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Hi,
I am new to BF, but not to knives. Like many others here, i am a huge fan of kershaw. In one of my previous jobs i worked stock and opening boxes was a giant part of it. i know about the horrors of cardboard on edges, but i had an interesting experience that i wanted to share about the handles and an unfortunate meeting with a box. I had been in the market for a larger bladed kershaw and i loved the studlock on my Mini Mojo and Offset, but i wanted a workhorse, so i decided to go with the Speed Bump. Like all my kershaws, it was delightfully sharp out of the box. after only about 3 days on the job, showing off by push-cutting cardboard i was squeezing past a large thick box that snagged my pocket clip and tore it straight off the knife, bringing with it, a large portion of the Akulon handle. as this was my first experience with Akulon, i wrote kershaw to find out my options (as this was the first warranty defect i needed hunted down). they were more than nice about taking the knife back, however, UPS lost the damn thing so who knows. i was wondering if anyone else had any similar experiences with the akulon handles. if felt comfortable, if a little cheap....but then again, the knife was cheap and hence the not being sad about putting it through some abuse. Thanks,
Matt
I am new to BF, but not to knives. Like many others here, i am a huge fan of kershaw. In one of my previous jobs i worked stock and opening boxes was a giant part of it. i know about the horrors of cardboard on edges, but i had an interesting experience that i wanted to share about the handles and an unfortunate meeting with a box. I had been in the market for a larger bladed kershaw and i loved the studlock on my Mini Mojo and Offset, but i wanted a workhorse, so i decided to go with the Speed Bump. Like all my kershaws, it was delightfully sharp out of the box. after only about 3 days on the job, showing off by push-cutting cardboard i was squeezing past a large thick box that snagged my pocket clip and tore it straight off the knife, bringing with it, a large portion of the Akulon handle. as this was my first experience with Akulon, i wrote kershaw to find out my options (as this was the first warranty defect i needed hunted down). they were more than nice about taking the knife back, however, UPS lost the damn thing so who knows. i was wondering if anyone else had any similar experiences with the akulon handles. if felt comfortable, if a little cheap....but then again, the knife was cheap and hence the not being sad about putting it through some abuse. Thanks,
Matt