What are the Best USA Made Kershaw Knives Out Of All The Models
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I KNOW I WAS MISSING THE DIVIDEND AND THE LINK MODELS, IVE HAD THOSE MANY TIMES WHILE I THINK THEY ARE GREAT MODELS IM AGAIN NOT A HUGE FAN OF SPRING ASSIST IN 2023 WHEN ACTION AND GOOD DETENTS ARE SO EASILY DONE. SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE LEEK BUT I DO STILL THINK THEY ARE GREAT KNIVES AND TOOLS. CHECK THE LINKS FOR PRICES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION, AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
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You picked the same knifes as I did " mostly practicality the knockout is very much like launch 1 " assist not auto, EDC a clash for slicing lite duty" 40$ work knife solid lock up " & kalashnikov auto in the rotation,
Kershaw always has a spot in my heart.i think for alot of us our first actual good knives was a kershaw.
Yes 🙌
Mine was the grinder. Spring assist, reverse tanto, but crappy steel. Ergos were impeccable though.
Neeves, thank you for teaching me about keeping a toothy edge instead of polishing everything to a mirror polish like i used to do. Makes a huge difference on performance
My sentiments, exactly.
My introduction to knives was a Kershaw Blur someone left at a restaurant I worked at. After 13 years It’s been used to death, never been sharpened, missing screws and still brings joy to flick it out.
I got one. I had to put it in the box of ef’s, cheap pf’s, etc. i like ti/ss knives; giant mouse, chavez, mkt, etc.
not sharpening a knife for over a decade is horrendous
I de-assisted my S30V blur. Works really well. It has a regular detent ball and after slightly bending the lockbar, I managed to tune the action to a good point.
I did a couple of scallions that the safeties broke on. Works surprisingly well.
Works well on a couple older ZTs too… the 0770, 0350 and the 0566 are a few with a detent ball/hole
The clip snapped off my blur
maybe its just me, but i love my Assisted kershaws (& my zt 350s) ...ive rekon ive just been spoiled, i wont daily a knife that doesnt come with an assisted flipper anymore... but each to their own... always enjoy ur vids, thank u sir
my favorite launch models are the 11 and 13. amazing knives.
I don’t dislike assisted knives. Especially kershaw’ s assist. Love the link and dividend.
The nice thing about the Blur is that it has a detent hole in the blade and detent ball on the liner. It can easily be deassisted and works well without the torsion bar.
I love this channel… the Kershaw Dividend has been my favorite Kershaw since it came out. I carried a Leek for ten years before that.
I like the breakdown of a specific brand for a video, very cool
I love the launch series. I have the 1, 13 and just got the 16 and they are all great.
Love the launch one . 👊
Cool video thanks.
I have the launch 11 and it’s great.
Great choice of content OG..I was not aware of so many USA made kershaw knives
The launch 13 is my favorite…. It has an awesome Wharncliffe blade.
Thanks for sharing bud!👊🏻I’ve got almost every USA made kershaw minus the cali legal sizes and they do a great job for the price but I do agree I would love to see some manual USA made knives from them that would be amazing. They did great on the barenuckle I thought so I’m sure they would do a great job if they did.
I’ve had several in the past.
But I currently have no Kershaws.
Nothing against them necessarily, but I just like many other manufacturers much more.
Good stuff as always, J-Rad!
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I'm excited to watch this! I'm especially looking forward to seeing how you like the M4 on the Launch 16!
Nice overview, I haven’t kept up on Kershaws in a while
Excellent review on the USA made Kershaws. I totally agree on sharpening CPM 154. I never go any finer than 400 grit, and don’t buff or strop the edge. Thanks Jarod!
One of my favorite Kershaws is the " needs work" wish I could of picked a couple more up.
Great, solid summing up vid. Launch 10 rules, the spring is so strong and this hawkbill looks so wicked - one of my most favourite knives. Launch 16 is dope too tho 🤗
I have the Launch 1, I wish they made a manual frame lock version man. The design is amazing.
I WANT THEM ALL!!!!
I hope they do that livewire in a few more blade shapes, materials, colors, etc. I mean they would be crazy not to with how popular they appear to be.
Dang hahah nice video j!
Launch 1 has never let me down
I’ve never tried it but I think the highball is manual and it looks pretty nice too
I loved Kershaws back when I purchased knives at sporting goods stores. They were better than the schrades, mtechs, and s&w's.
Kershaw Skyline was one of my first knives. I learned how to sharpen using it. Non assisted. Wish they still made it.
