Deassisted My Blur Today...

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I had read about people deassisting (taking out the torsion bar) assisted knives a lot on here and decided to give it a try on my Blur, since that seems to be a popular one to do it to. After having done so, which is very easy, I have to ask?

WHY DON'T THEY JUST SELL IT LIKE THIS??

Without the Speedsafe mechanism (a piece of metal really) it is very smooth, easily flicks open (much more so than with the assist), no play, almost effortless. It is kind of funny because it just has 2 tiny PB washers in it (and a lot of grease) but there is practically zero resistance to the smooth opening with even one finger. The detent is still reasonable, it will 'gravity open, NYC style' but it won't just fall open on its own. To all you Blur owners out there, bust out the Torx and have at it!
 
Whenever I get a new Blur, the first thing I do is de-assist it. I'm glad you tried it out. It's like a completely different knife without the torsion bar.
 
grownstar said:
Whenever I get a new Blur, the first thing I do is de-assist it. I'm glad you tried it out. It's like a completely different knife without the torsion bar.
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It really is, I will undoubtedly get more Blurs in the future and this will be first on my list along with swapping the clip to tip up.
 
I'm one of those oddjobs who prefers his Blurs assisted as they come. My BDZ fires smoothly open with that "snakt" sound with just a touch of a thumbstud. Love that, LOVE that.
 
Quiet said:
I'm one of those oddjobs who prefers his Blurs assisted as they come. My BDZ fires smoothly open with that "snakt" sound with just a touch of a thumbstud. Love that, LOVE that.
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You're not alone. I actually prefer the Blur as an assisted-opener as well. The Blur is the best-executed assisted-opener knife, in my opinion. I'm not really sure how to put it well, but it just feels right.
 
Quiet said:
I'm one of those oddjobs who prefers his Blurs assisted as they come. My BDZ fires smoothly open with that "snakt" sound with just a touch of a thumbstud. Love that, LOVE that.
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flarp said:
You're not alone. I actually prefer the Blur as an assisted-opener as well. The Blur is the best-executed assisted-opener knife, in my opinion. I'm not really sure how to put it well, but it just feels right.
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Me, too. In fact, I just added the torsion bar back into the one of my Blurs that was de-assisted. Purchased it that way on the exchange.

So - to each his/her own. ;)
 
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Quiet said:
I'm one of those oddjobs who prefers his Blurs assisted as they come. My BDZ fires smoothly open with that "snakt" sound with just a touch of a thumbstud. Love that, LOVE that.
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I generally like AOs too, but my Blur was pretty tight, it took a good solid push with a thumb to open and index finger was really almost impossible.
 
Having the torsion bar in there allows the pivot to be a little tighter and still have the knife open quickly. A tighter pivot reduces bladeplay. There is no such thing as zero bladeplay, there is always a threshold. Some knives are so solid you might need a pair of vice pliers to find play, but it's always there. When the blur is new the PB washers haven't yet broken in, so I found if the pivot is tightened down to the point where there is minimal bladeplay then the pivot isn't free of resistance, and it doesn't flip all that great once de-assisted. So I always break in AO knives while still assisted and the pivot a tad tighter than it normally comes. This really accelerates the self polishing process.
 
If anyone wants to send their torsion bar to me, I'll take it.

I have a couple of de-assisted echelons that could use their assist back. I don't know if they have the same size torsion bar, but I'm willing to try it.
 
flarp said:
The Blur is the best-executed assisted-opener knife, in my opinion.
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While I prefer mine de-assisted, I can wholeheartedly agree with this statement.

Of all the AO knives I've owned, none of them opened like a Blur. The name is very fitting haha.
 
grownstar said:
While I prefer mine de-assisted, I can wholeheartedly agree with this statement.

Of all the AO knives I've owned, none of them opened like a Blur. The name is very fitting haha.
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I agree for the most part. I will say that the Leek is up there also. Oddly, I have a couple Leeks and they open pretty damn fast. But this weekend, my friend showed me his combo edge Leek and that thing fired HARD. It had a much harder detent than mine came with. Not sure, but I admit that I liked it. Like, SNICK, and it was ready for business.
 
Quiet said:
I agree for the most part. I will say that the Leek is up there also. Oddly, I have a couple Leeks and they open pretty damn fast. But this weekend, my friend showed me his combo edge Leek and that thing fired HARD. It had a much harder detent than mine came with. Not sure, but I admit that I liked it. Like, SNICK, and it was ready for business.
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The only thing I've seen fire harder than a Blur are Wolverine's claws. But then again, I don't know what kind of detent his forearms come with.
 
I honestly do not understand what people have against assisted knifes. I have got a few knives that are assisted, and at least one of them saw lots of pocket time over the years. I have never had a single issue with it until the spring finally broke not a long time ago. Now as it is de-assited I do not seem to like it as much!
 
Poez said:
I honestly do not understand what people have against assisted knifes. I have got a few knives that are assisted, and at least one of them saw lots of pocket time over the years. I have never had a single issue with it until the spring finally broke not a long time ago. Now as it is de-assited I do not seem to like it as much!
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It's called personal preference, and we all have it.
 
flarp said:
You're not alone. I actually prefer the Blur as an assisted-opener as well. The Blur is the best-executed assisted-opener knife, in my opinion. I'm not really sure how to put it well, but it just feels right.
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For overall ergonomics, I agree the Blur is one of the best out there. I just wish the AO wasn't so abrupt, mine jerks the whole knife back it fires so hard (well not anymore obviously but originally).
 
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