Recent content by Creanyers

I've never seen one snapped though I am sure somebody somewhere managed to get it right .. but we were not on the receiving end of returns from owner/user inflicted carnage .. I've seen them used as wood choppers with 4 pound hammers smacking into them repeatedly ... I've seen people jam them...

Very odd indeed - I mean the first thing would be it wouldn't get held properly in the jigs and fixtures so it would be very obvious (and dangerous) during manufacturing and grinding that something was very wrong. Anything is possible but that's not something we ever actually saw our end. Which...

I assume you bought it new ? It is highly unlikely that a blade so obviously defective would have passed through final inspection at either plant. We and CRK would notice something like that just in the machining jigs alone from op to op. If I understand you correctly the way that it was bent is...

Was good to confirm your comments about my us to be correct .... Well most of the tooling and drawings and parts I have in my collection are 40 years old now...museum grade I guess... and some interesting ones in our collection .. this Prototype was in Tactical Knives and is one of dads every...

Only 5 blanks in my private collection, and each has a story to it - one is the very first Nkonka that my dad and Chris were standing at the machine together working out - has an error in the handle and the foul language that was uttered when it happened is still stored in the hollow handle if...

And yes Stuart is right, my father did make the CRK blanks for Chris up until 2009 ... as did I for a number of years ;)

Thanks for that. My typo - not 1995, 2025 .... Will check Edgematters forum if he doesn't respond here. Much appreciated !

Hey Zackerty, I see you have not been on since 1995. I'm interested to know who you are .. Eddie Myers is my father .....