Pretty cool video, I don't think I have seen an American Kershaw video this thorough before. Glad to see Kershaw kind of making their way back into the area of appealing towards collectors. For the longest time they seemed to be stuck in the mud similar to CRKT and Gerber, and really only focused on budget models that appeal to regular people and not knife enthusiasts and collectors. But with the Livewire release and a couple of their new autos and dura-lock knives, they seem to be at least heading in the right direction again.
FYI the Launch 16 unfortunately only comes in the serrated variant. Don't know why they won't do a plain edge version🤷♂
In my experience their speed safe knives are way better than their autos. I’ve owned several and the autos never lock up right but the speed safe knives are 100% reliable. That’s through a Blur, five Leeks, four Dividends and one Link.
My favorite is the aluminum handle knockout, but also have a BLK on BLK leek.
Can't lie, they have some really nice designs...
I have the launch 1. It does what the 14 did to you. I do love it though
Have had blurs from get go best edc for years never let medown
Damn crazy timing I just picked up a bare knuckle and hour ago
The blur is a great edc knife
Knockout is my fave without a doubt.
My favorite is the launch 13
Bang!!! I agree I have a 10 dollar 440 beater and a Kershaw blur but there another of assist knives that would be better as manuals with current detent slash action nowdays
Love the heist and iridium as my home users
I've scoped out your channel and I like what you're showing and personally I like the heck out of Kershaw I own several but my EDC is my Brawler that knife is just awesome I've used it to scrape stickers of windows that Tanto shape blade is my first and I just can't go nowhere without it.. It holds an edge pretty good but I try n keep her sharp enough to shave with. Just wanted to throw a 👍's up to Kershaw and a shout out to your channel 😎🍻✌️👋
It may not be a Kershaw knife but Sharp Knives OKC got an exclusive Tactile Knife Co Maverick in Black Dunes Fat Carbon Fiber. 50 were made and they are still in stock. I got one today and it's sick!
I appreciate this video and giving some attention to Kershaw. Yes, they do need to do USA made manuals. With the success of the Iridium, hopefully, they will do some. They have the experience for sure. Assisted knives don't bother me. Not everyone has dexterous fingers for flipping manuals, so they also serve a good purpose.
I still like autos. Long before autos were legal (in my area), assisted knives just felt like AUTO-LITE.
Which is fine, it isn't my tea to drink.
But, at the same time. Manuals did have that fidget factor, and proportions more suited to my daily tasks and hand size.
Why have a leek, when I could have the crkt m-16 with both tabs and the auto-lawks? Drop shut washer action, fidgety spring loaded secondary lock, wave opening, a bunch of materials, and blade versions.
Handles sized appropriately for work gloves the wave feature was also a positive handstop. We were taking fly cutters, and milling our own handles.
Assisted always seemed like an extra step, for none of the fun factor.
Auto or manual bliss. No half measures.
Same. Have several non assisted but my link in 20cv is my go to for literally everything.
I have the launch 14 and the blade isn't supposed to do that when new. I am able to hold down the button forever and it doesn't effect the blade from dropping until I repress the button. This is my favorite auto knife from Kershaw
I enjoyed the video. I'm a big fan of Kershaw and zt. I do wish Kershaw would bring back their older model USA made manuals. Like the JYD, Tirade, the Bareknuckle was a great manual. The Original Volt . Many more. Think they stopped making the cool USA models when ZT came around.
Dang, Blade Ops came in clutch with this vid. Wonder if In the future you can do this with other companies.
I have got the Livewire recently abd plan to grab a launch soon to to with it 🧡🔥🔥🧡🔪
you an pop out the spring assist in the blur make it manual
I got a special spot for Kershaw. Their knives have served me well. I have lost them all
I haven’t seen the 16 in non serrated, I too hope it comes soon. Definitely want the live wire and the 15, I think you got dud 14 I’d like to see you use a good one.
I am so with u on the need of an under $100 USA made knife with 14c. I have been looking for some gift knives made in USA that r not just trash but r 75ish. I would buy a lot of them for corporate gifts.
I know but a quality knife from the usa is impossible to find in manual, I tried putting together the top ten last year
All you have to do to deassist one of the speed safe kershaws is take the torsion spring out of them. Makes the ones I have done pretty good little manual knives. One of the ones I did was a scallion in 14c28n. With the recurve on those blades they cut way above their weight class imo.
