For nearly three decades, Columbia River Knife & Tool® (CRKT®) has relentlessly pursued what’s next. We’re always exploring, experimenting, and pushing the envelope. It’s an endless collaboration with our designers. A constant questioning—“What if you could make a stronger, safer lock?” “Wouldn’t it be cool to revolutionize the way a folding knife deploys? “Why not make our innovations available to all our designers to cross-pollinate ideas?” Our curiosity has made all the difference for industry leading innovations like the Field Strip, Deadbolt®, Kinematic®, and iconic designs like M16®, Minimalist®, and Pilar®.
A remarkable array of products crafted in partnership with top designers, this launch demonstrates the brand’s movement toward more premium product offerings.
Incorporating their Field Strip technology – which was sorely needed and a long time coming to the knife industry – this Ken Onion designed blade is impressive.
Every person who looked at this knife said the same thing: The blade flies out of the handle, with very little coaxing and hardly any repositioning of the hand. This product has accomplished what I have been telling knife makers to do for 20 years.
Designer TJ Schwarz of Boise, Idaho channeled his expertise in mechanical engineering and employed his affinity for classic cars to produce this head-turning new release.
Designer Tom Krein exercised his mastery of design in the new Gungho™. Strikingly simple, this everyday carry folding knife features an all-over dark black look that carries easily and is right at home in the garage.
