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Thoughts on the kershaw echelon

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.
 
gundude73 said:
At blade they said it was discontinued because it was difficult to machine the thumbstud area, or something along those lines.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.



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Might look a bit bulky and ugly of a solution but hey, it gets my jobs done. :p
 
LadyEarth said:
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. :p
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LadyEarth, that is a perfectly good example of function over beauty. :D
 
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