Benchmade 912D2

[John79]

I plan on ordering this blade within a week. I have heard Benchmade has been decreasing in quality. Tell me of this particular blade's quality. Any owners with experence care to speak up? How's the HT? Thanks for the help.

 

[Bayoublaster]

I've got the 913 (spearpoint version). I have one of the first production versions. All I did was tweak the pivot and have touched it up once on a Sharpmaker. I like it. I was having a bit of trouble bringing myself to use it since it is a first run but it gets in my EDC rotation.

 

[Skimo]

John, rumors abound, Benchmades QC has not declined, people say it has and present no proof, these people are called haters or trolls.

The Stryker is a great knife, the HT will vary(slightly) from batch to batch, BMs D2 won't let you down.

 

[Condition 1]

I have this sucker and is the most carried knife I own for a number of reasons.
First, once you get the AO broken in a bit with about 100 cycles of the blade it is smoothe as ice ice baby. It light and comfortable to carry. It never gets in my way in my pocket and it's a large blade 3.65+". The D2 Tanto is at an angle that does not create problems like standard more abrupt Tanto blades. The tip is a piercing machine. Super strong, and when sharp there is nothing gonna stop the blade. Lockup is tight. Benchmade does Linerlocks right. It's friendly (on the surface) to the general population. It's bad ass to anyone on the wrong side of you. It will never fray or rip up your pockets with it's G-10. It has open back construction. My favorite type.

D2 is tough stuff so once it get an edge, it keeps it. That is my opinion based on 1 year of use but only about 4 days of each week. I like to spread around the love with my other blades.
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