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Kershaw Dividend Speedsafe 3'' D2 Composite Blade Pocket Knife (Olive) Expired
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Amazon has Kershaw Dividend Speedsafe 3'' D2 Composite Blade Pocket Knife (Olive) on sale for $66.83. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member okstuv for finding this deal.
Note: Usually ships within 1 to 2 months.
Features:
Thanks to Community Member okstuv for finding this deal.
Note: Usually ships within 1 to 2 months.
Features:
- The USA-made Dividend's Composite Blade Technology permanently joins two steels in one blade; hard, corrosion-resistant N690 on the blade upper and tough, wear-resistant D2 on the cutting edge.
- The distinctive anodized, olive green, 6061-T6 aluminum handle is decked out with machined details and an American flag silhouette.
- SpeedSafe technology makes this knife quick and easy to open with a pull back on the flipper. The position is then safely secured with liner lock technology.
- A versatile, deep-carry pocketclip is adjustable for tip-up or tip-down, left- or right-handed carry.
- The Dividend knife measures 7.25'' end to end when opened, 4.25'' when folded, and weighs just 2.8 ounces.
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Edited September 25, 2022
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First deal post for me. Hope I do it right!
Amazon.com [amazon.com] has the Kershaw Dividend Speedsafe 3" D2 Composite Blade Pocket Knife (Olive) on sale for $68.83. Shipping is free with Prime or on orders $25+. This model was released by Kershaw in March 2020. >Now Usually ships within 1 to 2 months
For Kershaw fans out there, you can think of this as an evolution of the famous Kershaw Leek. They both have 3" blades and speedsafe assisted blade-opening action. the Dividend is a larger handle but similar weight thanks to the aluminum scales (vs. steel on the Leek).
This price is the lowest price ever on Amazon for this model (started tracking it in Mar 2020), beating last week's sale price of $74.95. This is currently selling for $95 to $100+ at other reputable online knife retailers.
Knife Description
Amazon.com [amazon.com] has the Kershaw Dividend Speedsafe 3" D2 Composite Blade Pocket Knife (Olive) on sale for $68.83. Shipping is free with Prime or on orders $25+. This model was released by Kershaw in March 2020. >Now Usually ships within 1 to 2 months
For Kershaw fans out there, you can think of this as an evolution of the famous Kershaw Leek. They both have 3" blades and speedsafe assisted blade-opening action. the Dividend is a larger handle but similar weight thanks to the aluminum scales (vs. steel on the Leek).
This price is the lowest price ever on Amazon for this model (started tracking it in Mar 2020), beating last week's sale price of $74.95. This is currently selling for $95 to $100+ at other reputable online knife retailers.
Knife Description
- The USA-made Dividend's Composite Blade Technology permanently joins two steels in one blade; hard, corrosion-resistant N690 on the blade upper and tough, wear-resistant D2 on the cutting edge.
- The distinctive anodized, olive green, 6061-T6 aluminum handle is decked out with machined details and an American flag silhouette.
SpeedSafe technology makes this knife quick and easy to open with a pull back on the flipper. The position is then safely secured with liner lock technology. - A versatile, deep-carry pocketclip is adjustable for tip-up or tip-down, left- or right-handed carry.
- The Dividend knife measures 7. 25 inches end to end when opened, 4. 25 inches when folded, and weighs just 2.8 ounces.
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Give Feedback Model: Kershaw Dividend Composite Folding Pocket Knife, Olive, 3-Inch Blade with SpeedSafe Opening (1812OLCB)
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Sort: Lowest to Highest | Last Updated 4/23/2024, 11:16 AM| Sold By | Sale Price |
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 Amazon | $87.98 |
| Product Name: | Kershaw Dividend Composite Folding Pocket Knife, Olive, 3-Inch Blade with SpeedSafe Opening (1812OLCB) |
| Manufacturer: | Kershaw |
| Model Number: | 1812OLCB |
| Product SKU: | B085B1NDND |
| UPC: | 87171058481 |
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Is this a pretty common thing; does it hold up well and never delam?
It certainly looks sexy...
Edit: Looked through the reviews and found one picture of a catastrophic failure where the tip broke off cutting a cardboard box -- the crack looks like it starts at the joint between the two metals. I know every product is going to have a few hidden manufacture defects every once in a while (QC can't catch everything) and that doesn't mean it's a bad product, but I'm not really sold on how they constructed the blade. It looks absolutely wicked, but that "permanent bond" just kinda seem like a stress riser to me. *shrug*
*add* Just wanted to add, I got the composite blade for it's aesthetics and it certainly is quite different. For me the way it looks more than offsets the decrease in blade strength, still plenty of margin before failure. 10+ years of using it (along with other knives) and it has held up with no issues.
The pocket clip is junk. It bent literally on the first day in my pocket. I had to remove it to bend it back into shape.
Overall it's an OK knife. I have other 20-30 dollar kershaws that aren't much worse. I'd rather have a couple cheap kershaws and a really nice spyderco than one nice kershaw.
