CRKT and Karen Hood team up to make the CRKT line of wilderness survival knives

[Grant Lamontagne]

Direct from CRKT:





The company announced it is partnering with survival expert Karen Hood to offer the latest knife in their wilderness survival line, the HoodWork™ (Hood Wilderness Outdoor Recreation Knife). While the phrase “Survival…it’s all in your head” is an intrinsic part of everything Karen Hood, Survival.com and Survival Quarterly Magazine, a good knife can also mean the difference between life and death in an extreme situation.

Made in the U.S.A., the fixed blade knife comes equipped in a modified drop point style with exclusive, patented, Veff Serrations™ for hard cutting tasks. Each one is hand ground by expert craftsmen and offers a special ceramic coating that is corrosion resistant. So it can stay alive in rain, mud and whatever else you can throw at it. Along with a high visibility paracord fob, it also features G10 handle scales that can be removed for lashing the blade to a small limb creating a makeshift survival spear in the wild. 

The HoodWork™ was the brainchild of Karen Hood, celebrated outdoor survivalist, founder of Survival.com and co-founder of the wildly successful, Telly Award winning, Hoods Woods Wilderness Video Productions, Producer of The Hoods Woods WoodsMaster, Cave Cooking and UrbanMaster video series (Found in Cabela’s, Bass Pro Shops, Kmart, Walmart, survival.com and other retail stores), and Survival Quarterly Magazine.

Says Hood of the new HoodWorkTM “Having spent several years in the field I knew what worked and what didn’t, this is everything I’d want in a blade if this is all I had out there.”

Begging to be tested by you in the most rigorous parts of the lower 48 and Alaska, this knife not only belongs with you on any adventure, but you will soon find yourself lost without it.

And for those chores around the camp fire, make sure to feast your eyes on the HCK1™ (Hood Camp Knife), another new item in the Karen Hood line. The HCK1™ is the knife you want to use in your kitchen, and the knife you can’t leave home without. Good for indoors and for 99% of your outdoor camp needs, whether it’s preparing a meal or making a shelter.

The HoodWork™ knife manufacturer’s suggested retail price is $295.00.
The HCK1™ knife manufacturer’s suggested retail price is $295.00

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

HOODWORK™ w/VEFF SERRATIONS™
SKU:                3500
Blade:               Edge: Combination
Length:             6.130” (155.7 mm)
Steel:                1095 High Carbon Steel, 56-58 HRC
Thickness:        0.160” (4.0 mm)
Finish:               Acid Etch, Sandblast, Ceramic Coating
Overall:             11.310” (287.0 mm)
Weight:             9.2 oz. (261.0 g)
Handle:             Multi-Layer G10 w/Orange Paracord Lanyard
Style:                Fixed Blade Knife w/Sheath
Sheath: Material: Brown Leather
Weight:             4.0 oz. (113.0 g)

HCK1™ HOOD CAMP KNIFE
SKU:                 3510
Blade: Edge:     Plain
Length:             6.130” (155.7 mm)
Steel:                1095 High Carbon Steel, 56-58 HRC
Thickness:        0.130” (3.1 mm)
Finish:               Acid Etch, Sandblast, Ceramic Coating
Overall:             11.310” (287.0 mm)
Weight:             8.2 oz. (232.0 g)
Handle:             Multi-Layer Polished Resin Infused Fiber w/Orange Paracord Lanyard
Style:                Fixed Blade Knife w/Sheath
Sheath: Material: Brown Leather
Weight:             4.9 oz. (139.0 g)

U.S. Patent No. D559,939

Founded in 1994, CRKT® is the industry’s premier brand of knives, tools, and lifestyle accessories, with a reputation for innovative design. For more information, call: (800) 891-3100, email: info@crkt.com, on the web: www.crkt.com.



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[Gareth]

Not quite my style, but they do look good.   Prices are quite steap though.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Made in USA is not usually a cheap label. 

Def

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[Gareth]

Made in USA is not usually a cheap label. 

Def

Sent from a digital multitool

That is very true.

[dmanuel]

I'm sorry, I'm not trying to run any products or people down on this.

I can buy a Battle Horse Knife made by hand, custom ordered, with O1 tool steel for less money and I can pick up a Fiddleback Forge that is hand forged, O1 tool steel, and using phenomenal grips with amazing fit and finish for the same price or less. Both of which are made in the US.

Let's call it like it is. If these guys can consistently produce amazing hand made pieces from a superior and more expensive steel, with better grips made of more expensive material then I am sure that there is something more going on here besides that "Made in USA" tag.

[Grathr]

Cool looking knives, but like some has commented, a bit pricey.

[comis]

Hood videos are what I watched long time ago when I was first interested in survival topic, and the idea of having a maxi and mini kit still have influence on me till today.

I didn't quite follow the fall out between Hood and a kinfe maker afterwards, but did get to buy a long Hoodlum knife for an OK price locally(for old time sake).  But before I get to put it to real use, I saw a couple bad review of the knife breaking in two when batoning and pretty much it has became a shelf queen ever since.

The prices of these two knives are far more expensive than what I pay for the Hoodlum, and hopefully more homework is done for the product this time.

[jzmtl]

Probably half of it is commission, always happens on collaboration models.

[Sparky415]

I do like the look of those

[Syph007]

Im not much interested in any of their stuff, but I did really like Ron Hoods outdoors videos.  I was sad to hear when he lost his battle with cancer a couple years ago.