tekna xtra edge info??????

[raptor99]

Hey just wondering if anyone has one of those tekna xtra edge keyring knives... Lookin into gettin one, but want info. thanks

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Is Tekna still in business or is someone selling off old stock?

 

[Greg Covington]

I had one of those for years and I dont know why I kept carrying it.....it had a horrible edge and it really makes me wonder if it was ever heat treated in the first place.

Would'a been neat if it was made from real steel.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

It is made from real steel -- it says 425! I think the current run may be China cheapies from someone buying out the original name. The grind looks different from what I remember.

That was the first "neat little knife" I ever just threw away. It wasn't even a good pry bar. (I already had a PocketWrench.) But I kept the ring it came on, for keys.

 

[Bimjo]

I've got one that I've carried since I bought it in 1988. Carried it on my keyring until last year, when I replaced it with a Spyderco Dragonfly.

The Tekna then went on my badge lanyard at work, just in case I ever have to cut something, and don't want to use a real knife.

I agree with the holding an edge comment. I quit trying to sharpen mine like a knife. I gets dull, I just take a file to it. Works fine like that.

Because the handle is so damn short, it really isn't suited to much more than opening boxes & opening envelopes because you can't get a real good grip on it.

All-in-all, it hasn't been a bad knife for what I paid for it. It just isn't all that useful because of the handle size.

**edit typo**

 

[textoothpk]

I love them. Carried my first one for about ten years, using it frequently, wondering when the little sheath would wear out and I'd lose it. As I say, after about ten years, I did lose it. Bought another, a real Tekna (new-old stock) but the newer ones I see for sale, in different colors, look different. Knock offs? Here they are in this link:

tekna

I'm also a fan of the double edged Tekna dive knife. Was sold in both a composition dive sheath and more rarely, in a leather boot sheath. Additionally, many dive gear companies integrated a sheath for this handy little knife into bouyancy compensators, regulators, gauges, ect. I saw more real dive masters carrying that knife than any other.

 

[sparky42]

i got one of these in about 1990 & carried it on keyring for a few years, didn't get used a lot but it was handy to have when needed, especially in the days before i carried a folder everyday, then the cover lost the tabs that lock in & it wasn't as secure so it went in a drawer... recently got a couple more & discovered they make a good scraper for ferrocerium rod, spine is squared nicely... blade also worked well to make fatwood feathers & shavings

 

[IUKE12]

Wow! A 13 year old thread revived. This has to be some kind of record.

 

[evilgreg]

Wow! A 13 year old thread revived. This has to be some kind of record.

sparky42 is a powerful necromancer indeed.

 

[wensynch]

Tekna Hidden Edge!!!

 

[joeldworkin307]

Sparky has incredible necromancy powers. When he revives a thread, people actually post useful and relevant information.

 

[sparky42]

aw shucks guys, c'mon!
thanks for noticing, but the necromancy isn't intentional yo..
it's usually a case of searching for info online & then sure enuf, a thread on bladeforums shows up, sometimes they happen to be these oldies & i just gotta add my two cents...