Anthem grind question

Send it back and risk a new one might have off center blade or bad lock up?

  • No, keep it enjoy that damn thing and get a pro to put on a mirror edge with re profiling in future

    Votes: 7 58.3%

  • Yes send it back, Benchmade asks for $425 for the damn thing

    Votes: 5 41.7%
  • Total voters
    12
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SneakyTomato

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Hi all!
First time poster and newb to knife collecting but have been lurking for a while. During said lurking and review watching, I landed up absolutely loving the Benchmade Mini Crooked River and Anthem.
So, I went ahead an bought them knowing that I might have some QC problems.

I really love the knives but want to confirm if I should or even have an uneven grind on my Anthem. Maybe it's my eyes playing tricks on me but it might be ever so slight and not worth the effort :) The Anthem has such a lovely action, perfectly centered blade, rock solid lock up and zero play in the blade. I honestly love it but would just like to confirm with people that have more knowledge than I as to if I should bother with the blade :)
(the crooked river is being sent back to where I bought it as the grind is completely off and the blade is not centered)

What do you guys think of the below pic?

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I also have a 940-1801 on it's way to me so fingers crossed that QC are paid extra for limited editions :)


Oh and of course I should post a picture of the actual knife I guess :)

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The width of the grind seems pretty consistent from heel to tip, but as I said... maybe slightly wider on one side to the other.... SLIGHTLY.

Anyway, let us know what you think :)
 
More people need to hold them accountable for this stuff or they will never fix these issues they have common to them.

I will say if it's not too bad on the regular knives and you can sharpen then just do it but if it's wayyyy off send it back. No reason why you should waste so much material on the knife fixing it. But for $425...they better do it right. We've seen consistently missed issues on the anthem line. Some being perfect. But alot that are not even close.
 
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SneakyTomato said:
Thanks guys. So can you see in the photo the grind is slightly asymmetrical?
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Yessir. Your grind has the typical "left beef" that Benchmade puts out. I'd send it back and request a new blade instead of a sharpening. The last Benchmade I sent it for edge issue came back almost 1/4" shorter than when it went in. This reduces the life of the blade and changes the thickness behind the edge which alters the way it moves through material. You shouldn't have to deal with a NEW compromised knife, let alone one that costs as much as an Anthem.

BadComrade said:
I dont know whats going on over at benchmade in regards to whose doing their grinding.
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Great! Thanks :)
Would you send it back to the retailer you bought from or Benchmade?
I’m in Sweden anyway and the only place that sells it is in Finland. So either way I have to ship the thing.
 
It is a shame that it's not even at that price but it's also not bad enough to ship back.
I would just sharpen it, then politly let benchmade know you are not a happy camper.
 
Will it cut? Yes? Good, then stop being so OCD picky enjoy the damn thing! ;)

Honestly though, that's pretty darn close for a hand-applied edge. Not nearly as egregiously bad as some, obviously, and I think you should probably consider yourself lucky. Sorry to be blunt, but I don't think many of the folks who complain about this realize that it's not exactly easy to make the edge grinds exactly perfect on a hand-applied, thin edge like that. It is always going to be especially noticeable at the tip. Always. Yes, it's an expensive knife (I have one too), but I've seen this on far more expensive customs as well, and this is *just* a production knife. This happens on CRK's too, but their edges are so thin from the factory, it's harder to tell when they're off.

Of all the possible nit-picky QC "issues" you could potentially wind up with on the Anthem, that's probably the least concerning of them all. Would you prefer a possibly off-center blade? A shorter blade if they re-sharpen it? A possibly gritty action? Poorer lock-up? A slight recurve near the heel of the blade? Those are some of the possible outcomes if you decide to send it in to be "fixed". Just use it as-is, and when it comes time to need a sharpening, either fix it yourself (and see just how difficult it is to make the sides exactly perfect), or send it out to someone who can sharpen it (and fix it) for you.

PS - "Left beef" is not uncommon for right-handed sharpeners. The opposite is true for southpaws. Are you ambidextrous? ;)
 
SpyderPhreak said:
Will it cut? Yes? Good, then stop being so OCD picky enjoy the damn thing! ;)

Honestly though, that's pretty darn close for a hand-applied edge. Not nearly as egregiously bad as some, obviously, and I think you should probably consider yourself lucky. Sorry to be blunt, but I don't think many of the folks who complain about this realize that it's not exactly easy to make the edge grinds exactly perfect on a hand-applied, thin edge like that. It is always going to be especially noticeable at the tip. Always. Yes, it's an expensive knife (I have one too), but I've seen this on far more expensive customs as well, and this is *just* a production knife. This happens on CRK's too, but their edges are so thin from the factory, it's harder to tell when they're off.

Of all the possible nit-picky QC "issues" you could potentially wind up with on the Anthem, that's probably the least concerning of them all. Would you prefer a possibly off-center blade? A shorter blade if they re-sharpen it? A possibly gritty action? Poorer lock-up? A slight recurve near the heel of the blade? Those are some of the possible outcomes if you decide to send it in to be "fixed". Just use it as-is, and when it comes time to need a sharpening, either fix it yourself (and see just how difficult it is to make the sides exactly perfect), or send it out to someone who can sharpen it (and fix it) for you.

PS - "Left beef" is not uncommon for right-handed sharpeners. The opposite is true for southpaws. Are you ambidextrous? ;)
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Thank you! I was hoping for more people to tell me to just enjoy the knife :)
The retailer has already acknowledged an exchange and will be sending a new one so let’s see how it goes :)
 
Too many whiners lately. ;) (I'm only half kidding guys. :p)

Good luck with your decision.
 
Honestly i would have used it until it needed to be resharpened then put a new edge on it to my own liking. From what you’ve said it sounds like everything else on the knife is spot on, and the edge is gonna be used up anyways unless it’s gonna be a safe queen. So get out there and enjoy the awesome knife that you got.
 
I wouldn’t worry about it. Does it cut evenly? I’ve had a sebenza, para 3 and many others that weren’t perfect but slice just fine. I’d think a perfect grind would be very rare. Maybe just me!
 
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