Thoughts on the kershaw echelon

[Yalius]

I started liking my Echelon a lot more after getting a Blur, and learning the proper angle to use when opening an AO with thumbstuds.

 

[Flashpoint]

At blade they said it was discontinued because it was difficult to machine the thumbstud area, or something along those lines.

If that's so they shouldn't scrap the whole knife, I really like it, translucent color and all. For some reason it's become my "traveling out of state" knife. I think an easy fix, and improvement would be to not machine the hole and fit it with a "Blur" style stud.

 

[flarp]

I like my Echelon. I picked one up while they still had the scalloped thumbstud cutout. It's a nice thin and lightweight knife. The natural G10 also looks pretty neat (sort of a pale green color), and it allows you to see the torsion bar in action.

 

[LadyEarth]

Sorry for jumping into an old thread but I would like to share my own personal solution on how to open my Echelon with one hand.

Might look a bit bulky and ugly of a solution but hey, it gets my jobs done.

 

[Prologik]

Sorry for jumping into an old thread but I would like to share my own personal solution on how to open my Echelon with one hand.

Might look a bit bulky and ugly of a solution but hey, it gets my jobs done.

LadyEarth, that is a perfectly good example of function over beauty.