The Kershaw Cyclone Knife Features Styling, Precision, and Performance
1630ST - Cyclone from Kershaw and Ken Onion, Black Aluminum Handle, Serrated Edge Blade
This Kershaw Ken Onion Cyclone is just like its plain edged sibling except that its blade is partially serrated. Thus making it great for multiple uses around the house or on a trip. The Cyclone also allows the option of disabling the SpeedSafe assisted-opening function whenever you wish. When showing the knife to someone inexperienced with knives set it to fully manual opening so they need to pay attention when opening the blade. When you need to open it quickly, engage the SpeedSafe System for quick and easy opening of the blade. It also features the Locking Liner to ensure that the knife blade stays firmly in place when fully opened. You can easily release the blade and fold it back down again by pressing a spring loaded lock. This particular Cyclone Knife comes with a black 6061-T6 anodized aluminum handle with a 410 stainless steel liner. Its blade is made from Sandvik 13C26 stainless steel.
Locking LinerLocks the blade into position after the blade is deployed. To release the locking liner simply press the spring loaded lock and the blade will easily fold back into the handle. Kershaw Cyclone Specifications:
SpeedSafeŽ, the patented, assisted-opening system built into many of Kershaw's best-selling Ken Onion knives. SpeedSafe assists the user to smoothly open the knife with a manual push on the blade's thumb stud or Index- Open system. (Index-Open uses a protruding portion of the blade's finger guard to give the user an alternative to the thumb stud. The user manually pulls back on the protrusion with the index finger to open the blade.)
The heart of the SpeedSafe system is its torsion bar. Closed, the torsion bar helps keep the knife closed, preventing it from being opened by "gravity." In order to open the knife, the user must apply manual pressure to the thumb stud to overcome the resistance of the torsion bar. After the blade is out of the handle, the torsion bar moves along its halfmoon track and takes over. The blade opens smoothly and locks into position, ready for use.