About Kershaw Blur 1670BLKST liner lock mechanism reliability?

[strategy9]

Liner locks are more prone to failure over other locks, mostly while twisting while cutting/stabbing into hard media, because while applying force into the media, a twisting motion across the the lock along with said applied force, could potentially cause someone's finger to inadvertantly disengage the the lock... It happens, and is something to simply be mindful of whenever using a liner (or even a frame) lock.

But love that Blur... I loved mine so much I bought another, and another, and one insl s30v, and 3 in ELMAX, and started collecting some if the limited editions, and with a dozen or so, (4 in edv rotation), I still have my she set on all the models I don't yet own... It's a solid great edc knife.
After market titanium clip are available if you Google search and shop around.

 

[javierj]

Liner locks are more prone to failure over other locks, mostly while twisting while cutting/stabbing into hard media, because while applying force into the media, a twisting motion across the the lock along with said applied force, could potentially cause someone's finger to inadvertantly disengage the the lock... It happens, and is something to simply be mindful of whenever using a liner (or even a frame) lock.

But love that Blur... I loved mine so much I bought another, and another, and one insl s30v, and 3 in ELMAX, and started collecting some if the limited editions, and with a dozen or so, (4 in edv rotation), I still have my she set on all the models I don't yet own... It's a solid great edc knife.
After market titanium clip are available if you Google search and shop around.

Yeah I don't know if other knife brands "liner lock" are similar or not, but I do remember that my Spyderco Tenacious had a great liner lock, you could see that there was almost no chance for it sliping or failing, the way it locked it was just almost imposible for it to slip. Now on the Blur I do see that the liner lock sits closer to the edge, so it would seem that there could a chance for it to slip, but so far it has been great, no complaints on that issue.

 

[metsfan]

I have never experienced an issue with a Blur, and I have quite a few. Glassbreaker Blur gets thrown into work rotation frequently and its handled everything from drywall, seasoned wood, stripping wire and even reaming copper pipe and fittings.

As Juju said, be careful, Blurs have a tendency to multiply when you're not looking [emoji12]

 

[Texas Steel]

The only problem I had with my Blur is the edge profile came thicker than I like. Easily fixed on the corner of my King waterstone. Enjoy your new knife, it should serve you well, and if you do run in to any issues have no fear. Kershaw has your back with a lifetime warranty.

 

[flarp]

As Juju said, be careful, Blurs have a tendency to multiply when you're not looking [emoji12]

^^^ Truth.

It seems like it wasn't that long ago when I was still thinking I wouldn't end up with multiples of the same knife. Ha! I think I've got about a dozen Blurs now.

Here's the eight I had as of about a year ago: