Kershaw EDC Kershaw is a great knife for more reasons than I can get in to. First they have a lot of products so learn about what steels they offer and what models. Do the research! They offer quality knives and blade material at a hard to believe price. So yes you will get a better blade if you get Made in USA. China is good too, but a 50/50 chance. Ps. other negative reviews are from their lack of reading the kershaw terms and agreement or not knowing how to sharpen their own tool. Have fun and do the research🙂

The owner Changed the font i'd asked for… The owner Changed the font is asked for because the knife was for a girl. Lisa didn't wait for my approval, but changed the font and sent the knife. When i stated I wanted the same font i asked for, the same font I'd had on 3 prior purchases, i was told it was her choice and i should be happy because 'any girl would like it' which is irrelevant- i want the font i asked for. I wanted the font the same. She just became angry on the phone and ended the phone call. I thought I had found a mom and pop shop i could trust after having made several prior purchases, but i won't use them again.

Kershaw-Knives.net rocks These people have a great selection and prices. Not to mention, they can do pretty much anything on that laser machine. They are very talented.

Horrible warranty service and poor customer service Sent in my knife that was very hard to deploy the blade. Also have the same model with different grips and it opens like a dream. Couple weeks later received the knife and Warranty services said there are no problems or material issues. I wrote back to them again and annotated how I used my Lyman Electronic Digital Trigger Pull Gauge to record almost 3.5 Lbs difference between the two knives, it shouldn't take 3.5Lbs on one knife and 6 lbs on the other to actuate the flipper and deploy the blade. That isn't right, and I'm waiting to hear their response. I've always bought Kershaw and CRKT knives, with the exception of a Buck now and then. I'll follow up with the results and hope there is good news to report from KAI. **************************************************** OK, here is their reply, with my response in brackets: Thank you for contacting us. It’s normal for there to be differences in the action of different knives [the 2 knives I compared are identical except for the grips and blade coating.] They are not calibrated to require a specific force to deploy.[Really? Isn't consistency in manufacturing vital in a production line?] In evaluation of this knife it was not found to be outside of manufacturing specifications.[ What is the specification for blade deployment?] Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist with. [No thanks CRKT will be MY go to blade from now on] Best, Alisha Bales, Warranty Services Kershaw Knives, Zero Tolerance Knives & Shun Cutlery.

Great knives I own 2 Kershaw knives and they are very good. The one draw back to me is that the blades/knives are manufactured in China and not the US... but I overlook this because they are well made. Some of their emailed special deals are hard to resist.