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It's about time that I finally post a review on BF and this one is going to be about my brandnew Kershaw Tremor. I bought it online for a decent price (around 30 bucks) and even with shipping I still was way under the price that dealers want over here in Europe.
1. Design
I first saw this knife on nutnfancy's channel and it was love at first sight. It is the combination of a great blade shape (I don't mind the recurve) and the curved handle that caught me. The color is of course Model T style (black!) but you have to keep the price in mind.
2. Performance
The hollowground blade is a real cutter, I cut bread, meat, frozen pizza and a lot more with it and it worked out great. I also like the Speedsafe mechanism, it opens fast and the flipper is easy to reach. A big plus for me is the lack of any opening pin and hole that might get dirty through usage or block cuts close to the handle. The 8Cr13MoV steel is easy to sharpen and takes a great edge but lacks a lil' bit of edge retention...so nothing new here in the steel department.
The size of the Tremor is almost identical to a Spyderco Military (one of my favorite EDCs) and the Tremor has just joined this club. In some aspects it's even better than the Mili: tip-up carry, flipper and great price.
But don't worry I'll keep my BG-42 Mili.
3. Fit&finish
There's a little nick in one of the stonewashed liners and the blade is not perfectly centered..that's all I could find for negative aspects in this knife so far. The off-center blade seems to be part of the whole package, cause nutnfancy's knife also had that problem. After all, it's not an issue for me, the blade doesn't touch the liner and my Spyderco Militarys are not all perfectly centered anyway.
The lockup on the other hand is perfect, there's no bladeplay whatsoever and the knife came razorsharp from the factory.
4. Conclusion
The Tremor for me came out of nowhere and is one of my favorite blades since I got it last week. Not many knives were able to do that, especially not cheap ones. As a Kershaw fan I feel confirmed that this brilliant company has a lot to offer if you like flippers!
1. Design
I first saw this knife on nutnfancy's channel and it was love at first sight. It is the combination of a great blade shape (I don't mind the recurve) and the curved handle that caught me. The color is of course Model T style (black!) but you have to keep the price in mind.
2. Performance
The hollowground blade is a real cutter, I cut bread, meat, frozen pizza and a lot more with it and it worked out great. I also like the Speedsafe mechanism, it opens fast and the flipper is easy to reach. A big plus for me is the lack of any opening pin and hole that might get dirty through usage or block cuts close to the handle. The 8Cr13MoV steel is easy to sharpen and takes a great edge but lacks a lil' bit of edge retention...so nothing new here in the steel department.
The size of the Tremor is almost identical to a Spyderco Military (one of my favorite EDCs) and the Tremor has just joined this club. In some aspects it's even better than the Mili: tip-up carry, flipper and great price.
But don't worry I'll keep my BG-42 Mili.
3. Fit&finish
There's a little nick in one of the stonewashed liners and the blade is not perfectly centered..that's all I could find for negative aspects in this knife so far. The off-center blade seems to be part of the whole package, cause nutnfancy's knife also had that problem. After all, it's not an issue for me, the blade doesn't touch the liner and my Spyderco Militarys are not all perfectly centered anyway.
The lockup on the other hand is perfect, there's no bladeplay whatsoever and the knife came razorsharp from the factory.
4. Conclusion
The Tremor for me came out of nowhere and is one of my favorite blades since I got it last week. Not many knives were able to do that, especially not cheap ones. As a Kershaw fan I feel confirmed that this brilliant company has a lot to offer if you like flippers!
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But hey, update is due anyway. For me the handle is my second most favorite one, right after the Spyderco Military. The scales are made of solid G10, which provide a decent amount of grip. For me the only downside is still the color, but I got used to it.
