710HS as an Every Day Carry?

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I need to be sold on the value of the 710HS. The thing that worries me is the non-stainless properties of M2. I live in northeast PA and it is not very humid and I don't live near salt water. Has anyone had significant trouble with rusting? I am looking for an everyday user, I have 943 but I would like something a little bigger. Any info that you guys can provide would be great.
 
I carry mine every day, and I live here in NE PA also. I keep mine in my pocket, not clipped on, because I work around furniture all day and anything sticking out, like clips, are bad. :) If you use it every day, you should have no problems with rust on the edge, as using it will keep it clean. I'd highly recommend one.
 
Man, lots of people from NE PA! Poconos? I'm more in central Eastern PA, upper Bucks County. The 710HSSR (now I'd get the plain edge version) is my EDC 95% of the time, if not more. I love it. I haven't had any problems with rust on the M2 and I've had it for about 2 years, or more. It's a solid feeling knife, a nice big blade, axis lock, what more do you need? :) I love it.
 
Of over thirty knives, the Benchmade 710HS has held the top position in my EDC collection since I acquired mine a couple months ago. Not a tiny speck of rust has appeared, and what a knife!

Walter at SRC is great to deal with.

Best wishes, Jeff/1911.
 
Okay, I'm in the NE but only Ohio...

One of my favorite users is my "one of a kind" Aluminum Handled 710 with the M2 blade. I have beat it up pretty good, cut up tons of fruit with it, dressed some small game & used it for other more general tasks and have never had a problem with it developing rust.

I wouldn't suggest removing the coating but otherwise I think you'll find it holds up great.

The only other M2 blade I have experience with is my 705 with Carbon Fiber scales and a DLC coated M2 blade and it has held up every bit as well under similar use.

If you are willing to just do absolute basic maintenance on it I'd say go ahead and get one.
 
FYI I do wipe my 710's M2 blade down with a Tuff Cloth and this maybe helping prevent the rust.
 
I agree with cpirtle, my fellow NE Ohioan, and the other M2 steel owners here.

I've owner a M2HS Nimravus for a while now, and although its eceived considerably less use since I bought a CRK Aviator to replace it as my "outdoor pal," I, too, feel that as long as you're willing to perform good BASIC maintenance with it, you'll be just fine.

I'm close to the lake, and the air gets quite moist here -- and before I was wiser, some of the mild steels on my aisoft collectiom gathered oxidation rather rapidly (we're not talking hundred-dollar toys here, but actual custom-built airsoft pistols whose cost is between that of a real-steel Kimber and Wilson, so yes, it was worrisome). I now store my inactive goods in a gunsafe with proper dessication, and rotate monthly wipe-downs with Sentry Systems Tuff-Cloth. I've not had a problen during the past 6+ months during which the Nimravus has been inactive.

The truth, though, is that for my EDC folders, I tend to go for "stainless." Sure these steels may not hold or take a good edge as readily or as easily as D2, M2, etc., but I am willing to give up some of that to guarantee absolute minimal maintenance. Example? I leave my EDC Spyderco Viele (VG-10) clipped to my pants pocket, rarely mind what it cuts except to wipe it off on my jeans or a paper towel if obviously corrosive), and oner the last two years, it hasn't tarnished one bit despite probably a near-abusive once per quarter-year cleaning and sharpening.

The knife is only a tool -- and the steel that goes into it should match the tool's purpose. There's no inherently bad steels as long as it is natched for its intended purpose.

Sure, "exotic" steels are cool, but as an enthusiast, I'd be much more inclined to give a nod to a salt-water diver who is using a 440A blade, rather than a M2.

:)

Be honest with yourself -- your use purposes and your maintenance schedule/available spare time, and you'll be just fine.

:)

Allen
aka DumboRAT

Note, if you use the knife to cut foodstuffs, be careful what type of protection/lubricant you select; Tuff-Cloth is a love of mine, but it's not too healthy to eat!
 
Well lets see is it usefull for EDC. Hell yes.

It can sub for some prybar duties, straight razor.

I have used mine to cut of a tire Steel belt and all. Needed a light touch up but faired very well better then anything else out there.

I love mine so much, it is big so be careful that the environment you will be using it in will not frown on you carying a big knife.

Other then that there is nothing bad that can be said about this blade once you experience the 710HS you will never go back.
 
I am not so much worried about the size at work, I am very discreat when I get my knife out and who I get it out around. I think that I am going to start carrying this knife, the rusting issue was my big sticking point and I guess that the concensus is that that is really not a problem with this knife.
 
Actually, I was quite unimpressed with my 710HS and quickly sent it along the trade trail.
 
I've been carrying a 710 since they first came out and cannot say enough about the knife. It a decent sized blade and is comfortable as hell to carry and to hold. I've bought alot of other knives since I got the 710 but it continues to be my EDC. I even bought one for my brother who is a cop and it's been his EDC on and off duty for over a year now. As far as folders go, this one can do it all.

Art
 
Rust is not a major factor with this knife the BT2 coating is great and rust will only apear on the uncovered surfaces when in wet enviroments. but day to day you will not see any major rust forming on the blade use it one a day and it will be clean for ever.
 
" I live in northeast PA and it is not very humid and I don't live near salt water."

Having said the above I'd say go for it then. Great knife.

Bruce
 
Having just found one on my closet floor, (see my post about this), I would definately be in the "carry it" group. Forgot just how sharp that M2 was!!:cool: :) :D
 
What angel do you guys sharpen your 710HS at? I usually go with a 15 degree on the back bevel and 20 degree on the edge.
 
I have carried my 710HS daily for probably two years in south Alabama heat and humidity. No problems. No special maintanence - a wipe on a pants leg is about all it typically gets.
 
It's interesting to see how many of us are from northeast PA. I live in Utah now, but I spent the first 18 years of my life in the Poconos.

I've been looking at getting an M2 710HS since reading up on the steel in a steel handbook. It's really quite impressive in a lot of aspects, with corrosion resistance being it's only downfall. With proper care, that shouldn't be a problem. The 710 is a fine knife and the M2 should make it even better.
 
Originally posted by WadeF
What angel do you guys sharpen your 710HS at?
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My 710HS is currently at 30 degrees from the Sharpmaker with no microbevel. Doesn't seem to need one for regular or quasi-abusive cutting.
 
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