While "tuning" the latest batch of knives, I realized the advertising pamphlet, removed to save weight when mailing, had a different date from the one that came with the CRKT 5800.
The pamphlet that came with the 5800 has a printing date of 2/2000, while the on for the 5700s is 2/2002. The earlier pamphlet shows the Sampson 5700/5800, but the 2002 pamphlet doesn't. To me, that means our knives were already out of production by early 2002. The fact that we're still able to buy them at closeout prices from one single dealer is a minor miracle. Please pray that the miracle continues.