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Pat's Product Review: CRKT Foresight Tactical Folder
I’ve been writing about Columbia River Knife and Tool (CRKT ) products for about as long as they’ve been around. They started out small, with just a few really cool tactical knife designs. They were all were quality-made, and priced right. I’ve watched CRKT grow steadily, year after year, but adhering to their roots, to provide quality products at affordable prices. Some folks denigrate the idea of knives made in Taiwan, but I’m not in that group. You get as good as you want in a product, no matter where it might be made. I know that Rod Bremer, who owns CRKT, heads off to Taiwan every couple of months, to keep an eye on things in the plant over there. And, when Bremer isn’t there, he sends his next in command, Doug Flagg to the plant. So, a very watchful eye is kept on the manufacturing processes taking place.
I know both Bremer and Flagg personally, and have dealt with them for many years, both are great guys and like myself neither one wear suits and ties. They are down-to-earth types, and are always willing to spend time with me, whenever I stop by the CRKT offices unannounced for a visit, to see what’s new and how things are progressing. So, I have a good feel for what goes on behind the scenes at CRKT, more so than most folks do.
Some time back, CRKT teamed with custom knife maker Ken Onion, for some collaborations on knives, and this was a smart move – Onion is one of the hottest custom knife makers and designers around. I interviewed Onion for an article I did some years ago, we talked on the phone for quite a while – Ken lives in Hawaii – and he is a wild man, but he knows his stuff. So, I was really excited to see the collaboration between Ken Onion and CRKT.
The “Foresight” is clearly designed by Ken Onion. If you know his style, then you’ll readily recognize this knife as one he designed. There is a certain flair to his designs that is easy to see. Now, before I get into the “Foresight” I want to mention that it won the 2012 Blade Show, Import Knife Design of the year. This is an award given to a knife by fellow industry peers – quite an award, to be sure. What you see in the Onion design is “form follows function”. The profile of the “Foresight” looks like a chiseled physique just waiting to pounce on your next cutting task.
Without boring SurvivalBlog readers with too many details, I’ll outline some of them, and you can check out the knife on the CRKT web site. With a 3.5″ modified drop-point blade, with a generous belly and recurve cutting edge for maximizing the full utility of the blade. I really like the recurve blade design, as you actually get more cutting surface than the measured length of the blade. You can also have the Foresight with a razor-sharp cutting edge or a combined razor sharp edge with triple-point serrations.
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