Speedsafe request

[kimjune01]

hi I'm new to the forum and could you do a review for a speedsafe knife?
if you could get price ranges, different brands or just any speedsafe and its usability would be appreciated. thanks in advance.

 

[offsetlover]

the chive and scallion are two, very small, very nice knives for around $30 to $50. they are great for small tasks.

the spec and speed bumps are both large, work horse knives that can do anything you want. very fast. they use the stud lock. that is a lock that is literally the thumb studs. it works well, just takes practice. price ranges from $60 to $200.

the blur is a good medium knife that is a very good cutter and very fast opener. just dont ride the thumbstuds up as it opens or wave bye bye to ur finger tip. around $70 to $100.

then my fav, the offset. uses the stud lock. simply put, its a monster. very fast and very nice. about $300.

just a reminder, speedsafe is a kershaw exclusive. i am not sure on how other company's AO systems work, but kershaw is very reliable. make sure that you talk to thomas w. here on the forums. he is very helpful. there are many other kershaws like this so just explore and do some searching.

hope this helps, and welcome to the forums!

 

[hlee]

I've got a whirlwind, and it is a very nice knife for the money. Compared to the action of my benchmade apparition (also assisted opening but by a different mechanism), I would say that the whirlwind is slow. However, it never fails to lock the blade, unless something gets in the way of the blade as it is swinging open. The lock is a liner lock and I've never had it disengage accidentally. It disengages easily, and does not hurt my thumb, unlike my apparition (also liner lock). I've also found that although it has only a singe thumb stud, the holes in the blade give sufficient purchase for ambidexterous opening (unlike the apparition), and I can close it with my left hand without getting my thumb in the way of the blade as it is closing. I also prefer the knurled thumb stud of the whirlwind to the smooth pyramid thumb stud of the apparition. My whirlwind is several years old, and has developed both lateral and vertical blade play. It mostly sits in a box now, but it came new with a scarry sharp blade, and after untold sharpenings, it is as sharp now as it was then. It got sufficient use when it was young that the torsion bar broke. An e-mail to kershaw and and a week or so later I got a new bar for it (free of charge). Disassembly is easy enough and you really can't beat the service. If it were not for the other knives waiting in the wings for pocket time, I would buy another in a heart beat.

 

[nygiantsfan3342]

hi I'm new to the forum and could you do a review for a speedsafe knife?
if you could get price ranges, different brands or just any speedsafe and its usability would be appreciated. thanks in advance.

Welcome to the forums!

Do a search for "kershaw"

Most of the Kershaw knives discussed here are speedsafe knives. Except the JYDs (Junkyard Dogs I & II) and the Kershaw Groove, both of which are new, and very popular.