The Kershaw Scallion Knife Features A 420HC Stainless Steel Blade
1620 - Scallion from Kershaw and Ken Onion, Black Polyamide Handle, Plain Edge Blade
The Scallion from Kershaw and Ken Onion is a small, yet practical knife for guys or gals. You'll never be at a loss with this blade on hand as you work your way through most obstacles in life. Scallion's blade is made from 420HC stainless steel, making it sharp, durable and rust resistant. The black handle is polyimide, which increases the Scallion's weather resistance and gives you a good firm grip on the handle. The Scallion is lightweight at only 2.3 ounces and comes with its own pocket clip. The Scallion features the Tip Safety Lock to keep the blade folded down in place when closed. A Locking Liner locks the blade into place when fully opened. It's also easy to release the liner with the press on a spring loaded lock. The SpeedSafe assisted opening system makes for easy ambidextrous opening of the blade.
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.