Chris Reeve Shadow III. Survival Knife.
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So will you make some more?I did 13 like this one, and three with guards.
440C one piece, with 440C annealed tail caps with o-rings and Kydex sheaths
There are folk out there doing one piece knives, but most are assembling from bits.
I will not do any more, so do not ask?
This one is mine, all others were numbered.
Sable IV, got it last week. I was somewhat dubious about the strength of these what with the hollow handle, now I’m pretty convinced that these things would survive the armageddon. Incredible craftsmanship!
Hey Zackerty, I see you have not been on since 1995. I'm interested to know who you are .. Eddie Myers is my father .....
If he doesn't answer here, he is I think still regularly on Edgematters forum as himself, Stuart Ackerman.
Thanks for that. My typo - not 1995, 2025 .... Will check Edgematters forum if he doesn't respond here. Much appreciated !
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
Any left ??????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
I always wanted one and promised myself that my saving from my writing for Survival Weaponry and Techniques magazine would pay for one ...
The pay was so poor that I never did manage to afford one!
The pay was so poor that I never did manage to afford one!
Now that magazine, was staple reading in the army during the mid 80’s, still have a few articles in a binder.I always wanted one and promised myself that my saving from my writing for Survival Weaponry and Techniques magazine would pay for one ...
The pay was so poor that I never did manage to afford one!
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 you put it up to your ear and listen carefully
I also carefully curated and have kept all of the original tooling and fixtures and reference items for inspection from 1987 to 2009 as well as every manufacturing drawing and notes etc that made every blank
I remember looking at the ads for them in that very publication and dreaming. It was always the Aviator I fancied though. Given what those old fixed blades go for now, it's likely to remain a dream.I always wanted one and promised myself that my saving from my writing for Survival Weaponry and Techniques magazine would pay for one ...
The pay was so poor that I never did manage to afford one!
It doesn't help that if I'd held onto my SWAT collection and got what people are asking on eBay for them, I might have been in with a shout!
Hi Craig...
Yup, your post in Edgematters got me back here...
I never owned a CRK hollow handled knife.
Nice history you will have there in your hands...
Yup, your post in Edgematters got me back here...
I never owned a CRK hollow handled knife.
Nice history you will have there in your hands...
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 day carries ...
When i was a youth many, many years ago I saved up and bought the small size mountaineer , the one with the hexagonal cap. I used that knife so much the coating wore thin in quite a few spots. It went through quite a bit of hard use without damage other than the worn coating, its still in excellent condition although the original sheath is a bit loose now I still have it but don't use it much.
Later i did buy the small sized shadow which also got used a lot, I seem to recall I preferred the mountaineer as it has a higher grind so I found it more useful for what i was doing.
I was also given a Sable (the small size) in green that I never used unfortunately it just sits in a drawer.
I have an odd story about a Chris Reeve knife.
When i was looking to "upgrade" I bought a larger model i think called a Mark VI either way it had a 5-ish inch blade, when it arrived the blade was slightly off center. It was completely perfect with no visible flaws but the blade was bent off center. It looked like someone had put the blade all the way in to a vise and then bent it at the handle/guard. it was only a couple of mm out but noticeable. I returned it to where I bought it from, as it was the only one available I never got a replacement. Id love to know how it came to be bent, was it mechanical damage or a manufacturing fault !
Later i did buy the small sized shadow which also got used a lot, I seem to recall I preferred the mountaineer as it has a higher grind so I found it more useful for what i was doing.
I was also given a Sable (the small size) in green that I never used unfortunately it just sits in a drawer.
I have an odd story about a Chris Reeve knife.
When i was looking to "upgrade" I bought a larger model i think called a Mark VI either way it had a 5-ish inch blade, when it arrived the blade was slightly off center. It was completely perfect with no visible flaws but the blade was bent off center. It looked like someone had put the blade all the way in to a vise and then bent it at the handle/guard. it was only a couple of mm out but noticeable. I returned it to where I bought it from, as it was the only one available I never got a replacement. Id love to know how it came to be bent, was it mechanical damage or a manufacturing fault !
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 also unlikely from improper heat treating ... and the knife just would not get past machining, inspection, rough and finish grinding, coating, final cutting edge grind, inspection, re-inspection, boxing ... sounds odd indeed Watch-Keeper ! Pity you don't have pics ?
I assume it was new it certainly looked perfect apart from the defect. I assumed something must have happened to it at some point in its life but what I don't know. I didn't take an photos of it unfortunately, I just sent it back. I was also surprised, having done my research in to quality knifemaker to buy that it came through QC like that which leads me to the conclusion that it must have happened after.
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