Mark’s Summary: Kershaw Barge ($34.99) solves an age-old folding knife dilemma — being able to do some serious scraping and prying without damaging the knife’s main blade. Robust and durable, the pry end easily handled tasks for which I didn’t want to risk the blade.

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It’s a basic folding knife with a thumb stud and a short blade. Kershaw’s Barge also includes a prying edge for, well, prying stuff. And that makes it eminently useful.

Here are the specs:

• Manual opening with thumbstud
• Frame lock
• Reversible pocketclip (left/right, tip-down)
• Steel: 8Cr13MoV, stonewashed finish
• Handle: Glass-filled nylon, steel back
• Blade length: 2.6 in. (6.6 cm)
• Closed length: 4.7 in. (11.9 cm)
• Open length: 7.3 in. (18.5 cm)
• Weight: 5.4 oz. (153.1 g)

And here are the pics:

Barge’s long handle allows for a full-handed grip and great purchase…

Despite a tiny thumb stud, it’s fairly easy to manipulate and open…

The pry is not sharp, at least not like a blade, but it does have a serious edge to it. As it should.

A strong pocket clip keeps the Barge point down and pry end down. Very handy.

— Mark Kakkuri