The Kershaw Leek Knife Will Stand Up To Wear And Tear For Many Years
1660BB - Leek from Kershaw and Ken Onion, Blue Smoke Aluminum Handle, Plain Edge Blade
This little Leek knife by Kershaw and Ken Onion features a plain edged blade and a smoky blue handle. It’s a pretty knife to hold in your hand and easy to use. A knife is a necessity but that doesn't mean you can’t enjoy having it around. This particular blue Leek knife is just one of the wide variety of Leek knife styles that are available from Kershaw. The iridescent blue handle is a result of the smoked finished on 6061-T6 anodized aluminum. The Leek blade is composed of Sandvik 13C26 stainless steel. The unique and attractive look on this knife won’t fade anytime soon! In addition the knife comes with a convenient 180 degree reversible pocket clip and the handle of the Leek is drilled for tip up and tip down carry. For safety’s sake you’ll find there is a locking liner to lock the Leek blade into position when it is fully opened. No need to worry about slippage with this feature. Release the blade easily by pressing the spring loaded lock. Another great safety feature is the Tip Safety Lock that keeps the Leek blade from accidentally deploying in your pocket clip.
Reversible ClipThe Leek handles are drilled for both tip-up and tip-down clip carry. The clip can be rotated 180º .
SpeedSafe®, 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.