A friend at work has a Blur. This is an older model with a partially serrated blade that has even serrations. I think the blade steel is Sandvik 13C
(not sure on the rest of it). A few months ago he asked about the Lansky sharpening system as he wasnt satisfied with his free hand efforts. I suggested that he let me sharpen it and if he liked the result he might want to get a Lansky. He let me take the knife and sure enough, his attempts were not too good. Also, there were several dents in the edge where he had used the blade for who knows what. He is our departments main maintenance guy for everything from HVAC and plumbing to repairing delicate scientific instruments. While he does not intentionally abuse the knife, he does use it hard.
I sharpened it and gave it back to him and he commented on how sharp it felt and said thanks. I was a little disappointed because he didnt seem that impressed and it had taken a fair amount of work to reset the bevels and get a good polished edge. By the way, the dents in the edge worked out very nicely and I worked some sharpness back into the serrations.
Fast forward a couple of months and he comes into my office and tells me what a great job the knife had done in field dressing two white tails and that it was still pretty sharp and would I sharpen it up again for him. He also said that the serrations worked very nicely at cutting through cartiledge and how smooth the blade had gone through the skin in opening the abdominal cavity.
So I sharpened it again and sure enough there were some dents in the edge which again came right out. The aluminum handles are scuffed up but the assisted opening still is strong and there is no blade play. I would have to say that the Blur is one tough knife and the choice of the Sandvik steel is perfect for the way this knife is used.
I sharpened it and gave it back to him and he commented on how sharp it felt and said thanks. I was a little disappointed because he didnt seem that impressed and it had taken a fair amount of work to reset the bevels and get a good polished edge. By the way, the dents in the edge worked out very nicely and I worked some sharpness back into the serrations.
Fast forward a couple of months and he comes into my office and tells me what a great job the knife had done in field dressing two white tails and that it was still pretty sharp and would I sharpen it up again for him. He also said that the serrations worked very nicely at cutting through cartiledge and how smooth the blade had gone through the skin in opening the abdominal cavity.
So I sharpened it again and sure enough there were some dents in the edge which again came right out. The aluminum handles are scuffed up but the assisted opening still is strong and there is no blade play. I would have to say that the Blur is one tough knife and the choice of the Sandvik steel is perfect for the way this knife is used.
