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Ken Onion (born January 16, 1963) is an American custom knifemaker based in Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States who invented the "SpeedSafe" assisted opening mechanism for Kershaw Knives. [1] Ken Onion was the Premier Knife Designer for Kershaw Knives .
Recently, manual sharpening tools have appeared in the form of systems that guide the blade against the stone at a predetermined angle. One such system is known as the HORL principle, which combines a cylindrical sharpener with a magnetic angle support, allowing the knife blade to be held at an angle of 15° or 20° while being sharpened with a ...
Kershaw has collaborated with custom knife makers including Hall of Fame knife maker Ken Onion on Kershaw's SpeedSafe knives, [14] [15] Ernest Emerson, Grant and Gavin Hawk, Frank Centofante, Rick Hinderer and RJ Martin. [16] Kershaw Knives: Pocketknives and sporting knives designed for everyday use, camping, hunting and fishing
The company produces a wide range of fixed blades and folding knives, multi-tools, sharpeners, and carrying systems. CRKT has collaborated with custom knifemakers such as Ken Onion , Harold "Kit" Carson, Allen Elishewitz, Pat Crawford, Liong Mah, Steven James, Greg Lightfoot, Michael Walker , Ron Lake, Tom Veff, Steve Ryan, Flavio Ikoma, and ...
As hardness increases, the blade becomes more capable of taking and holding an edge but is more difficult to sharpen and increasingly more brittle (commonly called less "tough"). [ citation needed ] Laminating harder steel between softer steel is an expensive process, though it gives the benefits of both "hard" and "soft" steels to some extent ...
How often to sharpen your knife There are two ways to maintain the sharpness of your knives: honing and sharpening. “Think of honing as maintenance and aligning the blade,” says Liu.
Zero Tolerance Knives for Strider joint designs with custom Knifemaker, Ken Onion. A portion of the proceeds from every sale of Zero Tolerance Knives is donated to the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Strider, Ken Onion and Zero Tolerance won Blade Magazine's Publisher's Award for 2006 because of this collaboration. [13]
A Bowie knife clearly showing the clip point. The clip point is one of the three most common shapes for the blade of a knife (the others being the drop point and the spear point).