Kershaw ET 1900 External Toggle

Thomas W said:
You can be so dark and evil.
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Very true. Along with speaking with Eurasian accent when I'm overly happy; I also wear gloves fashioned from puppy cadavers when I type about these things. My edges need to be thinner and exhibit higher polish, too. They are like pre-op Carnie Wilsons holding onto the knives' primary grinds: very very nice, but so full of needless self-doubt and of the opinion that only operation-havings from D8XX, D8F, and Shapton family will happiness make.
 
thombrogan said:
Dog of War said:
... every boy deserves to grow up in a home full of wicked-sharp knives, some with edges so thin that you'd swear a bit of light can pass through them.
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Maybe every boy does, but my baby is all girl.
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Still, after seeing all the fun her daddy's having with the ET, I wouldn't be too surprised if she's kinda bored with an Easy-Bake Oven or Malilbu Barbie.
 
Ever see Addams Family Values? To be safe, our princess has Ballerina Barbie! ;)

Got the feeling that my little Dora the Explorer will want a Fusion Battle Mistress. Sure, a machete is fine for clearing vines to the ancient ruins, but the FBM will clear the ancient ruins and the trees which held the vines.
 
thombrogan said:
Along with myriad ways to deploy and close the blade is that it can be opened and closed both quickly and quietly. Why is this important for the casual user? If you like opening and closing knives as a soothing mechanism, you probably have loved ones who have finally tired of hearing "click clak" for hours on end. The External Toggle lets you do such silly things without risk of a backhand for being too loud.
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I've got one of these, and I've never figured out a good reliable way to close it with one hand, (safely)... And I'm have pretty good dexterity, but the ET is one knife I have trouble closing one-handed. Can you enlighten me?
 
I ended up buying one of these today, seems like a cool knife, somewhat unique too. It should arrive this week :D
 
ohmyheckinslc said:
I've got one of these, and I've never figured out a good reliable way to close it with one hand, (safely)... And I'm have pretty good dexterity, but the ET is one knife I have trouble closing one-handed. Can you enlighten me?
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Ohmyheckinslc, the ET is very easy to open and close with one hand. Takes just a tiny bit of practice. Here is a youtube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvT1khQ8z2k At around the 20 second mark the guy shows the one handed toggle. Its super easy.
 
Ohmyheckinslc,

Ring finger on Toggle slightly resting on pocketclip! The first few hundred times, visually check to make sure the rest of your fingers are also out of the blade's way. If you play guitar, closing the ET one-handed feels like making a 'power chord' with your pick hand instead of your fretboard hand.

Xar,

It certainly is a unique knife! Lots of folks want a knife with the ultimate blade/handle ratio (not me! The Spyderco Dodo pwns those knives!), but the External Toggle has the ultimate practical/bells-and-whistles ratio.
 
My ET arrived today, I'm quite happy with it as it really is something different and fun. Opening is easy with a single hand, closing seems like it will take practice. I have yet to try the bottle opener, I'll be sure to try it out soon.

The method of locking it in the open position seems that it would be almost as good as a fixed blade since as long as you keep a grip on it it's impossible for it to close on you.

Has anything else been done with this concept since the introduction of this knife?

The only thing I'd like to improve on it is the grip as it's a bit too slippery when trying to close it in certain ways single handedly, such as with your ring finger on the belt clip.
 
Today is Friday, so what better day to try the bottle opener?

The family who designed the External Toggle, Grant and Gavin Hawk, are tireless inventors. They may well have given this gift to the world and just moved on. Who knows? With it being so durable with an aluminum frame, I don't see any reason why it couldn't be shrunk with a steel frame and be housed inside some G-10 with just the Toggle Lock being exposed*. The way it currently is works just great for me, especially with accessing the safety switch. I'd love to see how the Hawks would make a balisong.

*Of course I don't see the problem; I wouldn't be the guy fabricating the steel or any other part of the manufacturing. :rolleyes:
 
With all these fine Kershaw knives it’s hard to choose one to get. I’m not sure I’d like this one as an edc but I can’t help thinking it’s a very cool knife. Do you use the safety switch when carrying it? Does it ride comfortably?
 
Hi db. I do use the safety switch. It's a very nice feature.

It rides low like an Al Mar SERE 2000 or Spyderco Caly3. With the futuristic look and ability for spooky-quick opening, its low-riding pocket clip is very welcome. With the clip, though, I find that drawing the knife by positioning a finger-tip under the clip helps keep it from eating pockets. Not a big deal with responsible people, but those of us who draw, open, close, repocket our folders over 100 times a day (over 500 when home and sick) can use all the help we can get.
 
Over a year has passed and this knife still edges out other folders in my EDC rotation. I love going on Spyderco jags and enjoying the ZDP Caly3 and StretchII and escpecially like carrying Swamp Rat's Howling Rat (the Little Mischief one these days, though the older one is superb, too), but I go back to my hollow-ground waifer-thin wonder again and again.

Yesterday, I was freeing some pine trees from their bondage to vines and had to cut into the dirt with said Kershaw External Toggle 1900 folding pocketknife. Never thought to shuffle its edge in the dirt before, especially as doing so has chipped out the edges of my folders with S30V. There was blunting, but no chipping! And the blunting was small enough to steel away until the next time I can sharpen (which will be the end of May or early June thanks to an elbow booboo).

So I guess this year +9 days later post (we had a leap year don't you know) is to say I really dig this folding pocketknife from clip to tip and have been more than impressed with Kershaw's use of Sandvik brand 13C26 steel.
 
Good to read that it's holding up well. I've always liked the ET. It doesn't get the attention it deserves on these forums.
 
The original ET, the custom one that G&G Hawk built...that's the one to have, yeah, it's expensive, but the action on it is SO much better. I've played with it at a couple shows.
 
did all these knives, kershaw et1900 come with discs??? and paperwork or just paperwork on some maybe the later models only came with paperwork???
 
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