Santa brought me something early this year! Since I've only had this knife for a few hours this will be my initial impressions of it.
Right out of the box the first thing I noticed was the grooved G10 scales. These things really give you a good stable grip because your hand sinks down into the dug out grooves of the G10. The next thing I looked at was the thumb studs. I was a little worried about the thumb studs being too close to the scales for easy opening because on my Grip the studs are higher. This turned out to be a non issue because 1. the grooves in the G10 are angled in and this allows better access to the studs 2. The studs are longer than the ones on the grip. I also like how much blade they stuffed in the scales. There isn't more room for even an extra 1/16 of blade when the knife is closed.
The blade on the Rift is a pretty cool shape. I'm digging the reverse tanto and the blade has a good thickness to it. This is my first knife in 154CM from Benchmade so I wasnt sure how sharp it would come. I tried to shave the hair off my arm and it kind of works but this blade will go to the Sharpmaker pretty soon. The last thing I notices was the liners on the knife. I thought it was all G10 but then I noticed it does have steel liners. The liner on this knife are a perfect match to the scales in shape and color.
I only have one complaint about the Rift...There is no Loctite on the pivot so I assume that means the rest of the screws don't have any either. I just don't understand why companies cant put Loctite on a over $100 blade. I'm not just crying about BM either! My Native4 came with none of the screws Loctited and in a week all of them were loose and starting to come out. KNIVES NEED LOCTITE!
Pic's. Enjoy!
Right out of the box the first thing I noticed was the grooved G10 scales. These things really give you a good stable grip because your hand sinks down into the dug out grooves of the G10. The next thing I looked at was the thumb studs. I was a little worried about the thumb studs being too close to the scales for easy opening because on my Grip the studs are higher. This turned out to be a non issue because 1. the grooves in the G10 are angled in and this allows better access to the studs 2. The studs are longer than the ones on the grip. I also like how much blade they stuffed in the scales. There isn't more room for even an extra 1/16 of blade when the knife is closed.
The blade on the Rift is a pretty cool shape. I'm digging the reverse tanto and the blade has a good thickness to it. This is my first knife in 154CM from Benchmade so I wasnt sure how sharp it would come. I tried to shave the hair off my arm and it kind of works but this blade will go to the Sharpmaker pretty soon. The last thing I notices was the liners on the knife. I thought it was all G10 but then I noticed it does have steel liners. The liner on this knife are a perfect match to the scales in shape and color.
I only have one complaint about the Rift...There is no Loctite on the pivot so I assume that means the rest of the screws don't have any either. I just don't understand why companies cant put Loctite on a over $100 blade. I'm not just crying about BM either! My Native4 came with none of the screws Loctited and in a week all of them were loose and starting to come out. KNIVES NEED LOCTITE!
Pic's. Enjoy!
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