Kershaw Leek?????

I have the all black Sandvik model. Serves me just fine in an EDC role. Doesn't hold an edge like the S30V and Composite models but for every day tasks it is more than sufficient.

And you can get the Kydex neck sheath from CountyComm:

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The composite blade Leek is a great value. I thinned one of mine down to about 20 degrees (10 degrees per side) and then convexed it. It's an atom splitter...cut the top of my finger off with in an unfortunate package opening incident. :p

The offending knife is the bottom one in the pic....

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tulsa772004 said:
I handled one of these kershaws at cabelas the other day and was interested in buying one.
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I have several of them. Great EDC knife. Good blades, solid lock up. Some people will critisize the delicate point on the standard blade, but if you don't use your knife for taskes a knife is not ment for (prybar, screwdriver, etc.) you should have no trouble and its great for delicate tasks. I've never bent or damaged the tip on any of mine.

My question is which metal to go with.
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They are really all good. I carried one of their standard steel (13C26) blades for years and was always pleased with the sharpness and edge retention (admittedly, I am not a heavy-duty user). I've got an example of the newer S30V and 13C26/CPM-D2 composite blades now, and they are a noticable step up in blade quality.

I'm interested in the composition cpm-d2 but not sure if the two disimilar metals together might cause an issue down the road.
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I like the composite blade for the coolness factor, but the CPM-D2 is definetly harder and holds an edge much longer than the old 13C26 does. THe only downside I have seen is that it is a bit harder to sharpen, but once it is shapened it stays sharp! I have not heard of anyone having problems with the composite blades coming apart, so I don't think that's anything to worry about.

IGotStabbed said:
I'm not a metal expert, but I have the cheapest version with the 440. It showed some rust specks!
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Any stainless steel will rust under the right conditions. Stainless just rusts less than regular carbon steel, its not totally rust proof. ;)
 
James0723 said:
Plus, I've heard that certain laws are being proposed to make the kinds of assisted opening knives they sell illegal in the near future.
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An amendment has been made to exclude AO's as switchblades.
Check the knife laws thread. You'll find all the info you need there.
 
All of you are blowing me away with all the your imput that your giving me :thumbup: I didn't expect this much help for question that may have been asked at one time. It looks as though I'll be leaning towards the CP CPM-D2. It also helps to hear that Kershaw has a great customer base. So far since joining this forum all of my EDC's have been bought because of what I have read here on BladeForum. Dam where was this forum back in the 80's when I was walking blind in the dark about my knife purchases!
 
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