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| Hollow ground, drop point hunter with 200 layer Damascus carbon steel, the Croco CK4024. |
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| This is an absolutely beautiful Damascus knife, The CROCO CK4024 or Linder's catalogue number: 443009 |
My first impressions upon unboxing this knife was exactly WOW! Linder World/Linder Knives in Germany is selling this model and other Damascus blades from the manufacturer CROCO. CROCO is a manufacturer in Pakistan who has been in business for 3 generations making knives (according to their web site). Well the construction and fit and finish of this knife certainly spelt craftsmanship of skilled knife makers. The real stag scales form a very comfortable grip too. It came deadly razor sharp out of the box too.
Now this Croco Damascus blade is NOT stainless and after cutting up fruit or anything acidic and meat you have to clean it thoroughly and make sure it's dry as and oiled before putting it away. It's one of my few carbon steel blades I own and i forgot just how much care really it takes to keep carbon blades looking good (if that's your concern).
There is a (knife deep carry) thick leather scabbard included:
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| I foolishly cut into the scabbard with the razor sharp blade but no biggie, it was just a nick! Double stitching, thick grain leather. Maybe I would have liked to see a bar tacked belt loop ie 2 diagonal stitches in the loop instead of 2. |
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| Thumb gimping an essential feature on a small but grippy drop point hunter. |
The Croco 200 layer Damascus hunter came with a brass tube lined lanyard hole and a small bit of leather thonging.
* Of course this isn't the real Wootz Damascus, as those raw material sites long since disappeared along with the techniques.
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