What would you get?

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Bob Roberts

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I have never had a knife in the higher end steels. I was looking at the blems for a good user and seen what seems to be 3 choices.
1. Blur in S30V
2. Blur in CPM154
3. JYD with the D2 composite

What steel would you get for a good EDC? What are the real world pros and cons of your choice? Is there one that has "bragging rights" over the others?
While I was looking around it seems that most think that S30V and CPM154 are pretty much equal in the real world. Are either harder to maintain an edge on?
Your input would be greatly appreciated.
 
The CF154 Blur is my favorite knife, and the only one I carry now. I'm a big pusher of it, and I recommend it to everyone. I bought three of them because I like it so much. I also have the S30V Blur, and between the two I love the CPM-154 much better. It has to be my favorite steel. I loved it on paper, because I always loved 154CM (thanks to all the Leatherman Charge ALs I've been through and still use) and the change to a powdered steel seemed like something very cool. Having used this knife since November it lived up to my expectations, and has been great to use.

I used the factory edge for about a week, and it worked great. It was a bit uneven, but that's not a problem for me. I decided to reprofile it on my Edge Pro, and brought an already low angle (for most parts of the bevel, it was from 17-18 degrees per side) down to 16.5 degrees per side. It cut fantastically, and I was in heaven. It was very easy to do, and didn't put up a fight at all. It didn't murder my stones like Elmax does, and didn't take as long as S30V often does, particularly in the Blur. It was just easy to work with.

I use my knife at work to remove the shielding from CAT5/6 cables, some light wire stripping, opening cases and boxes, cutting duct tape and straps, and whatever else one would normally use a pocket knife for. The edge held for a good amount of time, and all I did was strop it every other night most of the time. Just using the strop, I maintained the edge at a phone book paper slicing sharpness until the end of January. It was still sharp, but it snagged a lot on the phone book paper. I gave it about 8-10 swipes on the fine stones of a Sharpmaker (20 degree setting), and it was back to popping hairs off my leg and gliding through phone book paper. Since then, I've just been stropping it, and gave it another two swipes on the fine stones two nights ago after some rather extended use destroying an array of coffee-soaked file boxes.

I haven't much experience with D2, so I can't comment on it. However as a steel for you to use in an every day pocket knife, CPM-154 is a dream. So easy to sharpen and maintain, yet quite robust in how it handles. I had my Blur's blade tested at my university, and it came up at 60.2 HRC. That is, as far as I understand, a good place for this steel, and not too soft to take advantage of the added toughness that the CPM process added to the 154 mixture.

So far, nothing has taken my attention away from this knife for any kind of practical use.
 
either 154 or d2, i dont feel like the s30 holds an edge as long as either of these. But the d2 is a lot harder to sharpen than the other twwo
 
Really there all good knives Imo it just depends on you're taste in knives....personally though I'd buy a JYD 2.
 
I've had no complaints with my S30V Blur. I'll say that if I could find a CPM-154 Blur without the black coating, I'd snag it. Satin finished CPM-154 plain edge blade + blue handles = awesome.
 
JNieporte said:
I've had no complaints with my S30V Blur. I'll say that if I could find a CPM-154 Blur without the black coating, I'd snag it. Satin finished CPM-154 plain edge blade + blue handles = awesome.
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Get a blem CF blur. Stonewash cpm-154, cf instead of trac-tek. Great knife. Same goes for you OP.
 
I think I will get the carbon fiber blur and a leek composite. Then I can try both styles of blades.
But one last question, is there a difference between the steel with the carbon fiber (154CM) and the other blurs (CPM154) or is this just a different way of printing the same thing?
 
I just ordered the CF Blur and Composite Leek from Kershaw Guy. Now it's going to suck having to wait until my mother in law comes back from Arizona at the start of April. This is going to be a long 6 weeks.
 
Bob Roberts said:
I think I will get the carbon fiber blur and a leek composite. Then I can try both styles of blades.
But one last question, is there a difference between the steel with the carbon fiber (154CM) and the other blurs (CPM154) or is this just a different way of printing the same thing?
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The CF Blur uses CPM-154. It's the same formulation as 154CM, but made using the powdered steel process. It's a substantial difference.
 
Thanks for the description. I did enjoy your youtube video on the CF Blur. It helped close the deal for me.
 
CPM-154 Blur over the S30V for sure. The D2 would be okay too and the JYD design may suit your needs better. The JYD is a bit larger. The Blur has a better clip. The G10 handles of the JYD are going to be much rougher and will give you better holding but may chew up a pocket. The Blurs with the carbon fiber provide plenty of grip for most uses other than potentially with wet hands. Without knowing your exact needs I can't be certain, but for most people I think the CPM-154 Blur is going to be the best option for a user for you. It sounds like you have settled on that after seeing the youtube review but I typed all this up before seeing that post up above, so I'm sticking with it :P
 
Just looking on Kershawguys website:
1670CF154 Carbon Fiber Blur Blems
Steel: Stonewashed 154CM Stainless-Steel.

So that isn't the powdered steel then?
 
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