Columbia River Knife and Tool's M16-14T Titanium Big Dog Tanto-Style Combo Edge Blade Knife

Big Dog
If you're looking for a big knife, this is the one. The M16 Big Dog is a high quality knife that rivals any other, from the Carson flipper to the AutoLAWKS saftey. By far the best knife I have ever owned. Rick
Been around the block
To start, I bought the CRKT M-16 Tanto with Titanium handle almost eight years ago for about fifty bucks, aboard Camp Fallujah in Iraq. I like the way it looked, and I really prefer the Tanto blade over any other. That said, this knife has been literally everywhere with me (to exclude airports, for obvious reasons) and has performed better than any other knife I have owned. It has been on ships in the Med with me, in the sands of Iraq, the training grounds of Camp Lejeune, and everywhere in between. This knife is worth the money, and if you take care of it, it will take care of you. Mine looks almost brand new, and has been used for everything from turning screws, to opening MRE's, to cutting everything from copper wire, to rope. I currently carry it with me everywhere, even to school. Its not too big to carry around discretely, and it is not so small that it cannot do big knife jobs. If you plan on using it to split wood, you are not gonna have a nice day, but if you need a general...
Good production knife design
I've owned this knife for a over a year, it is not cheap feeling or heavy in weight. It is easily carried and easy to deploy one handed without hang ups or excessive tension or lack of tension issues. The knife is rounded in all areas except the finger guard so it does not hang up on anything or have rough edges that dig into you. You can clip it inside jogging shorts and jog without it shaking off or opening due to the clip construction and blade retention characteristics.

The blade came very sharp and is easy to maintain. Some people may find the blade too soft, but I like it for a fine edge and sharpness factor. The safety automatically engages when the blade is deployed to lock it into a secure state of use. There are 2 safety's: 1 main spring lever against the blade, 1 spring activated secondary to add a lock check to the main lever safety making it very secure in locking tension. It is very easy to deploy one handed with no tension issues.

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