Benchmade Apparition disappointment...

mine is great, people have to understand it is not your basic AO knife. the spring bar doesn't open the knife until the blade is opened at least thirty percent. thats why it's "clunky", it's a safety feature. don't like it? it's removable. beautiful knife, it was the reason i purchased my first benchmade, an apparition. then i gave it away and bought the bk1 coated apparition with the olive drab micarta scales. sweet...
 
My Leek and BM912 both move out to about 20-30degrees before the AO engages....but before they engage, it doesn't feel like there's a handful of sand in the action like the Apparition. I went as far as asking if they had other ones in stock so I could check them out and find a good one. The owner of the store, who you would think would be eager to make a sale, said 'don't even bother, they're a design flaw and every one I've handled since they were released felt terrible'....and indeed it did.
 
All the people saying they kick so hard they nearly drop the knife. I don't see that at all! I know I've played around with one handed openers for years and sometimes forget how hard it is to open with a thumb stud, until I hand a friend my knife and they can't open it very easy, if at all one handed. I'd think if you are used to flicking a blade open this way the kick of the torsion bar shouldn't bother you. My Apparition shows no grittiness at all. I still can't believe we are talking about the same model! I guess mine is just one of the good ones.
 
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The 670 series Apparition has improved greatly since Benchmade released it.
You can tell the old ones from the newer ones easily--if it makes a "twang" noise (like a tuning fork) upon opening, you've got an original. The newer ones don't do that.
 
red96ta said:
If you're talking about the Benchmade 912, it's the D2
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I think you may have the stryker and apparition confused the 912 is the stryker and the 672 is the d2 apparition.

Edited to fix 672 i accidently misread it as 972 sorry.
 
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Red how does the leek compare to the 912?
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The BM812 is just a better knife....as you would expect from Benchmade, but the Leek is a great knife and it's much faster than the 912 on the AO. The Leek is the fastest AO I've ever handled....bottom line.
 
I bought one for the looks,but had the same problem with the AO.I sold it the next day.
 
red96ta said:
The BM812 is just a better knife....as you would expect from Benchmade, but the Leek is a great knife and it's much faster than the 912 on the AO. The Leek is the fastest AO I've ever handled....bottom line.
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Oh great now I have to Leek to see. The 912 I have is so fast I've got to see what something faster feels like. :)
 
From what I've read and been told by customer service from both Benchmade and Kershaw... it seems that Kershaw just got it right when it came to AO.. and everyone else I've talked to say that if I'm going to get an AO knife, that Kershaw is superior in that point.

I had my Leek for about a year before I actually broke the tortion bar(It was literally snapped in half when i took the knife apart.) Since then I recently put in a new bar(Not even 2 weeks ago) and it opens scary fast. I no longer carry it since I got my BM 930, but it does impress me how fast it really opens. Not having handled a BM AO knife I can't really compare the two, but I think it would be hard to beat the AO on the Leek.

Steven
 
My Blue Ti-Bump is very fast, plus it's got the flipper so you just touch it and wham she's open and ready for business!
 
JJPaul said:
Anyone know if the leek is the fastest of the kershaws?
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I have many different Kershaws, and I would say the Leek is the fastest.
Of the many different versions of the Leek, the TiZDP seems to have the
most speed with the Rainbow Leek coming in a very close 2nd.
(Good luck on finding a Ti version, they've been going for around $200 on the Bay)
When you flip it, there's no jolt, no shock, It's just open....smooth as butter. :thumbup:
 
jill jackson said:
I traded for one and I think it's a classy knife and the AO works just fine. Love the file work on the back spring and the solid bolster. The plastic imitation kudu horn is a little cheesy but it does have a nice grip.
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me too...i've only had mine for a little while, but love it..i have no problems...i guess it's just not for everyone
 
fastest ao kershaw is the chive, tiny frame lock, 2 inch blade, like lightning. I don't care much for the kershaws, i had a gryst, accidently cut through the plastic safety, never carried it again, had a nightwing or whatever, tip broke before i had a chance to do much with it, no safety on that one from the factory, and the thumbstud lock on the speed-bump? not very safe at all for such a sharp knife. i would say they all had very nice action though they just were not very good all around in my opinion. never had any of that sandy action either in my bm-670, just that initial push, then the TWANG as it tries to jump out of your hand, the optimizer rules.
 
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