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Columbia River Notorious - Plain
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Retail Price: $59.99
Our Price: $34.99
Item Number: CR1167
Manufacturer: Columbia River Knife & Tool
Manufacturer Part No: 1167
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CRKT Notorious - 1167
How does Gerry McGinnis keep his grades up as a student at North Carolina State University and still keep coming up with new and interesting knife designs? CRKT doesn't know, but they just couldn't resist putting his new Notorious line into production.
The Notorious 1167 is a full-size frame-lock folder. This sport and work model is bright, with a Razor-Sharp high satin blade, bead-blast frames and clip, and gray G10 scales.
It features CRKT's OutBurst assisted opening system. Pressing one of the dual ramped thumb studs instantly springs the blade fully open after you have opened the blade approximately 30 degrees.
The handle is exceptionally strong and rigid with two stainless steel frames and a stainless steel back spacer. Gerry has designed G10 scale onlays which fit the hand nicely and are CNC machined to give additional grip.
The 3.50" blade is a modified spear point with a recurve and a very high hollow grind, swedged at the top edge. There are ample friction grooves at the thumb. By maintaining a full-width spine nearly to the point, Gerry has created a blade with both excellent cutting ability and good penetration.
The Notorious features a cool custom drilled stainless steel clip.
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| Specifications
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| Dimensions
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Open Length
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8 inches
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Closed Length
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4.5 inches
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Weight
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5 ounces
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| Blade
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Length
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3.5 inches
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Thickness
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0.121 inches
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Material
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8Cr17MoV
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Blade-HRC
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58-59
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Finish
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Satin
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Grind
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High Hallow
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Style
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Modified Spear Point
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Edge
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Plain
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| Handle
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Material
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Stainless Frame w/CNC'd
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G10 Onlay
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| Lock
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Type
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Frame Lock
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| Carry
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Carry System
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1 Position Clip
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| Features
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OutBurst
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Yes
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Designer: Gerry McGinnis
 Gerry McGinnis is a student in business at North Carolina State University, who, at age 20, is the youngest knife designer to appear in the CRKT catalog. He started making knives when he was 15, learning mostly from Internet forums, and built up his equipment from hand tools to power tools. He met Alan Folts, who he says "was very generous and helped advance my knifemaking skills, particularly with folders." Gerry transitioned from mostly fixed blades to folders in about a year, and got interested in folder designs with flippers. He has concentrated on mostly flipper designs and perfecting the mechanism because of their ambidextrous one-handed opening characteristics and ease of use. Gerry placed 2nd in the 2008 Custom Knives and Guns Knifemaker Buildoff in the folder category and has been mentioned several times in Blade Magazine as a new maker to watch. Gerry is the designer of the new CRKT Tuition and Summa lines, which to the casual observer seem to be the work of a designer with decades of experience.
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