4 inch folder - 710 vs Milly

Another vote for the Military. I could never get myself to like the 710.
 
they are both fine knives, but...
+Spyderco Military is the best production liner lock ever made period
-Benchmade can be inconsistent in sharpening, my out-of-the-box 710 was not even able to cut through paper without tearing

however, if you buy both Spyderco in S90V AND Benchmade in M4 you may as well not need another knife for the rest of your life...:cool:
 
The 710 is nice but the handle is an odd shape and not very ergonomic as opposed to the Military and the G10 on the Spyderco is as it should be, and that is very grippy I beleive that Benchmade "prettys" up their G10 by making it smooth and not very textured. I am more of a Spyderco fan than a Benchmade but I'm weird like that.
 
My Military S30V feels like a natural extension of my arm, just as a well made and thought out design should. From tip to tang, the blade is everything it should be. Belly, grind, tip, jimping and hole, perfect. Special mention on the jimping, WHY the hell do more fine knife makers like BM NOT use this kind of grip?! I'll never understand why they would jimp the liner but not the scale on a 710. Sure you jimped it but COVERED IT right back up with the scale! Oh well, back to the Mili... My lock clacks home like the rack of a shot gun. Inspires so much confidence knowing once that lock slides home that the blade is there until you decide otherwise. Those CPM boys in Syracuse really got the steel down to an art, gives so much yet asks for so little. A little slide down each bevel and its back to "My fingers bleeding but I didn't feel the cut." sharp. The G10, what can I say about that. It does as well made G10 should, grip, and grip good. Combine that grip with the shape Sal and the boys apply to it and you have it, the natural extension of your arm that I've come to love.

But don't take me for the obvious fanboy that I am. I DO like alot of Benchmades offerings and DO buy other knives. I would like to eventually get a 710 but the irks I have with it have kept me from it. The stud, I just don't like it, the slick G10 (in comparison to others), the inadequate jimping. I also know that after handling one, it would never bump the Military from my pocket. It might accompany it in another pocket but I can say with almost certainty that a Military will be in my pocket till Im an old senile man on the sidewalk in a pair of tightey whiteys flipping the bird to school buses. I don't know actually. It might be clipped IWB. :)

Edit: oh yeah. Try both and decide. :thumbup:
 
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