Product Description
When it comes to your work knife…a knife that you use a lot, a knife you depend on, you need a knife that fits your hand perfectly. After all, it's going to spend a lot of time there. That's why you'll like this collection of ergonomically contoured knives engineered by Kershaw. Two additions to a great knife collection are the Needs Work and the Oso Sweet. The Needs Work is a tough, versatile knife that demands to be put to work on any cutting task you may have. The blade is Sandvik 14C28N, a stainless steel that provides high hardness as well as excellent corrosion and wear resistance. The handle is made of contoured Polyimide, an engineering polymer that exhibits an exceptional combination of thermal stability and mechanical toughness. The Oso Sweet is a classic design, but with a tasty twist, a handle of injection molded glass-filled nylon with a distinctive "scales" pattern. The Oso Sweet offers a blade of high-quality AUS6A stainless steel for toughness and edge retention. Both the Needs Work and the Oso Sweet feature the patented SpeedSafe manual assist for smooth, easy opening. Knife users who appreciate good looking, hardworking knives, a SpeedSafe design, and a great price, are sure to want to add both the Needs Work and the Oso Sweet to the menu.
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #44467 in Sports & Outdoors
- Size: Small
- Brand: Kershaw
- Model: 1820
- Released on: 2009-04-01
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .25 pounds
Features
- The blade is sandvik 14C28N, a stainless steel that provides high hardness
- The handle is made of contoured polyimide
- This item is not for sale in some specific zip codes
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
By W. Burton
1. The name of this knife is a pun, for those scratching their heads. Needs Work---the Kershaw model 1820---is a knife designed for the shop or the job site. Teleologically, this knife NEEDS WORK. :-)
2. Don't compare this knife to all-purpose every-day carry blades.
A) It's not serrated.
B) The actual blade is a hollow-ground "sheep's foot," that is the spine curves completely over such that the edge is perfectly straight ("flat"), from back to tip.
C) The thick spine of this heavy blade in fact tapers to a point where it meets the edge. It's not a flimsy tip, but it's no meaty "tanto" tip either. While it's certainly orders of magnitude stronger than the "tips" of any utility knife's disposable blades, I wouldn't make a habit of throwing it or otherwise burying it in wood or whatnot.
D) The handle is designed for working on MATERIAL, not for "tactical engagement." It fits comfortably in the hand in various forward grips (blade up or down; fingers choked up on the blade's jimping for precision cutting, etc.).
But the handle length and contour will likely make reverse grips impractical and awkward for most average-sized hands, despite being supported at the blade by a generous finger-guard.
E) The pocket clip is for CONVENIENCE, not for concealment, and as such cannot be relocated on the handle.
F) The blade is deployed via a flipper ONLY. There are no thumb studs. This and the fixed tip-down/inside carry makes opening into reverse grips difficult, and any silliness such as "wave" modifications aren't likely to be seen on this tool.
G) The knife is somewhat bulky; not quite as heavy as the Kershaw Blur, but with a substantially thicker profile and handle contours that are fat and bumpy. I'm an average 5' 10", and I can wear a Blur in my waistband at my back all day long, without the slightest discomfort.
No way this little pineapple's riding comfortably inside anybody's waistband.
3. Compare this knife to sliding "utility knives," those ubiquitous handles for disposable blades that are not only dangerous to use, but dangerous to re-load. Not to mention the fact that they leave you high-and-dry---unable to work---when you do run out of blades in the middle of that inevitably critical task.
The 1820 takes an edge as sharp as almost any disposable blade, is much safer, and comes in at a modest price point ($30 or so).
Summary:
The Needs Work is a perfectly practical alternative to the endless parade of utility "knives" people who work in trades constantly juggle.
Price-point and other virtues are mentioned above; I'll only add that quality is not sacrificed in this handy little "beater." It comes with that rock solid pivot, perhaps the best assisted opening on the market, and that fitment quality which is a hallmark of Kershaw.
I can't think of a reason to take a single star from this inexpensive and broadly practical American-made tool.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
By Picky
I like the shape and steel of the blade. It was sharp out of the box. The scales on the knife were at first not too comfortable but I got used to it. Only con is the clip on the knfe it is too hard to slip it on to my pants or shorts, needed adjustment something I started to do but have not completed. Adjustment was a little difficult. It is a good work knife
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
By Dag J.
I bought this knife to replace the Needs Work that I recently lost, and had purchased about a year ago. I cannot say enough good about this little workhorse; it goes everywhere with me... Okay, it's not a Benchmade or some other high-priced testosterone-dripping designer "tactical" blade; I can buy a half a dozen NW's for what I would pay for one of the manly-man throat-unzippers. The NW is quite tough, it opens in a flash and closes easily, both one-handed, it sharpens nicely, holds an edge, is highly corrosion resistant, even in my salt coastal environment. It can go in the dishwasher, very-thin slice a tomato, then whittle out a tent stake, shave tinder and split kindling for a campfire, to cook the Brook Trout you just cleaned with it. It is small enough to be discreet, but big enough to be useful--why carry a "Rambo" knife if you don't need to?
I know that many of the self-styled "critics" and "experts" that haunt these review pages will nit-pick one or more of the design aspects or features of this very cool and useful little knife; but I suppose whatever makes 'em feel that their pathetic whining existence is validated--this one works, and works well, for me... The supreme compliment in my selection of this knife came when my two boys, ages 12 and 17, liked their "dad's knife" enough to purchase their own Needs Work for themselves, and carry them daily--on rare occasion, Father really does know best...
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