First Look - Kershaw Piston

5.56 · Mar 26, 2012

FYI, Cabelas was advertising these back in Nov

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...iving-in-a-cave-When-did-the-Piston-come-out?

allyourblood · Mar 26, 2012

5.56 said:
FYI, Cabelas was advertising these back in Nov

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...iving-in-a-cave-When-did-the-Piston-come-out?

I remember that thread, but the way Thomas replied made it sound like it's likely that Cabela's indeed has them in stock.

bladeboss · Mar 26, 2012

Oh my god that is one sexy knife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

osodavis · Mar 26, 2012

I know its probably too late in the game for any changes now, but this knife would be just about perfect if it had the same black, deep-carry clip as the Knockout & Echelon. The holes look pretty close, maybe they could at least be swapped? I love the Piston, & will buy one no matter what, but that clip just doesn't look quite right . .

5.56 · Mar 26, 2012

allyourblood said:
I remember that thread, but the way Thomas replied made it sound like it's likely that Cabela's indeed has them in stock.

Indeed, I'm saying that they may have been there awhile. Kershaw is ninja.

allyourblood · Mar 26, 2012

5.56 said:
Indeed, I'm saying that they may have been there awhile. Kershaw is ninja.

Ah, I gotcha. In that case, I wish they'd ninja-star some over to the retailers with a much better price!

XxdrpxX · Mar 26, 2012

Holy smokes, I had no clue about this. Just ordered it off of cabelas, seems like Thomas confirmed its the real deal.

rescuedan · Mar 29, 2012

Just talked to Cabela's, they are in! Mine will be at my door by 4/6!

allyourblood · Mar 29, 2012

Congrats! Wonder how long it'll be before the other retailers have it.

gunfiter · Mar 29, 2012

If you go to gpknives, the knife they show has a different, and IMO, a better looking handle. Which will be stock?

allyourblood · Mar 29, 2012

gunfiter said:
If you go to gpknives, the knife they show has a different, and IMO, a better looking handle. Which will be stock?

I agree, but that's not the final handle. The picture they have is the older mockup I believe, from when the Piston was gonna have aluminum scales. It's G-10 with that sunburst-y pattern texturing and no thumbstuds.

TxAggieA-Batt · Apr 7, 2012

Has anyone seen the Piston hit any additional stores?

nihontoman · Apr 28, 2012

TxAggieA-Batt said:
Has anyone seen the Piston hit any additional stores?

Steel130 · Apr 28, 2012

I will do a video when mine gets here. I am extremely dissapointed to hear they took the satin finish off. I am tired of bead blasted finishes. Oh well, mine will be here on th 7th.

Mika · Apr 28, 2012

nihontoman said:
I haven't and it really pisses me off. The piston BTW has a fully bead-blasted or maybe stone washed (I'm not really sure) blade that doesn't look nearly as good as the prototype. Kershaw, please change the blade finish back to that gorgeous satin/stonewash combo, you are killing the looks of a very attractive knife...

That's a stonewash finish. It's surprisingly hard to photograph so that the stonewash details can be seen in the photo. All about the correct angle of light.

nihontoman · Apr 28, 2012

Mika said:
That's a stonewash finish. It's surprisingly hard to photograph so that the stonewash details can be seen in the photo. All about the correct angle of light.

I agree, making photos of stonewash is extremely difficult and maybe that knife doesn't look that bad, but one thing is I guess obvious - satin finish really set out the blade grind that attracted me to this knife in the first place and now it's kinda lost... I've seen only few stonewashes that complement the blade grind and I don't think that this one is one of those kinds...

please kershaw, do something about it. I promise, instead of one, I'll by three, just make it with satin finish