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.

Well im impressed. Tidy little package. Good looking. Sharp blade.Smooth operation. Excellent ergonomics. Well made. A home run IMO. A definite best buy and must have. Read on for those that want details. The knife has excellent,grippy ,attractive G-10 scale over nice thick stainless liner. Thick.strong,bead blasted stainless frame lock and smooth G-10 back spacer. Put together with 3) fairly small build screws tapped into stainless standoffs themselves loosely pressed into the backspacer. Incidentally the spacer can be removed and leaving just standoffs for those that prefer open construction. The blade is 1/8" thick by 3 1/4" long and is made from 8cr13mov as i understand tho its not marked on the blade. As delivered its fairly sharp and is perfectly centered. It has nice even grinds. Its hollow ground to the edge which is quite sharp. The flats have a brushed finish while the hollow grinds have a nice stonewash. Very attractive finishing. The blade opens via a nicely placed thumb disc or the Emerson wave feature. Both methods work very well tho i prefer more texture on the thumb disc for a more reliable purchase and blade opening. The wave feature also forms a really great jimped thumb ramp besides being a lightning fast means of blade deployment. The blade pivots on a good sized pivot and has nylon or teflon washers. It pivots very smoothly after lubrication but was a bit course and noisy as delivered. There is a small to medium sized blade stop and the framelock locks securely to a depth of about 40%. There is zero blade play in any direction. Blade retention in the closed position is very good. No danger of it opening by accident.A very solid action and lockup. Ergonomics are fantastic with the handle shape ,jimped thumb ramp and deep finger groove positively locking itself into my grasp. And does so with complete comfort. Extremely secure.extremely comfortable and offers a variety of grip styles. Excellent! It is a solid feeling knife being made of steel rather than the titanium thats so popular(and expensive),but its not too heavy at all. Its reassuring weight IMO. The pocket clip is tip up only and reversible for left or right hand carry. It has excellent tension and retains the knife in pocket reliably. Its not super deep carry however,with about 3/4" exposed. Overall an exceptional knife and an incredible value. I consider it a must have and intend to check out a couple other Kershaw/Emerson collaboration models. Extremely highly recommended to anyone in need of a versatile utility or EDC blade that can definitely handle being pressed into a tactical/defensive role in an emergency. A very impressive knife. Update: A quick update to cover a couple things i didnt cover above. First,after a light stropping,the factory edge went from sticky sharp to downright frightening! It was deceptively sharp as delivered but is now one of the sharpest factory edges in my collection. Very nice! And second,a word about the Emerson wave feature. For those that dont know,this is a wave shaped appendage on top of the blade spine which catches on the pocket seam as its withdrawn and quickly opens the blade in one swift motion. With a bit of practice its practically 100% reliable and blazing fast. You have to grip the knife very far to the rear of handle to keep from interfering with the opening blade and possibly cutting yourself ,and then reaquire a proper grip so actual blade presentation may not be as fast as first thought. Im sure with enough practice it is a useful option though. However,get very familiar with it and be consciously aware when carrying this knife as its easy to forget about the wave deployment and receive a nasty bite upon removal from your pocket. It has almost gotten me several times already. Just be careful and be sure of which knife your reaching for especially if you carry more than one knife at a time. Youll only need to learn that lesson the hard way once before the Emerson wave becomes more of a "thud" in the garbage can. Anyway,this is a great high value knife. Excellent all around if a little weighty. A solidly built,high quality ,low cost introduction for those that want to try out an Emerson without spending nearly $200. Highly recommended.

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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