Leek tip breaking?

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So I just held a leek for the first time. I like I but the tip seems real fragile, like it will break easily. It looks like it could break if you stuck it in an apple and put some side pressure on the blade. Any problems with the tip breaking with light cutting? Is there a warranty on the knife?
 
newknife said:
Any problems with the tip breaking with light cutting?
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I would bet not. In fact, I doubt it would break with any cutting task. It would on break if you were prying on it or drop it on something hard like ceramic or concrete. Or if you stab it into something you shouldn't
 
The Leek has got to be one of Kershaw's all-time popular knives. I would think any serious fragility would have been mentioned widely by now. I haven't heard it.

In line with what res1cue said, consider that whatever steel they use, it is steel. Steel is not fragile. Some knife knuts are clumsy, however. :p
 
it ain't gonna break on any fruit other than a coconut LOL...the tip can break if you drop it, pry with it and screwdrive with; have friends that have blunt tip leeks from doing all 3....
 
At any time, its blade can shatter into thousands of pieces.

(No. It's not going to break.)
 
I don't think it would break with 'light cutting'. I used mine for years and never had an issue with the tip being fragile. If you started using it for tasks to which it is not suited (ie: prying or batoning or some such nonsense), then I could see it breaking.
 
I know someone who actually broke the tip of the Leek but that was due to the fact that he used it as a screwdriver or a pry bar which we all know is a no-no. So as long as you stick to cutting tasks as it was made for then you should have no problem. BTW I personally have no issues with it and love the Leek [of course, no abuse is taking place on my part]
 
Now, to get the serrated or non-serrated. I'm leanIng towards the serrated. This will be my first leek and first Kershaw.
 
unless you've owned and carried serrated knives before and know you like them i highly recommend getting a plain edge. These are far more useful for everything but a handful of very specific tasks and easier to maintain. most people seem to buy one serrated knife either for looks or because they think it will be useful but after carrying it often regret not getting a plain edge.

And i've used my leek as a screwdriver(which falls under the 'abuse' category), never had any problems with the tip. If you do damage it it's more likely it'll bend, not break.
 
If you are worried about the tip the leek comes in a reverse tanto called the Random Leek.
 
i bought a buddy/co-worker one for work use. he uses knives like tools, not collector items. he dropped it about 3ft high on concrete and the tip sheared off. so it is fragile, all things relative.....that said he didn't care since he thought the tip was too pointy for his use anyways, and prefers it's new shape missing the tip. so....

the point of the story is, don't drop yours on concrete, and even if you do it will still cut stuff.
 
I broke a small piece (maybe 1/32") of the tip off of my leek when I snagged it on something at work pulling it out of my pocket and it hit the concrete floor and deployed, I sharpened it up and it worked fine just not quite as pointy as it was. I let a girl at work use it to open a box she dropped it on concrete while it was open must have hit right on the point because it bent a good bit of the tip over at about a 45* angle, I tried to bend it back and broke the bent portion lost about 1/8" there. Filed it down and sharpened it worked fine again, replaced with gayle bradely and gave it to the girl that broke it.
 
I've broken the tip off of two Leeks. I dropped one on to a hard surface and the other one broke when was I digging a staple out of tree to remove a sign. I got the very tip caught under the staple and I broke it off. The first was an accident, the second was stupidity as I had Bark River Bravo 1 with me. The tip of the Leek is thin and I shouldn't have been doing something so dumb with it. I used a Leek to dig a couple of splinters out of my son's finger last night...worked great.
 
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