You can convert any of the spring assisted models into manual knives by just removing the spring. It's very simple, and a lot of people prefer it that way. I have a Blur in S30V
I can confirm that isn't true of the dividend. I attempted to deassist mine, but there's no hole for the detent ball to drop into
Yeah a lot of the spring assisted models either lack a detent ball or the detent hole completely, basically rendering a de-assisted knife fairly dangerous and useless. I own the 14C28N Blur (partial serrated exactly like in the video) and I can't de-assist mine because it doesn't have a detent ball to keep the blade secure when closed. So do the S30V models actually contain a detent ball and hole?
Great review Jerad and I agree I wish Sandvik 14c28n was more what Kershaw used in most of their knives as opposed to 8cr on many and D2 on their more "harder use" knives. From what I gather 14c28n used to be exclusive to Kershaw back in the day. My first Kershaw was the Blur (tanto/partially serrated) and I LOVED the look, but also fell in love with the steel! Fifteen yrs ago I loved how snappy the speedsafe AO was on Kershaws, but like you I've gotten away from them now since modern day manual action is just as fast or even better! My favorites are the Leek, Blur, and Launch 1 ! C'mon and bring on more Sandvik knives Kershaw with KVT ball bearings instead of AO!! I am happy to see they're beginning to use other steels a lil bit tho like M4 20cv, and Magnacut
Their 20cv is heat treated poorly and isnt any better than s35. Their magnacut is 60-62 so its also too low. Their d2 is also China d2 and performance is so bad they arnt worth more than $40 max.
@tacticalcenter8658 60-63 is recommended for Magnacut. From what I've seen you COULD go all the way up to 65, but that you'd be losing about 40% toughness for the extra edge retention (when Magnacut has respectable edge retention already) according to Larrin Thomas' chart. Tactile Knife Co.'s website says 61-63 Hrc, Hogues Deka says the same. Personally I think 60 is low, but I wouldn't be upset with 62. As far as them using Chinese D2, unless a manufacturer states K110 (Bohler Uddeholm's D2) most companies are using Chinese D2 anyway. As long as it has a good heat treat there's nothing wrong with that. Although I will say this...I'm not one who wants to spend more than 40-50 bucks on any knife w/ D2 anyway, but manufacturer has some to do with it
Great video Jerad, love the video. I love the Kershaw Leek, wish it wasnt assisted and The Launch 1 is a good looking knife.
I wish Kershaw would watch this video and read the comments.
Assisted knives in 2023 is suspect in my opinion. Protech Excluded
They left out the Dividend, Link, and Bareknuckle. Surely they didn’t discontinue these great knives.
My first "good" pocket knife was an American made kershaw. I have a few now but wish they had more american made manual openers.
Not big on recurve blades or assisted knives, but the Blur is awesome.
The Knockout wasn’t in the box but it’s my favorite USA 🇺🇸 blade.
I would love for Kershaw to convert some of their Classics to Manual knives with KVT bearings and good steel. That would enlarge their customer base a LOT, for all the countries states and regions where Assisted and Autos are illegal (which is most of the world).
Hey Jerad, you should checkout the Launch 20, it has Magnacut at 62-64 hrc and has a cool aesthetic. The blade shape is reverse tanto (but im sure you'd call it a sheepsfoot lol) and has marbled carbon fiber which helps with the slippery clear anodized "raw" aluminum handle and just overall is beautiful. This was my first USA made auto and magnacut blade, but now i want the 15!🔪🔥
What about the bareknuckle? That should be on this list. That is an amazing knife.
I got the Launch 8 in matte blue CF inlay, not for EDC, it's just BAD ASSSSS. Have the Link, the Blur, and another USA one but not sure the name anymore. I think maybe it's a Link as well, one's green the other blue.
Can anyone fix the stiff flippers on my Temu-purchased Leek which make it almost impossible to deploy the blade?
I dont know Jerad. I think alot of people nowadays DO have small stones. 😂
I was going to ask, what about the Kershaw Iridium ?
When I first started buying Kershaw knives they were all Ken Onion designs and I still have all of are engraved with a year and the month bring the late 1990s they stop doing
🔥🔥🔥🔥👊
The skyline started the light edc thing long bwfore the bugout or anything spyderco offered
I have the USA made Kershaw Link in 20cv and a Leek in cpm154 with copper scales, both great knives but I tend not to use them because of the speed safe assist. To me, having the blade explode open in your hand seems less safe than manipulating the blade yourself. But meh, different people like different things. Edit: I'm definitely gonna have to pick up the Launch 8, that thing is sweet, also the Livewire.
As long as it locks, however it opens. I'm fine with "spirited" opening.
I hear you there. I think a lot of folks who buy them are new to knives. I was, and back then I didn’t know manual folders could open so easily, so these were like a loophole around the Automatic laws. And I didn’t know where else to buy knives except the sporting goods store & Walmarts.
