Your next must-have knife! All eyes turn to you when you take the Kershaw Kuro out of your pocket and put it to work. The Kuro offers standout looks—and standout function. The blade is a modified—or Americanized—tanto with partial serration and a drop point. It has two primary blade grinds: at the tip and along the edge. This gives the Kuro a strong piercing tip with plenty of steel behind the tip to provide strength. The belly-less edge provides good slashing capability while the partial blade serration offers versatility for cutting fibrous materials with ease. For speedy, one-handed opening, the Kuro has SpeedSafe assisted opening, accessed with the built-in flipper. Just pull back on the flipper blade protrusion to start the blade out of the handle. Then the SpeedSafe torsion bar takes over and the knife opens easily, ready for use. The ambidextrous flipper works perfectly for both lefties and righties. The handle scales are glass-filled nylon for durability and dimensional stability, even in temperature extremes. The eye-catching pattern on the scales offers additional grip traction and looks like nothing else. A sturdy locking liner secures the blade open until you release it.
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3rd one of this series. This was the 3rd Chinese Kershaw I bought here on Amazon and am obviously pleased or I wouldn’t get more, right ? Nice to see decent quality control from over there, guess it depends a lot on what the manufacturer wants too. I have a “Compound” model in this same series and just lost a “Clash” model that I had less than 2 weeks. All of them including this one, had excellent lockup with no play. This model has a modified tanto blade and the handles are a type of nylon. The grip in dry hands is…
The factory edge is fine for opening packages and cutting tags off clothes I have owned two of these knives, one was lost the other I still own. This knife is my primary EDC but does get switched out occasionally. The factory edge is fine for opening packages and cutting tags off clothes. The knife takes well to sharpening, I use a sharpening stone.
Light, durable, and feature rich tool… at a price that is hard to beat! I don’t carry for self defense, I carry it primarily as a tool. As such I vastly prefer the “combo” half straight, half serrated edge style and something resembling a “tanto” design. This knife is perfect in those regards! The hybrid drop/tanto design means that in an emergency I can cut the seat belt off of someone, including myself, with a reduced risk of a cutting injury. The blade is as sharp as you would ever want one, out of the box, and the combo means that even if…