"Crawford Cutter"
"Crawford Cutter"
Anyone have any experience with this knife? No idea who manufactures it. All I know is that it's designed by Pat Crawford I found it Moore Cutlery's site and haven't found it anywhere else. Just ordered one, figured for $30 what do I have to loose. I love the looks of it and it appears to be a slip-joint or friction folder which I'm very much down for these days.
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It looks like it would suffer the same major shortcoming as my old Mercator. The thin edges of the folded sheetmetal handle cut into my fingers when slicing anything tougher than a banana. I changed from the original Leatherman tool to the Wave for the same reason. Maybe I'm just a wimp :D
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Any idea what steel the blade is made of? Is it Aus8A? Joe
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No idea, the site didn't say. Like I said I bought it more for it's look than anything else. If it happens to be a good knife too, bonus!
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It's 440B
The blade is made of 440B, but I don't know the manufacturer. Here's Pat Crawford's page for this knife:
http://www.crawfordknives.com/key_chain_cutter.htm
I just acquired one from a local knife dealer, and it is pretty cool. The handle has sharp edges and it's not really a one-hand opener despite the hole - there's not much material on this knife, just a folded sheet of steel, a blade and a hollow pin, so no slick flicking action. That said, for twenty five dollars, it's got a well-ground, refined blade with a great edge and a needle tip, and it feels very solid in the hand. It would make a great travel kitchen knife, an excellent glove box knife, a good toolbox knife for when a razor blade is too wide or too crude, and a good piece of folding silverware.
It does have its drawbacks, but as a collector of friction folders it fills a need for me. I can carry it, put it to work and trust it, use it up and buy another without worrying about mucking up an artist's efforts. It's kind of like a very flat all-stainless Opinel No.6 without the lock.
http://www.crawfordknives.com/key_chain_cutter.htm
I just acquired one from a local knife dealer, and it is pretty cool. The handle has sharp edges and it's not really a one-hand opener despite the hole - there's not much material on this knife, just a folded sheet of steel, a blade and a hollow pin, so no slick flicking action. That said, for twenty five dollars, it's got a well-ground, refined blade with a great edge and a needle tip, and it feels very solid in the hand. It would make a great travel kitchen knife, an excellent glove box knife, a good toolbox knife for when a razor blade is too wide or too crude, and a good piece of folding silverware.
It does have its drawbacks, but as a collector of friction folders it fills a need for me. I can carry it, put it to work and trust it, use it up and buy another without worrying about mucking up an artist's efforts. It's kind of like a very flat all-stainless Opinel No.6 without the lock.