I got a knife today. It's a used Kershaw Black Blur, designed by Ken Onion. It's a production knife and it's used but I don't mind either condition. I bought it to use because I wanted something alittle more hand-filling than my Spyderco Dragonfly.

It's a black knife - including the blade - and it has aluminum handles that are filled with a very coarse and grippy substance to make it non-slip. It's an assissted-opening knife. This type has a cam and spring that cause the blade to flick out when the thumb stud is pushed up. I handled a new one in the mall knife shop on Saturday, just to see if I liked it, and the action was really stiff and uncomfortable. It took a lot of pressure to get the blade to move.

Happily, this one is broken in and snaps out with minimal pressure required.

It has a pocket clip on one side that can be reversed end-to-end (and side-to-side for lefties) so that you can carry the knife either tip-up or tip-down. I need to find a teeny Torx® bit so that I can move the clip to the other end and carry it tip-up.

I have vowed to never buy a knife I wouldn't use so this fits in perfectly with that philosophy. There'll not be any $700 "safe queens" in my future.

This knife can go $50-$60 new. I got this used one for $45, shipping included.

I have a couple of Swiss Army Knives coming soon. One is for the pic-a-nic basket as it has just a blade, a corkscrew and a cap lifter (it's a SAK Waiter). The other is a SAK Climber. Each is used and I got both for $17 shipped.

Woot! New knives!