Mule Team™ CPM® CRU-WEAR®

This model is no longer in production. 

Spyderco’s Mule Team™ Series is an ongoing project that enables steel-obsessed knife enthusiasts to test different blade materials using the same exact fixed-blade design platform. Sold without handles or sheaths, Mule Team blades are also ideal for aspiring knifemakers and hobbyists.

This expression of the Mule Team concept features CPM CRU-WEAR blade steel, a high-performance "V" tool steel that is difficult to process making it challenging for knife manufacturers to work with. It follows the same high-alloy, metallurgical tool-steel recipe used to produce D2, but with greater levels of vanadium, tungsten, and molybdenum. It is air-hardened and worked in a cold state.

CRU-WEAR exhibits exceptional toughness, impact resistance, and hardness for exceptional edge retention and is the first tool steel offering in Spyderco's Mule Team Series. All Mule Team blades are sold consumer-direct and available only at the Spyderco Factory Outlet or through Spyderco.com. 

Released: September 2011