Thomas W said:
TFin, I really question this statement. You have mentioned nothing but negative concerning Kershaw in this thread, and other threads as well. I guess I have missed the part(s) you like about us.
Have we upset you in some way in the past? If so, what can we do to rectify the situation?
No, you haven't upset me. Kershaw was the first brand of "real" knives I purchased. I started with a Chive and moved on to a Leek. I carried Kershaw exclusively for over a year and a half. As I mentioned before, I broke 2 leek blades and you guys replaced them for me, your customer service is top notch.
You have mentioned in another thread that Kershaw and our AO are nothing but a fad. If you think AO is a fad, it's a fad that has lasted 8 long years, and has been adopted by many other manufacturer's over the last few years, incuding BM. We sell more AO's today than we ever have, so the fad seems very strong to me. Now I have seen a lot of knife related fads over the decades, but most don't last very long, let alone 8 years.
I don't doubt that they sell well (I bought two of them). I just think AO knives will phase out. I may be right, I may be wrong. I think the more popular they get the more police agencies will crack down on them. I'm a 20 year old kid, having a 3 inch "automatic" (as a lot of the outside world sees an AO knife) knife on me is NOT good should a police officer start asking questions.
No one can convince you to love Kershaw Knives let alone like them. You have a brand preference, which is great, I'm confused why you're continuing to go on in a not so positive way about our blades, locks, and advertising in a thread that was started by a person that loves the Leek? What's your point here?
I don't have a brand preference. If you looked at my knife collection you'd see Kershaw, CRKT, Buck, Benchmade, Spyderco, as well as others. I am not "advertising" anything. I simply stated my opinion, I thought that's what forums are for?
I understand you have a personal attatchment to this subject, and with having good business sense (which you seem to have), I think you should consider ALL remarks made about your knives, good or bad. I'm a businessman myself, and while constructive critism is hard to take sometimes, it can be a life saver at the same time.
The G-10 Leeks are in fact liner locks, and all are S30V.
Hopefully we will have a knife that fits perfectly in your pocket in the future, until then we will just keep trying.
The liner lock is the main thing I don't like about your leek. The Leek is the only liner I own that fails the "white knuckle" test. That puts it out of my EDC rotation automatically.
I know what it's like trying to sell a product in this economy, and I applaud your efforts in interacting with your more educated customer base in trying to better your products. I'm not trying to attack you guys, just stating my honest opinion.
My reqest for a knife from you guys would be a 3" blade with a thicker tip, a "flipper" on the blade such as the CRKT M16. Make a full framelock or something similar to the BM Axis, Spyderco Ball Bearing or the SOG lock (I dont know what Sog calls that lock). If you could do a knife like that with a low ride clip I would buy it in a heartbeat.
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Can u tell us how much the retail price on that? I wanna know how much I am gonna have to put aside till june.