benchmade spring assist

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richiequan

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Anyone can help me on any information on the benchmade spring assist knive.

benchmade 670 apparition.

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What do you want to Know? I have one, paid $89 for it. It is nice but slow as assited openers go. You can remove the leaf spring so it is manual if you so desire......
 
looking in getting one.
Are they good knives, is there better with that price.
looking to add it to my EDC
 
I've got two, one being a limited edition. I like them as a knife. Good steel and although they may be slow AO, they're very smooth. I like the torsion bar set up.

For EDC, they're tip down which I don't like. I carried mine in IWB and the bright silver color was noticed too much, so I went back to a black knife for IWB. I still have the one paired up w/ my Ruger .45.

Short of it, I like 'em.
 
My room mate has one of the G10 Apparitions.

After handling with that one, I would DEFINATELY inspect before you buy. Benchmade may make it right when he sends it in, but as it came from the factory the blade contacts the leaf spring and was blunted after a few openings. Also the liner lock failed under mild spine wacks and I am actually able to push on the blade spine hard enough to make it fail with my bare hands.

I'm a huge Benchmade fan, but the one my room mate has is definately a lemon.
 
The one I have is great. Not problems as it came from the factory. The only thing that keeps me from carrying it more often is it is a bit heavy. People say it is slow, actually this is the first time that I have heard that, but it is much faster than my kershaw whirlwind. My apparition jumps in my hand when the blade opens. It is wicked fast, and wicked sharp. Oh, the pyramid thumb stud is more slippery and harder to push than the knurled one on my kershaw and I can see where someone may get carried away and push their thumb up onto the opened blade by accident, but I've never done it. I love mine, but it is a bit flashy compared to my minigrip that I carry most. Living as close as I do to NYC, I try to keep a low knife profile. They say that you can remove the spring to make it a nonassist opener, but the spring gives the tension that keeps the blade closed and removing it allows the blade to flop around. You may be able to get the blade to be secure by tightening the screw, but I've heard that it is difficult to hit that happy medium between ease of opening and security of pocket carry. As an assisted opener it is great. Go try one and decide for yourself. Oh, I paid just over $100 for mine at a gun shop in Austin, TX known for their exorbitant prices. Worth every penny. This is the knife that got me hooked on Benchmade.
 
As you see, there are mixed reviews here. For the price I think you can find a better knife. I have mine but I would not recomend it to anyone. The Cammillius Heat ( or Dominator) are better by far and the SOG FlashII with the metal handle is a winner.
 
Just to add on to my previous comment.

One thing the one my room mates apparition is not lacking is power in the spring assist.

It opens harder than any kershaw I've handled, and actually opens harder than my BM AFO, it nearly jumps out of the hand.
 
I have one. I really like the looks and the "Optimizer" AO. Mine is really fast and as someone earlier stated, it jumps in my hand. It is a little on the heavy side and that is the reason I don't EDC it on a regular basis. Still glad I bought it though.
 
I must have been blessed with a slow one as almost all my AOs are far faster than this BM. Only a few Bucks are as slow.......
 
I have the BM672 G10 Apparition. I tried the AO action out, but didn't feel any benefit from having the knife AO so I removed the spring bar. The knife opens quickly enough for me manually.

As a manual liner lock I have found the 672 to be a fine knife.
 
The new and old ones look very cool, but I've played with a few and found their lock alarmingly thin (this coming from a guy who believes liner lock thickness is of little importance). If I'm recalling it correctly, it's much thinner than most of the liners in my non liner/framelock knives that are just there for rigidity...like...a hair thickness kind of thing. I'll have to look at one again to see if I'm remembering it correctly...otherwise, cool knives...I like that you can remove the AO...big improvement on the knife. If only Kershaw would follow this plan.
 
I got mine for Christmas, I've open and closed it (with and without the optimiser bar) probably 1000 times since then, love the thing. I guess it's the limited edition one, file worked and all that, great knife. A little hefty when you're carried a mini grip or native for 2 years, but it feels great in the hand. I trust the liner lock, mine is solid.
 
I like Benchmade's concept , it is pretty bullet proof - doesn't seem slow to me . I like the ease with which the A/O function can be removed . IMHO , the best of the assisteds , I have the original , the new G10 versions would suit me better .

As always YMMV .

Chris
 
I looked at one and decided it was a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. My Mini Rukus practically opens itself, faster than the assist.
 
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