Hi all I have read and learned from this forum for awhile so I want to do a review to try to give something back. First review and only iPhone pics to work with for now.
The knife up is the Kershaw Strobe. I picked this up a few months back as a cheap flipper on bearings to try out.
Short review: Good value ball bearing flipper
Here is a stock pic borrowed from KAI (because every thread needs pics :thumbup
Here is a pic of it stock before I took the scales off
I saw a pic on an EDC forum of this knife with the scales taken off of it and thought it looked nice and was not too much to pick up and try out.
So here it is without scales, before disassembly and sharpening.
Here it is disassembled
Close up of bearings. Factory grease was mostly wiped out and replaced with Tuff Glide
More of Bearings, not bad for a $32 knife (iirc)
Sharpened up on Edge Pro
Quick in action on some peppers.
The clip with out the scales still holds in pocket but could use some roughing up on the metal under the clip for more grip. With the holes exposed on the one side, the top hole makes a nice home for my thumb to plant for firing the flipper open. The knife is pretty slick and could use some texturing.
Overall:
- A great ball bearing flipper knife for the money, has a strong detent and fires open fast and with a nice lockup
- With the scales off it gives a different look and makes it slimmer in pocket
- Some rough edges on the side of the frame lock and some smoothing but not a big deal.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. Will edit and update with photos and usage
The knife up is the Kershaw Strobe. I picked this up a few months back as a cheap flipper on bearings to try out.
Short review: Good value ball bearing flipper
Here is a stock pic borrowed from KAI (because every thread needs pics :thumbup
Here is a pic of it stock before I took the scales off
I saw a pic on an EDC forum of this knife with the scales taken off of it and thought it looked nice and was not too much to pick up and try out.
So here it is without scales, before disassembly and sharpening.
Here it is disassembled
Close up of bearings. Factory grease was mostly wiped out and replaced with Tuff Glide
More of Bearings, not bad for a $32 knife (iirc)
Sharpened up on Edge Pro
Quick in action on some peppers.
The clip with out the scales still holds in pocket but could use some roughing up on the metal under the clip for more grip. With the holes exposed on the one side, the top hole makes a nice home for my thumb to plant for firing the flipper open. The knife is pretty slick and could use some texturing.
Overall:
- A great ball bearing flipper knife for the money, has a strong detent and fires open fast and with a nice lockup
- With the scales off it gives a different look and makes it slimmer in pocket
- Some rough edges on the side of the frame lock and some smoothing but not a big deal.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. Will edit and update with photos and usage
