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    The New Generation of M-16s – by Frank S. Karl

    By H. Clay Aalders March 15, 2022March 22, 2022
    CRKT M16

    The New Generation of M-16s
    by Frank S. Karl

    It’s 1999 and Columbia River Knife and Tool has a tiger by the tail, but they don’t know it yet. The five-year-old company has been working with knife designer Kit Carson on an innovative design called the M-16.
    Kit Carson, a 20 year veteran of the Army, has some new and interesting ideas for a knife. He brings his experience in the service to his creation, the M-16 knife. It is an astonishing success. The M-16 knife and its variants find a way into the pockets of many of the military. Not to be outdone, the civilian and police markets embrace the M-16 knife family.
    The strong, overbuilt knife and its flipper mechanism quickly become popular. Both CRKT and Kit Carson are credited with making the now ubiquitous flipper popular. Shortly after the M-16’s introduction, the flipper becomes known as the Carson Flipper.
    Other companies mimicked the style, but never achieved the long-lasting success of CRKT’s M-16 family. The M-16 remains one of CRKT’s top sellers over the years.
    Kit Carson passed away all too soon in 2014, but his design remains a tribute to his innovation.
    The turn-of-the-century M-16 was a great knife, but twenty-some years later there is some room for improvement. CRKT has redesigned this classic with improved blade steel, assisted opening, and the Deadbolt lock. And frankly, I think they have another tiger by the tail.

    This article appears in the March 2022 issue of KNIFE Magazine. We posting it on the free side of the paywall for your reading enjoyment. Click the blue button below to launch the flipbook.

    CRKT M16

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    2 Tags: CRKT, CRKT M16, Frank Karl, Kit Carson

    H. Clay Aalders

    H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives - spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital Editor, curating and creating new content for our website and blog, as well as maintaining the Knife Magazine social media accounts (FB/IG: @theknifemag, Twitter: @knifemagazine). He is also a contributor and Associate Editor of the print magazine.

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    2 Comments

    1. Reply
      Del Corsi
      March 8, 2022 4:24 pm

      I do like the top one, and love D2!

    2. Reply
      Hocky
      March 10, 2022 9:37 am

      “Made in China” . . . No Go. I think that Kit Carson would tell CRKT to make them in the USA or any democratic country.

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