received my first Blur today

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bdmicarta

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I've owned a few Kershaws for a long time, and I have the S30V/polished G10 Leek that I bought a number of years ago. For most days I think the Leek is a bit smaller than I like for carry. I've been reading the forums and searching the Kershaw catalog for something a bit larger, and after reading the Blur photo thread I grabbed a used S30V blur on an auction site. It arrived yesterday and looks great. It has styling similar to some of the ZT's, but the handle style is a lot more conservative. It is also larger than I had imagined, not longer but maybe "fatter" if that makes any sense.

Overall the knife is a good design and appears to be made very well. It is my 4th assisted opening model, counting the Leek, a Chive, and a CRKT Delegate. It is by far the easiest for me to operate quickly. The CRKT has a lock that you have to disengage while opening it and while this might instill confidence in some people it slows me down a bit.

This one was lightly used and is in perfect condition except it was not sharp and has a tiny irregularity in the edge near the point. I can sharpen it myself. I bought it for a little less than I could have bought a blem, and I weighed that. Since I intended to carry it I thought for nearly the same price starting with a used knife vs. one with XXXX stamped on it would be a very slightly better value. The only thing that would make the knife better for me would be if it had blue, red or OD scales, but I don't mind the black. Well I wouldn't mind a satin finished blade either.

I guess what I'm saying is that I think this is a good knife at a great price, and the one with the standard blade steel would be a good knife at an even lower price.
 
bdmicarta said:
The only thing that would make the knife better for me would be if it had blue, red or OD scales, but I don't mind the black. Well I wouldn't mind a satin finished blade either.

I guess what I'm saying is that I think this is a good knife at a great price, and the one with the standard blade steel would be a good knife at an even lower price.
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There just so happens to be a sprint OD Blur for sale in the exchange :D
 
Congrats!

The s30v Blur was my first Kershaw (quickly followed by about 8 more!!) and while I love it, the trac-tec inserts were a little rough on my hand as I would go int and out of the pocket.

Do you carry it in a pocket you go into frequently? Have you noticed any issues with the trac-tec? I'm always looking for ways to help it get a little more pocket time.
 
Scurvy092 said:
Congrats!

The s30v Blur was my first Kershaw (quickly followed by about 8 more!!) and while I love it, the trac-tec inserts were a little rough on my hand as I would go int and out of the pocket.

Do you carry it in a pocket you go into frequently? Have you noticed any issues with the trac-tec? I'm always looking for ways to help it get a little more pocket time.
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I've been carrying pocket clip folders for about 20 years, and I don't know if it is big hands or tight jeans but I don't carry much in those pockets because my hands don't go into the pockets easily. With a small and thin folder such as the Leek I can get my hands in pretty easily. Anything bigger, even my Benchmade mini-grip, and it isn't easy for me to get my hands in there but I can do it if I need to. Typically I will either not carry anything in that pocket or I will carry something that I won't frequently need such as my Leatherman Juice. If I am wearing a shirt without pockets I will carry my cellphone in that pocket but it is easy to pull out with just a couple of fingers, not my whole hand. I have noticed that the Blur inserts are pretty rough but they haven't bothered me too much.
 
Nice score there! I only have one blur (an all black one) and I love it. Great ergos, smooth, centered, tight lockup, everything is dead on. Can't go wrong with a blur!
 
I love my Blur. I just got it three weeks ago and it is my favorite edc folder. I've tried out a Shallot since I got the Blur, but like the thumb stud on my mid and larger folders.
 
I just got my blur as well and liking it a lot...


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Blurs are dangerously addictive. I've got 39 of them right now and there are a couple rare models I'd trade my children for if I could find then!
 
wow, that is quite a few, but with a nice form factor, exceptional feel in the hand, and a sharp edge to boot...it's not hard to imagine that happening. A group shot of them in a sunburst pattern would make a cool image.
 
Need to press the creases out of the vinyl and buy some more magnets to attach these. I haven't
quite decided on how to group them. I've got enough blades and materials except for magnets to do 3
of these. Thanks to those of you that have helped me track down a number of these, given them to me,
and thanks to those of you who are going to help me find the last few I need to finish my collection :)
Then these are probably going up on the wall above the bed! Until I'm told "oh H311 NO!".. and they go
in to the office.. but.. I can dream.
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Yum.. So are the only blurs you really don't have are the purple ones and the blue st that is silver bladed?
 
Damn OKN, that's a NICE collection of Blurs! :D

I think I drooled on your display cases through my monitor looking at those pictures!
 
