Praise For Kershaw's Edges

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I've posted a lot here on how I thought Kershaws shipped with edges that were much more obtuse than even other production knives I immediately reprofile. Well, I'm here to eat my words now. I just received the JYD2 I ordered since someone else grabbed the give away knife and its edge is a world apart from my other out of box Kershaws. Same with my Needs Work, though that knife is no longer with me for other reasons. I just whittled a seasoned hardwood stick, one of the tests I do to my new knives, and the JYD2 feels so much different at the edge than my Mini Cyclone, Storm or Leek did when they were brand new.

I don't know if the new models are shipping with more acute edges (Feels like it judging by the angle I hold the knife to whittle) but they feel like a huge improvement to me in the area I was criticising not more than a few weeks ago. I'll still be thinning the edge out some on the JYD2 when I go to sharpen it, but this is a knife that I could use with the factory bevel and feel pretty content.

Good job Kershaw.

On another note, the JYD2 has the roughest G10 I've felt. +1 in my book :)
 
I think it depends on the individual knife. I only own two Kershaws, but have handled a lot of them over the years, and the edges have never been consistent.

However, one of the sharpest out of the box knives I own is my old Hawk (G10, ATS-34)... great knife with an absolutely beautiful edge grind.
 
I think it depends on the individual knife. I only own two Kershaws, but have handled a lot of them over the years, and the edges have never been consistent.

My Leek doesn't have equal edges (I will say just on technicality that I'm looking at it with the naked eye), and it's not because I'm learning to sharpen on it, it's been like that since I got it from the factory (don't worry Thomas, I'll send it in eventually!).
 
"However, one of the sharpest out of the box knives I own is my old Hawk (G10, ATS-34)... great knife with an absolutely beautiful edge grind."

Have to agree. I got one from the Bay recently, and it's taken over EDC status from my smaller CRKT s-2.
 
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