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CRKT 7530 Crossbones by Jeff Park EDC Folder
48thRonin2
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Nov 9, 2018
For those of you who like the general concept of Jeff Park's design but like me, find CRKT's production model "not quite there" I highly recommend the Artisan Waistline:
https://www.massdrop.com/talk/10349/artisan-cutlery-waistline-kwaiken
I've had mine for about a month now and it has replaced my Bestech Kendo as my EDC pocket knife.
I disliked CRKT's Crossbones primarily because of the aluminum handles (I dislike all metal handles, they get too slick when wet) and the fact that while the handle design is attractive, it has too many sharp edges. I'm used to taking a fine stone to the handles of a low end production knife and rounding down the sharp edges, but that was not necessary for the Artisan Waistline.
The G10 handle panels are nicely beveled and meet up with the full length stainless steel liners with no gaps. There is no silly "glass breaker pommel" or protruding lanyard ring on the back side.
Weekly application of Sentry Solution's Tuff Glide to the captured bearings and the area of the blade between the detent hole and the locking position have made this the fastest flipper I own - and I own a few of all different manufacturers. With a few hundred flips and the above mentioned dry lubricant, I put the smoothness of the action above that of the Boker Kwaikens that I have handled.
I subscribe to the belief that the only sharp point a knife should have is at the front end of the blade (the end that gets pointed toward what you're trying to stick, for you remedial knife handlers), and that the only sharp edge on a knife is the edge you're trying to slice with.
The price on Blade HQ is in the same ball park as the discounted price of the CRKT Crossbones.
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