The Shuffle is a short, broad, stubby little folder that is as much a tool handle as a knife. The point of it is what is built into the back of the frame.

This one carries a bottle opener, a flat-head screwdriver tip at the butt and a lanyard hole. Manual opening off a thumb stud, glass-filled nylon with Kershaw’s K-Texture.

Specifications

• Blade steel 8Cr13MoV
• Blade length 2.4 in (6.1 cm)
• Closed length 3.25 in (8.3 cm)
• Overall length 5.75 in (14.6 cm)
• Blade thickness 0.11 in (2.8 mm)
• Weight 2.8 oz (79.4 g)
• Blade finish bead-blasted, matte
• Edge not published for this variant
• Lock inset liner lock
• Handle glass-filled nylon with K-Texture
• Pocket clip reversible deep-carry, left or right, tip-up
• Bottle opener
• Flat-head screwdriver tip
• Lanyard hole

How it opens: manual

No assist and no spring — the blade moves only as far and as fast as you move it. Some people prefer this, and in some places it is the only kind of folder worth owning.

About the steel

8Cr13MoV is the workhorse stainless of the value end of the market. It sharpens readily, resists rust, and is honest about what it is: plenty for cutting cord, tape, food and packaging, not a steel for competition chopping.

Where these numbers come from

The dimensions above are Kershaw’s published figures for 8700LIMEBW, the lime green BlackWash Shuffle, the same-platform sibling of this model — Kershaw does not serve a spec table for this exact variant. The platform is identical; we are telling you where the numbers came from rather than presenting them as this SKU’s own.

Origin. Kershaw lists this one as designed and quality-controlled in the USA, manufactured in China. That is their own split and we pass it on as they state it.

Before you order — please read

Knife law in the United States is set at the state, county and city level, and the rules on blade length, on carry, and on assisted-opening mechanisms specifically are not the same in any two places. Kershaw does not publish a jurisdiction list and neither will we — we would get it wrong, and a wrong answer here is worse than none.

What we do instead is tell you exactly what this knife is: the mechanism and the blade length are stated plainly in the specifications above, which is what the law actually turns on. Checking that it is legal where you live, and legal to carry how you intend to carry it, is yours to do before you order. Your local district attorney’s office is who Cold Steel and Kershaw both point people to, and it is the right answer.