Kershaw XCOM | Knife of the Week

What occurs whenever you flip a basic M3 trench knife right into a modernized folder? You get an eye catching knife with glorious ergonomics and superior chopping capabilities.

The Kershaw XCOM boasts a novel design with a form that works surprisingly properly as a hard-use folder.

Designer Les George wished to pay homage to the World Struggle II preventing knife. So he took the spear level blade and condensed it right into a 3.6-inch black-coated folding blade that locks open with a liner lock. Just one facet is sharpened however the blade nonetheless pierces and slashes like nobody’s enterprise.

As an alternative of a flipper tab or thumb studs, the Kershaw XCOM (which got here out in 2019) makes use of a thumb disk, making it simpler to function with gloves.

Whereas the M3 used a stacked leather-based deal with, the XCOM weatherproofs its deal with with glass-filled nylon scales that retain the identical comfy form because the preventing knife.

George added a deep-carry, tip-up pocket clip to make this all-around folder much more handy.