raccoon city's Favorite Knives, with pics! All Kershaw (except for two) so far.

Nope, I don't do automatics.

In California (where I live) I believe automatics are only legal if the blade is under two inches, and I prefer larger knives.

I probably carry my Launch 1 the most. The Launch 11 is on my short list!

Kershaw Fringe 8310!

This is my first new knife in eight months.

It's a good one.

I really like the carbon fiber insert.

My particular knife is sometimes difficult to open.

I believe this is because the pivot screw it too tight.

I don't have the right hardware handy to adjust the pivot screw, but other than that problem, this knife is a winner.

Raccoon,

That thing is huge!
Looks nice but don’t think my pockets will fit it. :slight_smile:

Reasonable price too.
Future purchase for sure.
Thanks

The only Kershaw that I have is a Double Duty (the one with 2 blades and the wood handle scales) – great knife! I like it’s traditional look, light weight and one hand opening blades.

It's actually not that big.

I accidentally made the image larger than my other ones, but I have fixed that now.

It has a three inch blade, which is on the small side compared to the rest of my knives.

Finally got a Bareknuckle, takes a little break in time, but now the action is incredible. From the factory the pocket clip was off center, but easy to adjust, and the grind is not even near the tip which is not a deal breaker but I expected better from the USA factory. Very lightweight and thin for a long knife with good ergos, really like the sleek aluminum handles and ZT like appearance.

The Bareknuckle looks amazing.

I have an A/O Natrix, which is the Chinese A/O version of the Bareknuckle.

It is very nice.

If the Bareknuckle were an A/O, I would get one.

I have the non a/o natrix also a nice knife, always been a big fan of assisted Kershaws but it’s nice to have some bearing models, they seem a bit more fun to fidget with.

Brother knife should make a re-interpretation of that Double Cross/ Double Duty series.

Traditional shape with one hand opening, I like that a lot.

A Double Duty sized one with the blades of the smaller Double Cross with their fine carbon fiber, I guess that would be mine.
Or they just make the Hungarian shape of the fejesgörbe like Spyderco did but without the hole in the blade :wink:

Some one should bring back the concept. It’s real nice to have a traditional styled pocket knife that is lightweight with one hand opening locking blades. I actually like the Double Duty blade shapes better than Double Cross, having one blade with a rounded tip often comes in handy.

I can imagine that the spey blade can be useful, they are just darn ugly for me.
A clip point blade or at least a longer belly would do it better for me
But a traditional with one hand opening is really something, the Case Trapperlock that I got a while ago was a total fail though.
Better if people who know liner locks like Kershaw do that.

Kershaw Oblivion 3860!

This knife is perfect for me.

No minor complaints this time.

This knife has a 3.5" blade.

I think I'll only get knives with a blade of 3.25" or bigger from now on.

I don't really like smaller knives, and this way I don't buy as many knives.

For Kershaw, one of my favs is a de-assisted Blur in S30V (pictured in the middle below).
Not a big fan of AO knives, and the Blur is excellent when de-assisted. Action is like buttah when tuned.
I can open it faster than the AO spring, and also have the capability to close it one-handed as well.

RC I hope you don’t mind me posting this in your thread - if you do lemme know and I’ll delete it. :+1:
I want to make some knife handles, I have made some before, many years ago that turned out well on a Damascus blank.
This is going to fit my rather good quality, but terrible looking stanley knife -

I am thinking of using these - has anyone else any experience of using them? Luminous Knife Handle Noctilucent Marbled Carbon Fiber Resin

I haven’t used this particular material but I’ve worked a lot with CF.
The dust from it is extremely dangerous for your lungs, so it’s best to work with it on a machine with exhauster and of course only while wearing a mask (and goggles and gloves). The only way to prevent this would be working at the tap with the water running. This is good for a final polish with MicroMesh for example.
When you do rough grinding, try not to overheat the material. The fibres are very good at storing heat but the epoxy with melt at the ground area.
Also don’t be surprised, the glowing material (strontium aluminate) with start to glow from any enery source, so it will glow when you grind it.
Rather funny effect when you see it the first time :wink:




Nice work there, maybe I’ll rethink it though as the dust is worrying, I did already think that but now you confirmed it……
Also it’s a bit pricier than I thought, the price I saw was for 1 smaller scale lol!
Cool looking stuff though!

You might get more responses in a new thread, but I don't mind if you post in this one.

I love Kershaw. I’ve carried a lot of them over the years, from back in the AUS-6 days to the current M390 Dividend. My main complaint is that they keep using 8Cr13Mov. Yeah, it’s better than the old AUS-6 or some of the lower XCrYMov steels in their ultra-budget line. The problem is that it isn’t good versus some other steels we see around the same price.

Chinese D2 is an obvious comparison, especially on Kubey, Ganzo, Petrified Fish, etc. Tangram knives use Acuto 440 in the $20 range. Acuto 440 holds a better edge and is much more stainless than 8Cr13Mov. The same is true of 9Cr18Mov when done well, which Civivi does in the $40 range. Ruike has some very affordable knives in 14C28N. There’s also 12C27. Because of all these choices, I haven’t bought an 8Cr13Mov Kershaw since the Fraxion.

I have my very first Kershaw coming, a China made orange 7100 Launch 1 in D2.
Bit naughty having an ao this side of the water, hopefully it’ll go through as I could do with it.