Kershaw JYD II Composite Appearance Discrepancy

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eeyoredragon

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I recently purchased one of these from Amazon. However, the composite blade doesn't look any photo of a JYD II composite that I've ever seen. The steel on the edge has the same finish as the rest of the blade and the seam between the two steels also does not look like every photo I have seen of these (or the photo of the knife on the Amazon page).

Is it common for them to vary in appearance so widely? Is this just a newer model? Sorry for the stupid question.

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whoa, that's awesome. I haven't ever seen that one either, but I'm not that keen on Galyeans so maybe someone can help you more.

It's hard for me to imagine Kershaw tooled up not one but TWO separate parts of that blade though for a one off. Maybe this was a prototype.

Thomas W can help out no doubt.
 
im pretty sure the pics your used to seeing just appeared to make the edge portion look diffrent...if i was you find out the 2 blade steels from kershaw and flip ur knife around and compare with the stamping on yours.
 
timmy<3bm said:
im pretty sure the pics your used to seeing just appeared to make the edge portion look diffrent...if i was you find out the 2 blade steels from kershaw and flip ur knife around and compare with the stamping on yours.
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Hmm... well, I say photos but I've seen video reviews as well. I think the difference is pretty noticeable and not just a matter of a photograph being touched up or anything. Even the seam pattern is different. The seam on this is more like the Rake imo (but obviously the blade shape is not).

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Whoa, that's really weird. I bought one from Amazon last August, and the knife looks exactly like it does in the stock photos: very pronounced light-dark contrast between the steels, "correct" pattern in the copper seam, and so forth. Here's a pic I took a couple minutes ago:

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neuron said:
Whoa, that's really weird. I bought one from Amazon last August, and the looks exactly like it does in the stock photos: very pronounced light-dark contrast between the steels, "correct" pattern in the copper seam, and so forth. Here's a pic I took a couple minutes ago:

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Right. That's what I was expecting.

My main concern (while I prefer the look of yours and every other photograph I've seen) is that I'm getting what I paid for quality-wise.
 
eeyoredragon said:
Right. That's what I was expecting.

My main concern (while I prefer the look of yours and every other photograph I've seen) is that I'm getting what I paid for quality-wise.
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Well, are there any defects at all?

I wouldn't worry about getting your money's worth. You'll probably make $150+ selling this on ebay if it doesn't work out for you.
 
strange.

but i must say i prefer the "saw tooth" seam over the "spiral notebook paper" seam.
 
Artfully Martial said:
Well, are there any defects at all?

I wouldn't worry about getting your money's worth. You'll probably make $150+ selling this on ebay if it doesn't work out for you.
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I haven't noticed anything off with it at all. No blemishes or anything. Opens smoothly... sharp as hell. But I don't really have any experience with frame lock knives at all. All mine are lockbacks.
 
eeyoredragon said:
I haven't noticed anything off with it at all. No blemishes or anything. Opens smoothly... sharp as hell. But I don't really have any experience with frame lock knives at all. All mine are lockbacks.
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Technically this is a liner lock, but they're functionally identical. The things to look for are blade play (true of any folder), but also how hard it is to unlock (if it sticks or not) and how advanced the lockbar is...generally, on a new liner lock, the lockbar should be almost totally on the tang, but not too far over, to leave room for wear.

I think you lucked out, honestly.
 
mine was identical to neurons but it was purchased in jan. of 2010 so kershaw may have changed the zipper profile.--dennis
 
Flashpoint said:
That, and I don't think they are etching the D2 anymore.
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That would be consistent with something I remember Thomas saying in a thread about the Rake (and the color of its D2) a while back. I wonder why Kershaw didn't update the picture of the JYD II CB in their 2011 catalog to reflect the new brazing pattern and lack of etching...
 
neuron said:
I wonder why Kershaw didn't update the picture of the JYD II CB in their 2011 catalog to reflect the new brazing pattern and lack of etching...
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My guess would be that the catalog was laid out and sent to the printers when they decided to make the changes. That or somebody just neglected to make the change.
 
Artfully Martial said:
...generally, on a new liner lock, the lockbar should be almost totally on the tang, but not too far over, to leave room for wear.
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The lockbar is about half way onto the tang. That was the first thing that caught my eye, but like I said, I'm pretty ignorant about frame/liner locks.

Flashpoint said:
That, and I don't think they are etching the D2 anymore.
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Ah, thanks. You don't know of any other changes do you?

Thanks for all the info, guys.
 
Thomas said on another forum that this would be the new look of the CB JYDII. Different pattern and no etch on the new one are the only differences. The same steels are used on the new model that were used on the old model.
 
awww that makes sense. well, look, if you like the original design more, I'm sure someone on this thread would be willing to trade you or something.
 
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