Got all excited for my mail call today but not sure if I got a lemon. I opened up my 781 and immediately noticed blade play was awful come to notice pivot screw had no thread locker and was about to fall out. After tightening it with some blue lock tight one problem fixed zero blade play blade moves freely. Next thing I noticed is the action it’s on bearings incapsulated in plastic has a very gritty feeling if opened slowly. Is this normal and if so has anyone found a fix for this. I love the looks of the knife, but for the price range of reeve or hinder I’m disappointed in the quality
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Benchmade Benchmade 781
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