kershaw leek a/o

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Hi!
After a long wait, I finally revied my order of a kershaw leek and chive from sportco warehouse. I love the chive which has extremely fast opening. The leek looked awesome in black finish and olive handle,but i was sadly disapointed when i tryed to open it. With moderate force i pushed the flipper and the blade came out about 2cm. I pushed harder, and the blade SLOWLY came out. i got the same results again and again. It was pathetic compared to the videos ive seen on youtube and the chive. The description page on the sportco website clearly stated that it had assisted opening. I am planning to send it back. Have you ever heard of a kershaw leek without a/o ? Is this normal? Do you think that a regular satin finish leek would have different results? Thanks for your help!
 
The A/O on my all black Leek doesn't work as well as my all stainless one, regardless of what I loosen or lube, and I've taken it apart to clean up the spring recess etc...don't know why. But it's not as bad as you're describing. It opens almost all the way with the A/O, all the way if I flick my wrist at the same time as hitting the flipper. My stainless one is quick and completely open every time.
 
LastXJ said:
The A/O on my all black Leek doesn't work as well as my all stainless one, regardless of what I loosen or lube, and I've taken it apart to clean up the spring recess etc...don't know why. But it's not as bad as you're describing. It opens almost all the way with the A/O, all the way if I flick my wrist at the same time as hitting the flipper. My stainless one is quick and completely open every time.
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Ask Kershaw for a free torsion bar--it could be worn out.
 
I have a ton of Leeks. A few have had sluggish openings. After playing with the pivot...taking it apart...cleaning...lubing etc the issue was resolved each time by replacing the torsion bar. It happens.....easy to fix.
 
I always disassemble, clean, polish the washers, lube, and reassemble a new knife. That, aside from the mandatory pre-use sharpening, is an easy way to make any new knife better.
 
Sometimes just a drop of gun oil applied from underneath at the pivot will help. Try that and flip it a few dozen times and see if it doesn't get any better. If not, thy're easy to tear down.
 
SPXTrader said:
Sometimes just a drop of gun oil applied from underneath at the pivot will help. Try that and flip it a few dozen times and see if it doesn't get any better. If not, thy're easy to tear down.
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What Brad said. They get smoother and faster with use.
Most of mine open like a rocket out of the box, but a few
have just needed broken in. If none of the above suggestions
from the posters seem to work, send it to Kershaw and they'll
have you fixed up in about a week/week and a half.
 
I found on my shallot that the frame lock was holding up the blade. I simply bent it outwards to relieve some of the tension on the blade as it opens. It still locks up really tight.
 
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