The M16 has been around for a long time, and benefitted from a mid-life addition of the LAWKS system. They’re light for their size and carry well. Some models also feature double flipper tabs that function as a “hilt” when the blade is open, and Tom Veff’s unique directional serrations that make quick work of rope and cord. There’s also a Rescue version with a glass breaker at the butt of the handle, and a seat belt cutter built into the flipper tab. M16’s come as either spear point or tanto blade shapes in a variety of sizes – 3”, 3.125”, 3.5”, 3.875”, and 4”, and with Zytel, Aluminum, or Titanium handles. All M16’s share a basic tactical-oriented design with a straight spine handle and gentle curves underneath, with holes in the handle and liners to save weight. The sweet spot is the M16-01T, with a sleek titanium handle and a 3.125” AUS-8 Spearpoint blade.
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Designed by Kit Carson (who sadly passed away in 2014) the M16 series is available in a staggering array of varieties, from the basic M16-01Z, with a bead blasted 3” spear point blade in 8Cr15MoV and Zytel handles over stainless liners, up to the high end Automatic for over $200, with a plunge lock, 4” black coated tanto 154CM blade, and aluminum handles. What’s special about the M16? Oh, nothing, it’s just the knife that popularized the concept of a flipper in the mass market, no big deal. They’re usable, classically styled knives with a unique feature set that makes maintenance a breeze, perfect for if you’re always bothered by the pocket lint (or, you know, real stuff) stuck in your pocket knife.
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All three new models share the 1.4116 steel and around $65 retail price, a full $50 cheaper than the original version. And the Homefront Hunter has a camouflage GRN handle (presumably to make it harder to find when you drop it?) with a modified drop point shape – a super high hollow grind with a concave spine and a higher tip give the Hunter a large belly for skinning and prepping game. The Homefront Tactical has the same GRN handle but with a half-serrated, black coated, tanto tipped blade. Blade steel is 1.4116, the same soft but easy to sharpen highly corrosion resistant steel that Victorinox uses on their Swiss Army Knives, in an EDC-friendly (see?) 3.5” stonewashed drop point shape. The Homefront EDC drops a half ounce compared to the original (4.3 vs 4.8 ounces) with GRN handles over stainless liners. There are four versions of the Homefront: the original “high end” version with OD Green aluminum handles and a 3.5” satin finish AUS-8 blade at around $115 retail, and three new more affordable versions introduced this year. In a few seconds you can take the entire knife apart, clean it, and put it back together. With the knife closed, you push the toggle switch near the pivot then turn the release wheel at the butt of the handle until the handles come apart.
CRKT calls it “Field Strip Technology” and the idea is that the Homefront can be taken completely apart without any tools for cleaning. The Homefront is a Ken Onion design, made to resemble a WWII era knife but with a clever new trick up its sleeve.
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