Iāve been carrying a Kershaw Shallot for a while, itās a little larger than a Leek and I like the blade profile better.
Itās a shame it is discontinued.
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Anyone going to the Kershaw factory sale in Tualatin the week after Thanksgiving?
Great sales on factory seconds and one of a kinds. Factory sale
Found the box. It is a Spoke. Donāt remember what I paid for it a few years ago but, I do see Amazon has it on sale for $16.99 right now. The wife loves it. She never leaves the house without it.
The Shallot was a fantastic knife. I love most of Ken Onionās designs.
The Hot Wire looks interesting. If it didnāt have such meh steel Iād probably grab one. Itās like a downmarket Chill, which is ironic given it started out around $10.
My favorite knife this year is the Benchmade Bugout. Not really budget but itās a great knife.
I clicked on your link for the Spoke and decided I couldnāt live without it, soā¦ā¦I clicked again.
I donāt really carry knives much anymore, just a multi-tool of one breed or anotherāusually a Leatherman. I think my wife will like the Spoke though.
I have a couple hundred folding knives I suspect. About 30-40 or so are Kershaws of various types. IMO, I agree with folks above that Kershaw has the best price to performance ratio across the line of any Mfg. Great product at a great price. My fav. EDC is the Kershaw Blur and I have about 8-9 of them. They come in cheap enough that I donāt care if I happen to lose one (hasnāt happened yet knock wood), They pull out quick, grip well and are non-slip, sharp and flip open easy. The blade shape isnāt ideal for a fight although they do have several blade types, but that crap only happens @ every 30 years anyway (so far), so maybe Iām good. The blade shape is rugged and wonāt break under any conditions I would bet. Regardless, I have some better knives, but they cost craploads more (not double or triple -craploads) I get nervous carrying them for fear of loss. My total favorite is the Lone Wolf Harshey D2 D/A. Best pocket folding knife ever and certainly significantly better than any of the āautoā crap Benchmade tryās to sell. But I only have 2 of them. For whatever reason, Benchmade bought Lone Wolf, took pre-orders and then stopped production of them almost right away. I was stoked as I had 2 on preorder with Benchmade for the first production run in D2 steel, and they were less $$ than Lone Wolf had been selling them all day long (list was $215 vs $300) and yet they cancelled the order. I suspect that Bill arshey wanted a residual or something. That guy makes some great product though, it would have been Benchmades #1 knife should they have made them.
So close. Now they go close to $500 for an old Lone Wolf brand ā¦when you can find one.
Love Kershaw, definitely top of the list for price to performance ratio. They also have some of the best usable profiles while maintaining a good aesthetic.