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After having very good experience with my Kershaw Starky Ridge and Whirlwind I decided to get the new Avalanche.
The knife finally arrived and I was very excited about it. But my excitement lasted for only a few minutes.
IMO the knife should have never left the factory (or maybe only with significant discount). I can compare it side by side with my Whilwind and the quality of the work is much lower (I am not talking about materials). So what is wrong??
It is difficult to open the knife. Not only the thumb stud is small and with sharp edges (the one on Whirlwind is much better)also the blade touches the liner. Even with very hard push the blade fully opens and locks only in about 50% of the attempts. When closing the knife I can hear the liner rubbing against the blade. It is the liner lock. It looks like it is bent a little or the ball is not big enough. If I open the blade to about 45° I can see the ball (ceramic??) touching the blade and creating a little gap between the blade and the liner. But on the other side of the liner (where the little nicks are) the liner touches the blade.
This picture shows the lock touching the blade even though it should not. The blade is not closed.
But there is even bigger problem. The grind is very bad. It is almost impossible to see it on the picture but is clearly visible. If I run the blade between my thumb and forefinger I can feel it. It is a little "bump" about one inch from the tip of the blade perpendicular to the blade edge. At one point the blade is a little thicker. I tried to do some scans but it is not possible to see it.
Now what shall I do... The knife crossed the ocean 3 times already (due to our stupid customs) and now it will be for the 4th time. I have heard stories about Quality Control problems at Kershaw (especially with their more expensive knives) and now I have one example right here.
I am very sad to report that those problems still exist.
David
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[This message has been edited by David1967 (edited 07-13-2000).]
The knife finally arrived and I was very excited about it. But my excitement lasted for only a few minutes.
IMO the knife should have never left the factory (or maybe only with significant discount). I can compare it side by side with my Whilwind and the quality of the work is much lower (I am not talking about materials). So what is wrong??
It is difficult to open the knife. Not only the thumb stud is small and with sharp edges (the one on Whirlwind is much better)also the blade touches the liner. Even with very hard push the blade fully opens and locks only in about 50% of the attempts. When closing the knife I can hear the liner rubbing against the blade. It is the liner lock. It looks like it is bent a little or the ball is not big enough. If I open the blade to about 45° I can see the ball (ceramic??) touching the blade and creating a little gap between the blade and the liner. But on the other side of the liner (where the little nicks are) the liner touches the blade.
This picture shows the lock touching the blade even though it should not. The blade is not closed.
But there is even bigger problem. The grind is very bad. It is almost impossible to see it on the picture but is clearly visible. If I run the blade between my thumb and forefinger I can feel it. It is a little "bump" about one inch from the tip of the blade perpendicular to the blade edge. At one point the blade is a little thicker. I tried to do some scans but it is not possible to see it.
Now what shall I do... The knife crossed the ocean 3 times already (due to our stupid customs) and now it will be for the 4th time. I have heard stories about Quality Control problems at Kershaw (especially with their more expensive knives) and now I have one example right here.
I am very sad to report that those problems still exist.
David
------------------
DIVERTI NESCIO
---------------
My Photopoint pictures
Mikov Knives
Visit our region
[This message has been edited by David1967 (edited 07-13-2000).]