Kwaiken folder........

[jaxass]

Good evening everyone. Does anyone have any experience with the Kwaiken folder? I'm debating on purchasing it. Thank you.

 

[harvey554]

It slices well, has an aggressive tip, and is pretty pocket friendly. The straight handle makes it comfortable for most hand sizes and grip styles. The large finger choil on the handle provides nice access to the thumb disk, but I added a larger thumb disk to make opening a bit easier. A good alternative to the Gentleman Jim or A100.

 

[rpn]

I love mine and it gets a lot of pocket time. My go-to tactical steak knife!

 

[jceckrosh]

Big fan as well - I have 4. One of my favorite Emerson handles, and my preference out of all EKI's pointy knives - less aggressive curve than the Persian, and a handle I prefer hands down over the Hattin.

 

[tgh]

It slices well, has an aggressive tip, and is pretty pocket friendly. The straight handle makes it comfortable for most hand sizes and grip styles. The large finger choil on the handle provides nice access to the thumb disk, but I added a larger thumb disk to make opening a bit easier. A good alternative to the Gentleman Jim or A100.

It says Kwaiken on the blade, while on the photos on the EKI page it says Tactical Kwaiken on the blade. Is yours an older version or what's the difference?

 

[harvey554]

It says Kwaiken on the blade, while on the photos on the EKI page it says Tactical Kwaiken on the blade. Is yours an older version or what's the difference?

If i remember right, the Tactical Kwaiken is from the original signature series run of 61 satin and 61 black finished blades. Mine is from the current production run, which they've renamed just the Kwaiken. The original EKI page for the signature series Tactical Kwaiken was re-used for the regular Kwaiken production series.

 

[jceckrosh]

If i remember right, the Tactical Kwaiken is from the original signature series run of 61 satin and 61 black finished blades. Mine is from the current production run, which they've renamed just the Kwaiken. The original EKI page for the signature series Tactical Kwaiken was re-used for the regular Kwaiken production series.

Yep, blade stamp on the new ones is just Kwaiken.

 

[tgh]

Ah, great.

 

[Leftytwogunz]

I love mine.
I have had a lot of Emerson models come and go, Kwaiken and 7V are keepers.

 

[myemptymind]

I’m getting a Kwaiken delivered today!!

 

[harvey554]

Congrats. Great compact design!

 

[rpn]

Delivery day is a good day. Keeping to the theme- I ordered a Boker mini kwaiken today

 

[myemptymind]

My kwaiken arrived and I noticed that it has a domed pivot, I’ve never seen one with a domed pivot.