All About Pocket Knives

I owned two Leeks and worked them to death. I am hard on knives, they are tools to be used. The best tools are expensive but those are the ones that can be abused the most, so I do.
The Leek is a gentleman's knife, I am a bit rough around the edges and found them a tad bit fragile.
I bought two because they really do look good, even barbarians enjoy beauty.

This thread just kind of faded away but then a light was shined on it by ~Q~, over in a thread started by new guy Russ (poolhustler).

I've already posted my three favorite Leeks but want to add my others.

Bought this one for my granddaughter about three years ago. It's Teal. Gave this "Praying Biker" to my favorite cousin back in 2012. Gave this one to my grandson a few years ago for Christmas. His mother was not impressed but he loved it. This one went to my ex-Son-In-Law that same year for Christmas. A guy I went through Boot Camp with is into pyrotechnics and most years goes to a gathering for pyrotechnic freaks. He stopped in here a few years ago on his way to a gathering and was telling me because he can't run anymore, he needs to get something he can open quickly to cut fuse in case something goes wrong. So I pulled this olive Leek (Marine Corps green? Close enough.) out of the Kershaw folder and gave it to him. These are the Leeks I have left.

I had to get an Olive & Black Leek to replace the one I gave to Schuessler a few years ago. It showed up today. Now I have the bug for a Red one, a Blue one and a Purple one.

jerryd6818 wrote:I had to get an Olive & Black Leek to replace the one I gave to Schuessler a few years ago. It showed up today. Now I have the bug for a Red one, a Blue one and a Purple one.

Be careful man... once you start its hard to stop. Here's a pic of some of my Leeks. I have a permanent collection that I add new ones to and a "spare" collection that I continually add NIB old Leeks to.

They can get in you blood. You have a few more Leeks than are in my Camillus 72 & clones collection. I have about 15 pounds of those (somewhere around a handful less than 100 of them). It looks like you may have quite a few duplicates unless there are subtle differences I can't see in the picture.

That's an old pic. I have most of them with subtle differences. The old ones had "Ken Onion" on the front scale, then the logo changed to "Speedsafe". Then there are the ones with the different serrations. The newest ones have a different "Kershaw" logo and then they added the Flag. I have most of the new versions but need to add them into the permanent collection. My "Spares" collection probably numbers around 100 now…. with most being old rare ones - NIB.

I just noticed the one that came today has the flag on the blade. It didn't soak in that that's new until you mentioned it,

Been carrying this one for 10 years.

Blackwash Leek with a friend!! John

jerryd6818 wrote:I had to get an Olive & Black Leek to replace the one I gave to Schuessler a few years ago. It showed up today. Now I have the bug for a Red one, a Blue one and a Purple one.

Dug out my Kershaw folder this morning so I could put that Leek away and discovered it wasn't the olive/black Leek I gave to Schuessler after all. So now I have to send that one back and pick another color. Maybe blue. Sure would be nice if I could find my head. Oh! There it is. I thought I recognized that odor.

poolhustler wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:I had to get an Olive & Black Leek to replace the one I gave to Schuessler a few years ago. It showed up today. Now I have the bug for a Red one, a Blue one and a Purple one.

Be careful man... once you start its hard to stop. Here's a pic of some of my Leeks. I have a permanent collection that I add new ones to and a "spare" collection that I continually add NIB old Leeks to.


leek collection pic.jpg

Yowza!! You need to change your handle to "LEEKhustler!!! VERY NICE stash!!! John

jmh58 wrote:

poolhustler wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:I had to get an Olive & Black Leek to replace the one I gave to Schuessler a few years ago. It showed up today. Now I have the bug for a Red one, a Blue one and a Purple one.

Be careful man... once you start its hard to stop. Here's a pic of some of my Leeks. I have a permanent collection that I add new ones to and a "spare" collection that I continually add NIB old Leeks to.


leek collection pic.jpg

Yowza!! You need to change your handle to "LEEKhustler!!! VERY NICE stash!!! John

Thanks John!

jerryd6818 wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:I had to get an Olive & Black Leek to replace the one I gave to Schuessler a few years ago. It showed up today. Now I have the bug for a Red one, a Blue one and a Purple one.

Dug out my Kershaw folder this morning so I could put that Leek away and discovered it wasn't the olive/black Leek I gave to Schuessler after all. So now I have to send that one back and pick another color. Maybe blue. Sure would be nice if I could find my head. Oh! There it is. I thought I recognized that odor.

I did get a blue one to replace the olive one I bought by mistake.

Nice jerry!!! John

This is the one I bought as a Christmas present for one of my grandsons about six years ago. And this is the one I bought for his sister about three years ago.

OD Green Leek..
John

Nice photo, John. I really like that OD Green...might have to try and find one for myself. Well, actually...I'll have to find another one for myself...

I seem to have a problem hanging onto my Leeks. It's such a great knife, I keep giving them away. Gave my Black Leek to the custodian at my PO awhile back; so, naturally, I had to get myself another one.

Every time I pick up a Leek, I fall in love with it all over again.
~Q~

Q. Post your new Leek.

New to me..best offer on ebay...the blade has been reprofiled and the lock is missing..I got it for a song so I'm happy to add it to my EDCS...

jmh58 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:48 pm Q. Post your new Leek.

Sure thing, John

I had a hard time getting the handle to show as Gray in the photo instead of the much more common metallic Silver. (I think the Black hardware helps to show that it actually is Gray, not Silver.)


Here it is with some of my other Leeks. Apparently I have a thing for black blades.
BTW: I thought $38.00 (+$5.00 s/h) was a good price for this one.

And the seller has one more left.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/KERSHAW-LEEK-3 ... 2749.l2649

May I suggest a red felt background. I think that would show off the gray handles better. JMHO
I hope you don't mind. I fiddled with your picture a little.

Bronze/Black Leek, liner lock on sale at KnifeCenter.. Got mine coming..
John

I have two that are very different but I really like both of them... a rainbow titanium-nitrided version and a stonewashed version with the D2 cutting edge jigsawed into the stainless blade:
I can't remember who made the little Kydex sheath for pendant carry.

desmobob wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:38 pm I have two that are very different but I really like both of them... a rainbow titanium-nitrided version and a stonewashed version with the D2 cutting edge jigsawed into the stainless blade:

Leeks_01.jpg

I can't remember who made the little Kydex sheath for pendant carry.

John

poolhustler wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 3:07 am leek collection pic.jpg

Holy guacamole! That's a lot of Leeks!!