Hot on the heels of the first 2024 Zero Tolerance releases, the Kershaw side of the KAI coin received some new models of its own: a trio of releases including two line expansions, and a brand new tactical knife with a hawkbill blade.
Let’s start with the all-new knife. Don’t be fooled by its ethereal name: the Dawnstar is pretty aggro-looking piece of hardware. The 3.5-inch blade is an assertive, dramatic hawkbill shape, made from 8Cr13MoV and sporting a blackwash finish. There’s a triangle-shaped cutout at the base of the blade, but that doesn’t seem to be for opening; instead, an assisted flipper tab is the main way to fire out this bad boy.
Like the blade, the ergos are modern, tactical-y, and blacked out. The GFN scales are textured and chamfered, and describe a undulating shape with a flared out butt end. The deep carry pocket clip can be reversed to either side and, in total, the Dawnstar weighs 3.4 oz.
There is also a carbon fiber BelAir, and a Blackout Mini Iridium. Like sister company ZT, Kershaw has been a bit quiet lately.
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