Kershaw Launch 12 Auto – 2.4″ CPM-154 Stonewashed Spear Point Blade, Gray Aluminum & Carbon Fiber Inlay Handle USA Made – 7125GRY

The Kershaw Launch 12 7125GRY is a USA-made side-button automatic folder with a 2.4-inch CPM-154 stonewash spear point blade on a gray aluminum handle with carbon fiber inlay — the natural-steel counterpart to the 7125GRYBW on the standard Launch 12 mini platform, showing CPM-154’s own cool silver-grey surface rather than a dark blackwash coating.

The Launch series represents Kershaw’s highest-tier USA-made automatic folder production — side-button deployment, liner lock retention. The Launch 12 7125GRY runs CPM-154, Crucible’s powder metallurgy version of 154CM — more uniform carbide distribution, better edge retention, improved toughness, and excellent corrosion resistance. No active moisture maintenance required. The stonewash finish leaves CPM-154 in natural textured form — matte, low-reflectance, showing the steel’s own cool silver-grey color and developing a working patina with carry. This differs from the 7125GRYBW, which applies a dark blackwash coating over that same stonewash base for a dimensional dark blade. At 2.4 inches, the Launch 12 occupies the mini automatic position in the Launch lineup, between the ultra-compact Launch 9 (2 inches) and the larger compact platforms (2.75 and 2.79 inches). The gray aluminum handle with carbon fiber inlay is identical to the handle used on the 7125GRYBW and the 7125DAM Damascus variant — the same construction, with blade steel and finish as the only variable across the three. The natural stonewash blade and cool gray aluminum sit in the same neutral tonal register, creating a unified, understated mini automatic with carbon fiber inlay providing the only textural accent. All assembled in Tualatin, Oregon on Kershaw’s USA production floor.

• Blade: CPM-154 stainless steel, spear point profile, stonewash finish — powder metallurgy stainless with excellent edge retention and corrosion resistance; natural textured surface showing the steel’s own cool silver-grey color; develops a working patina with carry; no active moisture maintenance required
• Handle: Gray aluminum with carbon fiber inlay — identical handle construction to the 7125GRYBW and 7125DAM; cool neutral gray frame with woven carbon fiber texture
• Deployment: Side-button automatic — press the button on the spine; fast, smooth one-hand deployment; liner lock retention
• Carry: Mini automatic at 2.4 inches, USA made (confirm clip configuration)

Buyers who want the Launch 12 mini automatic platform in natural stonewash steel rather than the dimensional dark blackwash of the 7125GRYBW or the per-blade-unique Damascus of the 7125DAM. Buyers who prefer the look of bare, textured CPM-154 and the patina it develops with carry over a coated blade finish. Collectors completing the full standard Launch 12 line who want the 7125GRY stonewash alongside the 7125GRYBW blackwash and 7125DAM forged Damascus as the three-variant standard Launch 12 set.

CPM-154, stonewash spear point, gray aluminum with carbon fiber inlay, USA-made mini side-button automatic, and Kershaw Lifetime Warranty — the Kershaw Launch 12 7125GRY is the natural-steel mini automatic on the Launch 12 standard platform.

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