CRKT Burnout Spring-Assisted Folding Knife

Worse -- G-10 with a CF facade. G-10 with aspirations of being a prestigious material. That's CRKT all over -- nice looking but nobody GAF about quality and longevity over there anymore.

I mean, you wonder if CRKT has even noticed Civivi. 9Cr18MoV isn't a super steel - it falls into the same range of steels as 440 A and B, which makes it a good budget steel for work knives. Still it's good stuff, and it's noticeably better than 8Cr anything -- which is probably one reason why Civivi is emerging as probably the best budget line out of China. They are absolutely poised to eat CRKT's lunch.

I mean, it's a nice looking knife, and if it were made out of decent material I'd possibly pick it up, but if it were made out of decent material CRKT wouldn't be making it. As it stands, I own enough 8Cr steel - and if I'm going to buy another 8Cr knife, I'll just go ahead and buy it from the Chinese OEM making it, and not paying for a CRKT executive's mountaintop chalet. Also -- a thin layer of CF over G-10 is old and busted. Either go whole hog CF or alternate layers for a cool effect. Don't just smear a thin layer of CF over G-10 - don't fake it. Do something cool, or go home.