highest quality kershaw leek?

shaunzmuders · May 19, 2012

hey everyone, I have a kershaw leek which i absolutely love, and yesterday i picked up a kershaw blackout. although a great knife, it doesnt feel very comfortable for edc. I was hoping to get another leek, in the highest quality steel blade. any help would be very much appreciated!! i think the one I have now is 1660CKT thats what it says on the blade, are there any upgrades from that, in this same knife? thanks so much!!!!!!

shaunzmuders · May 19, 2012

or also, anything similar to size and maybe styling as the leek, (assisted opening) with very high quality, hard, steel. thank you so much!

1SHOT1KILL · May 19, 2012

Damascus/S30V/Composite Leeks are your best Leek bet. The s30 is a liner lock but the other two are framlocks. The Kershaw groove is also worth looking into. It is not assisted opening, but a flipper instead. Mine are just as fast to open.

Mad_Maxx · May 19, 2012

I use the S30V version, it performs reeeally well from what I've seen

docbp87 · May 19, 2012

Love my composite Leek. I can only imagine how great the S30v Leek is.

Wevil · May 19, 2012

There is a Titanium frame one with ZDP-189 blade, good luck finding one for a reasonable price.

gordolindsay · May 19, 2012

Wevil said:
There is a Titanium frame one with ZDP-189 blade, good luck finding one for a reasonable price.

Good luck finding one period, as far as I can tell.

amflud · May 19, 2012

Wevil said:
There is a Titanium frame one with ZDP-189 blade, good luck finding one for a reasonable price.

I would've suggested that one but I think he's asking about what's currently available.

I would probably go with either the composite blade or s30v. I guess your handle and lock preference would play a large role in your decision. Composite is frame lock and s30v is g10 with liner lock, as already stated above.

stormbird · May 20, 2012

+1 for the S30V/G10 Leek.

Piper Maru · May 20, 2012

Just buy the best one you can find, as most of that type of knife are really quite good.

cali · May 20, 2012

G10 Leek is much thicker than a regular one, that's a big drawback for me.

Leek_Freak · May 21, 2012

Absolute highest quality is the Titanium/ZDP-189 1660TIZDP as a few people mentioned (4th row, 5th from the bottom) but it is very rare and very expensive. I also agree for the other two choices (composite 1660CB - 3rd row at the top, or the G10/S30V 1660G10- 3 above the titanium) are the best bets that are currently made. If you like a tanto blade, the 1660TGRYST (last row, 4th from the bottom) also has S30V steel with a gray DLC coating.