New 710 release

Its a new omega spring design that has A LOT higher cycle life.
Just curious and not sure if this has already been answered but is the new omega spring design going to become standard for all models?
 
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Middle one is base model. It will be S90V and an MSRP of $450. The black is a limited, Magnacut and MSRP of $650. The other is a Gold Class Damascus, and I think MSRP of $1500.


Edit: From the same conversation, the base model is aluminum btw, not titanium...in case you thought it might be from the price
Holy God, and I paid close to $110 for my 710D2 about 16 years ago. So the price has gone up 4X since then for the cheapest model? Think I'll pass.
 
Im also thinking about the trigger for one with black handle. What do you think about the version with alu colored handle?
I don't prefer it.

I like the black/satin because it is the closest to the original 710 and I missed out on that one.
 
And the steel. I noticed that the more premium seven ten has Magnacut, and the "cheaper" one has S90. In my book is S90 not less good than Magna. Maybe better??
 
Its weird that BM took this wonderful EDC model and turned it into something kind of ugly and too highly priced for the market its supposed to thrive in.
I'm sorry, what mil LARPer still even likes uncommonly tinted FDE these days... the whole project is a turn off at 600 bucks.

I'd love to have a normal version of the seven ten, maybe in G-10 and stonewashed (or black) magnacut (or something) as a $300-400 user knife but these versions are not useful for me.
 
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Its weird that BM took this wonderful EDC model and turned it into something kind of ugly and too highly priced for the market its supposed to thrive in.
I'm sorry, what mil LARPer still even likes uncommonly tinted FDE these days... the whole project is a turn off at 600 bucks.

I'd love to have a normal version of the seven ten, maybe in G-10 and stonewashed (or black) magnacut (or something) as a $300-400 user knife but these versions are not useful for me.
Last year's Seven Ten in S90V was retailing at some places for $315. Looks are in the eye of the beholder -- I love it in person, not so much in the photos -- but the knife is extremely well built. Much nicer than the original 710. And the S90V steel is a great choice.

The Seven Ten isn't a hard-use knife, so it doesn't need a ton of toughness. Its two main virtues are being stainless and having extremely good wear resistance, thanks to 9 percent vanadium.

S90V's toughness isn't super, but it's not bad -- about like S30V and M390, according to Larrin's work.("S90V has similar toughness to other PM stainless steels like S60V, S30V, and M390.")

MagnaCut will be much tougher, especially at the 60 Rc that Benchmade uses. But I don't see the Seven Ten as needing super toughness because it's not a hard-use kind of knife. It's a slicer. And its wear resistance is much better. At about 61 Rc, MagnaCut will get about 520 total cuts in Catra testing. S90V gets 780 cuts (Larrin's tests).

MagnaCut's toughness -- especially at 60 Rc -- is awesome in a hard-use EDC. But I don't see the advantage for the Seven Ten, especially when it drives the price up to $600.

There are still quite a few earlier 710 D2 knifes around, but I sold mine as soon as I handled the new Seven Ten in S90V. It's a way better knife in a way better steel. Just be careful buying on eBay. Lots of counterfeits there.

Given the early hate reviews, I expected to see a lot of Seven Tens show up on the sales forum at low prices. I'm not seeing that.
 
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