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Is this a pretty common thing; does it hold up well and never delam?
It certainly looks sexy...
Edit: Looked through the reviews and found one picture of a catastrophic failure where the tip broke off cutting a cardboard box -- the crack looks like it starts at the joint between the two metals. I know every product is going to have a few hidden manufacture defects every once in a while (QC can't catch everything) and that doesn't mean it's a bad product, but I'm not really sold on how they constructed the blade. It looks absolutely wicked, but that "permanent bond" just kinda seem like a stress riser to me. *shrug*
Perfect thanks for that and for this post, picked one up I've been eyeing this for a while and I honestly thought this might have been around before 2020 but it's probably just that the last 3 years have felt like 5 lol also it's hard to keep track of all the models Kershaw releases being they have so many, this will be a very nice addition to my Kershaw collection.
Is this a pretty common thing; does it hold up well and never delam?
It certainly looks sexy...
Edit: Looked through the reviews and found one picture of a catastrophic failure where the tip broke off cutting a cardboard box -- the crack looks like it starts at the joint between the two metals. I know every product is going to have a few hidden manufacture defects every once in a while (QC can't catch everything) and that doesn't mean it's a bad product, but I'm not really sold on how they constructed the blade. It looks absolutely wicked, but that "permanent bond" just kinda seem like a stress riser to me. *shrug*
My thoughts when I saw the review that had the D2 section snapped off the blade were: What was this person actually doing with the knife? Prying or trying to use it as a screwdriver? Under normal EDC slicing use cases, I can't imagine a knife like this losing a chunk of it's D2 edge :-) I'd expect Kershaw's team to be pretty awesome about warrantying any reasonable failures, too.
Thanks for the comment - good food for thought, especially for anyone who wants this to be their primary bushcraft tool - I don't see it replacing someone's KA-BAR.
I may be wrong, but it looks like they did away with the Dividend and just put the Dividend name on the composite blade version of the Link.
I wish they had gone the other way and put the composite blade on the handle for the old Dividend.
Do not know about ccc but it probably got a new item number from Amazon. I have moved on from Kershaw so have not paid much attention. You can see old picture of Dividend on ebay : https://www.ebay.com/itm/274675812134
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I am not sure why they have made this knife, unless just for the look of the blade. I know D2 is not technically stainless but it is pretty close. At least I have never had any issue with it rusting. Granted, I am not working on a boat or anything but you still would likely have better options if you were. Working around water I would want a handle with better grip.
I have a Dividend in M390. It was an exclusive at Blade HQ back in 2018 for $80. That was a great deal.
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Is this a pretty common thing; does it hold up well and never delam?
It certainly looks sexy...
Edit: Looked through the reviews and found one picture of a catastrophic failure where the tip broke off cutting a cardboard box -- the crack looks like it starts at the joint between the two metals. I know every product is going to have a few hidden manufacture defects every once in a while (QC can't catch everything) and that doesn't mean it's a bad product, but I'm not really sold on how they constructed the blade. It looks absolutely wicked, but that "permanent bond" just kinda seem like a stress riser to me. *shrug*
*add* Just wanted to add, I got the composite blade for it's aesthetics and it certainly is quite different. For me the way it looks more than offsets the decrease in blade strength, still plenty of margin before failure. 10+ years of using it (along with other knives) and it has held up with no issues.
The pocket clip is junk. It bent literally on the first day in my pocket. I had to remove it to bend it back into shape.
Overall it's an OK knife. I have other 20-30 dollar kershaws that aren't much worse. I'd rather have a couple cheap kershaws and a really nice spyderco than one nice kershaw.
Is this a pretty common thing; does it hold up well and never delam?
It certainly looks sexy...
Edit: Looked through the reviews and found one picture of a catastrophic failure where the tip broke off cutting a cardboard box -- the crack looks like it starts at the joint between the two metals. I know every product is going to have a few hidden manufacture defects every once in a while (QC can't catch everything) and that doesn't mean it's a bad product, but I'm not really sold on how they constructed the blade. It looks absolutely wicked, but that "permanent bond" just kinda seem like a stress riser to me. *shrug*
The Kershaw composite technology is simply based on brazing, using a copper based braze filler. It is a well established metallographic joining method. The base and blade are laser cut, then brazed in which the ductile copper braze flows into the gap via capillarity (like soldering), but no melting of the base alloys that would constitute a weld. Despite the braze filler being softer than the blade components, the tortuous path of the laser cut interface makes this a very robust design. Of course with any joining process, a void can be present that would reduce the quality of the joint. With the dividend as opposed to the leek composite blade, Kershaw uses much sharper cuts in the composite joining area that are intended to look wicked, but those sharp transitions are stress concentrators that could spawn fracture.
I love my Leek CBT and despite the sharp interface of the Dividend I jumped on one for this price it is fantastic!
This video shows the process a bit more clearly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsoRs5P