Wood inlay selection shrink?

Tseg · Jan 9, 2019

I was just on the CRK website and they have a very slimed down line of wood inlay knives available. Is this a post-holiday thing or are they depleting for a new line up of wood? i.e., no spalted-beech Sebenza (glad I already got mine!).

https://chrisreeve.com/collections/knives/Wood

Josh K · Jan 9, 2019

You might want to email them and ask. It seems they’ve removed both spalted and that striped one.

Ajack60 · Jan 9, 2019

If I'm not mistaken, the Striped Platan replaced Thuya wood.

Josh K · Jan 10, 2019

Ajack60 said:
If I'm not mistaken, the Striped Platan replaced Thuya wood.

I believe you're right. I think Raffir supplies both the spalted beech and striped platan so maybe it's a supplier switch or hiccup.

Tseg · Jan 10, 2019

Ajack60 said:
If I'm not mistaken, the Striped Platan replaced Thuya wood.

Striped Platan gone also... so theory about supplier switch may be accurate.

James Longstreet · Jan 13, 2019

Just received confirmation from Tim today, that indeed they reduce standard wood inlay to 3 different inlays. According to Tim they are doing it to have more capacity for special runs. The official announcement will be done at Shot Show.

Tseg · Jan 13, 2019

The Spalted Beech is dead. Long live The Spalted Beech.

Ernie1980 · Jan 13, 2019

Special runs? I wonder what they are planning...

HistoricalMan · Jan 14, 2019

I would hope a reduction in wood choice to create additional capacity for limited run knives means production in enough quantities for dealership distribution.

It's really cool seeing all of the different limited run knives at big trade shows in recent years, but I can't get too excited about narrowing wood choice in the wider market if it just means more 10 piece runs at $2,000 a pop.

I'm interested to see what 2019 brings!

James Longstreet · Jan 14, 2019

HistoricalMan said:
I would hope a reduction in wood choice to create additional capacity for limited run knives means production in enough quantities for dealership distribution.

It's really cool seeing all of the different limited run knives at big trade shows in recent years, but I can't get too excited about narrowing wood choice in the wider market if it just means more 10 piece runs at $2,000 a pop.

I'm interested to see what 2019 brings!

You nailed it. Excellent point!