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Kershaw is producing LOTS of very high value, very high quality knives made in the US. In fact, they are leading the pack there from what I see and read. Anyway, trust me, do not cross them off your list.
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Kershaw is producing LOTS of very high value, very high quality knives made in the US. In fact, they are leading the pack there from what I see and read. Anyway, trust me, do not cross them off your list.
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The above said it very well. :thumbup:
Still, for a few more dollars I'll purchase the Needs Work, which is made in the United States of America and is also available just as easily from Dick's Sporting Goods.
Just my thoughts.
Still, for a few more dollars I'll purchase the Needs Work, which is made in the United States of America and is also available just as easily from Dick's Sporting Goods.
Just my thoughts.
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Why respond to an obvious troll hit and run? There isn't a damn thing we need to defend Kershaw for. There are always going to be people around with nothing to offer, just looking for attention, good or bad.
Kids with computers.
I think I'll order one today and forget about this thread. Joe
Kids with computers.
I think I'll order one today and forget about this thread. Joe
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This is Funny Because I started to buy Kershaw Because it was easy to find USA made Kershaw Knives.
It all started when I went out to buy a Buck Stockman. The store Clerk put it on the counter, I saw it was made in China. I said to the clerk, don't you have anything made in the USA? He said he had Kershaw that was made in the USA. I left the store that day with a Storm II and also became a Fan of Kershaw. I even bought a second Storm II just because I liked that much as a EDC.
BTW The Storm's were just the start, I have bought more.
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How is it that we ruin the US employment rate? Do you know how many employee's we have on staff? S****y products, what are you talking about? Do you know anything about knives?
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That would be a resounding no.
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Someone astutely pointed out...what is "Izan" spelled backwards?
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You are 100 percent correct, Joe. The quality of the knives speak
for Kershaw. :thumbup:
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He's got an infraction, probably won't last long.
It would be less than smart to leave an entire market -- high volume big box stores -- unaddressed, so I never have an issue with things like this. That said, the design is sweet, and I'm not always a fan of Ken Onion's designs, which tend to be love-em-or-hate-em for me -- this one deserves an upgrade to better materials and an integral lock someday.
It would be less than smart to leave an entire market -- high volume big box stores -- unaddressed, so I never have an issue with things like this. That said, the design is sweet, and I'm not always a fan of Ken Onion's designs, which tend to be love-em-or-hate-em for me -- this one deserves an upgrade to better materials and an integral lock someday.
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At this time I own three different Kershaw models, Leek, Scallion and a Coral Creek. None are high end, all have great workmanship. The Coral Creek is made in Japan with AUS6 steel, if I remember right. Leek and Scallion are made in the USA. All are great buys for the money if they have the features you are seeking in a knife.
Face facts folks, any knife that is made to sell for about $20 is not going to be made in the USA. When you take inflation into picture, the OSO Sweet sells for about the same as the Imperial Kamp King that was my first knife in 1965. The Kamp King was never known as a high quality knife. The OSO Sweet will cut rings around the KK.
Face facts folks, any knife that is made to sell for about $20 is not going to be made in the USA. When you take inflation into picture, the OSO Sweet sells for about the same as the Imperial Kamp King that was my first knife in 1965. The Kamp King was never known as a high quality knife. The OSO Sweet will cut rings around the KK.
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Seems to me that the major knife makers really have little choice but to have some overseas items in their product lines to compete.
If all you could buy were a US made product for $50 and up or an imported blade for less than $10, the average person is going to go with the cheap way out.
The knife market is polluted with knives that bear the names of once great American companies that have gone over seas and import junk into the market on the cheap. The average person walks into a Wal-Mart and sees Winchester or Shrade and assumes it's an American product.
Kershaw, Spyderco, Benchmade, Buck, they need to be able to compete with that somehow in order to be able to offer the higher end stuff made here.
If all you could buy were a US made product for $50 and up or an imported blade for less than $10, the average person is going to go with the cheap way out.
The knife market is polluted with knives that bear the names of once great American companies that have gone over seas and import junk into the market on the cheap. The average person walks into a Wal-Mart and sees Winchester or Shrade and assumes it's an American product.
Kershaw, Spyderco, Benchmade, Buck, they need to be able to compete with that somehow in order to be able to offer the higher end stuff made here.
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From what I can gather, the Big Box store business is huge, and it's very competitive from a manufacturer's standpoint. You have to be able to meet their price points, produce the volume they want, while trying to make a profit. So you do what you have to do.
