Kershaw S30V Blur Pocketknife, 3.4" S30V Powdered Stainless Steel Recurved Blade, Assisted Thumb-Stud Opening EDC

I use this for home, work, and everything I between daily. The edge holds very well as I have yet to Sharpen mine despite the use, the grip is unique and I enjoy the more textured feel as it feels (yes it is a good grip as well) I have a better grip. The sizing, length, and blade style all work really well for storage and my everyday needs.Play with the flip out action way too much as it has a smooth and quick flip when you push it just right with a satisfying click in place. Very nice for a dull moment.Would recommend for a great everyday blade

You know i got this knife yesterday and i even purchased one for a good friend of mine. This is my first Kershaw because for over 20 years have been using cold steel knives especially my most recent one the hold out 2 serrated as my EDC. What really drew me to this knife at first was the S30V steel and i really liked the design of it not to mention all of the great reviews here on amazon and there some great video reviews of it on youtube . Both places showed it was worth a try and boy am i happy with this knife! The handle around the edges is so smooth, even the blade on the spine and i really like the fact the clip is reversible. I always carry my knives in the tip up position (it came in the tip down position ) so when i got home it took two minutes with my tork bit to switch it out. the edge of the blade is razor sharp, it had a nice weight to it , the blade is wide and the stone wash was great too. It has the best feel to it and the knife is so easy to open. I really like the design on the handle as well as it has a lifetime guarantee on it. I called Kershaw customer service to get some additional info like if registration is required, and what is needed to get the knife fixed if something happens. No registration is required, just hold on to your receipt, you have to send it in on your own dime but i was told you can print out a UPS label from them and get a reduced rate with ups. The nice lady on the phone said under good conditions it should only be a couple weeks turn around but could take 4-6 weeks.Anyway in closing i love this knife and will be using it as my new edc. for me its the perfect knife and i like everything about it . I You could not go wrong buying one and it is well worth the money. on a scale from 1-10 I give would give it an 11and it even passed my spine tapping test to see if it would close on me but the lock held strong with no give at all. It's just a great over all knife with a great design and feel . you wont be disappointed.

Apparently there was a run of faultily manufactured or assembled Blurs over a decade ago which would not keep the blades locked in place even when subjected to merely mild levels of forces. You can Google or search YouTube for the details. This is unusual for liner locks in general and Kershaw in particular, which is noted for the high quality of the materials and manufacturing of its pocket knives, and consistent quality control. I have watched "knife stress tests" on YouTube where blades from many makers are clamped in vises then weights hung on the rear of the handle until the lock fails, and I didn't see a single catastrophic, close-on-our-fingers type of liner lock failure - the failures were all a bend in the liner lock bar that made the liner locks knives unclosable.That having been said, the problem is obvious once you know what to look for, and so I checked all my many Kershaws and put on leather gloves and did the spine whack test, and no problems at all. It's just that coming across those videos makes me want to spine-whack test ALL my knives, something we always did in the late '60's and '70's but skip today.The look and feel of the Blur are fantastic. The steel - whether Sandvik or S30v - is superb and paper cutting sharp (free handing sheet of copy paper). The grippy rubber inserts make a huge difference in grip. The beveled thumb studs are a revelation in comfort (the bevel "spreads" the otherwise "bite" effect into my thumb).There are only two things I have reservations about (I own both Sandvik and S30v versions): first, I wish it had a hilt or finger indent behind the blad to further lessen the risk of slipping the hand onto the blade. However, I don't intend to use the knife for forward thrusting against hard objects - it is for package opening and sandwich/bread/chicken slicing and the Blur is similar to most other pocket knives - and kitchen knives - in not having a protective hilt.My second concern is about aluminum for the handle. The weight isn't too heavy and it's rock solid, but in freezing weather, IF the knife is in a pack instead of a pocket, the aluminum could become quite cold to the point where flesh might momentarily adhere (momentarily since unlike the usual frozen flagpole, the pocket knife is too small to be that frigid for long). My preference is almost always for plastic handled knives, or at least for Micarta or plastic scales/handle overrlays. It's undeniable, however, that steel and aluminum are much superior in terms of durability.I put off exploring the Kershaw line for a long time, mentally placing them in the same budget category as CRKT and Gerber. They are not. IMHO they make a much higher quality product, even in their mass market blister pack products with the necessarily cheaper, and easier to shape, 4Cr steel (in the $15 Filter).I highly recommend the Blur, it is American Made, and S30V is a wonderful steel. But to be honest my favorites right now are the Oso Sweet (SpeedSafe) and the Chill (flipper, with bearings); these have run-of-the-mill 8Cr13MOV steel (which according to Clifford Stamp is close in formula to AUS8).Kershaw gets great results with its 14C28N Sandvik steel, with 8Cr13MOV, and even with its blister-pack 4Cr (which doesn't hold an edge long, if you use it on boxes, but resharpens to a wicked sharp edge). Great heat treatment and consistent steel from their reliable vendors seems to do the trick for Kershaw (the Sandvik is even a special formula that Sandvik developed in collaboratin with Kershaw).Highly enjoyed, highly recommended. If you haven't tried SpeedSafe yet, it's great, a much more consistent, solid lockup with much reduced risk of dropping the handle.