This will be my first review of a Kershaw knife. In fact, this is the first Kershaw knife I’ve ever bought. For some odd reason, and I don’t know why, I’ve always had the idea that Kershaw knives were cheap imported knives. It has only been the last few years that I’ve heard people talk about what good knives they are and how sharp they come from the factory. If you know anything about me, you know I love pocket knives that come sharp right out of the package.
Well, I bought this Kershaw Skyline at a local Wal-Mart Supercenter. For some reason, this Wal-Mart had this knife and some others on clearance. They were originally marked for $35, but they had marked them down to $25. Since I’d been wanting to try a Kershaw knife for a while, I jumped at the chance and bought this one.
To be honest, I wasn’t crazy about the handle material at first. I guess it was another misconception I had. It felt thin and weak. As I would later find out, the handle material is a textured G-10 material and it’s quite tough as it turns out. I dropped the knife several times on concrete. It never did chip or break.
The knife is made in the U.S.A. It also came razor sharp right out of the package! These two things just catapulted Kershaw knives to the top of my “must own” list of knife manufacturers. The blade is stainless steel with what Kershaw calls a “stone washed finish”. It’s a manual assisted opening knife. It does have a pocket clip that can be located on the right side of the knife at either the front or back, but there are no holes provided on the left side. If you’re a lefty you’ll have to carry it like a normal pocket knife or carry it outside your pocket, which I don’t recommend!
The knife blade is a drop point design. The whole knife package is very slim and only weighs a few ounces. I really like this knife and it quickly became my primary every day carry knife. I’ve used it for just about a month so far and I’ve used it every day. I’ve yet had to touch up the edge and it’ll still shave hair. Now that’s the type of knife I want to carry!
After carrying this knife around for about a month and using it every day, I’m now feeling sorry for myself because I haven’t owned a Kershaw knife before now! I will promise you this, it won’t be my last Kershaw knife I own. Hey, it’s better to come to your senses eventually than never at all. I can now say I’ve seen the light and I like what I’m seeing.
There’s some more information on the Kershaw skyline in the video below.
FYI: I looked online, and the cheapest place I could find this knife was on Amazon.com. It was nearly $5 cheaper on Amazon than it was on Wal-Mart! Click here to see it on Amazon.com
Thanks for the review. I have this Kershaw along with several others in my collection. I have been a fan of Kershaw since I bought my first one. The fact that you can still get a quality American-made knife from them for $50 or less amazes me. I own a couple of American-made Benchmade knives that were well over $100 each, but I still find myself carrying this one because it is so slim and light weight. I also have the Kershaw Tactical Blur and I am looking forward to getting the regular Blur soon.
I don’t watch reviews in general: I was just looking for a good knife to buy and had no idea where to start.
That said, this is a good review, and I think I’ll go pick up one of these. (except, I for one like the *weight* of a pocket knife in my pocket, so….I don’t know…we’ll see)