ID this knife?

[Grindstone]

As the title says, I'd like some help in IDing this knife I found a few years ago. If you must know, I didn't steal it, I found it laying in a muddy tank track trench on Ft. Hood during an exercise. Nobody claimed it so it's been mine ever since.

Anyway, this doesn't have any markings other than the "440 Stainless R. O. C." as seen in the pics below. The opening is spring-assisted and pops out quite nicely when you push on the spur. It's about 7" long with a 3" cutting edge and 4" when closed. It's about 3/8 of an inch thick, not counting the clip.








As to the "fix", the blade gives about 3/8 of an inch when pushed back. This concerns me as I would prefer it to be more solid. I've never had a folder that had this kind of give. It's fully locked, so I don't think it's just the spring being weak. I like this knife a lot and I'd like for it to be fully functional.






Any ideas?

 

[Red Dirt Rider]

Looks like a Kershaw Leek, maybe an older one. They don't have a 440 blade on the current ones that I know of. You can email Kershaw from their site for hardware replacement if it is a Leek, and maybe get it working better. I like the battle damage from hard use look yours has!

 

[Grindstone]

Looks like a Kershaw Leek, maybe an older one. They don't have a 440 blade on the current ones that I know of. You can email Kershaw from their site for hardware replacement if it is a Leek, and maybe get it working better. I like the battle damage from hard use look yours has!

Wow, doing a google of that convinces me that you've nailed it. I'll drop them a line. Thanks for the info!

Also, I can't claim to be behind all of that wear, since it was a L&F, but I did contribute! I don't baby my stuff, it gets used. The stories my Leatherman could tell...

 

[Profreedomokie]

That was my guess also.

 

[Red Dirt Rider]

I stripped a pivot screw on one of my Kershaws and I contacted Kershaw, told them what I did, they sent me a replacement free. I didn't have to show a receipt and no questions.

 

[Red Dirt Rider]

A new" pivot screw "

 

[Grindstone]

Well, bit of an update. Turns out it's not a Kershaw, but some Chinese clone. I asked around on BladeForum and they pretty much set me straight on that.

The good news, one of the forum mods sent me a ZT 0560 and Kershaw Thermite for free. So that's pretty cool.