Drifter

I have had two of these knives. Bought most recent one two and a half years ago. It's my every-day pocket carry, and I use it every single day for a wide range of tasks. It fits perfectly in a right-front fifth pocket on typical jeans. The clip is very solid. The thumb screws on the blade make it very easy to open the knife one-handed. The thumb spring in the body locks the blade open very safely, and is also easy to activate with the holding hand to fold the knife one-handed.I have used the blade on many materials, including cutting things on pavement or stone. It holds its edge very, very well. When it has gotten dull, I have sharpened it up with a hand-held sharpener (steel and teflon for rough and fine sharpening) and it sharpens back up very nicely. The blade has not chipped anywhere. I have used it in wet and/or dirty/muddy settings and, while I of course clean, dry, and oil it after such, I am happy that to this day it has not a single visible spot of corrosion anywhere.For the money, this knife is fantastic and I'll keep buying them (this is my second one only because I lost my first one). I have given this knife as a gift and not regretted it. Frankly, I'd consider this knife a bargain for twice the price. One note: if you intend to use this knife for fighting, it doesn't have a huge thumb-guard; but I bought this knife to use it daily, not for knife-fights. Very highly recommended overall: an excellent everyday knife at a very budget-friendly price.

As far as I am concerned, the best EDC knife you can get! It's simple, tough, the clip is awesome and tough, the knife easy to clean (sandblast it if I have to) and it is simple to adjust the pivot. Good balance of sharpening ease vs. edge retention vs. toughness. Fast one hand deployment and locks solid. As an artist and as a craftsman, I've put this knife through the worst for a few years and it works as good today as when I bought it. The smooth stainless sides can be a little slippery when wet, but I think it's well worth it for the clean-ability and toughness of the knife. [NOTE: this knife is very different from the plastic-sided model, in the way it locks and in the way the clip attaches.] Great knife!!!!EDIT: I want to note that I have carried this knife and used it several times a day for about five years now. This is a thing close to my heart. I attribute most but not all of the beauty of this knife to it's designers. Every once in a while there is just a lucky coming together of design, materials, construction and user, and my relationship with this thing has been just that. This isn't a thing to wow you or instantly feel like the best thing on the planet, this is a tool to merge with and to beat on and then care for and then repeat for many years. Have you ever seen a tool from the stone age, that looks so beautiful and refined and delicate that it doesn't seem possible that anyone ever used it, but at the same time it shows the wear of a lifetime of use? Thats what I think of when I think of how much this thing has been through, how many times I used it to pry something apart or remove staples or used it as a screwdriver or wrenched on the pivot with all my strength or used it as a pipe cutter or a bottle opener or to push stripped screws out of something or as a punch or a hammer, sandblasted it to get resin off of it, used it to cut open bottles of battery acid, and how the thing is so slim and sleek and how I still keep it sharp with ease because it won't chip or break or get dents in the edge too easily. (I have seen lots of spyderco's and kershaw's do just those sort of things.) And still it opens with ease, clicks closed or locks open with no play even after all that. A very lucky little knife, and a lucky man I am to have one. People will like different things, the right hand clip is one potential issue, and who knows what else, but this is just one of my favorite things that makes me happy when I think about it.

This is the BEST knife I have ever owned!!!!I own plenty of other more expensive knives from various fancy companies and I still carry the drifter everyday. Works great. Flips out easily. Fits in my pocket perfectly. Blade is quality. And IT IS INEXPENSIVE!!! That means I will actually use the knife as a tool for anything. Those expensive blades are hard to use because I am worried I will damage it. I don’t worry about that with the drifter. I am not worried about about ruining the drifter blade because I can afford another one. In fact I have a few drifters currently. Want to pry something? Use it to split small pieces of wood for a fire? Want to dig something out? Cut things you wouldn’t with a $300 blade! Yes, this knife gets used for so many things. This makes it the perfect knife in my opinion. All similar knife’s that’s cost a lot more are just extra. This is the EDC tool and weapon for self-defense. Also makes a great gift.

Amazon's product description of this knife is incorrect. It actually lists the dimensions of CRKT 6451 Drifter, which is a bigger brother of this knife.If you are OK with smaller knife than described size, this knife is not bad. The blade is actually 2.75 inches, not 3.2 in. The handle is not 4.2 in. but 3.6 inches. Knife is well-made with solid lock up of the frame lock. The blade came decently sharp from the factory using Chinese 8Cr13MoV steel. At about 3 oz, it's pretty light despite frame lock design. Although I think there are better knives at this price point, it's pretty good knife for the price. Good size for EDC use if you like'm small and light.