There's not a new run of S30V Randoms is there?

jujigatame

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I was browsing at TAD Gear and their new products page said they had a new delivery of Random Leeks. I checked the listing to see what their price was and then I noticed it says these are part of a 1000 piece run and have S30V steel with a stonewash finish. The SKU they have is 1660TSW, which is what I remember seeing when the latest batch of Randoms came out in 14C28, and which was also a 1000 piece run according to Thomas. If there was a new batch in S30V, wouldn't it be distinguished with a different SKU?

I'm guessing that TAD has it wrong somehow. The picture they have, while not large enough to show exact detail, looks like it's a knife marked 14C28.

In any case, I thought I'd ask here just to make sure.
 
its not s30v that is the new plane edge random leek in stonewash with the new sandvik kershaw exclusive steel 14c28n. and its got a regular leek handle not chromium nitride coated like the s30v version.

hope this helps
 
The 1660TSW is a exactly like the 1660T.
Updated on the TSW is the new steel 14C28N like Slade mentioned
and the SW means it's stonewashed.

mike
 
My guess is someone, not very interested in knives, simply copied and pasted the description from the gray random task above and tried to update it, instead of writing out a new description.
 
iamtoast said:
My guess is someone, not very interested in knives, simply copied and pasted the description from the gray random task above and tried to update it, instead of writing out a new description.
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I've done that before, sometimes you get caught. :D

mike
 
FWIW, I like the 14C28 Random Leek more than the S30V Partially Serrated Random Leek by a long shot.
 
iamtoast said:
My guess is someone, not very interested in knives, simply copied and pasted the description from the gray random task above and tried to update it, instead of writing out a new description.
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I'd guess that's what happened too, but TAD is usually quite good with their product details and they carry a lot of knives. I'll drop them a line to suggest they correct it.

Thanks for the responses guys. I knew I could count on the forum's knowledge.
 
So far the only S30V plain edge random Leek would be the 1660tckt. It's getting hard to find. Get one if you can!
1660tckt.jpg
 
Third°;6327460 said:
So far the only S30V plain edge random Leek would be the 1660tckt. It's getting hard to find. Get one if you can!
1660tckt.jpg
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I didn't think you could find those anymore? Got two of them and each has a different handle finish. Weird.
 
Well mine is not that cool! One is shiny and a bit slick and the other is matte with a slightly rough texture. They were bought a few years apart though.
 
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