Kershaw Emerson CQC-K Pocket Knives, Manual Opening Folding Knife with Wave Shaped Feature, Multiple Styles

WARNING! This blade comes with a seriously sharpened edge. Upon arrival I inspected the knife for it's quality given the south of $100 price. For its probable uses this knife gives you an affordable yet high quality components fitted into a smaller EDC everyday carry blade. The D2 steel is favorite of mine due to it's a overall Rockwell hardness rating and it's easier of putting a fine edge on it when needed after hard use. D2 is a perfect and affordable steel when a $400+ blade just isn't practical when children need to eat and buying this years schools supplies is right around the corner. G10 scale is also impressive since most knife makers at higher costs are also using it. Stainless liners and a solid lock up are also a plus. The Emerson Wave feature. Here's where it gets scary. First time out of my jeans pocket I cut two fingers and required bandages for bleeding control. Please, practice the opening carefully with what ever pants, slacks, jeans or hikers you plan on carrying this knife in. It's critical to learn this procedure properly without needing first aid essentials close nearby. My first attempt at deploying the blade was with jeans that a bit of elastine in them and pocket stretches when clipped into place. This caused me to struggle a bit since the knife clip is very tight against jeans pockets. Hence the two slices fingers. Aside from needing to practice the deployment of this blade carefully I'm certain you'll be impressed by this Kershaw addition to its manufacturing inventory. Stay safe!

Great knife at an even better price. I always wanted the original Emerson wave, but at $250 or so couldn't justify it being another EDC addition. Now that Kershaw has the rights to produce it, you still get a good quality knife at a much better price... especially when you have others and you don't really "need" another knife. Beware, you will have to practice withdrawing this from your pocket to open properly. You will also need to practice taking it out of your pocket and keeping the blade closed! Yes it will open that easily. But practice on older heavy duty pants, to avoid ruining the corner of thin pants/shorts as you need to 'catch the wave' on the pocket corner. You will have to be cautious at first in handling it, and the blade locking feature is my least favorite so needing to adapt to it, as opposed to the Benchmade I used to carry. The blade seems plenty sharp, I'm really really resisting cutting anything and everything in sight to preserve the edge, I bought this a personal defense EDC not a box cutter. The overall size and thickness are easy in all my pockets so far. Two color is great.

*UPDATE* After carring around for almost a year now, im very use to this knife I don't worry about accidental deployment as much because it just feels second nature to me. The pocket clip is by far the sturdyest pocket clip on any knife I have carried even pricier knives don't compare. I would deffently recommend!!! Extremely sharp and reliable. I like the thumb disc better than a thumb stud after getting used to it. The knife feels to be better quality than the price tag feels a tad heavy in your hand which can be a good or bad thing given your preference. It has a very sturdy feel. The wave feature is amazing. Need to be a little careful when pulling it from your pocket at the end the day because of accidental deployment. But once, use to wave feature this knife is great.

Got this on Sunday, delivered by the USPS........wow.....Kershaw made in China (8Cr13Mov), and not sharp out of the box.....not typical of Kershaw, but no fret...I simply sharpened it with my Smith's three stone sharpening system.....took about 30 minutes including stropping it a few times.....now it cuts paper like the rest of my knives.....overall, no real complaints as far as construction goes....has frame lock, lockup is solid, no blade play in any direction, satin and bead blasted blade combo is attractive.....G-10 scales on one side does what it is suppose to do, not aggressive though.....but I wanted an Emerson blade, but did not want to pay in the hundreds for it....this is an experimental knife just for that feature to consider higher end models at some later date possibly....3.25" blade, some will find it a little long, while other will find it ideal for EDC, slightly heavier than other knives in it's class, but at a reduced cost, and not so heavy that it's overbearing....putting an edge on the knife was easy....gave it 4 stars for not being as sharp as other Kershaw's that were cheaper...I would recommend this knife, because I am definitely no knife sharpening expert, so this was a good blade to practice on....in fact I sharpened both edges, as the knife has a modified Tanto blade design.....jimping on spine works without digging into your thumb....finger choil location will leave little handle at the rear of the knife for guys with large to extra large hands..... A day later: I carried the knife....knife weighs 5.1 oz, solid build, and my blade centering was off...in fact way off...but don't panic....it was off from a performance standpoint during deployment and closing of the knife....but it was an easy fix....simply adjusted the pivot screw slightly...do this by holding the knife with the blade up/closed, but pointing towards you....using a flat tip screw, very slowly adjust the pivot point screw....do not over tighten; or it will result in you having to use two hands to open/close the knife...centering is now great, deployment and blade closure is very smooth (I could actually hear the blade rubbing against the inside of the knife liner)......what I like most about the the knife that I didn't mention earlier was the deployment disc in addition to the wave feature....both are IMO equally fast, giving the owner two ways to deploy the knife.......left/right use ;)...I am happy with the knife, great value and easy to maintain...the imperfections that I found with knife were things that I did not mind because they allowed me work on the knife myself and I chalked it up as experience....enhancing my blade sharpening skills and other little how to's on knives in general...had I damaged it....I simply would've ordered another one.....if it was an expensive knife, I would've used the warranty or sent it back....now that the knife is as sharp and performs as I want, I could change the rating to five stars, but four is more appropriate.

