Mysterious Kershaw knife - what might it be?

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Zithras

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Sooo...I bought this knife at Walmart (several years ago, either in Oklahoma or Massachusetts, I forget where), and its been my EDC ever since.
I always thought it was a Kershaw Leek, but the design is all wrong...looking at the side, maybe it's a scallion? I wanted to buy one for my brother, but that would require knowing what knife it actually is.

Anyway, awhile back I noticed 'First Production 1 of 500' stamped into the side (see images).
I was wondering what this meant?
The obvious explanation is that its the first Kershaw Scallion knife ever made, but I highly doubt that it would have been sold randomly over-the-counter one day at Walmart if this was the case, (because it looked like the most useful knife they were selling that day)...so I have no idea what this means.

For reference, on the other side of the knife it says 'Mar 06' (Yes I've carried this more or less daily for a decade now!) and '1620FLST KAI patented MADE IN USA'

Summary:
What knife is this?
Is it still made?
What does 'First Production 1 of 500 mean?'


Thanks for the help!
Zithras

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I think that the scallion (or maybe the chive, I don't remember those two), but the 1 of 500 doesn't mean it's the first one made, simply that it is 1 knife out of 500 of them made
 
The "ST" is the Kershaw designation for serrated blade. I'm not sure what the "FL" stands for.
 
Thanks for the fast replies! Found it (with your help! was looking all over for serrated Leek Kershaw' and getting nowhere)! Looks like a 1600ST Chive, not scallion!

Still not 100% sure on the '1 of 500' thing, since they seem to be many available without this stamp, so apparently more than 500 were eventually made. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Edit: but apparently they're not made anymore >.< - only the smooth blade version seems widely available new online. So sad.
 
Zithras said:
Thanks for the fast replies! Found it (with your help! was looking all over for serrated Leek Kershaw' and getting nowhere)! Looks like a 1600ST Chive, not scallion!

Still not 100% sure on the '1 of 500' thing, since they seem to be many available without this stamp, so apparently more than 500 were eventually made. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Edit: but apparently they're not made anymore >.< - only the smooth blade version seems widely available new online. So sad.
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I believe it means that in the first run of the knife they made 500 of that model . That would be the "first production run" and that means that the knife is "1 of 500". Then, after they saw that it sold well, they continued production and so they still make them today
 
Update:

Well, I found a seller selling a serrated chive online, ordered it, it came in.

My knife is most definitely NOT a chive. The chive is WAY too small. I think I'll keep the serrated chive, since they're no longer made, but generally, the chive seems a bit too small of a knife for the serrations to be horribly useful (they take up nearly the entire blade).

My next best guess is a scallion, which is still actually made (yay!) Ordered one off Amazon, we'll see if it matches up. If not, it'll probably get returned.

Zithras

Update2: positive match, I now have another Scallion.
 
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Kershaw 1620FLST is indeed a Scallion with combo/serrated blade. Your original "1 of 500" means yours is one of the first 500 model 1620FLST knives made.
 
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