BM must have saturated the southpaw knife enthusiast market with the 806D2 Axis. It is the only "tactical" folder I have more than one of. I think the real reason it is discontinued is that it was creeping towards mass market unaffordability amid a sea of offshore crap with a similar look, but nowhere near the performance or build quality. Many people I have met or read on the boards have lusted after the AFCK in its various forms, but most must have balked at the price tag. My first one was about $100.00 My last one was $145.00. Of course everyone who could never justify the purchase wants one now that they're gone.
I don't know about anyone else, but I have always found the "spydie hole," the steel, the comfortable amount of handle, tip up or tip down, left or right pocket carry, pretty unbeatable for a "serious" EDC.
That it gives certain people, like my father-in-law, the willies every time he sees one come out of my pocket does nothing but enhance why I bought AFCKs in the first place.
An era has passed at Benchmade. If we see an AFCKII, it will probably be a glorified Griptilian or a Taiwan build. I won't be buying the successor as just about anything shy of an American made AFCKII in satin S30V is going to get me to bite.
