Product Details
Deadline 3.25" Wharncliffe Folding Knife by Kershaw®. This one is getting in under the wire-and you'll be glad it did. Meet the Deadline, from Kershaw and Matt Diskin. It's got a lot of special features between its two-toned stainless steel handles. First, there's the opening system. The Deadline opens with Kershaw's KVT ball-bearing system. But a manual system like that has to have detent-often strong detent-to keep the blade in the handle until the user opens it.
Notes
- Not legal for sale in the following states: New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts and Hawaii
- Can not be sold internationally
Specifications
| Steel: 8Cr13MoV, titanium carbo-nitride coating, satin flats |
| Handle: Steel, titanium carbo-nitride coating, satin flats |
| Blade Length: 3.25" / 8.3 cm |
| Folded Length: 4.25" / 10.8 cm |
| Overall Length: 7.5" / 19.1 cm |
| Weight: 4.6 oz. / 133 g |
| Lock Type: Liner Lock |
| Blade Style: Warncliffe |
Features
- Deep-carry
- KVT ball-bearing opening
- Tuned Detent System (TDS)
- Reversible deep-carry pocketclip (left / right, tip-up)
- Flipper - May be used on either manual or assisted opening knives. The "flipper" is a protrusion on the back of the blade that the user can pull back on, or flip, in order to move the blade easily out of the handle
- Manual - There is no mechanical assist, such as SpeedSafe, used to open the folding knife. It opens the classic, old-school way
- Inset Liner Lock - A strip of stainless steel is riveted inside the knife's handle-most commonly when the handle is a lightweight material
When the blade is fully closed, a depression in the blade is engaged by a ball partially embedded in the liner or handle. The interaction of ball and depression keeps the blade closed. The problem with that is that sometimes the detent is too strong to make opening the knife comfortable. The answer is Kershaw's new Tuned Detent System (TDS)™. TDS puts the detent ball on the front scale of the knife in an inset steel plate. This plate enables us to "fine tune" the detent so that it's perfect-not too heavy, not too light. With TDS, opening a manual flipper knife like this is as easy as opening any other flipper. Both blade and handle feature Kershaw's two-toned finish. In this case, Kershaw used titanium carbo-nitride coating in the grinds and hollows and a satin finish on the flats. The result is a knife with a very distinctive look that walks the line between classy and tactical. The 8Cr13MoV blade is a modified Wharncliffe with a top swedge. The handles are two-tone-finished steel with cold-forged handle texture for a solid grip. A strong frame lock secures the blade open during use. Kershaw also added a decorative glass-filled nylon backspacer in matte black and a moveable steel filler tab so the look is nicely detailed and neatly finished. The pocketclip is Kershaw's deep-carry pocketclip so that the knife rides comfortably low in your pocket.
Kershaw® was founded in 1974 to design and manufacture tools that knife users would be proud to own, carry, and use. This has meant that every Kershaw knife must be of the highest quality. Whether it’s a hardworking pocketknife, a hunting knife, or a special collectors’ edition, Kershaw always chooses appropriate, high-quality materials and is dedicated to intensive craftsmanship. Along with extremely tight tolerances and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques, this ensures that Kershaw knives provide a lifetime of performance.