CRKT M21-14DSFG Folding Knife with Liner Lock, Desert Tan, M21-14DSFG

Nice blade for the money.

Okay, here's my story. I bought the CRKT M16 a decade or so ago at a gun show. Just love at first sight. Kit Carson is a terrific blade designer--beautiful military tactical styling, extremely simple functional utility. Since, the little black M16 has served me well traveling the world in my pocket. Nearly dropped it overboard once in the Gulf deep sea fishing, and feared it would be nabbed a few times by a shady mechanic or two when I forgot the blade in my truck, during scheduled maintenance. But alas, I'm lucky and it's still around, going strong. Then I saw a buddy of my son's with the M21 and I just had to have one. It was just like the big brother to the M16. Or, maybe I should say, BIG, BIG BROTHER. The M21 is a beast. It is really a HAND FULL of knife. Now, my poor little M16 feels like a toothpick in my hand. (Still love it though.) At over 6.0 oz., hefting around the M21, you might even have to notch down your belt another hole or two to keep your britches up. The tan or sand color looks terrific and is unusual when pulled out to show your shooting buddy. The knife's handle is a dull sand/tan. But the blade is more of a gold. It reminds me of the color and finish of gold anodize. I'd be much happier if the blade was a flatter color, more of a dead match to the tan handle. That's my only knock against the knife, whatsoever. The blade is frighteningly sharp. The double locking mechanism takes some getting used to, to close it up. Once you get the feel of it though, it can be closed with one hand - but it's an acquired skill. The opening is effortless, smooth as glass. One little detail I really admire is the slight spring detent the designer incorporated to keep the blade snap dead closed. This feature is not on my old M16. The detent I refer to keeps the blade firm and tight into the frame. A nice little plus if you choose to keep this hidden in your pocket. The knife clip is repositionable to either end, or side of the knife. Thus one can carry it clipped and ready retrievable in any position. The M21 Special Forces unit has dual opening tangs, or ears that make for a nice secure hand hold should one decide to thrust this baby through a car door or steel belted radial. Not that I ever consider doing such things. Just make sure you think twice about dinging my truck door at the next gun show. Hehe.

I think this is a great knife. It is very solid and well made. I am usually not a fan of serrations on my blades, but I like how aggressive the Veffs serrations are. This is more of a self defense knife for me than a utility knife. I didn't realize there were two sizes of this knife when I bought it, so I ended up with the larger model. After doing more research I saw that there is a M21-12DSFG model that is a bit smaller. This model is a bit larger than I expected, but it fits very nicely and secure in your hand. Has great indexing and is comfortable to use. Even though I have the larger knife, I do not feel it is cumbersome in my pants pocket. I hardly notice it is in there. One more thing to add about the size is I do not find it to be all that heavy coming in at 6 oz.I have read other reviews and saw that some said the blade opens in their pocket when removing. I have not found this to be an issue and all I can think of they reversed the clip. In doing so, I can see one of the hilts getting caught and opening the blade. I especially like the dual locking system as it adds that much more security while using. I do not find it to be a pain or difficult to unlock or close the blade.I highly recommend this blade and I hope this review helps people make a better decision if this is the knife you want.

This is my 7th CRKT knife and it's a great brand. They're all VERY sharp and put together nicely. Excellent choice of materials as well. This is a big combat ready knife so be aware.The double lock mechanism is a little awkward at first but after a little practice it's easily closed with one hand.Nothing to knock here. A very functional well made knife.

My husband always has a knife on his pocket so I decided I wanted to get him something very nice for a wedding present when we got married. I wanted something a little different, something that he would pull out and show off and say, this is what my wife got me.It is a beautiful knife and when he opened it up and showed his groomsmen(I got the knives too, seems I have okay taste in knives for a girl) and the rest of the guys, everyone thought it was a very cool and a nice looking piece. The safety is easy to use and not to stiff so it is easy to close with one hand and has one hand opening. We did verify that we got a genuine CRKT knife as we have seen warnings that there have been knock offs.Other things to note this is a big knife, unfortunately where my husband works they limit the size of knife you can carry (though most guys have to carry one because of the kind of work they do) and this one is just a little too big, so this has become the weekend knife and it has served well for home improvement projects, hiking and yard stuff. It actually turned out well as this gets to stay the nice knife while his other knives get beat up at work, though even on the weekends it sees a lot of use so it is tough and nice to look at.

First, this is a very imposing and sharp knife. Tons of utility and use going on here. Looks are good, really good.Only one problem - I carry left pocket and left hand. The locking button, in combination with the lining lock made it really hard to close with the left hand. Super easy when I have it in my right, though.The hilt like shape of the blade takes up more room in the pocket, so be sure you have large pockets when you carry this cutter - otherwise you will have to make some adjustments as to which pocket will carry which item. On some of my dress pants, this takes an entire pocket. With my jeans, I can fit my Ridge Wallet in the same pocket, but retrieving it out is challenging to get past the cross guards that stick out.I love the length, too. I can't stand tiny pocket knives. This one is the real deal. I would like to purchase another without the serrations.