- Kershaw Link 1776 · Drop Point3.25″ blade · 0.11″ spine · 4 oz · ~1.16″ tall
Kershaw Link 1776
DiscontinuedKershaw no longer makes this knife in this configuration. See Kershaw’s current knives.
The Kershaw Link 1776 is a 3.25" drop point folder in 420HC, hollow ground. The handle is Glass-Filled Nylon, secured by a liner lock. At 4 oz it sits 45th-lightest of the 61 EDC folders here, where the median is 3.2 oz.
- Blade
- 3.25″
- Weight
- 4 oz
- Steel
- 420HC
- Price band
- Budget
Everyday carry and general utility
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Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against bladehq, dlttrading.
- Blade length
- 3.25″
- Spine thickness
- 0.11″
- Blade shape
- Drop Point
- Grind
- Hollow
- Steel
- 420HC
- Overall length
- 7.6″
- Closed length
- 4.4″
- Weight
- 4 oz
- Lock
- Liner
- Deployment
- Assisted
- Handle material
- Glass-Filled Nylon
- Country of origin
- USA
Why a drop point
The default hunting and EDC shape, and the safest general answer. The spine curves down to the tip in a convex line, which keeps the point low and strong and leaves plenty of belly for skinning. It is hard to make a drop point bad at anything.
Every drop point here →About 420HC
Buck's Paul Bos heat treat is what makes this ordinary steel good. Dulls sooner than premium steels and takes ninety seconds to fix.
1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All 420HC knives
Features
- Assisted opening
- Liner lock
- Hollow grind
- Made in USA
- Stainless blade
