Emerson CQC-7: an ongoing review

[Korean Hog]

I am surprised to see the coating wearing off so quickly
What have you been using the knife for?

i had a CQC8 that i have only use for basic (light) EDC tasks and it never had any marks
Last year I have abused a DLC PM2 for construction work and the DLC haven’t wear off as much

Mostly AC installs, duct work rough in and scraping various gaskets and wax rings I come across fixing my own stuff.
The coating reminds of the old Cold Steel Teflon coating that comes off easier than spray paint.

 

[Korean Hog]

Current state of CQC 7

Opens beer bottles easily using the wave opener like this
I recommend a reverse grip when lifting the cap so as to hold the blade closed
otherwise the blade tries to open like a flipper tab

I had a Mud Jug but I prefer now to spit in a disposable can and the CQC 7
is useful and fun for doing that
two cuts on either side of the opening tab and then use the butt end of the knife to swing the top down

The knife is holding up and it sits on my desk to be used for the above mentioned tasks but not much else

 

[Gizler00]

Interesting outcome. My first “high end” knife was a cqc7 that my dad bought me back in 2000. I used it for everything under the sun. Cutting shingles, opening boxes, prying stuff open. It has been sharpened many many times and even got butchered by a “sharpener” at a knife shop back in the 2000’s. Broke the tip off prying a stick can of wax open. My coating looks bad, but it took many many years for it to look the way it does. And my lockbar barely moved in all the years I used it. Kind of makes me wonder if the standards are different now compared to when I got mine in 2000. Makes me question buying another.

 

[Alberta Ed]

They do hold up well under a lot of abuse.

 

[lonestar1979]

Benchmade version was best,regret not buying it,otherwise i do not want to pay this much for knife that has sticky lock that goes all the way to the liner when flicked.

 

[sabre cat]

Yeah, the CQC7 is one knife I have love/hate relationship with.

I doubt if I will ever get one.
There are just to many accounts of lock problems.

Besides, the blade grind does does not work for me.

Shame, really. I want to like the knife. A lot.

 

[lonestar1979]

Kershaw and zero tolerance have better version of these designs with better price too,zero tolerance emersons are awesome and protech has very nice automatic version of emersons,kershaw versions are not bad at all and inexpensive.Emerson handles are some of the best and most comfortable of the ones i handled.

 

[sabre cat]

Kershaw and zero tolerance have better version of these designs with better price too,zero tolerance emersons are awesome and protech has very nice automatic version of emersons,kershaw versions are not bad at all and inexpensive.Emerson handles are some of the best and most comfortable of the ones i handled.

If they ever produce a CQC7 I’m
interested.