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Nice I've been carrying an Endura plain for probably 35 years. And a Victorinox Pioneer for 45.
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Nice I've been carrying an Endura plain for probably 35 years. And a Victorinox Pioneer for 45.
I REALLY like my paramilitary 2. REALLY hate their warranty for being as expensive as they are.
Thats its pretty limited. You buy a $160 knife, and risk sending it in (you pay shipping, and repairs) then if they consider it "unrepairable" they send it back with a note suggesting retirement. They wont replace blades because they are "hand fit"Curious what you don't like about their warranty?
Thats its pretty limited. You buy a $160 knife, and risk sending it in (you pay shipping, and repairs) then if they consider it "unrepairable" they send it back with a note suggesting retirement. They wont replace blades because they are "hand fit"
Yet benchmade will fix just about anything for free, and replace blades for a pretty low cost (at least last time i checked)
Heck, with Kershaw, my grandpa brought in a old inexpensive Chinese model. It wasnt fixable, so they gave him a nib model similar to what he had. No money, no questions asked.
Spyderco fan boy so I get my bias right out front. I have owned a couple hundred spyderco's and still own close to fifty maybe a few more or a few less but enough I don't want to count them. Carried a Spyderco predominantly for the last 10 plus years and have had to use Spyderco's warranty zero times. You don't need a warranty when the product is made right the first time. If I ever have to use Spyderco's warranty I have complete confidence Spyderco will make things right.
I have owned 20 or so benchmade knives over that same time period and still own five or six. I have had to send two in for warranty repairs and have another that needs to go in due to excessive blade play. Benchmade has made things right to their credit but I would have rather received a product that didn't need any warranty repairs.
If your in a situation and counting on your knife to perform a task and it fails, let me know how well that warranty works out. My long winded point being, one should not base their choice on warranty. They should base it on the past and present performance history and the products ability to meet the users needs.
I cinch a ziptie through the hole on my Endura, clip off rhe tail. It self opens when pulled from the front pocket.I was a spyderco guy until I bought my 1st Kershaw
They sell stuff USA made and made elsewhere, just like Spyderco.
That little flipper lever on most Kershaws is why I switched, check them out.
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That's the1776 model Kershaw, kinda chunky for some.
Like anything else, I had to modify them by adding jibbing for my thumb:
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This the OSO Sweet Kershaw, a little less chunky
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You can see the flipper inside the bottom hilt at the back edge of the blade, I have no pics of the closed, sorry.
Never liked serrated for the same reasons already metioned.
BUT
I'll sharpen a knife with only the course stone of my Lanskey and only stroke it straight down over the blade with no lft/rt movement, indexing along the blade the width of the stone with the stone off the blade and stroke again, to sharpen the total length.
The resulting edge is all mini-miro grooved serrations, created by the rough diamond stone...try it.
I carry these in my pocket with no clip, and if I'm in a sketchy area I'll have one of these in the palm of my right hand/ready to flip open.
A simple search for Kershaw Knives on Amazon with result in a complete list of their knives, both foreign made and domestic.
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Just some rambling of useless info and jmo,
I recommend you check out the byrd brand in the futureYeah, I've been sitting here playing with it (the knife!) and already have found myself getting used to the blade and grip design! I do think, this might be the best feeling one I've held in quite sometime.