ZING??

Kershaw began its foray into the knife business sometime during 1974. The company was originally based in Portland Oregon, but most early knives were manufactured in Japan. The first US manufacturing plant was opened in 1997 & the company currently offers knives made in the U.S., Japan, & China. Pete Kershaw (an ex Gerber salesman) started the business.
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My son in law got a new Zing for Christmas and showed me :D so I'm looking her over and on the blade was China mine was built in the USA SOOOO is Kershaw building the same models in different countries??if so that is dumb business tooling two factories..His is a plain model mine has G-10 scales and a scallop blade the thumb studs are different also ::shrug::
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Yes sir, they do DOGG.

The original was the one on the bottom....and it's discontinued!
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Yeah dogg. You got yourself a gin-you-wine, sure enough collectable there. The Zings made in the USA with the milled blade are getting pretty scarce and pricy.
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Chris just got his Zing and she is made in China.. ::shrug:: Maybe Kershaw came back with'em but are now from China.
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garddogg56 wrote: Maybe Kershaw came back with'em but are now from China.
You're on it. Reintroduced but without the milled blade. Milling that blade had to be a real time eater and machine time don't come cheap.
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You gut that right ::nod::
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