Kershaw Decoy Liner Lock Utility Knife (2.5" Black) 4700

Out of the box (and it comes in a red Kershaw box), it's just OK. There are a couple of things that I don't like, and I'm changing them: - Tweezers. They are sort of useless, so I removed them. When they are in place, the little sharp pieces that stick out of the sides of the knife catch your pants pocket. Those pieces should be rounded off. Plus, they are very difficult to extend. - Pocket clip. Like many knife makers, what's up with the extreme pressure against the side of the knife? I changed the angle so that the clip barely touches the knife, which makes it easier to slip in and out of the pocket. - Knife release. Two things. No. 1 - the channel for the knife is too thin to be able to easily push the lockbar out of the way. The lockbar also has too much tension. I'll work on that, too, at some point. I ground out part of the liner to make it easier for the thumb to push against the lockbar. I also removed all of the paint on the edges of both liners. The glossy black paint on the liner lock made it too smooth to push to release the knife. - The tang. Too long. Too sharp. I'm going to trim part of it and round it off. I actually like how the knife feels in the hand. It just needs some work to get to a four-star. Because of the pedestrian 3Cr13MoV steel, it will never be a five-star knife.

Pretty much every feature of this knife fails in some way, and I'll go through the important bits here. The backspacer reminds me of something Sinkevich would do. Unfortunately, Kershaw went with zombie green and it looks hilarious. The front flipper is completely unchamfered and takes some skin with every use, so I guess the zombie green is rather fitting. There is no cutout in the scales allowing access to the liner lock, so say goodbye to your fingernails. The tweezer....things are difficult to access and seem to have no real use due to how they work. The pocket clip could be used as a makeshift soup spoon were it not for the gaping hole in it. And finally, the creme de la crap, the bit of metal used to operate the tweezers likes to catch on your pocket upon putting it in, so the very sharp point of the tweezer gives you a kiss capable of drawing blood upon pocketing. Basically, buy this as a prank or not at all.