Blur black plain or spyderco persistance?

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I have both of these knives and really want to edc one of them....in your own opinion which would you carry and why? Its a hard call
 
Why not edc each one of them for a month or so and see which one you prefer. See which one carries better in pocket. See which one takes care of your daily cutting chores better. Give'm both some pocket time!
 
I'm rocking the S30v Blur today... I find that it receives much more pocket time than the tenacious/persistance. Now, my Manix 2 and Caly 3 both dominate the Blur when it comes to pocket time.
 
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If you have both of them, I would totally agree with vwb563. carry them both and find out which one you like the best. If you have a preference, carry the one you prefer. if you don't, you can decide which one to carry based on what you feel like that day. that is the great thing about having more than one knife.
 
I have been edcing both...blur iwb and the spydie in my front right...its a tough call..which would yall prefer
 
If you are asking which one I would pick it would be the blur. I like the assisted feature and it has a longer blade than the Persistence and I like big blades! But what matters most is which one you like, not which one everyone else likes.
 
I'm leaning towards the blur......cause I really like the feel of it and the lines. The persistance has a simplicity that I like with such a stout liner lock.....I too like the bigger blades I think I'm playing mind games with myself.....don't you hate when knives do that to you.....
 
Knives don't generally "do that" to me, but I'll take your word for it.

If I had to pick one to keep and one to pitch, I'd keep the Blur. Much better steel, feels better in the hand, sweet warranty.
 
FWIW:
The coating on my black Blur was crappy and started coming off almost immediately. I replaced it with the non-coated S30V version. Good folder with a clip that, unfortunately, has always been too tight to use.

As for the Persistence, great folder, one of my all-time favorite shapes. Pocket friendly except for its somewhat garish and not even close to deep-pocket silver clip.
 
Dorito Monk said:
Knives don't generally "do that" to me, but I'll take your word for it.

If I had to pick one to keep and one to pitch, I'd keep the Blur. Much better steel, feels better in the hand, sweet warranty.
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If I'm not mistaken, the standard black Blur uses 440A steel. In my opinion, the 8Cr13MoV used in the Persistence is a better overall steel than 440A. The Blur is available in better steel like S30V and CPM154.
 
Orion's Belt said:
If I'm not mistaken, the standard black Blur uses 440A steel. In my opinion, the 8Cr13MoV used in the Persistence is a better overall steel than 440A. The Blur is available in better steel like S30V and CPM154.
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14C28N actually...which beats 8Cr13MoV like a red headed stepchild.
 
Older Kershaw Blurs were 440A... recently they updated to 14C28N

But you are correct, 14C28N kicks 8Cr13MoV around the block
 
I have the black Blur in my pocket right now and have been using it on and off for a couple of years. The coating on the blade is almost fully there. There a small section, that is like a 2 mm diameter circle of the coating missing about 30 mm down the blade, but that is not too bad considering what I put it through. I would have preferred the non coated blade, but I got this knife for $26, so I am not complaining.

I prefer the angled thumb stud openers on the Blur over most other thumb studs. They hold nicely to the thumb or finger and easily opens the knife. For the size of the blade it opens fairly well. Many other brands of AO blades about rip themselves out of your hands, especially on the larger knives. It is not as nice as say the Kershaw Leek, but that is a much smaller knife.

The ergonomics work well. It is not shaped perfectly for say the hammer grip hold but for other methods to hold it fits my hands nicely for my modestly large size hands. Those side gripping panels are less painful nowadays, especially when you put your hands in your pocket. The older style would wreck your hands if you weren't careful. This one is just mildly uncomfortable if you have a tight pair of jeans on and need to get into the pocket. At least it will not tear up a pair of slacks anymore.

I used my Blur for everything from gardening to cut vegetables from vines, cut back branches. string, packaging, wire coating, tape, plastic coating and many other tasks. In fact I just opened the boxes and packaging for 20 oscilloscopes and frequency generators and then broke down the boxes.

Oh and as others have said they stopped making the blades of 440A back in August 07.
 
The blur is an amazingly sturdy knife, I use a black bladed one as a work knife and have been beating the snot out of it cutting up sections of plastic dock cubes, rope, wire molding, wires, etc. I personally would like tracktech with aluminium handles on all my work knives. Great knife with a sturdy grind, only issue is the pocket clip is tight and hard to unbend to get it looser. As a light use edc though, there's no need for all its good features for me.
 
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