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The Blur is a great everyday carry knife. It sits nicely in the pocket next to your wallet and doesn't shift positions. The shape of the handle fits perfectly into the palm of my hand and affords a very secure grip. The knife can be opened by applying medium pressure to the thumb studs to flip open with an assist with either the left or right hand, with a satisfying snick. It can also be opened manually with two hands. If you don't apply enough pressure with your off-hand, it might not open fully, but a simple wrist flick will lock it into place. It can't be flicked open when it is fully closed.
The knife performs very well under heavy use. The knife tip easily pierced and pried away a beer bottle top allowing a quick mid-turkey day beer as I was preparing our Thanksgiving feast. I also used the knife to open a can of sardines with ease. The knife penetrated the can like butter. It handled these light metal items without breaking, scratching, or chipping.
Other kitchen chores, such as peeling/slicing fruit and veggies were handled with ease. The Trac-Tec inserts provided a very secure grip, even when my hands became wet and slippery. The Blur made quick work of preparing a turkey for the oven. It sliced through thick sections of extra fat, skin and grizzle with ease. The tip aided butchering greatly. A large neck bone was sliced through with some heavy careful pressure...I was afraid that the knife would pierce through the kitchen sink!
Cleanup was straightforward and simple. Soap and water quickly cleaned the interior surfaces and no chicken was left on the blade or mechanism to my eye or nose.
A note on blade geometry:
From the side, you'll notice that the knife edge is recurved. Blade thickness increases as you approach the spine, where it meets a ridge, and then thins out a little, providing a false edge look. The ridge itself is a long triangle with a curved hypotenuse, that extends back down to the blade below the thumbstud. This provides a half groove like shape which makes slicing or pushing through objects easier, since it won't stick to the blade.
The spine is 1/8" at the base, and tapers ever so slightly to the point.
The unusual blade shape means that it leaves a slightly triangular shaped "wound channel" when stabbed and a slightly curved cut when drawn through material. This makes quick work of cardboard and other hard cutting tasks. However, this also means that means that highly presentable food preparation is out since surface edges appear slightly curved. It's fine for my kitchen table though.
I compared this to two other knives I own, a CRT M-16 in AUS 6 and a composite Kershaw Shallot in ZDP-189. It is immediately apparent why I preferred using the Shallot for cutting and dicing, since it is a thinner blade.
But you will also notice the shapes of the spines that give these knives their strength. The base of the Shallot is doesn't start to narrow until a little more than a third of the way up the spine. The Blur's 1/8th" thick spine narrows a fifth of the way up of the blade, but narrows only slightly, lending it great strength and flexibility.
You can also see why the Blur is much easier to clean than the other two knives from this angle. Lots of space for water to wash through the knife and away from the assist mechanism.
I'm excited to take this knife into the outdoors...it has all the properties that a camping/fishing/hunting/survival knife should have.
The knife performs very well under heavy use. The knife tip easily pierced and pried away a beer bottle top allowing a quick mid-turkey day beer as I was preparing our Thanksgiving feast. I also used the knife to open a can of sardines with ease. The knife penetrated the can like butter. It handled these light metal items without breaking, scratching, or chipping.
Other kitchen chores, such as peeling/slicing fruit and veggies were handled with ease. The Trac-Tec inserts provided a very secure grip, even when my hands became wet and slippery. The Blur made quick work of preparing a turkey for the oven. It sliced through thick sections of extra fat, skin and grizzle with ease. The tip aided butchering greatly. A large neck bone was sliced through with some heavy careful pressure...I was afraid that the knife would pierce through the kitchen sink!
Cleanup was straightforward and simple. Soap and water quickly cleaned the interior surfaces and no chicken was left on the blade or mechanism to my eye or nose.
A note on blade geometry:
From the side, you'll notice that the knife edge is recurved. Blade thickness increases as you approach the spine, where it meets a ridge, and then thins out a little, providing a false edge look. The ridge itself is a long triangle with a curved hypotenuse, that extends back down to the blade below the thumbstud. This provides a half groove like shape which makes slicing or pushing through objects easier, since it won't stick to the blade.
The spine is 1/8" at the base, and tapers ever so slightly to the point.
The unusual blade shape means that it leaves a slightly triangular shaped "wound channel" when stabbed and a slightly curved cut when drawn through material. This makes quick work of cardboard and other hard cutting tasks. However, this also means that means that highly presentable food preparation is out since surface edges appear slightly curved. It's fine for my kitchen table though.
I compared this to two other knives I own, a CRT M-16 in AUS 6 and a composite Kershaw Shallot in ZDP-189. It is immediately apparent why I preferred using the Shallot for cutting and dicing, since it is a thinner blade.
But you will also notice the shapes of the spines that give these knives their strength. The base of the Shallot is doesn't start to narrow until a little more than a third of the way up the spine. The Blur's 1/8th" thick spine narrows a fifth of the way up of the blade, but narrows only slightly, lending it great strength and flexibility.
You can also see why the Blur is much easier to clean than the other two knives from this angle. Lots of space for water to wash through the knife and away from the assist mechanism.
I'm excited to take this knife into the outdoors...it has all the properties that a camping/fishing/hunting/survival knife should have.
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