Kershaw Grinder Assisted Opening Flipper Knife (3.25" Bead Blast) 1319

Awesome and interesting budget blade, and with speedsafe quick open, which is always nice. Arrived sharp, working well with screws tight and the blade is centered ( with a ceramic touch up it shaves ). Grip is great, fits my large hand just fine, the jimping on the back allows some better finger control and looks kinda cool and different . Im glad i got it for sure, even though its alittle beefy (wide) it doesn't interfere with grabbing something out of the pocket its in, ( hate that.. Edc breaker for sure). Ill update after some time and use.

Spent everyday all day long for a month looking up and researching pocket knifes and this is what I chose. I absolutely love it. It's my favorite I've ever owned the look of it is fantastic the handle has good grip. The spped safe pantent is amazing. Clicks out and opens faster than anything I've had. The curve of the blade is perfect the length is nice and the weight is unbelievable. I've owned for over a year now and it's still holding up with minimal maintenance. Kershaw knows what they're doing. Everyone asks where I got it and how much and I tell them Amazon and less than $20. And it blows their mind. I show it off every chance I get and have yet to have someone tell me it's not great. Best purchase I've made and it's nice when I compare pocket knives with others and there $50-$100 kinfe isn't even on the same level as this one. Would buy again in a heartbeat if I were to lose this one.

The Kershaw Grinder is excellent for the price. The handle is comfortable; even more so if you can live without the pocket clip which is easily removed. The blade shape is an great slicer. The blade steel isn't exotic or a super steel but rather a high quality Chinese steel "4Cr13MoV". These types of Chinese budget steels have proven themselves time and time again from other knife makers as the perfect choice for people who want an above average steel that you can get extremely sharp with very little effort. I have no doubt Kershaw has given the blade a quality heat treatment post manufacture. I gave mine a few passes over my Tri-Angle Sharpmaker and it's now able to be used for shaving if one so desired. Lastly, much like the other reviewer here mine arrived a little stiff. I used a q-tip to remove the rather cheap looking gunky oil from the opening mechanism and added some quality lubricant and it snaps open and closed effortlessly now. Is it the perfect knife? Of course not, it's in the budget price range. So lets do a bullet pointed list! Pros: * Blade shape gives you more edge in less space. * Pocket clip lets you deep carry the knife. * Blade steel above average for this price range. * Flipper knives work for both left handed and right handed people. * Solid lockup when open - no horizontal or vertical wiggle. * Comfortable to hold and the back of the blade has jimping if you need to move your thumb to it to add pressure to your cuts. Cons: * Blade steel will require some sharpening every few months (easily done and relaxing). * A little heavy. * Pocket clip will cause hot spots on your hand after prolonged cutting. * I had to open and oil the knife to make it smooth. The pro's far outweigh the cons which is unusual in this price range. I'm really only knocking a star off because i had to open and oil it pretty much out the box.

This knife introduced me to quick opening and better edge retention (stays sharper longer) through the blade design and better steel formula. "Sheep's foot" design and slightly curved belly of knife design has good ergonomics. One of my very favs at a VERY reasonable price.(mostly cause it's last years model) Kershaw brand knives give good performance at very economical prices plus the quality is as good as much higher priced knife brands!

"Kleines" handliches Messer mit optimalen Gewicht. Liegt sehr gut in der Hand und ist schnell zu öffnen. Der Clip hat die optimale Spannkraft. Einzig die Schärfe ist grenzwertig aber nachschärfen ist kein Problem und nun ist es wie sein sollte. Fazit: Preis/ Leistung Top!

hatte höhere erwartungen an ein kershaw-messer. eine torx-schraube hat sich bereits gelöst (und zwar nicht etwa, weil das messer tausend mal geöffnet und wieder geschlossen wurde, oder dergleichen...). da hätt ich mir gleich ein messer von nem chinesischen hersteller kaufen sollen, die sind sicher nicht schlechter, aber deutlich billiger. enttäuscht!