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Last E.T. I got was confiscated by the wifey right quick. She just thought that thing was the cats meow and took off with it! No kidding. As soon as she saw it she said its hers! End of story. She has used it in the yard and her gardening and clips it to her pants carrying it along with her other gardening forks and root rakes.
So, months later I finally took the plunge to get me another. This one I got in the Urban Camo with the black blade. She tried to take that one too but this time I was not letting it go. I don't want her beat up one.
Anyway, many folks don't realize just how big these E.Ts. are. We had a discussion about them the other day. I tell ya these knives are really cool folks. They have that collector, user, cult thing going for them that makes them an instant classic in the knife world. I'm going to show you a comparision with it side by side next to a customers HD7 here that I'm working on. Its sitting here by my computer too so it was convenient. The blade length of the E.T. is 3.5". It weighs in at 3.6 ounces. The handle length is just shy of 5" and exactly 5" if you count the protrusion out the back by the toggle.
The E.T. or External Toggle is the only knife in memory that I've recieved a 'training' DVD with when it arrives. I must admit that when I got the first one I bought I opened it and had to think to figure out how to close it. Once you get the hang of it though its hard to put this knife down. It locks open securely, can be opened any number of ways, including a "Spyderdrop type technique" but not quite the same since the clip is the wrong orientation. Boy if it was tip down though you could do that easily. It comes with a pocket clip that is reversible for right or left hand carry in tip up mode and a lanyard clip built into the opening hole in the blade to make it clip worthy on a belt loop. It also has a lock to keep the blade closed which is a neat feature not often seen.
From the looks of things it would be easy to Wave this folder open also with some slight mod to the lanyard but I am not that much into the Wave to do that at this point.
Perhaps the best thing about the E.T. is the blade shape. In many ways its another derivitive of the Wharncliffe blade shape with a splinter picker point which I love. This folder is a handy tool that locks securely regardless of how cute it looks and its well made. The one thing that stands out to me above all other things with this 13C26 blade produced by Kershaw is this. The blade is thin! Now why can't all of them come this way? This thing does not need the usual expected reprofile to make it as I like it but came that way on both the examples I have. I like that a lot! Saves me some work to get it as I am used to for my own uses. Its fully .010 thinner or more at the point right above the edge bevel than any other folder I've owned from Kershaw to date.
STR
So, months later I finally took the plunge to get me another. This one I got in the Urban Camo with the black blade. She tried to take that one too but this time I was not letting it go. I don't want her beat up one.
Anyway, many folks don't realize just how big these E.Ts. are. We had a discussion about them the other day. I tell ya these knives are really cool folks. They have that collector, user, cult thing going for them that makes them an instant classic in the knife world. I'm going to show you a comparision with it side by side next to a customers HD7 here that I'm working on. Its sitting here by my computer too so it was convenient. The blade length of the E.T. is 3.5". It weighs in at 3.6 ounces. The handle length is just shy of 5" and exactly 5" if you count the protrusion out the back by the toggle.
The E.T. or External Toggle is the only knife in memory that I've recieved a 'training' DVD with when it arrives. I must admit that when I got the first one I bought I opened it and had to think to figure out how to close it. Once you get the hang of it though its hard to put this knife down. It locks open securely, can be opened any number of ways, including a "Spyderdrop type technique" but not quite the same since the clip is the wrong orientation. Boy if it was tip down though you could do that easily. It comes with a pocket clip that is reversible for right or left hand carry in tip up mode and a lanyard clip built into the opening hole in the blade to make it clip worthy on a belt loop. It also has a lock to keep the blade closed which is a neat feature not often seen.
From the looks of things it would be easy to Wave this folder open also with some slight mod to the lanyard but I am not that much into the Wave to do that at this point.
Perhaps the best thing about the E.T. is the blade shape. In many ways its another derivitive of the Wharncliffe blade shape with a splinter picker point which I love. This folder is a handy tool that locks securely regardless of how cute it looks and its well made. The one thing that stands out to me above all other things with this 13C26 blade produced by Kershaw is this. The blade is thin! Now why can't all of them come this way? This thing does not need the usual expected reprofile to make it as I like it but came that way on both the examples I have. I like that a lot! Saves me some work to get it as I am used to for my own uses. Its fully .010 thinner or more at the point right above the edge bevel than any other folder I've owned from Kershaw to date.
STR
