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Crescent has new utility knives popping out quickly. Official info isn’t out there but, however there appears to be sufficient in retail listings to get a very good sense of what these knives supply.
First up, the Crescent hybrid folding utility knife, mannequin CTKFHEDC, proven above.
That is described as a hybrid utility knife because it “combines the ergonomics of a pocket knife with the blade-changing performance of a utility knife.”
I might be cautious about this one. It has a flipper mechanism, which is fascinating, however the consumer expertise can fluctuate significantly relying on the steadiness and pivot.
As an example, I’ve a Benchmade flipper knife, and it’s completely horrible, with the blade all the time stopping midway until I flick my wrist.
Ah, however Crescent’s product itemizing additionally says this:
ball bearing assisted design supplies steady clean deployment even after heavy use
That’s precisely what I might suppose a design like this wants. I attempt to steer away from assisted openers for EDC, however a spring help mechanism and ball bearing pivot might contribute to a very good consumer expertise right here. We’ll should see.
Crescent additionally describes the knife as having an EDC-style deal with, and deep-style pocket clip.
Worth: $18
Subsequent up, Crescent additionally has a “low profile” pocket knife, CPK258FL, with body lock, 3.25″ blade, and deep-style pocket clip.
Its blade is produced from D2 metal, which is a tricky device metal well-suited to “endure heavy use and numerous situations discovered on jobsites.”
This knife additionally has a ball bearing assisted-opening design.
I’m okay with assisted openers in workshop settings, and could be comfy in jobsite settings. I are likely to keep away from them for informal EDC, as regulation enforcement interpretation can fluctuate, main me to choose totally manually-opening knives. I’ve heard of too many occurrences the place assisted openers are confused for computerized knives.
Crescent’s “EDC” (on a regular basis carry) advertising language may simply be on-point.
It seems to be like they made a whole lot of good decisions concerning the knife’s design, however as with the flipper utility knife, this could solely be decided with a hands-on evaluation and time.
Within the picture above, the knife seems to be to have “late lock up.” If the metal blade wears into the deal with materials, which I assume is aluminum (they don’t say), the lockbar may finally hit the inside aspect of the deal with and doubtlessly loosen issues up.
This might be regarding for a premium folding knife, however 1) this isn’t premium-priced, and a couple of) the picture is probably going of a pre-production prototype.
Crescent’s different folding knives look respectable as on a regular basis hard-use folders that I wouldn’t care about abusing, however their kinds by no means actually appealed to me. This one’s totally different.
I’ve used Crescent utility and folding knives earlier than, and I might need purchased one or two for testing functions, however this seems to be to be the primary one I would really purchase for private use.
Worth: $28
It’s laborious to inform from a few advertising photos, but it surely seems to be like Crescent has stepped up their sport.
Their prior folding knives and utility knives have been completely serviceable, however these designs appear elevated above that. Their different designs are aggressive, these – to me – are compelling. They’re the primary Crescent knives I’ll exit of my solution to search for.
