Benchmade 913D2 Nitrous Stryker, a possibly flawed design?

[ohmyheckinslc]

New Graham just shipped me a 913, and I was astonished by the fit and finish of the knife, how strongly it snapped open, the solid nature of its liner-lock, and the utter lack of any blade-play at all.

Sadly, upon closer inspection, I realized that when closed, the pin in the back of the knife that would ordinarily act as a blade-stop, to keep the sharpened edge from meeting with any of the spacers, is part of the nitrous spring mechanism, and as such, a fairly insignificant amount of pressure on the closed blade, pushes the edge into one of the spacers, and the edge, perhaps an inch down from the tip, becomes damaged. I believe this happens because the Nitrous "spring" flexes in both directions, which allows the blade to travel further into the handle than it should, when closed.

Have any of you guys noticed this with your Nitrous Strykers? Am I just lucky?

Anyway, this one's probably going back to the pharmacy.

 

[Smash05]

Call Benchmade. There is pressure in both directions but it should not over travel like that.

 

[mlot51]

There should be a smaller bar under the nitrous mechanism that is meant to be the blade stop. It sounds like yours may be missing or damaged? Check here:

Mechanisms

If you look at the nitrous diagram, there is a small pin between the primary (open) blade stop and the nitrous mechanism. Its easier to see with the knife open. That is the blade stop for the closed position.

 

[ohmyheckinslc]

It would be easier to tell from that picture if the knife were closed. Anyway, it may in fact be missing or damage. Hopefully this is simply a QC issue, and not a design flaw.