Favorite kershaw

Earl1

Earl1

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I almost always have a case or buck traditional but in the last couple years I've also added a modern folder to my carry. I've owned alot of knives as most here have. I've owned benchmade,spyderco,buck,kabar,kershaw.
I always seen to come back to Kershaw. All the Kershaw knives I have owned I really liked
For me the dividend ,knockout and cryo are 3 if my favs. I also carry a fraction right now.
Just wondering what is everyone's favorite jershaw,should info back to a knockout or dividend or is there something else anyone could reccomend
 
I have several Kershaw. IMHO the best they ever made (and one of the first) is the Oso-Sweet. A perfect A/O if you like those.
Rich
 
I'm kinda ashamed to admit that I have four Knockouts & four Launches. Carry one or the other each day. Favorite is the M390 Carbon Fiber Knockout: lots of blade, good steel & just a hair over three ounces in weight. (Don't even mind too much that it's assisted as I've collected a few extra torsion bars over the years.)
 
Currently the only Kershaws I own are a Link, CQC-6K and a 3" Injection. The Injection and CQC are in the the glove boxes of my cars. I use them as backups for those days when I rush out of the house and forget to put a knife in my pocket.
The Link is the only one that I carry. Albeit, only occasionally.
However, with all that being said. Of all the Kershaws I've owned over the years. The one I enjoyed the most BY FAR was the Induction. The Hawk Lock made it one of the most lefty friendly Kershaws ever and the action was just downright fun.
I gave mine away 2 years ago to a good friend that needed a decent knife and just never got around to replacing it. Now that it's discontinued, I can't justify the price people have been asking.
So I wait until Kershaw decides to release a new design with a Hawk Lock.
 
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My "favorites" change pretty regularly, but I keep picking up Blurs, so I guess this is my favorite. It's an iconic knife like the Spyderco Endura.
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mwhich50 mwhich50 I hear you loud and clear, I rarely carry mine because of the clip. Over the last few years I will occasionally reach out to knife mechanics to get it drilled and tapped for tip up with a deep carry clip with no luck so far. When I do find a willing mechanic to do the work mine will definitely get carried.
 
Well, I guess I'm old school - I had a Kershaw D.W.O. that I lost sometime in the early 90's. Would love to find a gray one again sometime.

-Tyson
 
I sometimes carry a premium Dividend. With the free deep-carry clip they gave me, it's fantastic for tip-down carry in a shirt, breast, or vest pocket. I haven't found anything better for that sort of carry.

I also like the Fraxion. It has some issues but the design has so much potential. I love the strong snappy detent. I didn't care for the pocket clip but the detent is strong enough for loose pocket carry so I ditched the clip. That little bit of texture from the carbon fiber cutout is surprisingly perfect for what it is. It mates up just right with my fingers as I open it. I chamfered the inner scale edges on mine to improve the ergonomics. The factory grind on mine was a little funky but that's an easy fix. The big issue for me is that it's 8Cr13Mov. The $25ish street price on the Fraxion isn't terrible for 8Cr13Mov but I'd gladly pay extra for 14C28N.
 
elde66 said:
I'm kinda ashamed to admit that I have four Knockouts & four Launches. Carry one or the other each day. Favorite is the M390 Carbon Fiber Knockout: lots of blade, good steel & just a hair over three ounces in weight. (Don't even mind too much that it's assisted as I've collected a few extra torsion bars over the years.)[/QUOTE


I wish they would offer more colors in the entry level (Sandvic) Knockouts.
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Bareknuckle, Natrix and Natrix XL, Injection 3.5, Thermite, and Concierge. Oh, and my first one, the Tone! Been meaning to get a Knockout just haven't pulled the trigger yet.

I gave someone my Cryo because he needed a new knife, and sold my Cryo 2 to someone else who lost their knife. I really enjoyed the Cryo 2, but having a ZT 566cf, 0562cf, the Thermite, an xm-18 and Xm-24, I think I'm good on Hinderers!
 
colubrid said:
... The Kersaw has to be the worst pocket clip ever invented by mankind. ...
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Before the recent revolution in Chinese budget knives, I spent a lot of time with Kershaws in my pocket. They were one of the best values and had a lot of decent designs but so many of them had goofy clips. I was often on the lookout for reasonable replacement clips.

My last successful discovery was that the unusual deep-carry clip for the Kershaw Brookside (Dick's Exclusive) fits two of the screw holes for the Kershaw Clash.
 
My EDC Kershaw is a 1670TBLKST Ken Onion Tanto assist. My fancy show off Kershaw is an auto Model 7300.
 
Another vote for the shallot here! Love that underrated sandvik steel it comes in.too!!!!
 
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