Hey everyone, I'm David. And I'm Clayton. And today, we're gonna be taking a look
at the top five Kershaw knives that you can get it in KnifeCenter.com. For many
years Kershaw has established a reputation for offering high quality
affordable knives, both USA-made and imports, and one of the things we like
about them is that there's a lot of variety in the designs. They have big
folders, slim folders, and everything in between. So David, what's the first knife
we're taking a look at? So the first thing to make our list of our top 5
favorite Kershaws is the Leek. This knife was designed by Ken Onion and it
features a SpeedSafe assisted opening that he actually invented. And what we
really like about this knife is it's nice and slim, the SpeedSafe makes it
fire out really nicely and over the years there have been many different
variants of this knife, but our favorite has still probably the stainless steel
frame with the Sandvik 14C28 blade. It's nice and slim as I said, carries
well in your pocket, and that stainless steel was originally developed for
Kershaw. Now you can get it with a few different companies, but it takes a
wickedly fine edge and that Wharncliffe blade just makes it great for your
everyday tasks. I'm actually carrying a Leek right now. Clayton is actually carrying a Leek right now, as well. It's
definitely a popular option over here at KnifeCenter. All right, what do we got
next, David? So the next thing is one I'm really excited about. Kershaw kind of set
the automatic world on fire when it came out with their Launch Series of knives.
And this is the Launch 1. The great thing about these knives is they're
US-made automatics for under $100 - for this Launch One. And we've never - we've
never seen anyone else come close to this level of quality for that kind of a
price. And even better than that, there's no gimmicks at all with this blade.
You've got CPM-154 blade steel, which is a phenomenal performer, and a nice high
flat grind. I don't know if you can see that on camera, but this is actually a
switchblade that will make a great EDC. You got different anodized colors, as
well. This one's the black, you can also get it blue, red, and purple, I think. And
the BlackWash finish on the frame really holds up over time. It's just a great
EDC option. And one of the other nice things about the Launch Series is that
if you don't like this particular shape or style, there are -
there up to seven now, I think? So yeah, there's quite a few options. This just
happens to be my favorite, which is why I picked it for the list. All right! So, moving
right along - what is our next knife, David? So, the next knife comes from Kershaw's
collaboration with Emerson Knife Company, and this is the CQC Series. And this
model is the 7K, which in 2014 won the BLADE Show 'Best Buy Knife of the Year'
award. And this one features a tanto blade, which is great for kind of your
tactical uses and something that Emerson is certainly known for, that tactical
application. And what's really exciting about these is you get that Emerson
flair, including that Wave-Shaped opener that allows you to open it as you take
it out of your pocket, you get it at a great price point. These are really
affordable, really solid steel, great fit and finish, Emerson style. One of the
things I like about the CQC Series is that the G10 is not as aggressive as
what you see on an actual Emerson. I'm sure you've put one in your pocket before. That's a great point.
And basically, it shredded your jeans. So this is a lot easier to draw quickly
with the Emerson Wave feature and personally I just like the feel of it in
the hand better. Uh hmm. So, I'm noticing something of a tactical theme with those
last two knives, what's our next one? So this guy is the Kershaw Cryo II, and the
cool thing about this is it kind of straddles the line between the tactical
in the EDC. I'm sure everyone out there is familiar with the Cryo, this is
essentially the bigger brother to that. That's the Cryo II. It's about 20% larger,
but it's essentially just a scaled up version of that knife. All the same
features you know and love. You got a nice frame lock with a nice stabilizing
disc there - very usable blade shape, easy to sharpen steel. And what's really
cool about this is it's a Rick Hinderer design, which usually cost big bucks to
get into so this is a real affordable way to get yourself a nice Hinderer. And
it's still nice and slim, still carries very easily into the pocket thanks to
that deep carry clip there. Kind of shares some traits with the the Leek we showed
earlier and how easy it is to carry. Very cool knife. And it's so - like, despite
being very portable, it's got a good heft to it, you know? It feels pretty
formidable in the hand. It's nice and large in that sense, so ergonomically
speaking I think where people have larger hands, this is a dynamite option.
All right! So David, what is our final knife? So, our final knife on our list of top 5
best Kershaw knives (or at least our top favorites) is another Ken Onion design
like the Leek earlier, and it's the Kershaw Blur. Like a couple of other
knives we featured earlier this also has that SpeedSafe assisted opening. In this
case we get an aluminium frame with a liner lock and some non-slip insert. And
this is another easy to carry, yet still hard-working knife made in the USA.
There's a great handle to blade length ratio on this knife. For the package
you're carrying in your pocket, you get a lot of usable edge especially on the
drop point models. You get this slight recurve which actually adds to your
available edge - slightly, but it's definitely there! USA-made, like I said.
Features that 14C28 steel that we love and it's just a really classy option.
We're really big fans - or at least, I am anyway - of this nice olive drab green
anodized handle. Very cool! Now one of the things I like about the Blur - and I've talked
about this before - with a lot of thumb studs you can kind of have a hard time
trying to figure out if you're supposed to push up or out, you know? And with this
it made it very easy because there's this taper to the thumb studs so you
know exactly how you're supposed to push on it. It rockets out, you know? There's
there's no question. Show them that there - you get that real nice angle, makes
actuating that blade super easy. So, those are our top 5 Kershaws. If you want to
get your hands on any of these knives, you can click the link in the
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