Blitz 14460

[richardm99]

This 14460 has been my EDC for about 8 years now and has been subject to lots of hard work. The assisted opening system must be well past 20,000 uses and still opens as strong as the day it arrived. No blade play vertical or horizontal but the coating on the blade finally started to come off.

Why does this knife not form part of the regular line-up aside from the HK version? The lightweight and durable 'platform' for this knife makes it almost perfect for EDC.
Anyone else love this model as much as me? (Yes I want tip up carry too)

 

[richardm99]

Answered my own question there then....

"Because there is a lack of general interest in this knife"

 

[jkarp_53]

How fickle we are. The Blitz was the first real (Nitrous) assisted opener for Benchmade. The locking mechanism beat the pants off the Osborne 670/672 Optimizer and weighed half as much. Considering the re-branded HK version is still in the catalog after all these years means someone is still buying them. Richard, your knife has tons of life left. Advice? Send it to the factory for their LifeSharp service, and carry it for another eight years...!

 

[richardm99]

Thanks for the advice but these knives are a grey area in my country and I worry about never getting it back if I sent it in for the life sharp service. I am trying to go through a UK dealer to see if they can send it for me. I will just keep touching it up as necessary in the meantime, its razor sharp at the moment and will easily last another decade. I am going to try to buy another one to act as its eventual replacement, I just wish it was unbranded or benchmade branded.