Benchmade 970S CQC7 Spec War- SOLD.
see video:
[video]http://www.fototime.com/104146ACB34F3F1/convx264.mp4[/video]
Perfectly centered. Feels like it runs on bearings. Tight as a drum. Rock solid lockup in all directions. No lockstick and smooth as heck! Sharp!-No box or papers.
I am a Emerson fan and have had several. And honestly these early Benchmade/Emerson colaboration productions from are way better in every way than the Emerson factory production knives of today. And anyone who has owned one of these Benchmade Spec War 970/975 knows this. The knives are super easy and no grit when opening and closing. They lockbars are where they should be and don't have stick. The blades are centered and the finish on these are outstanding compared to Emerson production knives.
In 1994 the president of Benchmade Knives, Les DeAsis, approached Emerson to manufacture the CQC-6 on a larger scale as a factory production model.[14] Preferring to keep the CQC-6 as a custom-only knife, Emerson instead licensed a similar design of his, the CQC-7.
The Benchmade factory version was sold under the model name BM970 or BM975 depending on blade length. Other designations followed which denoted blade finish,[40] manual or automatic opening, or partially serrated blade.[14] The knife retained the profile of Emerson's custom piece in addition to the ATS-34 steel and the titanium liners.[41] However, on Benchmade's offering the titanium bolsters and micarta scales were replaced with G10 fiberglass scales, the slotted screws were replaced by Torx head screws, and the pocket clip was repositioned so that the knife could be carried in the pocket in a tip-down position.[1][41]
Despite these changes the knife was true to Emerson's original design, and even though it did not have the craftsmanship of a handmade piece of cutlery it satisfied customers with their own version of Emerson's work at a lower price point and without the five-year wait.
see video:
[video]http://www.fototime.com/104146ACB34F3F1/convx264.mp4[/video]
Perfectly centered. Feels like it runs on bearings. Tight as a drum. Rock solid lockup in all directions. No lockstick and smooth as heck! Sharp!-No box or papers.
I am a Emerson fan and have had several. And honestly these early Benchmade/Emerson colaboration productions from are way better in every way than the Emerson factory production knives of today. And anyone who has owned one of these Benchmade Spec War 970/975 knows this. The knives are super easy and no grit when opening and closing. They lockbars are where they should be and don't have stick. The blades are centered and the finish on these are outstanding compared to Emerson production knives.
In 1994 the president of Benchmade Knives, Les DeAsis, approached Emerson to manufacture the CQC-6 on a larger scale as a factory production model.[14] Preferring to keep the CQC-6 as a custom-only knife, Emerson instead licensed a similar design of his, the CQC-7.
The Benchmade factory version was sold under the model name BM970 or BM975 depending on blade length. Other designations followed which denoted blade finish,[40] manual or automatic opening, or partially serrated blade.[14] The knife retained the profile of Emerson's custom piece in addition to the ATS-34 steel and the titanium liners.[41] However, on Benchmade's offering the titanium bolsters and micarta scales were replaced with G10 fiberglass scales, the slotted screws were replaced by Torx head screws, and the pocket clip was repositioned so that the knife could be carried in the pocket in a tip-down position.[1][41]
Despite these changes the knife was true to Emerson's original design, and even though it did not have the craftsmanship of a handmade piece of cutlery it satisfied customers with their own version of Emerson's work at a lower price point and without the five-year wait.
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