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I just got my Blade Magazine (April 2009) and it has an article on the composite Kershaw Ken Onion-designed Leeks. It looks like a beautiful knife. My main preference is for the plain edge.
There's not a whole lot of sweep to the blade but one thing that caught my eye about the knife (the composite edition, that is) was that the edge is actually CPM-D2 steel while the rest of the blade is the Sandvik 13C26...which, as the magazine also talks about, is a brilliant and novel idea in cutting down the costs of an entire blade composed of the costlier CPM-D2.
On YouTube, I subscribe to a couple of knife 'gurus' including nutnfancy. Nutnfancy says that his major concern about the knife is its possible lackluster performance under heavy use (the lower end Leeks come in 440A steel [nutnfancy said his was 420 Stainless?])--hence his subsequent caveat that the blade is, at best, "a gentleman's blade."
My question is for those who own the composite blade. How does it wear? Does the heat treatment on this D2 warrant the blade's carry options extending past a simple "gentleman's folder"? If anyone has both the 440A option and the composite blade, can you give a description on how both operate, wear, etc.
I love the look of the knife--and if nothing else--I'll probably buy it as a simple collector's item, but I'd be psyched if someone were to tell me that the composite edition of the Leek is a substantial EDC option. If one has experience with the knife, compare it some other EDC favorites (e.g. Spyderco Tenacious, Endura, Delica; SOG Aegis, Flash I or II; Benchmade...blah blah blah).
Thanks.
elpidi
There's not a whole lot of sweep to the blade but one thing that caught my eye about the knife (the composite edition, that is) was that the edge is actually CPM-D2 steel while the rest of the blade is the Sandvik 13C26...which, as the magazine also talks about, is a brilliant and novel idea in cutting down the costs of an entire blade composed of the costlier CPM-D2.
On YouTube, I subscribe to a couple of knife 'gurus' including nutnfancy. Nutnfancy says that his major concern about the knife is its possible lackluster performance under heavy use (the lower end Leeks come in 440A steel [nutnfancy said his was 420 Stainless?])--hence his subsequent caveat that the blade is, at best, "a gentleman's blade."
My question is for those who own the composite blade. How does it wear? Does the heat treatment on this D2 warrant the blade's carry options extending past a simple "gentleman's folder"? If anyone has both the 440A option and the composite blade, can you give a description on how both operate, wear, etc.
I love the look of the knife--and if nothing else--I'll probably buy it as a simple collector's item, but I'd be psyched if someone were to tell me that the composite edition of the Leek is a substantial EDC option. If one has experience with the knife, compare it some other EDC favorites (e.g. Spyderco Tenacious, Endura, Delica; SOG Aegis, Flash I or II; Benchmade...blah blah blah).
Thanks.
elpidi