Kershaw Talon

Kershaw began its foray into the knife business sometime during 1974. The company was originally based in Portland Oregon, but most early knives were manufactured in Japan. The first US manufacturing plant was opened in 1997 & the company currently offers knives made in the U.S., Japan, & China. Pete Kershaw (an ex Gerber salesman) started the business.
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Re: Kershaw Talon

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I have ben trying to find a kershaw talon plain edge. If you know where i can find one,please let me know.

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The only ones I have seen lately are on ebay.

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Re: Kershaw Talon

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IIRC, Talons were made in the mid- late 90's.
After they were discontinued, they were highly coveted by some of us for their use in the Pikal
methodology popularized by Don Rearic, SouthNarc, and others on certain self defense forums.
Here's a link to an article from the early 2000's that shed a little light on them:
http://www.donrearic.com/southerncomfort.html
There are still quite a few people who are willing to shed some money for a good one, especially the
modified ones.
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Re: Kershaw Talon

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I bought one of those .22 cal Kershaws off the Snap - On truck in 1985. Really cool looking, especially with the holster, but impractical as stated. I always regretted letting it go, been trying to find one ever since.
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