DISCONTINUED CRKT 1166K McGinnis Summa - Black Blade / Partially Serrated Edge

Introducing the CRKT® Tuition™ and Summa™, two new work knives featuring premium blade steel and hand-shaped Micarta® scales. Custom quality and materials at an incredible price.

Young knifemaker Gerry McGinnis is not well known– yet– in the cutlery world. But he will be when the word gets out about his new production Columbia River Knife & Tool® (CRKT®) Tuition™ and Summa™ knife designs. These two locking liner folders offer the materials and quality usually found only on custom knives costing many times as much.

Both knives are offered with Razor-Sharp edges or our exclusive combination patented* Veff™ Serrations for fastest cutting through rope, twine, netting, and vegetation. As an engineering student in college, Gerry thought these CRKT designs should be named after words that are foremost on his mind right now.

The Tuition™ is a compact and powerful work knife that is just right for shop and outdoor tasks. The broad sheepsfoot 2.88” blade has a high hollow grind that gives fast cutting, accurate trimming and excellent tip strength. Blade steel is premium 8Cr14MoV stainless steel in a satin finish.

One-hand opening is fast using the friction-grooved flipper, which also acts as a blade guard when open. Our stainless steel InterFrame build is exceptionally rigid, and features hand-shaped black and green layered polished Micarta® scales. While stubby, the Tuition handle is shaped for grip, swelling at the palm and offering a deep finger choil that transitions into the flipper blade guard, plus thumb friction grooves. The custom stainless steel pocket/gear clip in satin finish is removable.

The larger Summa™ is a sleek, full-size folder with a 3.75” drop point blade of 8Cr14MoV stainless steel with a very high hollow grind. The Razor-Sharp model 1165 has a satin finished blade, while the Summa™ T 1166K offers tactical black oxide coating for maximum corrosion resistance, with our exclusive combination Veff™ Serrations. For fast either-hand opening, just press the flipper.

Both Summa models feature an open InterFrame build with stainless steel liners, hand-shaped black and blue layered polished Micarta scales, and a rigid Zytel® back spacer. The liners and custom removable stainless steel clip receive a blue titanium nitride coating, for an effect that is cool and understated.

At CRKT, we have never produced a knife based on eye-appeal alone, but the Summa’s graceful and sinuous shape, almost uninterrupted by studs or hardware, is one of the most attractive we have ever manufactured. Everything is just right: look, feel, balance, grip and price.

McGinnis Summa™
1165: Satin Finish Blade,
Razor-Sharp Cutting Edge

McGinnis Summa™ T
1166K: Black Oxide Blade,
Combined Razor-Sharp &
Veff Serrated Cutting Edge
Blade: Length: 3.75” (95 mm)
Thickness: 0.12” (3.0 mm)
Steel: 8Cr14MoV, 58-59 HRC
Closed: Handle length: 4.88” (124 mm)
Open: Overall length: 8.50” (216 mm)
Weight: 3.6 oz. (102 g)