Dogfish - Designed by Tom Krein

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(Dogfish) Dogfish - Designed by Tom Krein

Tom Krein is a young custom knifemaker who has created quite a stir with his Mid Tech Dogfish neck knife. It seemed like the perfect affordable CRKT production knife, so here it is. Tom has a great sense of style, so unlike many skeletonized flat blades, the Dogfish^™ is graceful, gives a secure grip, and also has that dogfish face at the pommel which turns out to be—a lanyard hole and bottle opener! It has a secure finger choil and friction grooves at the thumb spine and near the butt.

We E.D.M. wire cut it from a single piece of high-carbon stainless steel, bevel grind the 2.25" modified Wharncliffe blade, give it a fine bead-blast finish and add a Razor-Sharp or Combined Razor-Sharp and Triple-Point^™ Serrated edge.

You also get a custom-fitted six-eyelet Kydex^® sheath that grips the knife securely for inverted carry with the neck chain included, or with the CRKT MercHarness^™. It's a useful, friendly minimal knife that's a great value.

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No. of ratings: 4

4.5/5.0 Stars

Number of Reviews: 5

Andrew
2010-03-27
Radford, VA

I have been extremely impressed with this knife, the simplicity combined with the design of it makes it quite a compliment catcher. The only flaw I have found with it is that the sheath has loosened slightly since I got it and it has slipped out a few times but regardless I would definitly purchase it again.

Reid
2010-02-11
Ladysmith, WI

Nice little knife. Works well in a pinch. Easy to carry any way you can think of. I was not impressed to much with the edge on the one I bought, but it did not take much to touch up the edge. I did like the bottle opener. Reid Wisconsin

Andrew
2009-12-22
Silver Spring, MD

Just bought this knife. Needs to have a removable clip on the sheath so it can be attached or hooked on a belt and then removed for use with the MercHarness. Also, Gabe out of New Jersey is wrong about this knife being Illegal. NJ law states knifes with a BLADE LENGTH of over 5 inches is illegal to carry. Even Federal law allows a knife with a blade of 2.25 inches to be carried.

Gabe
2009-10-19
Brick, NJ

sharper than a shraight razor. hella sharp. you WILL cut yourself if you treat this as a toy. takes two 180 degree turns to open a bottle. that's not it's strong point. nor is the neck carry. its illegal in nj the state i live in. even if it wasnt, the neck sheth is too big. make it pocket carry.

Christopher
2009-09-25
Willow Springs, MO

it's a little small in my hand, butI have larger hands, yet it is still not uncomfortable. the neck lanyard/chain is extremely functional. I got this knife for hiking as it was easy to get to and didn't have to be in my pockets or pack. I could definitely see the Dogfish being great out on the water too. and i have to say, I never espected it, but I use the can opener tab for all sorts of things. If CRKT were to produce a larger brother I'd likely consider that too with the Dogfish playing the role of backup.