Natural Copper Knife Scales, Kershaw Leek

NCBeagle · Aug 31, 2023

Found this sleek little pocket knife today. It is a Kershaw Leek with copper scales that can oxidize over time. CPM 154 steel blade. Already had a Leek but really like copper, particularly when it takes on a blue green hue. Look forward to seeing the patina develop. I'll put it in the carry rotation.

Anyone have copper scales? Pictures?

alwslate · Sep 1, 2023

Is it real copper or copper color anodized aluminum?

4T5GUY · Sep 1, 2023

alwslate said:
Is it real copper or copper color anodized aluminum?

Genuine copper scales, will patina with age.

Very nice Kershaw.

Jim

alwslate · Sep 1, 2023

Well I guess for $140 for a small folding knife you should get the real thing. I have just never seen a knife with actual copper scales before.

NCBeagle · Sep 1, 2023

alwslate said:
Is it real copper or copper color anodized aluminum?

Real copper.

s&wchad · Sep 1, 2023

Nice looking knife!

I don't have a knife with copper scales, but I do have a Retro 51 20th Anniversary pen with a raw copper body that was made in 2010. It developed a dark patina from handling that would leave marks on shirts, so I polished it out. I rarely use it anymore, but it has already darkened again. The oxidation on knife scales probably won't be an issue, unless you wear white pants!

Inusuit · Sep 1, 2023

Very nice, but out of my price range.

CH4 · Sep 1, 2023

If those were real copper scales, I’d probably drop $140 for it. Although not full scales, I have a Krudo with bilateral copper and carbon fiber accents. Guess if I want some patina I should polish it.

THE PILGRIM · Sep 1, 2023

Like that Copper Kershaw.
Lately I’ve been carrying this Kershaw.

S&W ucla · Sep 1, 2023

Neat looking knife! I might carry it on days when no Thunderstorms are in the forecast

Marshwheeling · Sep 1, 2023

MERCATOR COPPER | Mercator-Knives | Brands | OTTER-Messer

This copper Mercator goes for under sixty bucks on Amazon and a couple of big knife vendors. It derives from the painted steel Kaufmann K55K Black Cat, a knife favored by Wehrmacht soldiers. A number of GIs acquired them in due course and brought them back.

It is a nice flat lockback that carries easily despite its length. Under sixty bucks. I don’t have copper, but I have had the original painted Black Cat, and a brass one by Otter-Messer.

Glenn R. McMannly · Sep 3, 2023

Marshwheeling said:
MERCATOR COPPER | Mercator-Knives | Brands | OTTER-Messer

This copper Mercator goes for under sixty bucks on Amazon and a couple of big knife vendors. It derives from the painted steel Kaufmann K55K Black Cat, a knife favored by Wehrmacht soldiers. A number of GIs acquired them in due course and brought them back.

It is a nice flat lockback that carries easily despite its length. Under sixty bucks. I don’t have copper, but I have had the original painted Black Cat, and a brass one by Otter-Messer.

The k55k is a good knife.

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