Too bad they discontinued the Knockout. That was one of their best knives ever, even if it was an assisted opener.
Kershaw has come out with Magnacut versions of knives. Like the leek..
why didnt we talk about the bareknuckle? that is by far the best one and like you even mentioned it. I am really really confused.
I will say, balisongs tend to cost more than other knives in the same materials. Tolerances have to be pretty spot on in order to not cause problems
The old Kershaw Skyline started me down the rabbit hole.
still having my older kershaw barrage, basically a salvo but completely blacked out and limited to 400 pieces.
basically impossible to find nowadays.
love the older american kershaws, i'm sure the newer ones are great too, but sadly most are speedsafe oder completely auto and thus illegal where i live.
I’ll get a Livewire one day.
Say what you want about Buck. They are a fine American company and make some excellent knives. Same goes for Case. Let’s keep it positive regarding American companies. Love the content btw.
I agree they are, but as someone that touches almost every knife going into production if they don't start picking up the pace on making quality modern knives they will be considered the MTech knives of USA as far as there folders go, trust me I want to applaud them vigorously, but my job is to be honest with the community about the products
Bareknuckle was a great example of what they could be doing. So many inexpensive materials that allow you to provide a premium steel and good fit and finish...nice vid bro
They have some nice autos, but they needs some nice MANUAL knives...
Do you think button locks are safe for self defense, for example? I always thought you did accidentally hit the button and the knife would close at the wrong moment.
I like Ka-bar, "Hard Core Knives for Hard Core Lives.
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Combo blades are the most versatile. If you, as a knife reviewer don’t see that, you need to carry a combo blade, and use it hard. Can’t even tell you how many times the combo serration were clutch when I neglected my plain edge portion.
Did I say something against them?
@@NeevesKnives. When talking about the Launch 16, you stated your preference for an all serrated, or all plain edge. You said “I guess a combo edge could be useful”. Since we are guessing, it means to me you’ve never tried one. I’ve carried the same Benchmade 910 in a combo edge for 22 years, and I can confirm for you, that it is very useful.
Guess i don't understand the assisted hate while simultaneously loving autos. I'm failing to functionally tell any difference. I have both and honestly it's just whatever flavor I'm feeling for the day but who cares if the deployment is an assisted flipper or a spring loaded button ...
19:50. Another reason why I dislike all forms of button locks.
Kershaw was my gateway into knives! At the time, I was in Oregon and some friends kindly took me to the warehouse sale. I was pretty cash-strapped so I couldn't do much while there. I feel like they had some down years but now it feels like they're back! I am not able to do autos but I like their Launch designs.
Do u sharpen serated edc knives the same way as non serated knives, also do u have any videos on how to sharpen edc blades don't know wat I'm doing and hate that, know u do 20 degree knife stright up n down then half that then half that like u said on ur videos got deka, qsp penguin, pyrite, Kershaw all lower blade steels aus 8, d2, an magnacut
I'm looking at Kershaw livewire double edged. But would like a 4 inch blade, anybody know where I would find an otf with 4 inch blade.
14c28n steel was originally developed for kershaw
Yup I wish they would use it more
Every auto I’ve own from Kershaw acts like the Launch 14.
If Kershaw got away from all the autos and assisted designs I think more actual knife guys and gals would buy. Until then they just feel like they are for your mall ninja teenagers or people just getting into the knife world. They seem cool until you want to fidget with them or need to open and close them frequently and then you realize you have to two hand close your favorite kershaw 90% of the time. IMO, they are great entry knives but I’ve also come into some serious issues when sharpening, their steel seems overly soft on the last 3 I owned and I haven’t gone back to kershaw since.
Neeves or Jared, dude the one of the best missed Link, Bareknuckle, Knockout and Skyline and Skyline in 20CV.
I have them all without the Launch 1 and other Launches 4, 10...
Launch 11 is best launch
Forgot the Bareknuckle. 7777 USA Made, manual flipper, 14C28N blade steel.
its discontinued
@@NeevesKnives True that. If they could just do a manual Blur. Not a deassist. Full Manual. It would kill it..
I've had the Launch 11 in 20cv and it's been great for edc. I took it apart once to clean and oil it, but for under $100 it has been incredible.
Their 20cv is poorly heat treated and performs no better than s35. It's doo doo.
@@tacticalcenter8658 ymmv. I haven't noticed any issues with mine. Holds an edge just fine.
@@MH-ku5hf go look at the cut tests. It really is not good.