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Gargs

Gargs

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Hey,
Sitting around waiting for my Speed Bump, Mini-Mojo and "Haystack Rock" Leek to arrive...could be today, maybe tomorrow. Anyway, since I'm so focussed on thinking about Onions, I was wondering if any of you own a handmade. I've never even seen one on in person, and am curious. And I believe Ken started began the term "mid-tech" (or Simonich, I'm not sure which of them)...anybody have/handle one of those? I bet they're terrific knives!
Again, just passing the time waiting for the Kershaw truck to arrive.
Gargs
 
I have a KO Forum Bump. It started off as a slightly less than Midtech project. It ended up requiring alot of hand finish and assembly so I would place them squarely into midtech territory. The fit and finish are absolutely perfect. The KO Stud Lock is slightly different than Kershaws in terms of fit and finish and materials, and is very tight with no wiggle and a very stout feel to the action. KO used hotter torsionbars than Kershaw so the knife fires somewhat harder than any production Bump. The quality of the coating is flawless and the grinds are nice and tight.

Comparing a Kershaw to a KO is really not fair but if I had to rate them on a scale of 1 to 10 just as knives I'd place the Kershaw Spec Bump at a 7 and the KO at a 10. It is by far the nicest knife I have ever owned. In conclusion, KOs are about as nice, tight, fast, beautiful and well built as you can get in a knife IMO.
 
Thank you. I was just curious and assume any comparison can only be to illustrate points. Like I said, I have never even seen a KO in person, though I have handled quite a few handmades. Now that the Kershaw truck has gone by, I have to be on watch tomorrow so anybody else who owns, handled and has seen a KO chime in.
Gargs
PS
I'm not a Mountaineer, but do remember Jerry West and Sam Huff pretty well. Worked the mines around Uniontown back in the early 70's, so I have been to Morgantown a few times.
G
 
spiralarchitect said:
I have a KO Forum Bump.
Comparing a Kershaw to a KO is really not fair but if I had to rate them on a scale of 1 to 10 just as knives I'd place the Kershaw Spec Bump at a 7 and the KO at a 10. It is by far the nicest knife I have ever owned. In conclusion, KOs are about as nice, tight, fast, beautiful and well built as you can get in a knife IMO.
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Not including pictures should be punishable by law. I'll cover you this time...

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Ken visits this forum every once in a while. He might chime
in on this. I imagine he has a handmade laying around somewhere. :D

I did remember hearing about a bunch of his handmades being stolen.
Saw a pic of them somewhere. I wonder if he ever found them???

mike
 
You get within 10 ft. of that coating with any kind of oil generated by the human body and it prints, smudges, smears and hazes. Every time I take it out I think about buying nice chamois gloves or something. It is a beauty though.
 
2brothers said:
I did remember hearing about a bunch of his handmades being stolen.
Saw a pic of them somewhere. I wonder if he ever found them???

mike
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Don't want this thread to get off track, but to answer your question: It was 13 knives he made for the Plaza Cutlery show in October of '06. I don't know that any of them have ever been seen since, and I'm pretty sure Ken has gotten nothing from the airline in terms of accountability or compensation.
 
svrider3 said:
I'd love to see this coating on a production KO/Kershaw.
It's an awesome looking coating. :thumbup:
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It is the Polished Boron Carbide (also called Black Diamond) Coating that is found on the Boron Chive. Kershaw uses polished Tungsten DLC instead of Boron Carbide now. It does get a little messy with fingerprints, but it's virtually scratch-proof. And the sexiest thing I've ever seen.

Last year I promised Thomas I would name my first born son after him if he would make me a Boron Random Leek, but he told me he didn't want my business and to drop dead. I think EVERY knife Kershaw makes should be available with the "Boron" coating! Imagine a Boron SHALLOT, or Boron Groove? :cool:
 
That knife is so cool looking I'd of thought it was a photoshop phony. Anyhow, there's one up on the Blade Art site. It is scary for me to imagine how well made and smooth a hand made must be, given the quality of Kershaw's production models.
 
nygiantsfan3342 said:
It is the Polished Boron Carbide (also called Black Diamond) Coating that is found on the Boron Chive. Kershaw uses polished Tungsten DLC instead of Boron Carbide now. It does get a little messy with fingerprints, but it's virtually scratch-proof. And the sexiest thing I've ever seen. I'll have a second child and name him Thomas Kershaw Mills if I could get a Boron Random Leek.
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your wife agrees with these statements how? :confused: lol
 
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