Tolles Taschenmesser. Auch wenn es in der Preisklasse sehr viel gute und auch bessere Konkurrenz gibt, ist das Messer mit seinem "chisel grind" (einseitiger Anschliff) und dem Emerson Design mit Wave Öffnungshilfe eindeutig etwas besonderes. Wer also kein Vermögen für ein "echtes" Emerson ausgeben will, sollte hier zuschlagen. Die Verarbeitung war bei meinem Messer durchweg gut und der Stahl (8Cr14Mov) ist durchaus brauchbar. Den Stern Abzug gibt es weil: - Die Verpackung beschädigt war. - Der Preis stark schwankt und teilweise zu hoch ist (Intervall 40-70€) - Der einseitige Anschliff nicht für alle Schneidaufgaben ideal ist

Das Kershaw-Emerson CQC 5k entspricht vom Design her den weitaus teureren "original" Emmersons, vom Preis her sowie den verarbeiteten Materialien geht die Sache hier aber ganz klar richtung Kershaw - was ja ansich schon mal eine gute Sache ist. Sprich: Einwandfreie Funktionalität, gute Materialien, vernünftiger Preis. Im Einzelnen: - Die schwarz beschichtete Drop-Point Klinge ist 7,6cm lang und besteht aus dem chinesischen low budget-Stahl 8Cr14MoV, der hier die etwas ältere 8Cr13MoV ersetzt. Der Stahl ist rostträge (also nicht gänzlich rostfrei - etwas besser wie die alte Version) und hat 85-59 HRC. Schnitthaltigkeit und Schärfbarkeit sind gut - kein High-End-Stahl also aber ziemlich gut. - Der Griff liegt gut in der Hand -alle 4 Finger finden bei mittelgroßen (Gr 9-10) Händen Platz. Positiv sind neben dem rel. dicken G10-Material hier die Fingermulde und das Jimping das neben der Daumenrampe auch das G10 oben betrifft. - Der Pocket-Clip ist für Links-und Rechtshänder in der Tip-Up-Position umsetzbar. - Funktionalität ist einwandfrei: Keinerlei Klingenspiel, Öffnungsvorgang per Thump-Disc (die runde Scheibe ersetzt hier den Daumenpinn und der Emerson-Wave (der "Haken")öffnet das Messer automatisch wenn das Messer aus der Tasche gezogen wird) funktioniert manuell recht gut - das "automatische Öffnen" beim Ziehen des Messers aus der Tasche klappt nicht immer - ist aber für mich kein Kritikpunkt. Im geschlossenen Zustand sitzt die Klinge fast mittig - nicht 100%, aber was solls. Der Liner-Lock sitzt 100%ig, überlappt also komplett und lässt sich auch gut wieder lösen. Schärfe out-of-box war gut aber noch verbesserbar. Kritikpunkte meinerseits wären höchstens das ziemlich stattliche Gewicht (für die geringe Größe) und die etwas breite Bauweise. Letztlich führen aber neben der guten Funktionalität gerade die zwei Punkte dazu, dass sich das Messer extrem robust und solide "anfühlt" - Fazit: Schickes kleines "Tactical-EDC" das für den Preis so gut wie alles richtig macht - Preis-Leistung auf Kershaw-Niveau und auch hinsichtl Verarbeitung deutl. besser wie z.B. einige Böker- oder S&M -Modelle in dieser Preis-Kategorie. Top ! Nachtrag bez. Preis: ...bei mir waren's 48,- , die inzwischen fast 60,- sind schon deftig, anderenorts bekommt man das Messer auch um die 45,- In der 45-55,- Kategorie gibt's neben den Kershaws auch von Real Steel (Real Steel H6, H6S und H5) einige sehr gute Messer - hinsichtl. Materialien sind diese nebst der ebenfalls sehr guten Qualität sogar noch ein stück besser (Sandvik 14C28N für unter 70,- gibt's nur sehr selten...).

Está padre la navaja, ligera y las cachas tienen buen agarre. Ventajas: - El color negro la hace lucir muy bien y discreta. - El mango tiene un buen diseño, el soporte para los dedos pulgar en la hoja, y el índice en el mango, a la hora de sujetarla es excelente, el clip no molesta para nada al apretarla. - Las cachas tienen un acabado semi rugoso, lo que les da un buen agarre, sin resultar agresivo al tacto. Contras: Le pongo dos "peros": - La hoja no es de apertura asistida (eso quedó claro desde antes de comprarla), por lo que el mecanismo manual al abrirla, es un poco duro, espero que con el tiempo se afloje un poco; - El clip sujetador, realmente hace su trabajo, tanto para guardar y sacar la navaja de la bolsa del pantalón (uso jeans), batallas un poco, está demasiado apretado el clip para mi gusto, digo, ten la seguridad que no se te va a caer o resbalar de la bolsa por ningún motivo. Por último, y eso pasa con la mayoría de los cuchillos y navajas, la hoja no viene completamente afilada, así que habrá que darle una pasada en la piedra de asentar. Le pongo cinco estrellas, porque la relación calidad/precio es buena. Es un producto que puedes usar diariamente, sin miedo a que se dañe o se rompa, solamente tener un poco de cuidado, ya que tienden a desarrollar pies cuando las dejas solas y se van :-) Agrego unas fotos, espero les sea útil la reseña.

Canivete bem construído e tal... mas a lâmina dessa versão chinesa é muito mais estreita que a dos os canivetes originais (americanos). Este aspecto decepcionou...

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