![]() ![]() All Leeks are built in the USA and have build quality well above their reasonable price points, something that’s becoming less common with Kershaw these days. The Leek is a “knife guy” must have if you haven’t owned one yet you will at some point. ![]() There have been countless special variants of the Leek over the years including hard the to miss Rainbow models, and the composite steel blade model that combines a hard D2 cutting edge with a 14C28N spine bonded together with copper. There’s a range of materials and prices from the standard aluminum handled liner lock with Sandvik 14C28N steel, up through the new carbon fiber handled model with CPM-154 steel for a bit more. The blade shape is what brings people back to the Leek: the 3” modified wharncliffe shape creates a needle-thin point that is a fantastic penetrator, and with ultra-thin 0.09” blade stock and a slick hollow grind the Leek can slice with the best of them. ![]() You can pick between a flipper tab or a thumb stud to pop the blade open, and the super light blade means the Leek has an incredibly snappy action. It also employs Kershaw’s Speed Safe technology, which uses a torsion spring hidden in between the handle and the liners to spring the blade open one you push it out the first 10% or so. The thin profile (only 0.35” thick!) makes the Leek a fantastically carryable knife, virtually disappearing in your pocket. The Leek was designed by Ken Onion as part of a series of organically shaped knives named after onion derivatives (including the shallot, chive, and scallion) that excels as a lightweight EDC blade. Why all the love? The Leek has been around for a long time – in fact, it’s still in production seven years past its designer’s departure from Kershaw. It is to Kershaw what the 110 is to Buck, the Spartan is to Victorinox, or what the 710 is to Benchmade. The Leekmay well be the most iconic knife Kershaw has ever produced, the knife most closely associated with the brand name. ![]()
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