Benchmade/Emerson 975 S tools....

[Angelus1781]

Hello,

A friend has an old Benchmade/Emerson 975. the larger version with the stainless finish, or whatever you call the ats-34 finish. Short story, he lost it....found it again only its caked in surface rust but needs to take it apart in order to clean it properly. Its a really nice knife, something I would be working on now if I had one.

My question is, I noticed benchmade has a set of tools for their screws and such. Would the tool kit work on this model?


Its a very nice knife, and the funny thing is, even in its rusted knicked up state, it can still function as a knife.

 

[WT351]

Probably not. I just looked over my 970 and 975. The 975 has all allen wrench screws. The T9 Torx did fit both pivots though. I think a properly sized allen would also fit the pivot. My 975 had a mix of Torx and allen screws in the handle.

The clip screws on my 970 were phillips.

The Benchmade tool kit has a phillips and assorted Torx bits. I would recommend your friend take a close look at the actual handle screws. I think they will end up being very small allens.

The 970/975 came with three finishes: 1) Uncoated bead-blast, dull grey color, 2) Black teflon coating, 3) Titanium blade with carbide edge, duller grey in color with rough coating on backside edge of blade.

WT

 

[Patryn]

The best thing to do at this point would be to send it back into Benchmade to have them do a once over on it. They'll take it completely apart and make sure everything works correctly, fix what doesn't, and it will most likely work just like new.

 

[SIFU1A]

will BM still have parts for the 975??? seems like i heard they didnt somewhere are another..................