M16-14SFG

I have tested this knife for a month or so now, and it has come out strong. The blade is nice and thick, AUS-8 steel is awesome and holds an adge for a long time (I havent sharpened it yet, because I dont need to! Like a razor still!). The dual flippers function as a hilt so you dont have to worry about you hand slipping up on the blade (you know, if something has to be done). It is a well balanced knife. You rest the center of the knife on your finger and it balances surprisingly well. Of course it has that G-10 handle that I found to be adaquatly grippy, and you can also strike matches on it (usefull sometimes)! This CRKT M-16 is a pretty big knife too. When I bought it I was wrorried that it may not fit in my pocket. It does (thankfully) fit in my pocket just fine though. You will have to be carefull when and where you whip it out. This thing is big enough to scare your tipical left winger into calling the police. I carry this knife for rugged use (defense, chopping, cutting heavy material), then I carry my Kershaw Blur (highly recomended) in the case I need it when left wingers are around (wouldnt want to scare them!). I find the tanto pointed blade handy whenever I need to do more delicate work. It is like having a mini razor on the end of the blade! Verry usefull (for me at least). Alot of people will be wondering about the locking mechanism on this knife, and all I have to say is: its impressive. The lock has never shown any inclanation of failing, even when put under great stress (you know, like stabbing full force into a sheet of plywood, which it puched through without bending the blade or the lock). Now thats the good. The only bad thing about this knife is the serrations. As you may have read in other reveiws, the Veff serations chip when put under hard use. I was trying to saw through a cedar branch when mine first started chipping. The good thing though, is that they only chip to a certain degree. The tips of the serations on my CRKT M-16 have almost completely chipped off, but it still saws through branches just as easily as it did before! Hows that for a rugged knife! So if you are looking for a BAD looking knife to show off to your friends, or maybe just a heavy duty folder to act as a pocket survival knife, look no further. The only thing I wouldnt do with this knife is sell it.

