I've just got my Kershaw Onion arrived.
First of all, the mechanism is very interesting. Just as the ads said, after you open a few mm with the themb stud, the blade just jumps out.....with authority.
On the first few openings, the liner lock didn't lock up properly, but the lock breaks in within 10 openings and it pass the whack the back of blade test easily... or the test actually improved the lock.
The blade is a Wharnchiffe ( I am not sure of the spelling). Very sharp out of the box. And stil shave my arm after half day of abuse with various kinds of rope. It is my first sheep-foot shape blade and it is very interesting that the kind of blade style is very effective in cutting ropes.
The scales is very well polished black micarta. and to my surprise, it is not slippery. But I haven't try it with wet hands
Another thing to mention is that the opening of the blade need some practice to get used to. It is very easy for your thumb to actually interfered with the opening of the blade and hence affects the lock up.
But the thumb stud has a special slope on it to make the opening easier.
All in all, overall quality is very good, very detail. With the interesting mechanism, it is well worth the money I think.
Do we need such a cam assisted opening? Probably we don't need that as it needs extra " GETTING USED TO" time and I can open my other one hand folder just as fast.
But that's very interesting......just very interesting...
Joe Leung