New Kershaw models for 2016

Totally agree with ya Rival. Kershaw/Zt definatly push the envelope in my opinion. And i think its awesome that they can put out so many awesome collaborations and designs at a price that pretty much anybody can afford, and like you said, its just smart business. Just for personal reasons i wish there were more us made ones, and i think the chinese deisgns are great looking.
 
Sorry, after reading my previous post, i didnt want to sound like im crapping on kershaw/zt. Just envious of not owning alot of them. If that makes sense.
 
Sigsog226 said:
Totally agree with ya Rival. Kershaw/Zt definatly push the envelope in my opinion. And i think its awesome that they can put out so many awesome collaborations and designs at a price that pretty much anybody can afford, and like you said, its just smart business. Just for personal reasons i wish there were more us made ones, and i think the chinese deisgns are great looking.
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Sigsog226 said:
Sorry, after reading my previous post, i didnt want to sound like im crapping on kershaw/zt. Just envious of not owning alot of them. If that makes sense.
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I agree with you, I also wish Kershaw had more US offerings, I'm just glad they are trying new things:-) I totally understand (and in some cases agree) that not all the new designs are going to be for everyone...and by all means let us know if its for you, and if not why....but some users on this forum relish in the opportunity to drop trau and crap on a product, brand, design, whatever....completely unable to grasp the concept that it may have appeal to others. I'm not a gerber fan...and hate bear grylls, so I dont buy them, no need to talk a bunch of smack about a product I'm biased against. Gerber sells knives....lots of them. Lets take pride in the fact that we all love knives.
 
its just that few years back we had so many awesome made in usa kershaws, now its mainly chinese budget knives, its just not the same

i cant get excited over these knew knives when we had knives like the cyclone, bump, offset, tyrade, mojo/mojito, needs work, avalanche, boa etc...
 
JeremiahWeaver09 said:
its just that few years back we had so many awesome made in usa kershaws, now its mainly chinese budget knives, its just not the same

i cant get excited over these knew knives when we had knives like the cyclone, bump, offset, tyrade, mojo/mojito, needs work, avalanche, boa etc...
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I dig that, and miss those days too...but as a great man once said "The times, they are a changin". Personally I can accept the change in the Kershaw because of how excited I am over the ZT offerings:-)
 
Have to admit, it was Kershaw that kicked off my most recent buying frenzy a few years ago. First one was a Blur, then a bunch of imports, then I tried a ZT, and it's been all downhill from there financially. [emoji16]
 
Rival1314 said:
BTW, the refrence Faux g10 simply refers to the texturing on the handle being similar to the g10 "factory" textures (as stated in Shot show videos). The handles are still FRN/Zytel...same as has been used by most every company for years.
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Most of those companies using it for years refer to it as FRN/Zytel though, not "faux G10", which sounds ridiculous regardless of why they're calling it that.
 
The video I watched it was referred to 'glass reinforced nylon with a faux g10 style texture pattern'.

They did it before on my favorite production Kershaw model, the Zing. You can tell it's plastic but it feels less cheap.

I wonder how many people here are knocking faux g19 but had no issues with Spyderco's faux carbon fiber.

I also seem to remember Kershaw coming out with 3 USA made knives a few years ago and no one bought them.

The Echelon was gone very fast, the Piston survived a couple years but it now gone and the Knockout soldiers on.

The Camber came out two years ago and it hardly gents a mention on here.

In the last two years they have come out with 7 new USA models, the Link models and the Launch models.

The fact is, the USA factory will never have the ability to produce 25 new models like China can. Also, a lot of the Kershaw production capacity is eaten up by the Skyline/Blur/Leek. It would be silly to reduce production on their three best sellers so they can produce new models that wouldn't sell as well.
 
I think id like to get the launch 4 also, if and when they bring out diferent colored handles for it.
 
Scurvy092 said:
I also seem to remember Kershaw coming out with 3 USA made knives a few years ago and no one bought them.

The Echelon was gone very fast, the Piston survived a couple years but it now gone and the Knockout soldiers on.

The Camber came out two years ago and it hardly gents a mention on here.
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You can't argue with that. Its too bad because the Echelon is one of my fav kershaws I own because its unique and I like the jade G10. The Camber just didn't fill any void my blurs couldn't cover.

That being said I like the Induction for this year, I always wanted RAM and missed the boat.
 
Scurvy092 said:
The Echelon was gone very fast, the Piston survived a couple years but it now gone and the Knockout soldiers on.

The Camber came out two years ago and it hardly gents a mention on here.

In the last two years they have come out with 7 new USA models, the Link models and the Launch models.

The fact is, the USA factory will never have the ability to produce 25 new models like China can. Also, a lot of the Kershaw production capacity is eaten up by the Skyline/Blur/Leek. It would be silly to reduce production on their three best sellers so they can produce new models that wouldn't sell as well.
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The Echelon was gone very fast cause people WERE buying them. I wanted to get one, and it was sold out. The Links are pretty popular too. The Camber didn't offer more than the Blur did when it came out, but it cost like $20 more. The price has dropped now, but it's still competing with the Blur which offers like 20 different varieties compared to the one Camber. Launch models are autos, which limits their sales simply due to legal issues.
 
SurfisLove said:
Why is almost everything assisted? by my count they have 27 new folding models and only 5 are manual opening? Gag me.
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Read about the history of Kershaw, you will see that most of the knives made in the last 10 years have been assisted. They seem to sell just fine and most can be deassisted for those with an extremely sensitive gag reflex. If it works, why change it?
 
I'm more excited about the 2016 Kershaw's than the ZT's. None of the new ZT's do it for me; there certainly are some nice Kershaws coming.
 
I gotta say, the more I look at all the '16 knives coming out, the Entropy is one of my favorite ones. I haven't been this excited about a knife design since the zt0452cf. I also like that zt/kershaw keeps using colored aluminum spacers also.
 
Okay...if it says Kai, Kershaw or ZT, and it strikes my fancy (and I have the money to do so); I will buy the knife. Assisted or not, made in USA or not, fake "whatever" handles or not...I admit to being a Kershaw/ZT fanboy. I don't care for holes in my blades and the "butterfly" company is out of my reach financially. So, I'll stick with what brung me to this silly, aggravating hobby. Thank you all and good night.
 
DShiflet said:
The Echelon was gone very fast cause people WERE buying them. I wanted to get one, and it was sold out. The Links are pretty popular too. The Camber didn't offer more than the Blur did when it came out, but it cost like $20 more. The price has dropped now, but it's still competing with the Blur which offers like 20 different varieties compared to the one Camber. Launch models are autos, which limits their sales simply due to legal issues.
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If people were buying the Echelon, it wouldn't have been discontinued.
 
It will apparently surprise some of you to learn that KAI's business is built around the notion of selling as many knives as possible. They use SpeedSafe on so many models because they sell the crap out of them. They make fewer models in the $60-120 range because they don't sell very well. Seriously, do you not think that KAI knows and caters to its market? What they produce doesn't always appeal to me either, but they're not obliged to appeal to me. It's certainly fine to express opinions as to what we like and don't like, but it's asinine to think that your preferences necessarily translate into smart business decisions.
 
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