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I love this Benchmade 940-1! And I don't say that lightly. I seriously would give it 6 stars if that was an option.
I waited some time before I wrote this just to insure that my "love" was not merely infatuation.
I am a knife aficionado. I guess the boy in me still likes shiny sharp things. I own and use many knives. Most of them Chris Reeve Sebenza's. I do not believe in having a knife that you don't carry and are afraid to use for fear of "messing it up". I regularly carry and use even my high dollar exotic knives. Firm believer that if it is too nice to use, it is too nice to own.
Having said that there may be some knives that I "baby" a bit more than others. 😁 Not this one! I have used and abused it.
What's crazy is that I have not yet felt the need to sharpen it! Hooray for S90V steel! The carbon fiber scales are tough too! Keeps the weight down into minuscule territory. This knife keeps bumping others out of their turn in my rotation. That is saying a lot considering that some of them are many times over the cost of this knife.
I am not a knife snob, or a brand fanboy, that would tell you that this knife, or that knife, is the "best ever made anywhere by anybody". But I will tell you that this knife deserves a try in your pocket and your hands. Then you decide what it's best uses are. As for me, I use it on everything and everywhere.
There is only one thing that I discovered about this knife that I slightly disliked: the pocket clip. It is fine and functionary but fails to live up to the design and feel of the rest of the knife. It feels cheaper than this knife deserves. But who cuts things with a pocket clip anyway!
I did upgrade my knife with, IMHO, a better clip. One that I got from BladeHQ that is made of carbon fiber. Looks better and feels better to me. And as a bonus is a little bit lighter. Too each his own. Here is the link to the pocket clip I bought to replace the factory clip.
http://www.bladehq.com/item--St-Clair-Designs-Slim-Carbon-Fiber--34797
Kudos to Benchmade on this knife!
I waited some time before I wrote this just to insure that my "love" was not merely infatuation.
I am a knife aficionado. I guess the boy in me still likes shiny sharp things. I own and use many knives. Most of them Chris Reeve Sebenza's. I do not believe in having a knife that you don't carry and are afraid to use for fear of "messing it up". I regularly carry and use even my high dollar exotic knives. Firm believer that if it is too nice to use, it is too nice to own.
Having said that there may be some knives that I "baby" a bit more than others. 😁 Not this one! I have used and abused it.
What's crazy is that I have not yet felt the need to sharpen it! Hooray for S90V steel! The carbon fiber scales are tough too! Keeps the weight down into minuscule territory. This knife keeps bumping others out of their turn in my rotation. That is saying a lot considering that some of them are many times over the cost of this knife.
I am not a knife snob, or a brand fanboy, that would tell you that this knife, or that knife, is the "best ever made anywhere by anybody". But I will tell you that this knife deserves a try in your pocket and your hands. Then you decide what it's best uses are. As for me, I use it on everything and everywhere.
There is only one thing that I discovered about this knife that I slightly disliked: the pocket clip. It is fine and functionary but fails to live up to the design and feel of the rest of the knife. It feels cheaper than this knife deserves. But who cuts things with a pocket clip anyway!
I did upgrade my knife with, IMHO, a better clip. One that I got from BladeHQ that is made of carbon fiber. Looks better and feels better to me. And as a bonus is a little bit lighter. Too each his own. Here is the link to the pocket clip I bought to replace the factory clip.
http://www.bladehq.com/item--St-Clair-Designs-Slim-Carbon-Fiber--34797
Kudos to Benchmade on this knife!
