Axis Stryker

jazub

jazub

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Dear Benchmade Dude,

The Stryker is such a sweet looking blade but no Axis?! Pease bring on the Axis Stryker and all will be most excellent!!

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I think Benchmade keeps thinking that we are asking for a knife with the Nitrous Assist and an Axis Lock. We are just asking for the knife that looks like the 913/912 and has an Axis lock.

Benchmade has already said that they cannot do the Nitrous assist and an Axis lock togther.

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An AXIS Stryker would be a near perfect knife. Specifically a 913 with an AXIS lock and without the Nitrous assist.
 
A manual Stryker with axis lock? I'd buy one.

Hell if you re-release the original Stryker with a liner lock, i'd buy one.
 
boobar said:
An AXIS Stryker would be a near perfect knife. Specifically a 913 with an AXIS lock and without the Nitrous assist.
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What about the 14200 and 14205? Of course these are out of production too.

I like the 913 too and would like to buy a backup for mine.
 
+1 axis lock, no assist, no tanto

but don't forget the mini (spear point)... I'd rather have the mini
but I'd probly buy the full size if its the only version produced
 
bdmicarta said:
What about the 14200 and 14205? Of course these are out of production too.

I like the 913 too and would like to buy a backup for mine.
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The 14205 and 14210 were among the best Axis based Benchmades ever made. Hard to find now...I own both and they are keepers.
 
jazub said:
Dear Benchmade Dude,

The Stryker is such a sweet looking blade but no Axis?! Pease bring on the Axis Stryker and all will be most excellent!!
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I was just thinking this about the Torrent the other day (that and in tip-up carry).





knife2Agunfight said:
I think Benchmade keeps thinking that we are asking for a knife with the Nitrous Assist and an Axis Lock. We are just asking for the knife that looks like the 913/912 and has an Axis lock.

Benchmade has already said that they cannot do the Nitrous assist and an Axis lock togther.
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Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between Axis-Assist (like the Barrage) and Nitrous Assist?
 
Why was the Stryker series discontinued? I just managed to get my hands on a first production run and I love the knife.
 
EZ Bake said:
Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between Axis-Assist (like the Barrage) and Nitrous Assist?
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The assisted mechanism used in models like the 470/907/913/790/890, (did I miss any?) have cutouts in the liners and use a small roller which floats behind the tang on two arms. They apply spring pressure from those arms and roller to keep the blade closed when retracted. Consider this to be an enhanced locking liner design.

The Axis mechanism used in the Barrage series like the 580/581/583/585, (same here?) add an extra coil spring (which gets complicated when tinkering), and enhances the existing locking mechanism which uses a pair of "Omega" springs and a hardened steel bar, which locks behind the tang when the blade is open and guides the blade closed and locks it using the same pressure from the springs.

There's more, but I wanted to keep it simple. Personally I love the A/O Axis version which is a safer and maybe even a little faster assist...and the other thing is because of the springs used in the A/O Axis version, the scales are thicker to accomodate the difference in design; so the Nitrous models are a good measure thinner...and that's an adventage in their favor.

Hope this helps.
 
jkarp_53 said:
The assisted mechanism used in models like the 470/907/913/790/890, (did I miss any?) have cutouts in the liners and use a small roller which floats behind the tang on two arms...

The Axis mechanism used in the Barrage series like the 580/581/583/585, (same here?) add an extra coil spring ...
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And if it wasn't obvious from this explanation, the critical point is that the Nitrous assist is between the liners along with the blade, and would be in the way of the axis lock mechanism. The Axis mechanism in the Barrage series is outside of the liners so it doesn't interfere with the Axis lock. I have a 913 Stryker and I'm carrying it right now. It is a thin and light knife for its blade size. I also have a 581 Barrage and while I like it too, it is heavier and its handle is thicker in order to house the coil spring mentioned above.

I have not handled a lot of different models of these but one thing I've noticed when comparing my Stryker and Barrage- the Nitrous assist provides force against the blade only at the beginning of its travel and lets the blade continue opening due to inertia while the Barrage spring acts on the blade for a lot more of the blade's travel. Both of mine deploy fine but I had a friend with a Stryker and once his got a little dirty it would not open all the way.
 
bdmicarta said:
And if it wasn't obvious from this explanation, the critical point is that the Nitrous assist is between the liners along with the blade, and would be in the way of the axis lock mechanism.
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Well, then make a Axis-Stryker without the Nitrous assist. I have both the big and small Nitrous Stryker and I´ve deactivated the Nitrous assist. They are way better without it!
 
Very cool - thanks for the explaination (I've removed my Axis-assist, so I'm familiar with it, but have never tinkered with a Nitrous Assist).

Appreciate the info.
 
If they made it with a tip-up carry option, I'd be in. I've always loved the 'look' of the Stryker.
 
I had a Nitrous Stryker close on me during use once and I promptly shipped it away. Before that I carried it a lot...

An axis unassisted Stryker would be better.
 
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