Kershaw Experts please help identify Junk Yard Dog Steel

Silly Rabbit

Silly Rabbit

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this a composite blade model
Most is see are 1725CB
This one is 1725CBB, I was able to find an image on google of another but I can't find the steel type of the cutting edge anywhere does anyone happen to know ?
The 1725CB is CPM-D2

The 1725CBB is?....

Thanks...
 
I think its a composite blade of CPM-D2 and Sandvik 14C28N.
...But I'm no expert.
 
So what is the significance of the extra capital B?
I saw a picture of the B and BB side by side and they appeared identical so I figured it must have something to do with steel type?
 
Silly Rabbit said:
So what is the significance of the extra capital B?
I saw a picture of the B and BB side by side and they appeared identical so I figured it must have something to do with steel type?
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It could stand for Blem. A model that had a factory blemish.

Edit: Sorry, didn't see the above post! Yes, I think that's it.
 
It would seem odd that company + model number stamp would get a different stamp (CBB vs CB) if it was a blem. That is what the xxxx is for. Usually knives get run thru a machine that stamps/etches the knife co name + knife name + model/serial number and then on to final inspection where the blems are usually found.

But maybe it is that.

Is it possible the stamp is wrong. The CBB part? That is the blem?

To the OP. Is the second B crooked or out of line with the rest of "1725CB" ?
 
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gazz98 said:
It would seem odd that model number would get a different stamp CBB vs CB if they noticed the blem. That is what the xxxx is for. But maybe it is.

EDIT: I just look over the OP post. His says CBB. I thought he was just wondering what the CBB in the link was. Me stoopid.
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Yes it reads CBB then has XXXX as well on the blade
Making me think is is a model CBB that was a blem (identified as such with the XXXX) so now I'm trying to decifer is the CBB a different model number than the CBB hence possibly a different steel identified as a blem with the XXXX or is the second B a redundant indicator of a blem?
 
Silly Rabbit said:
Yes it reads CBB then has XXXX as well on the blade
Making me think is is a model CBB that was a blem (identified as such with the XXXX) so now I'm trying to decifer is the CBB a different model number than the CBB hence possibly a different steel identified as a blem with the XXXX or is the second B a redundant indicator of a blem?
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Tha should have read "is the CBB a different model than the CB"
 
I found nothing on the internet that suggests there is a CB and CBB model. If the second B in CBB indicates blem, it would seem odd. That is what I tried to say in my previous post.

Kershawguy is a member/dealer here. He was mentioned in the link you gave us. Maybe PM or email him and ask. He knows his Kershaws. My internet search came up empty.
 
Yeah very odd I couldn't find that model online either, I may have bought it from Kershaw guy back in the day.....I was about to sharpen it today and wanted to know the steel type before I set a profile angle...I'm going with your inclination of CPM-D2
 
I think the theory above that states the extra B is the blemish is possibly correct. If you look at the thread the OP linked in post #4 then scroll down to post #10 someone listed a bunch of model numbers.

Note that the black version is 1725cbblk. It is possible machine was trying to accidentally stamp a black model label on this one which was noticed and after the second B was stamped and then the stamp was stopped. So the machine stamped 1725cbb(someone noticed the machine was stamping more than it should and stopped it cutting off the)lk. Now that extra b was the blemish. I have no way of substantiating this theory though.

I think the best bet is to just Email kershaw and ask them if there was ever a JYD with model 1725cbb. If not then you might have your answer. If there was I am sure they could tell you what that extra b means.

I don’t think they would stamp an extra b on the end of the model number to indicate a blemish but what do I know.
 
Also noice that it should have cpm-d2 stamped on the edge steel as in this one.

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If yours doesn’t it is maybe more evidence that the blade was pulled before the machine completed its process where it labels the blade. (Which according to my speculation it was trying to mislabel as 1725cbblk)
 
Mine is exactly like the far left in post #10 in the link above
Not black, with no marking as to blade steel on the blade
Photo here

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I had a JYD blem exactly like this where the only blemish I could find was the extra “B”. As for why the blade isn’t stamped “CPM-D2”, I believe at some point they switched to regular D2 and maybe stopped stamping them. Can’t remember where I read/saw the part about the steel though. My blem also had no steel stamp on it.
 
Hey Danbot

You have a PM

Cheers,
Alex
 
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