PRESS RELEASE For immediate release. Contacts: Rod Bremer, Thea Schreiber, 1-800-891-3100 or 503-685-5015 Fax: 503-682-9680 E-mail: info@crkt.com Wilsonville, Oregon, U.S.A.— January 1, 2006 The CRKT Slide Sharp™ is a proven simple and economical knife sharpening system* that holds your blade at the correct angle to achieve a sharp edge quickly, every time. After many years in the knife industry, Steve McCowen of Iola, Wisconsin had seen literally hundreds of knife sharpening systems, ranging from stones to expensive electric hones. The simpler devices required a good deal of skill, the more advanced systems came with mounting hardware and pages of instructions, and the electric sharpeners could grind the edge of a favorite knife to nothing in a few seconds. Steve came up the idea for the Slide Sharp™ and contacted Charles Kain, a custom knifemaker in Indianapolis, Indiana. Together they developed the breakthrough, patentpending product you see here. The Slide Sharp uses a unique system of injection-molded nylon guides to hold the knife edge at the specific angle required for optimum sharpening. A hardwood base holds a porcelain sharpening rod. Simply insert the rod in the base, slide a return spring over it, select the sharpening guide needed for your knife, and slide on the cap. Sharpening action couldn’t be easier. Just pull your blade through a sharpening guide slot, pressing down lightly. The return spring pops the guide up again for the next stroke. You then repeat the same action as needed in the opposite slot, sharpening both sides of the blade equally, or as needed. Two sharpening guides are included. One is a slight angle for putting an edge on sport, work, tactical and kitchen knives. The second has a steeper angle for heavier tools such  as choppers and machetes. The Slide Sharp system comes with two porcelain sharpening rods. You start with the coarser gray rod, and finish the edge with the fine white rod. That’s the Slide Sharp story. It’s simple to use, quick and convenient. It is as easy to use as a butcher’s steel, with the accuracy of the more expensive and time-consuming  clamped sharpeners. The sharpening guides maintain the edge angle and do the work for you. There’s no guessing, no rounded edges, and no loss of blade shape from oversharpening. If you can sharpen a pencil, you can sharpen a knife. And Slide Sharp is inexpensive and portable, which means you can have one for the kitchen, one for the tool bench, one for your tackle box, even one for your favorite firearms case. Slide Sharp. A new angle on knife sharpening. With an MSRP of only $34.99. *Patent pending. (more) Specifications Slide Sharp™ 2 SS01: System with storage case Base: Natural finish ash Rods: MRI #229 Porcelain 0.310” (0.79 cm) x 9.45” (24.0 cm) Guides: Nylon, Fine and Utility angles MSRP: $34.99 US Storage Case: (included with system) Material: ABS Length: 10.5” (26.7 cm) Width: 4.5” (11.4 cm) Depth: 1.5” (3.8 cm) The Slide Sharp is protected by a one-year Limited Warranty against defects in materials or manufacturing. Columbia River Knife & Tool is dedicated to producing knives of uncompromising quality and selling them at affordable prices. CRKT products are distributed through specialty retail, sporting goods and cutlery stores that offer customers knowledgeable service. For information on the Slide Sharp, other CRKT products, and the name of the CRKT dealer nearest you, call (503) 685-5015 or (800) 891-3100 or fax (503) 682-9680, or write Columbia River Knife & Tool, 9720 S.W. Hillman Ct., Suite 805, Wilsonville, OR 97070 for a free brochure. Reach us via e-mail at info@crkt.com. Our web site is www.crkt.com. 

CRKT Columbia River Knife and Tool M-16 Carson EDC Compact.

One of my personal Favorite Manual every day carriers. It's everything a knife should be and nothing it shouldn't! (?)

Blade: Overall length: 3.12” (7.9 cm)
Cutting edge: 3.00” (7.62 cm)
Thickness: 0.08” (0.20 cm)
Steel: AUS 8, 57-58 HRC
Handle: Closed length: 4.00” (10.2 cm)
Weight: 1.9 oz. (54 g)

Manual Action with "flipper"

Handles are 6061 T6 hard anodized aluminum, CNC machined with a perimeter radius for comfort. A stainless steel locking liner with friction grooves gives positive locking. We also incorporated the patented* Lake And Walker Knife Safety (LAWKS®) into all compact M16 models, which converts them into virtual fixed blades when engaged. AUS 8 stainless steel was chosen for blade steel, for its edge retention and durability. Both Razor-Sharp or Combined Razor-Sharp and Triple-Point™ Serrated edges are available.

CRKT has just introduced their entry into the ASSISTED OPENING knife catagory. The VOODOO (top) and the WILD WEASEL (bottom).

The VOODOO Features a 3.28 in. 154CM steel blade and a 4.22 in. aluminum handle with Santoprene insert. Comes complete with a pocket clip. This blade is an assisted opening knife.

The WILD WEASEL Features a 3.28 in. 154CM steel blade and a 4.22 in. aluminum handle with Santoprene insert. Comes complete with a pocket clip. This is an assisted opening knife.

The new E-Lock converted to full automatic with safety. River CRKT Elishewitz CKRT Elishewitz Black Body with molded carbon fiber texture scales.

Blade: Overall length: 2.87” (7.3 cm)
Cutting edge: 2.75” (6.9 cm)
Thickness: 0.12” (0.30 cm)
Steel: AUS 8, 57-58 HRC
Handle: Closed length: 3.87” (9.8 cm)
Weight: 3.7 oz. (105 g)

Elishewitz E-Lock Automatic Knife Elishewitz E-Lock Automatic Knife Elishewitz E-Lock Automatic Knife