I don't like posting these because I don't like the conspicuous consumption and boasting. I know this will stir interest and sales of Blurs and I feel like a whiner for trading in my green CF for one without even the tiniest bit of glue overflow. I saw one of a friend (Hi Hal!) that was really bad. Since my overflow was on the show side and it is going in this display I wanted it without noticeable blemishes. This was kind of a "sorry I hassled warranty but here's why"

I'm missing a handful of regular models. The ones I'd most like to find are unserrated tantos and any prototypes that are in the wild. Also missing a number of Snap-On models I'm not too interested in. Two may have been prototypes only as I've only seen them in one sale ever. My s60v is a blem and I'd like a non-blem. Then there are the Thomas secret stash Blurs that are prototypes and I know of at least 7 of those, 2 that I don't think anyone else is aware of with very special handles. The only Thomas special I know of in the wild was sold in a private sale before I could make an offer but I recall sold for $700, far more than I could afford. I believe there are 2 more of that model in the wild but not sure who has them now. I'm sure there are more held by guys who don't want to post and get constant messages about them :P
 
oregonknifenerd said:
I don't like posting these because I don't like the conspicuous consumption and boasting. I know this will stir interest and sales of Blurs and I feel like a whiner for trading in my green CF for one without even the tiniest bit of glue overflow. I saw one of a friend (Hi Hal!) that was really bad. Since my overflow was on the show side and it is going in this display I wanted it without noticeable blemishes. This was kind of a "sorry I hassled warranty but here's why"

I'm missing a handful of regular models. The ones I'd most like to find are unserrated tantos and any prototypes that are in the wild. Also missing a number of Snap-On models I'm not too interested in. Two may have been prototypes only as I've only seen them in one sale ever. My s60v is a blem and I'd like a non-blem. Then there are the Thomas secret stash Blurs that are prototypes and I know of at least 7 of those, 2 that I don't think anyone else is aware of with very special handles. The only Thomas special I know of in the wild was sold in a private sale before I could make an offer but I recall sold for $700, far more than I could afford. I believe there are 2 more of that model in the wild but not sure who has them now. I'm sure there are more held by guys who don't want to post and get constant messages about them :P
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With a hard earned collection like that, you're entitled to boast at least a little!

To the OP, you've just taken your first step to try and catch up. :D
 
ono724 said:
With a hard earned collection like that, you're entitled to boast at least a little!
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It's just spending money. No skill required. Thanks though. I don't mean to seem ungrateful. I do truly love these knives. I'd love to share the hard work I do to earn that money but I doubt it would be of much interest and isn't easily shared and for legal reasons can't share the most interesting stuff (various software source code).
 
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Did you build or buy the display boxes? Starting to look around for boxes to put my "slowly" growing collection of knives. Heck with the one I picked up last night I'll only have 19 Blurs. :)
 
IKEA shadow box 20cmx20cm. Any shadow box should work, we just happened to be at IKEA when I was thinking about it. The silver background I found at Fabric Depot in their vinyl section. I believe the pattern is supposed to look like carbon fiber and is something that is probably used for covering car seats. Black I think would be too dark for all of the black handled knives to stand out and a white would get dirty from knife oil and such. The silver also looks a lot like the SG10/ANN pattern and I thought would look nice.

I haven't figured out a reliable way to attach the backing to the frame back to keep it taught. I may have to use quilting batting and stretch it over that so that it pushes out a bit keeping the vinyl taught. But then the knives will push in and sit in a small hole/ditch/whatever. Mostly likely I'm going to have to get some help, staple one side down, and one person will stretch the vinyl good and taught while the other staples. I'll use neodymium magnets to hold the knives, one at the clip and one at the blade tip. This way the mount isn't permanent and I can easily pull knives out, rearrange them, or crowd more in without having some sort of permanent loop of fabric to hold the clip or similar mount. It would also allow me to change from an up and down layout to all of the blades in the center circular lay out... once I can get a yellow and a purple for a rainbow! Or have all of the blades circled around a single knife that is the centerpiece like a yellow, purple, s60v non-blem, G10, or whatever super rare one could be the "star" of the collection.

I need to figure out what strength magnet I can use so that it holds the knives up with maximum strength without being so strong that the magnets pull apart and jump to stick to each other. I've used a few magnets I've taken out of computer harddrives to test that this works but not with enough to test spacing.

OvalmanPA said:
Did you build or buy the display boxes? Starting to look around for boxes to put my "slowly" growing collection of knives. Heck with the one I picked up last night I'll only have 19 Blurs. :)
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