I bought a knife on the internet......

[walton6467]

Lately, I've become a fan of Kershaw knives. I'm a desk jockey and not much of an outdoorsy kinda guy, so easy of use and functionality are a little different for me than for some of my fellow TGOers. I primarily use the knife to open envelopes, boxes and to clean out my finger nails. So not alot of heavy usage and I certianly don't require a large knife. My everyday carry knife is the Kershaw Zing, which has an unusual design to the 2 3/4" blade (pic below), which was my entire reason for buying and carrying it. The Zing has a bead blasted finish and the blade sides have ridges like Ruffles potato chips. Its a neat look.

I've been pleased with the heft and construction of the Kershaw. It sharpens well and holds an edge. Its easy to open and close one handed and the blade design is a topic of conversation. Besides, its fairly inexpensive, so I'm more pleased with it than with my SOG or custom made knives.

Anyways, I was surfing the net and found pics of the Kershaw Junk Yard Dog II. In the pics it has a wider curved blade than the Zing and had an overall heftier look to it. So I bought it. The one thing I didn't do was pay any serious attention to the size of the JYD knife. So imagine my shock when I opened the box yesterday. I think I'll like it, but WOW. I'll read the fine print closer next time. Heheheheh

[UncleJak]

Sweet! I like the ruffle one too. I have an older kershaw my father gave. It is fixed blade with a leather sheath, and I keep it in my bug bag. I say carry the big one and open those envelopes with authority!

[walton6467]

It does open with authority. When you flip it open and the blade locks, it kinda goes THUNK!

[Guest 73challenger]

i like that! Looks like a less tactical Zero Tolerance to me.

[willis68]

That Zing is designed by Custom Knife maker RJ Martin, they are sweet little knives I own 2 of them

[walton6467]

I do love my Zing.

[Guest Victor9er]

That is a cool blade design. Very nice looking little knife! Speaking of cool blades, I have a Harley Davidson folder that was made by United I believe, bought it years ago just to keep as a collector's piece. Anyway, it has a real cool blade on it, I'll have to get some pics of it soon and post them.