Kershaw Scallion

Reviewed 12/23/2011 by Nate

-Price Paid: $35.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

I purchased this knife a few years ago played with it for a few days and pretty much set it aside for a while. After wanting to carry something a little smaller, I reached for this one and began to carry it. I must say that the blade lock is just plain silly! I have never found a time that I needed it or a time when it opened up in my pocket. This knife came very sharp out of the box and help up the edge pretty good. To me, the blade does seem a bit on the week side and I havent really put it through some hard use because I am afraid of breaking it (more towards the tip of it). The knife is very light and you can almost forget that you have it in your pocket at times. The grip on it feels pretty good in the hand (almost like a soft plastic but is pretty tough). I have had friends with larger hands complain about the grip because their hands will swallow the knife up, but IT IS a smaller knife, so what would they expect? I have medium sized hands and it fits me perfect! This knife was very useful when opening up packages, opening up mail, cutting boxes and other light duty type stuff. In a self defense situation, this might not be the first thing I reach for but if it is all you have, they WILL feel it! This little thing is very pointy and is pretty sharp as well so I think it would do enough to get them off of you and allow you to get away! If you are looking for a small knife to accomplish little task or possibly a knife to get your wife or girlfriend, I think you should give this one a look! By the way, when my wife saw this one, she liked it and said it was cute until she opened it not knowing that it was assisted opening and it scared her to death! This knife is very fast when it opens!

Reviewed 10/07/2010 by Josh

-Price Paid: $32.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for 6 months

Comments:

This is a cool little knife.

The blade steel is 420HC which I have found to be pretty decent at holding an edge. However, the natural sort of blade shape can make it a pain to sharpen at times. The blade length itself is 2 1/4in and with it being assisted opening it comes out fast when you want to deploy it.

The Scallion does come with a safety for the blade so it won't deploy in pocket, but I think it's a feature that is not needed. I have NEVER had it just open up in my pocket. You can however tighten the safety down so it won't stop the blade from opening when you need it quickly.

The handle is nice. Made from polymide and it feels sorta like a tough rubber. It probably could be a little more aggressive just for added grip.

It also uses a liner lock that has a good solid lock up, and that is easy to unlock when you want to put the knife away. The clip is fixed to one side of the knife so you cannot change it. You can remove it though if you wish to carry it without the clip.

For the price I think this is a cool little knife that looks and feels great in hand.