Kershaw Glassbreaker Blur Pocketknife, 3.4" Sandvik 14C28N Stainless Steel Recurved Serrated Blade, assisted opening EDC, Emergency Tool

Knife is a good bargain

Great knife - possibly the best designed assisted opening knife I have owned.

As someone who owns a lot of knives (don't be alarmed) this is still one of my favorite dependable pieces. It's no secret that Kershaw makes good dependable well designed entry level knives. No one is going to confuse this with a Sebenza or a Strider model knife but this knife isn't trying to be that to begin with. I originally purchased this knife THREE years ago and with an occasional sharpening here and there this thing is still in great shape.Kershaw is to knives as Honda is to cars. You like that analogy? I know you do...The blade comes razor sharp out of the box, maybe not hair shaving sharp, but sharp enough. A little work on a stone or sharpener could easily get it there. Not the biggest fan of serrated blades but there is a time and place for them and for work having the serrated portion of the blade has been money i.e. cutting rope, twine, plastics, etc. However, a word to the wise I wouldn't use this knife to pry or anything like that as I could see potentially dinging up the point or edge of this knife.I'm personally a fan of Kershaw's Speedsafe system (no I don't work for them and no this isn't an advertisement but I won't say no to a sponsorship *wink wink). I like the quick decisive opening of Speedsafe knives with little to no effort. It's one of those mechanisms that will have you opening and closing your knife repeatedly like a creepy military veteran sitting in the corner of a waiting room muttering silently to himself.The handle is very grippy and won't slip out of your hands even if they're wet/damp...however, if you decide that you want to get crazy with the tanning oil at the beach and then want to cut open a bag of nuts with this knife I would probably wear some eye protection...Lastly, this knife does have the carbide tip glassbreaker. Have I used it? Oh yea...does it work? absolutely. Does breaking glass scratch, mar, and cause general imperfections on the knife handle? Yup. But how else are you going to let all the knife dorks and your tacticool buddies know that this isn't just some eye candy you keep in your pocket!

I bought this item as a gift. I have owned one of these knives for many years now, and I wanted to share the experience with a friend. The serrations on this knife are one of my favorite aspects of it. Unlike many serrations that are very jagged and pointy, these are slightly less aggressive. I have found they work much better than other serrations I have used in the past. They don't just snag and tear what you are trying to cut, but glide smoothly through thick straps etc.The assisted opening also works very well, and makes a satisfying noise when you open it.Unlike many "glass breaker" knives that just have a pointy piece of steel, the glass breaker on this knife is made of carbide. In order to break tempered glass you need something that is harder than the glass, and this works perfectly. It is very difficult to break glass with just a pointy piece of steel.Granted, this knife is not as well built as some knives which costs two to three times as much, but for a well built middle of the line knife this fits the bill.

My favorite knife for every day carry hands down. Great cutting blade for shape, serrated edge is handy for different types of cutting. Open assist makes it easy to open with one hand but tight enough to not open in your pocket. Thin enough that it does not have a large profile or block access to your pocket. Sturdy and solid construction.

I was carrying a SOG Flash II pocket knife for 1.5 years. Somehow it got out of my pocket and I needed a replacement. I also own a Spyderco Tenacious but had not carried it too much as I really liked the spring loaded SAT feature of the SOG. But the execution and machining of the Spyderco was really well done and thought out, particularly the jimping at the back of the blade and the shape and honing. My thoughts were if Spyderco made a knife that had the SAT technology built into it, that would be my holy grail pocket knife. So I began asking on several different forums that I am a member of and someone mentioned the Kershaw Blur. I reviewed the knife extensively on youtube, saw that it had the SAT technology and the pier construction, saw that the handles were not plastic but a rubberized insert, and as a bonus you could get the knife in all black with glass break stud on the back edge of the handle. It also has an angled stud as part of the blade as a deployment assist. The edges of that stud are kinda sharp and if you repeatedly work the action, you might wear a hole into your skin. I did. You can reposition the very sturdy clip to either end of the knife. Here is where I'll knock off a star. The knife comes with the clip positioned on the opposite end of the glass break stud. You probably should leave it at that position. Although the knife is positioned opposite of the ideal position of where you might like the knife to be located in your hand if quickly drawing for a defensive deployment, keeping the glass break stud stowed in a point down position is imperative. The glass break stud is very sharp, it will cut/stab anything it comes in contact with. Reach for a wallet, it stabs you. Sit down in a car seat, it might cut the fabric. So it is a trade off, the stud could be useful in an emergency situation of breaking a car window but you now have to carry the knife in pocket clip backwards. It is now a question of pull/position the knife/deploy blade vs pull/deploy blade. With practice, one could become comfortable with the extra step involved. The risk is dropping/ fumbling the knife on a rapid deployment situation. The knife also has jimping in the liner lock and the back of the blade but neither are very useful, the jimping is very rounded and my thumb slides over it, so it provides very little grip.