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Do you have a favorite affordable knife? Let us know about it in the comments! Our goal is to represent knives for a variety of uses from EDC, to outdoor, to tactical knives. All knives were purchased by me from Amazon: CRKT Minimalist I am using Amazon as the price base line for this series. It’s an affordable, compact defensive fixed blade. The Minimalist is a great little knife if you want a small utility blade to EDC.

CUSTOM CRKT MINIMALIST FULL

It is actually a decent sheath that retains the knife well and allows a full grip on the knife handle. The sheath is injection molded but it would pass for real heat molded kydex at a glance.

I'd like to either try my hand at making some type of basic wooden scales for it or even buy some if. It is an extremely aggressive cutter thanks to this thin stock and good geometry. Just wonder if anyone has done any custom scales for a CRKT (or Folts custom) Minimalist I picked one up (wharncliffe) a while back and other than not having great steel, I love it, and surprisingly my wife loves it too and she wants one. Designed by Alan Folts of Melbourne, FL, a dedicated custom knife instructor with over 20 years of experience, he cares deeply about helping folks learn. 10″ thick steel stock and has a relatively high hollow grind, especially on the wharncliffe style blade that I prefer. That is really the genius of this Alan Folts design. In most cases, finger grooves are an annoyance but in the case of the Minimalist, they are the key to how a knife with such a small handle manages to lock into the user’s hand. It can be carried on your belt as a compact self-defense knife or even attached to something like a Raven Concealment Pocket Shield.Įverybody hates knife handles with finger grooves… until they try a CRKT Minimalist. Whether you carry it on your belt, as a neck knife, or in your pocket, the Minimalist is small enough to forget it’s there. The Minimalist is small – truly small – which makes it very easy to carry. But still, it’s a great knife in part because its small and well designed. In the woods or around the house they feel equally at home. These compact fixed blade neck knives with tough handles come in a variety of different blade styles. Specifically built for anything that needs to be cut. It doesn’t have the cache of a custom knife. CRKT 2387 Folts Minimalist Bowie Neck Knife, 2' 5Cr15MoV Plain Blade, Green Micarta Handle.

The Minimalist is a Bargain, not just cheap. Sheath: Injection Molded Plastic Observations from Use This popular compact fixed blade can be found for less than $30 and it is extremely easy to carry… but is it a Bargain or Just Cheap? The CRKT Minimalist is based on the original, custom Alan Folts designed Minimalist. I’ll buy them, carry them, and use them in an attempt to determine if the knife is a bargain or just cheap. All of the knives will cost less than $50 (in most cases, much less) and will be purchased out of my own pocket.

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And its certainly a great value.Welcome to Bargain or Just Cheap? This series will review budget friendly knives for a variety of uses in a short format. True to its name, this really is a minimal fixed blade, but it is also the most useful for its size that we have seen. The blade point gives excellent penetration, while the Razor-Sharp straight edge is perfect for scraping, woodworking and precision carving. Unlike many small neck Knives, this handle is really functional for a wide variety of daily cutting tasks. Because the knife and sheath weigh only 1.6 ounces together, it is a personal carry you will barely notice. The Minimalist comes with a custom-fitted Zytel® sheath and neck paracord for inverted carry as a neck knife. Here is a very small and lightweight knife which gives surprising comfort and control, thanks to the unusual geometry of the full-tang 2.0 Wharncliffe blade, aided by three finger choils, hand-contoured green/black Micarta® scales, and a braided fob. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. His Minimalist neck knife has proven to be very popular, so we are offering our new CRKT production version. The CRKT Folts Minimalist is an intriguing design from acclaimed custom knife maker Allan Folts. Alan Folts is a knifemaker and metalworker in Greenville, N.C., who makes a remarkable range of custom objects, including titanium chopsticks.

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