Our continuing focus at Columbia River Knife & Tool has been to offer custom quality in popularly priced production knives. This effort has two main directions: innovative design and exotic materials. We've combined these two thrusts in this new knife line, and we named it the Vertex™ because that is the geometric point where two lines intersect.
First, it's a striking shape submitted by one of our many outstanding designers, that places a symmetrical scale precisely at the palm swell, resulting in a secure and comfortable grip.
Second, we built the Vertex line using the same materials a custom knifemaker would: premium blade steel, stainless steel liners, black hard anodized 6061 aluminum scales, and hand-shaped scale inserts of cocobolo wood or resin impregnated fiber.
Vertex™ DP. The model 1040 sports a drop point blade with a high hollow grind, and black resin impregnated fiber scale inserts. It is sized for daily carry, witha four-inch handle and 3.125" blade of 8Cr14MoV stainless steel in a satin finish.
Then, to add value and give instant one-hand opening, we built in our OutBurst® assisted opening with the patent-pending* Fire Safe™ mechanism. When closed, the blade is safely locked by the Fire Safe pin. It cannot be opened until the safety button on the end of the thumb stud is firmly depressed and the thumb stud is nudged outward. It is both very fast, and very safe, because simply pressing the Fire Safe button does not open the knife. You must both press down and nudge the blade outward deliberately.
Vertex models feature custom removable stainless steel clips in a black oxide finish.
Finally, we've created a vertex of another type– we have aimed our suggested retail price to intersect with your most optimistic price expectations. We hope you get the point.
I really liked this knife to begin with, I love the feel of it and how sturdy it feels. I lost my original and even bought a second. I ended up finding the original one and decided to take the open assist off of one knife since the button was very hard to push and manipulate only to find out what poor quality the screws holding the knife together are. On one knife the heads stripped out completely, and when I decided to try and take apart the second one, the bottom threads of the screws were all stripped off. Way to take a great knife and ruin it with poor quality screws... then again it is MADE IN CHINA ***CRKT RESPONSE - It's great to hear that you were happy with your first model. It sounds like you possibly received a defect in your second one. CRKT has one of the best warranties in the industry and this sounds like something that could be easily fixed or replaced. I'll reach out to you know to resolve. Thank you for letting us know. CRKT
JACK
2012-03-15 TULSA, OK
Excellant knife. Received my first one as a christmas gift from a close friend, they misplaced it, so I ordered another one immediately. Never want to be without it. Top quality material and workmanship. Thanks
Thomas
2011-09-13 Clinton, CT
Very nice knife, but don't buy it directly from CRKT, it's much cheaper through Amazon. Nothing like buying direct and getting hosed by manufacturer.Tom Basile ***CRKT Response When you buy online from the CRKT.com store you can feel comfortable and confident with your purchase knowing exactly what you are getting and knowing that your knife is backed by the best warranty in the industry. We appreciate all of our customers in any environment or channel they ultimately decide to make their purchase in. CRKT
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