Bought the M16-14, and I have carried it every single day since then. I have its little brother too, which is the same shape but 3” instead of 4”. The smaller version does not have the additional locking mechanism. The 4” has the same sleeve lock mechanism as the 3”, but with the addition of a little red nub that must be moved before the sleeve lock can be disengaged. This is a fantastic locking mechanism that is super easy to open and close one-handed once you practice with it. I prefer the bigger knife for lots of reasons: fits my hand better, less likely to get dislodged from my pocket due to longer clip and heavier knife, less likely to cut myself (the short one made it harder to safely open and close for me, maybe I have large hands), and the bigger knife flicks open much easier and faster. It’s also got more components and parts, which are all beneficial additions, like rough textured outer handle material instead of anodized aluminum like the smaller version. And the blade hinge mechanism is better in my opinion. The weight of the larger 4” blade is sooo much easier to flick open. This knife is super sharp and holds a good edge. As a bartender, I’ve had to use it many times to cut fruit in a pinch, and it always performs flawlessly. The serrations are really great. There are different versions of the Veff Serrations on different versions of the M16, but I think the M16-14 Veff Serrations are the best. They are all the same size, so easier to sharpen, and they are at a slight diagonal angle instead of perpendicular to the length of the blade. This diagonal angle aims the serrations towards your hand, so that as you pull the knife towards yourself, the serrations get a nice bite into the material you’re cutting. Whereas perpendicular serrations would sort of require a motion similar to whittling a stick, these angled ones just seem to really effectively dig into the material, whatever it may be, making precise cuts in difficult materials like a hot knife through butter. One thing you may not like about this knife is the dual blade guard. There are two protrusions at the base of the blade that prevent your hand from sliding down the kife. This is tactially advantageous for a few reasons. If you have to use the knife for defensive purposes, you are less likley to cut yourself on your own blade while striking your attacker. The blade guard protrusions are also the fastest way to open the knife. Specifically, I use my index finger to flick the back blade guard on the spine of the knife, which is actually the blade side, but it’s positioned on the backside or spine of the knife when closed. With a strong, sharp flick and a nicely oiled blade hinge, it opens 100% of the time for me, and is just as fast as a switchblade. You can slightly loosen the axle screw if it’s too tight to allow the knife to open 100% of the time on the first flick. The blade guard also helps you remove the knife from your pocket if you pinch both protrusions of the blade guard between your fingers instead of pinching the knife in the axle direction as you probably normally would (just imagine how you would pinch a knife to retrieve it from your pocket if it had no blade guard. Now imagine twisting your hand 90 degrees, then pinching the knife and removing it. This is the orientation I use. I just slide my fingers down into my pocket along both sides of the knife, thumb on the spine of the blade, and index finger on the spine of the handle. Then pinch or pull against the blade guards and out comes the knife. Get your grip right, then flick! It’s a little different if you’re not used to folding knives with blade guards. But the major drawbacks of the blade guards are threefold: 1) rough ridge texture on end of blade guard will rub your hand if you stick your hand in your pocket, which hurts. So need to remove knife from pocket to painlessly retrieve items deep down inside. 2) if you’re not careful, anything that catches the blade guard can pull the knife open. Other reviewers have complained about this, but I say you just need to be smart about how you use the knife. Make sure that neither items in that same pocket or your fingers or clothes have tugged on the blade guard and opened the knife. Be especially careful when removing other items from the same pocket. If the knife opens too easily in your pocket, slightly tighten the blade axle screw. Anyone who got cut because it opened in their pocket is an idiot who failed to adequately understand this dangerous implement they chose to shove down their pocket. Don’t buy the version with blade guards if you aren’t willing to make sure you’re not using it wrong. Don’t be dumb, you will cut yourself or your clothing. However, for me this has not been an issue. I am aware that if I tug upward on the blade-spine-side blade guard, I may accidentally open the knife in my pocket. So I check it frequently by squeezing the knife from outside my pants to ensure it is closed, or by pressing down on the blade-spine-side blade guard to ensure blade is fully seated in closed position. Also, I like to make sure the handle-spine-side blade guard is stuck just above the fabric of my pocket. If the blade guard on the side of the handle spine can’t move down, then the knife can’t rotate open in your pocket. Also, the pocket clip can be removed and placed on the other side of the knife, making left or right handed orientations possible. You should use some LOCTITE to set the screws in place. You will need a star bit for the clip screws. Depending on which pocket you keep the knife in, you can place the clip on the side that would orient the blade of the knife against the edge of your pocket, further ensuring it won’t open. Personally, I don’t do this because I haven’t had any issues. My knife sits in my right pocket with the spine of the blade aiming to my left, and the spine of the handle to my right. The spine of the handle sits flush against the far right edge of my pants pocket. I have had zero issues carrying this way for months and months. 3) the blade guard may catch on your pants pocket as you try to remove it, unless you grab it, as i mentioned above, by pinching the blade guard instead of the axle. But again, this is a non issue for intelligent users. Dumb people will cut themselves with this knife or dislike its features because they don’t take the time to learn how to use it. Do not buy a folding pocketknife with protruding blade guards if you are too dumb to avoid cutting yourself. Buy the version with no blade guard if it concerns you. Personally I would recommend the blade guard version because I think the benefits massively outweigh any perceived drawbacks to this design. Anyway, buy this knife if you want a solid tool that will keep serving you faithfully for years.

Ein Messer erster Güte !

Ich habe dieses Messer schon eine Weile und bin sehr zufrieden und bereue den Kauf auf keinen Fall. Es ist stabil und sehr gut verarbeitet. Es ist bei Auslieferung verdammt scharf...also Vorsicht!

Schnelle Anlieferung; Entspricht genau meinen Vorstellungen; Alles wie beschrieben; Qualität absolut super. Sehr gute Verarbeitung. CRK ist zu empfehlen, immer wieder :-)