Is the composite leek a good knife

K

Kianson

Joined
Aug 10, 2015
Messages
5
I have recently picked up a composite leek from knife depot for 75 bucks I have some questions on the durability is the composite blade I am looking for clarification on its toughness.
 
The Leek is not exactly a hard use, tough folder. It has a very fine tip for precision cutting, and has thin stock for slicing. The CPM-D2 works just fine for me, it was one of the first Leeks I really used. If you are worries about the part where the steels meet, don't haven't seen one break yet.
 
Great for office or "suburban" edc. I had one for quite some time and I was very fond of it. Was great for breaking down boxes, seemed pretty durable to me, you may not want to baton with it though....
 
Like said above the Leek is not going to be a "hard use" or "tough" knife. It is a very slim and light blade intended to slice effortlessly and be easy to carry unnoticed.
 
I loved my 2tone blade leek. Got it off a snapon truck, it was a first production #1/xxxxx. It was my first nicer knife years ago, lost it in the first week if owning it. Never bought another nice knife until 10 years later... After learning how not to loae shit and two finding an appreciation in non-china knives. Definitely still wish I had my #1 production.
 
You always hear the old rhetoric "don't pry with your knife", well that's particularly true with a leek, its a very thin profiled blade with a particularly pointy tip, made for fine slicing and such as revdevil pointed out, not intended "hard use"; that said it's a great knife for what it was intended for, and also as pointed out by revdevil, don't worry about the seam where the metals meet, I have yet to see one broken there, more often then not, (and by that I mean every time), I have seen a leek broken off at the very tip, because somebody either tried prying with it, or dropped it tip down onto a hard floor/pavement.
 
I agree with everything stated above. I will also add that the Composite Leek is one of the sharpest knives out of the box we have ever seen! While not a hard use knife it is an awesome cutting tool!
 
I owned the composite junkyard dog 2 and it held a great edge, but I will say it was soo hard that even with the extra thickness compared to the leek I still had the edge chip out slightly cutting some very old hard wood. suffice it to say the composite leek will be a mean slicer that holds an awesome edge but treat it like a princess and stay away from ANY lateral force. just my experience.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top