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'''Kershaw Knives''' offers information about [[keyword:=Kershaw Knives]] and [[keyword:=Kershaw Gear|Gear]] through its large scale resale website [http://www.kershaw-knives.net kershaw-knives.net]
'''Kershaw Knives''' offers information about ''[[keyword:=Kershaw Knives]]'' and [[keyword:=Kershaw Gear|Gear]] through its large scale resale website [http://www.kershaw-knives.net kershaw-knives.net]
==Kershaw Knives==
==Kershaw Knives==
===Ken Onion===
===Ken Onion===
Ken Onion is Kershaw's best-known designer, who has won numerous awards for his designs with the company since 1998, such as his Speed-Safe opening models.<ref>Cascio, Pat(2007). 'Kershaw's Latest Tactical Folders', ''Knives Illustrated'', February 2007</ref><ref>Gardner, Jim(2004)"Sweet Onions", ''Guns Magazine'', June 2004</ref> Shun Cutlery offers knives designed by both Ken Onion and Food Network personality Alton Brown.<ref name="DA">Devin Alexander "Look sharp: a point-and-click guide to kitchen blades". Men's Fitness. Nov 2004. FindArticles.com. 15 Jul. 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_10_20/ai_n6330873</ref> Kershaw has also collaborated with custom knife makers Grant and Gavin Hawk, Frank Centofante, and Ernest Emerson.
[[Image:Leek.gif|thumb|left|225px|Kershaw Leek designed by Ken Onion. While serving as a US Marine, Onion devised a helicopter mechanism that was adopted for use by the military.<ref name= "CR">{{cite news |last=Ayres|first= James |title=Cutlery Rejects Turned Gold Mines|publisher =Blade Magazine|date=2003-09-01|pages=58-68|volume=30|issue=9|accessdate=2008-08-05}}</ref>
In 1989, Ken’s wife, Noel, made arrangements through a friend for Onion to meet custom knife maker, Stanley Fujisaka.<ref name="CR"/><ref name="HOF"/> The two became friends and Onion learned his basic knifemaking skills from Stanley, building his first knife in 1991.<ref name="HOF"/>]]
Ken Onion is Kershaw's best-known designer, who has won numerous awards for his designs with the company since 1998, such as his Speed-Safe opening models.<ref>Cascio, Pat(2007). 'Kershaw's Latest Tactical Folders', ''Knives Illustrated'', February 2007</ref><ref>Gardner, Jim(2004)"Sweet Onions", ''Guns Magazine'', June 2004</ref> Shun Cutlery offers knives designed by both Ken Onion and Food Network personality Alton Brown.<ref name="DA">Devin Alexander "Look sharp: a point-and-click guide to kitchen blades". Men's Fitness. Nov 2004. FindArticles.com. 15 Jul. 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_10_20/ai_n6330873</ref> Kershaw has also collaborated with custom knife makers Grant and Gavin Hawk, Frank Centofante, and Ernest Emerson.
Onion holds 36 design patents on different items including locks, mechanisms, and knife designs.<ref name="HOF"/><ref>{{cite web | last =Onion | first =Kenneth L | title =Locking knife blade with moving locking mechanism on blade | work = US Patent and Trade Office | publisher = google patents | date =2002-01-15 | url =http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6338431&id | accessdate =2007-01-18 }}</ref> Most notable of these is the Speed-safe mechanism used by ''Kershaw Knives''. For these many designs and his work throughout the cutlery industry promoting the art of knife making, Onion was inducted into the Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame at the 2008 Blade Show in Atlanta, [[Directory:Georgia|Georgia]] as the 45th and youngest living member.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web |title = Mr. SpeedSafe Joins the Club | work = Blade Magazine| date = 2008-07-22 | url = http://www.blademag.com/article/Ken%20Onion-Hall-Of-Fame-Induct| accessdate = 2008-07-24 }}</ref> A recent article in Blade Magazine asserts that some celebrities, such as Steven Seagal, Steven Tyler, Nicolas Cage, Kid Rock, Pamela Anderson, Wayne Newton, Stephen Lefebvre, Wayne LaPierre and Ziggy Marley own custom knives made by Onion. <ref>Ewing,Dexter. (2007). "Rock-Star Knifemakers Conclusion", ''Blade Magazine'', February 2007</ref><ref> Cascio,Pat. (2003). "Steven Seagal's Knife", ''Tactical Knives Magazine'', November 2003</ref>
==Notes and References==
==Notes and References==
