smaller gentlemen knife cos I don't see that mechanism lasting well in long term harder use
Assuming the scales are double layer, one of them hiding the field strip mechanism. Wouldn’t that be just as prone to gathering dust and dirt as the pivot? Now you’re cleaning the scales and you need a screwdriver for that. Hmm.
Between two trees ,a good place to go. 👌
1.4116 SS is also known by X50CrMoV15. So it should be around 8Cr13mov which has been a CRKT staple. If you live West of the Rockies D2 is great, but East of the Rockies they have these things called chiggers. 🤔
The more important thing for 1.4116 CRKT is that those are made in Taiwan, and 8Cr/D2 CRKTs are Chinese. Taiwanese CRKT has slightly better fit finish, that's it. Wear resistance between all aforementioned steel doesn't matter much with CRKT's factory grind, and if you re-profile, 8cr/1.4116 can do much lower angles without chipping so in the end it still doesn't matter lol.
i think the weight is not an issue with this knife there are more knives heavier and bulkier and still they carrying it.
Yes!!!!!
I don't see many use case for this, if your knife is gunking up, you want less moving parts, not more.
As a slaughterman I would consider this one of the most perfect pocketknives for the job
I am always a bit hesitant to celebrate a new CRKT model because even when it's great, it just reminds me that they know better when they release something awful. Hopefully the upcoming releases continue the trend of good designs in serviceable steels.
The blade looks like a humpback whale, its gorgeous.
What do you mean? This looks nothing like your mother.
LC200N I agree but based on what they are charging for D2 this might put the price in Chris Reeves price territory. CRKT priced these outta the market.
So, you're telling us that CRKT is making sprint runs? Did Cricket get bitten by a Spyder?
D2 + good heat treatment is better than MOV
No disassembly and maintenance video?? 😱
I did it like three times in the video!
I'm just messing with ya 😂 great video as always
I'd love a higher quality hobo knife like this...
Nick approved!!
It’s a cool knife I’ve had it for months now. But I’ve had cheaper knives that I would carry for years before I got a different one to test. So far the clip on this knife bent really easily and I noticed that the blades edge rolled because it does hit the post on the bottom of the handle so that’s really annoying. Over all it’s a really cool knife but I wouldn’t buy it and I’m not thinking about carrying it for much longer.
I wish I was better at sharpening, because every CRKT I own came butter-knife-dull straight from the factory.
Looks good, blade a little long.
S W E E E E E E T!!!!!!
No 1 min disassembly video? I feel robbed.
If I was a rapper I’d call myself 2 Textures.
100$. So it's gonna be 150€ over here. For D2.
Oh, Cricket...
All things considered this is just way to expensive. D2, liner lock, made in China. Yes, the field stripping is really cool as are the fixed bearings, but still.
For that amount of money I can get ZTs, Benchmades, Spydercos or whatever. I'd really like to see CRKT to step up their game but they always seem to hold back for some reason and either cut to many corners to sell great designs cheap or make something to expensive for what it is. And those limited editions...
There's basically nothing holding it together 😒 at least they've upped their game to S35VN, just too bad it's not built sturdy.
CRKT is secretly doing limited editions to P off Nick as revenge for constantly being called “cricket”
That fieldstrip mechanism looks like it creates the problem it tries to solve. On the one hand the knife has bearings which have a greater chance of needing a cleaning and on the other the fieldstrip mechanism itself requires tools to disassemble and clean. And it's ugly, there I said it.
Yeah, seems a little solution in search of problem-esque
Wow, slow down on the energy drinks my man ; ) we will watch the whole video even if it's a couple minutes longer.
Mmm ooo 99$ not cheap But it will move if you like c.r.its .
What!?! No disassembly video! I’m so disappointed (would have probably been right up my ally...a minute or so, probably less). Thanks for sharing!
I like my CRKTs as beaters, but that's about it. It's a shame they only use a new steel once every few years, and then seem to forget about it.
14:35 for your spamming pleasure. enjoy!