Kershaw Junkyard Dog II Folder Knife Review

[yukiotakata]

i love the design of the JYD i just cant take their(kershaw) choice for base steel.

sandvik have a terrible corrosion resistence,at least with me,and is a nightmare vision for any knife colector/user see how ease they get full of spots at minimun site of humidity.

IMHO they should have put this knife on the ZT line with a better steel.at least 154 cm.

its sad to see such good design being wasted.

still a beautiful knife though congrats.

[oromoto]

I like this design.

[msouthworth1978]

Keep up the good reviews

[customtacticals]

@msouthworth1978 Thanks!

[msouthworth1978]

I like my swords as well as knives,sorry about the sword tangent.

[msouthworth1978]

Yes in authntic Japanese sword making they use a folding of the high carbon steel,then sandwich it in the middle of a softer steel,I believe also use differential tempering as well.The cheapest quote I have seen for a new Authentic Japanese made Tamahagane Steel Katana was about £6000 about four years ago

[customtacticals]

@msouthworth1978 The traditional Japanese method of folding steel to create Tamahagane Steel doesn't involve sandwiching, its just folded to remove impurities, using an ancient Japanese process.

What I was getting at was the effect of the Composite blade may be more similar to differential tempering in that it achieves a hard blade edge and a softer spine.

[msouthworth1978]

The D2 & Sandvik steels are " Brazed " together and certainly won't come apart it's like welding with copper,it is done so you got a Hard tip and a Tough Back,the same sort of reasons Cold Steel and Fallkniven make San Mai blades,the San mai is probably a more uniform way of doing it.

[customtacticals]

@msouthworth1978 Yes, with San Mai or the ZDP-189 Sandwich steel that Spyderco uses the harder steel runs the full length and width of the blade, but the softer steel is simply sandwiched on the surface of the steel. Kershaw's Shun blades are also similar except that they have a 13 layer damascus on the suface treatment. However, Kershaw's Composite blade would act more like a Japanese Differentially hardened blade I would think, rather than like a sandwich construction.

[msouthworth1978]

I got the Kershaw/Galyean Rake,that's a Great Knife too with the Composite Sectioning slighty different join pattern.

[f0rumrr]

Ya that clip is fucking ugly. Only reason i dont want that knife.

[MadBadVoodo]

★★★★★

[customtacticals]

@MadBadVoodo thanks bro

[JohnWayneColt45]

Great knife.I just picked up the SG2 version with Titanium framelock.

Flips open fast and smooth and it fits the hand oh so nice.

[customtacticals]

@JohnWayneColt45 That one is pretty awesome. Nice grab!~

[B4TT3RY]

"Kershaw Composite Blade Knives" by GearBuyersGuide is a good clip on how they put it together. And with this I'm done blowing up your comments feed :D

[customtacticals]

@B4TT3RY Thanks Bro.

[B4TT3RY]

Also, it the two parts of the blade won't seperate. NutNFancy explains why in his junkyard dog review

[customtacticals]

@B4TT3RY Good to know. NutnFancy is the man.

[B4TT3RY]

@customtacticals Well I'm looking now and I can't find his review, but I swear he'd done one. I might have misdirected you but I'm 99% sure there is a good reason the blade won't fall apart at he seam.

[B4TT3RY]

My ears

[customtacticals]

@B4TT3RY Sorry about the audio!