Hey KAI nuts. I recently completed special forces assessment and selection or SFAS for short. I thought you might want to see what an s30v blur looks like after such an event and hear my thoughts on how it performed. If you have no clue what SFAS is, the discovery channel special "2 weeks in hell" is an okay representation.
My blurs main job at SFAS was opening MREs. it opened probably 50 or 60 of them which seems rather insignificant, except for the cardboard. In addition to that it cut a lot of rope, 550 cord, nylon webbing, opened cardboard MRE cases, broke thick zip ties, made wooden tent stakes, and other edc type cutting. A couple of times I got stuck in extremely thickly vegetated draws and used my blur to cut my way free. I felt terrible while putting my knife through that. The part that really beat the knife up was simply riding in my pocket all the time. my clothes were wet with sweat nearly the entire time out there and so was the blur. It took many a blow from me sitting down on it and banging up against my ruck sack as I carried it in my back pocket.
The stress from carrying it in my back pocket is what I believe to have caused the crack above the thumb stud that you'll see in the pictures. I don't fault the knife for this as It was being abused and that is probably the only weak part on the knife. The blade held a good working edge as s30v is supposed to do for a good while. It took a couple rolls where I cut several heavy duty zip ties, but I haven't seen a knife come out of that unscathed. It retained a smooth action and functioned the entire time. It retained its perfect centering to the end as well. keeping all of that abuse in mind, I would rate the blurs performance at SFAS as decent. Although it bested many other knives, it wasn't the perfect tool for the task. It did rust a tad and it did crack at the thumb stud after all. A coated or polished blade would likely have prevented the corrosion issue. Perhaps a stronger steel wouldn't have cracked under that pressure. Who knows. Regardless, this knife was tested beyond what it should have been capable of and came out beaten, but still working. for that it deserves commendation. I would take a zt instead if I were to do it again, for obvious reasons. However, I have to give the blur credit. It is a proven design and I have grown to love it. here's what it looks like now. Thanks,
here it is before leaving, being cool with its cool friends.
My blurs main job at SFAS was opening MREs. it opened probably 50 or 60 of them which seems rather insignificant, except for the cardboard. In addition to that it cut a lot of rope, 550 cord, nylon webbing, opened cardboard MRE cases, broke thick zip ties, made wooden tent stakes, and other edc type cutting. A couple of times I got stuck in extremely thickly vegetated draws and used my blur to cut my way free. I felt terrible while putting my knife through that. The part that really beat the knife up was simply riding in my pocket all the time. my clothes were wet with sweat nearly the entire time out there and so was the blur. It took many a blow from me sitting down on it and banging up against my ruck sack as I carried it in my back pocket.
The stress from carrying it in my back pocket is what I believe to have caused the crack above the thumb stud that you'll see in the pictures. I don't fault the knife for this as It was being abused and that is probably the only weak part on the knife. The blade held a good working edge as s30v is supposed to do for a good while. It took a couple rolls where I cut several heavy duty zip ties, but I haven't seen a knife come out of that unscathed. It retained a smooth action and functioned the entire time. It retained its perfect centering to the end as well. keeping all of that abuse in mind, I would rate the blurs performance at SFAS as decent. Although it bested many other knives, it wasn't the perfect tool for the task. It did rust a tad and it did crack at the thumb stud after all. A coated or polished blade would likely have prevented the corrosion issue. Perhaps a stronger steel wouldn't have cracked under that pressure. Who knows. Regardless, this knife was tested beyond what it should have been capable of and came out beaten, but still working. for that it deserves commendation. I would take a zt instead if I were to do it again, for obvious reasons. However, I have to give the blur credit. It is a proven design and I have grown to love it. here's what it looks like now. Thanks,
here it is before leaving, being cool with its cool friends.
