Kershaw Centofante

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Brutus013

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I've been looking at the Kershaw Centofante, and I like everything about the knife except for the blade steel, which is 440A. I know Kershaw moved all of their knives to 13C26, and are now going to 14C28, but was the Centofante ever converted over? Knifecenter still lists it as 440A.
 
I believe they stopped making that model before the switch. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will be along to correct me.
 
Brutus013 said:
I've been looking at the Kershaw Centofante, and I like everything about the knife except for the blade steel, which is 440A. I know Kershaw moved all of their knives to 13C26, and are now going to 14C28, but was the Centofante ever converted over? Knifecenter still lists it as 440A.
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They only converted their knives over to 14C28N that were previously made in 13C26 -the ones that were in other steels before never got the conversion and likely remained the same. Like the chive and scallion, they are still in 420HC.
 
Brutus013 said:
I've been looking at the Kershaw Centofante, and I like everything about the knife except for the blade steel, which is 440A. I know Kershaw moved all of their knives to 13C26, and are now going to 14C28, but was the Centofante ever converted over? Knifecenter still lists it as 440A.
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If you like the knife I would get it. I've carried several Kershaws with 440a and it performs fine. Obviously it doesn't hold and edge as long as other steels but it is easy to sharpen and the knives are inexpensive. I think Kershaw did a good job getting the most it could out of 440a.....I would put it close to AUS-8 in terms of edge retention and ease of sharpening. This is based solely on personal experience and is a non-scientific statement. You have be careful doing steel comparisons around here... :p
 
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...and how is one's usage experience really degraded because a 2 1/4 blade isn't a 14c28 or "better"...i have a baby boa in 440a and it hasn't collapsed on any tape, boxes or envelopes yet...

the point is moot anyways; the centofante is discontinued...it's 440a or nothing...
 
The Centofante is such a small knife I couldn't imagine needing much more then 440a with a good HT. I had one for a bit but it was just too small for me, not that it was too small to use, I just don't care for knives that small. I gave it to a lady friend of mine that carried a small Chinese junk knife in her purse. She sent the junk knife home for me to sharpen, so I sharpened it up and gave her the Centofante back as well. She made the mistake of letting he husband see it and now they sneak it away from each other all the time.
 
Here are some of the Kershaw Centofantes that were/are still available.

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