Which steel in my "newish" Leek?

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oldmanron

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Hi guys,

Just curious to know something about the Sandvik steel in the Kershaw Leek that I bought earlier today ...

I bought a Kershaw Whirlwind about a week or two ago, and was so impressed that I started learning more. I live in the dial-up boondocks, and it took forever to learn a bit more about my knife ... a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation1560 that ... with help from folks here ... I was able to determine was made with 13C26 steel.

This second knife was also bought at the same quiet old small-town hardware store. I paid full dollar (about $72 Canadian) ... but the salesperson was a (again) a sweetie.

For some reason ... Kershaw (apparently, maybe I'm wrong) no longer "dates" their fine knives or indicates which steel that they're using, and/but ... to the company's credit ... it's always becoming better.

My question? So, I happily paid another $75 today for the only Leek (and third-last Kershaw) in the store, and I have no idea of when it was made or what steel is in the blade. Nothing. To quote Mr. Putin ... "Nada."

No numbers. Nothing anywhere. No help from GOOGLE. How-cum KAI is being so coy? Did I buy an old 440C blade in that wonderful knife ... which (alone) deserves-to-be the subject of an Oregon-based PhD in Cool Design?

PS - It's flipper-only.

Ron
 
Pictures would be great. I know that on some blades they do not have markings on them, but usually the steel or country of origin is always on there. The two Leeks I have both have the blade steel.
 
Hi AddictedToGear,

Thanks for the response. Sorry, pics are not an option. I live in a mountainous corner of SW Alberta, and dial-up internet is all that's available here right now. There is 3G satellite internet from a company called xPlornet ... but there hasn't been any 3G hardware for years. I don't know if this message will "get out" right now.

So, I'll also take this opportunity to thank KAI (who also replied) for getting-back to me about this. Thanks very much.
 
Grownstar,

Thanks for the comment. Did you notice that the Kai Corp responded in ... like ... 16 minutes? On a public forum!!

Class act :)
 
oldmanron said:
Grownstar,

Thanks for the comment. Did you notice that the Kai Corp responded in ... like ... 16 minutes? On a public forum!!

Class act :)
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Haha yes I did notice, actually. Get used to it. And your phrase "class act" pretty much sums it up.

Now get some pics of your Leek up :)
 
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