Need help: What was the first Kershaw Speed Safe Knife?

[earlthegoat2]

I know it had a Wharncliffe type blade and is no longer in production. It looked like an excellent knife.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Random Task?

From Kershaw's "about us" page:

1998
Kershaw introduces the first Ken Onion designs with SpeedSafe®. Random Task, model 1510 wins Blade Magazine’s Blade Show “American Made Knife of the Year” award.

Here's a picture from 888knivesrus.com



That what you were looking for?

 

[earlthegoat2]

Yes sir,

I knew it had something to do with Austin Powers.

 

[hso]

Sorry AG, but that's not a Random Task. It's a Random Task II, which has very little resemblance to the original.

I own several of the first generation Onion Speedsafes (actually I own a proto and several...) and the Random Task had micarta scales. The bottom knife in the below image is the Random Task that Ken made and that Kershaw duplicated almost exactly. They quickly discarded the sloped thumb stud as being too difficult to use.



This is the factory knife.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

First Gen Random Task

Yeah, I ran into some photos of that design just as I was being kidnapped to chase bugs in some random code. Figured I'd get back to it and follow up when I got home.

Well, I'm home.

*Sigh*

Thanks for the clarification.

You know, I will never have to worry about losing my humility.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Thank you again fellas.