Kershaw in the pocket?????

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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Well its Friday and I have the Blackwash Leek in the rrp where its been all this past week.. I like the feel in hand and the slimness in the pocket.. ::tu:: John :D
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Blackwash Leek... ::tu:: Again and the past week.. Seems this one must tickle my fancy since its been carried since it got here.. ::tu:: John :D
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Gulch II on the hip and one of these Onions :D
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This has got to be a record for me.. Since July 7th I have had a Leek in the rrp.. First the od green then when the Blackwash arrived (7/25) thisun!! ::tu:: Just like them I guess!! ::hmm:: ::super_happy:: John :D
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(In my best New York Jewish accent.) So? What's not to like?
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jerryd6818 wrote:(In my best New York Jewish accent.) So? What's not to like?
Not a thing!! (In my best Pgh accent!!).. :lol: :lol: :lol: John :D
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yep! carrying the Launch 1 today... For $90.00, it's been great so far.
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Hows the auto button on that Launch and whats the price range??
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The Auto button is in that recessed slot and the top of the button is about 0.020" proud. The button works the action with a 2 stage feel. If you slowly press the button down, it goes in below the surface of the surrounding scale and momentarily stops, you then push just a bit harder and the blade swings out. I suspect they engineered this into it, to try and prevent accidental discharge in the pocket. Some folks may not like the 2 stages... It doesn't bother me, because I just push right through it and if in a hurry, you don't notice it. As mentioned above, I paid $90.00 for it.
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Been carrying my small Kershaw Ken Onion Speed safe I got in 2006.
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Thanx Checksix ::handshake:: I was going to get the $400.00 Benchmade auto ::hmm::
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8) Tomorrow I will be totting this Kershaw "Breakout" 7000 CKT Auto. It's very thin in the pocket. ::tu::
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Nice Mitch do they still sell that model??
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8) I checked for you Dog and I guess their discontinued, ::shrug:: bought mine around 6 years ago.

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Blackwash leek still !!! ::tu:: John :D
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Thanx Mitch ::handshake:: I did here that, a coworker bought one years ago as a work knife still fires out fine 8)
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jmh58 wrote:Well its Friday and I have the Blackwash Leek in the rrp where its been all this past week.. I like the feel in hand and the slimness in the pocket.. ::tu:: John :D

...YEP since 7/25.... ::groove:: John :D
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The blackwash Leek is the first knife to well and truly kick my PM2 out of my RFP... but only after a clip retrofit to make tip-up carry feasible. Here it is in a couple Kershaw family photos.
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Nice family photo ::tu::
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Thanks. I also have a Chive 1600NE ("no edge"??) with the SAMPLE NOT SHARP etch on the handle, not the blade, faded pretty badly. The blade was sharpened at one point, as i understand happens often, and I've used it in the past. A good example of untruth in advertising. :lol:

Still on the lookout for an unmodified 1600NE with a nicer etch. ::paranoid::
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Still rockin the Blackwash LEEK.. ::tu:: ::tu:: John :D
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Tsar Bomba wrote:Thanks. I also have a Chive 1600NE ("no edge"??) with the SAMPLE NOT SHARP etch on the handle, not the blade, faded pretty badly. The blade was sharpened at one point, as i understand happens often, and I've used it in the past. A good example of untruth in advertising. :lol:

Still on the lookout for an unmodified 1600NE with a nicer etch. ::paranoid::
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Your Chive was originally part of a store counter display. As is illustrated by the picture of my Scallion that sits on my "Love Me" shelf. It was attached to a formed piece of plastid that had an LED showing to the public and a battery w/timer circuit attached to the back of the display. The LED flashed and brought shoppers attention to the display. Originally unsharpened, someone has cut the cable that attached it to the display and sharpened the knife.
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Very cool photos and info, Jerry! ::tu:: I am aware of Kershaw's display knives (and in fact have been idly looking for a truly unsharpened one to add to the collection) but I find it amusing how you tend to see them sharpened by a previous owner more often than not. The etch, or what remains of it in the right light, does make an interesting conversation piece whenever I have a chance to tote it. :mrgreen: I will definitely have to be on the lookout for one still attached to its display like that first beauty. It would make a fantastic addition to my pitiful little cutlery display. ::smirk::
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Note the battery holder is not very rugged. It needed some red-neck engineering.
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I just got back from the local pawn shop with a fifteen dollar Kershaw Zing R.J.Martin design did a little research on e- bay and found these are going for around $150.00 on the bay as rare. Mine is well used but that unreal for so much money ::shrug::
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