C.R.K.T. S.P.E.W.

At Academy the other day, I saw a knife on their clearance rack. It was made by Colombia River Knife and Tool, a decent middle-of-the-road brand knife maker. I liked it immediately for several reasons: 1) It was a smaller knife- I'm past the point of wanting *UGE!!* knives, and I find a small fixed blade knife to be ideal for lots of things. 2) it's a wharncliffe design, meaning a straight blade with a sharply tapered point-it's a good utility design that can pull double duty a s a self-defense blade. 3) it came with a solidly okay sheath-yeah, I'm a leatherworker, and this thing may get a new sheath at some point, but it didn't come with a shitty nylon job that I couldn't use, so this knife doesn't have to get relegated to the desk drawer until I can make a sheath.

Anyway, I was able to pick it up cheap today when I went back to academy, and having been futzing with it for the past hour, I like it. I mean, it's just an initial impression and all, but it seems like a well-designed knife. It came very sharp out the box, but I suspect that the steel used will need dressing often.

That's not a problem, however, as I have a nice set of stones to keep it honed.

So there ya go, initial impressions of the CRKT SPEW are positive, even if the name implies that it would blow chuncks.