bring back 710 or not poll

bring back 710 or don't poll

  • yes bring it back, and with steel choices and options

    Votes: 75 80.6%

  • don't bother

    Votes: 17 18.3%

  • to make poll a correct poll...other vote section

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Total voters
    93
jkarp_53 said:
NICE collection. Bet it took longer to find the 705's. Odd thing about the little brothers...very strong builds and great blades, but they weren't made in the same production numbers compared to the 710 series. They Are worth seeking as pieces of Benchmade's history.
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Thanks, Joe. The 705s didn't come easy at all. My first turned out to be combo-bladed/pre-production which I didn't even realize until after purchasing. I was so excited to find it, I pulled the trigger all but blindly. I got a nice satin plain bladed one from @-Corey- later and grabbed a user here last fall for a good price on the exchange. I pair that one up with my user and favorite 710 as a carry pair.

A couple Christmas's ago I found my middle son a 710BK plain edge and last summer was lucky to bump into a 705BK user on the benchmade.com forum that I could pass on to him to give his knife a little brother too.

I really wish they hadn't disco'd the 705 so fast, but I guess they weren't selling and felt the 707 Sequel would do better. That later knife has a great blade shape, but it's just doesn't fill the same niche for me. I picked up a pair of DOAT CFs that fit both 705s and 707s when I got by son's knife at the BM forum. They dress up that Sequel for me and it makes a nice little second carry in its own right.

--Steve

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One more vote for some future version...

...one more vote for that future version to have updates/modifications! -- Personally, I would like to see a slightly thicker and/or contoured handle. The strength of the 710 has always been its balance of pocket-ability with blade length and utility, but in-hand for any cutting task more demanding than slicing a watermelon in the park always left me wanting a more robust handle. Surely it's a "can't please 'em all" type issue.

My 710 was my second Benchmade. I traded it a couple years back for an AFOII to a buddy who was headed to CA for work and didn't want to take the auto. I've missed it often, but have never bothered to replace it; a modified version might sway me.
 
I voted for bringing it back, but since we're going there, there's a lot of love for bringing the AFCK back too.
 
Yes, bring this knife back. I don't know what BM was thinking when they disco'ed this model. This was in many ways BMs flagship axis folder. I don't know why you would disco this knife with the hopes of releasing a new model that will be as big a hit. If anything they should have done to the 710 what they did with the 940 and released several editions of it.

While we're at it let's bring back the Sequel and AFCK too. Come on BM. Or atleast just release an updated version like Spyderco did with the Paramilitary.
 
I'd like to see some scales with more traction. That's really my only complaint on the 710. Still, I carry mine daily. They should bring it back. Bring back the 806 AFCK too...
 
I don't know how people can say they have trouble sharpening such a gentle and shallow recurve blade, especially given the multitude of inexpensive as well as professional grade tools and equipment out there. The 710 has one of the softest curved blades ever, try sharpening a Kershaw Offset for comparison if you want hard to sharpen. It's all about technique, patience, and the right tools to get a hair splicing edge on the 710.
 
RevDevil said:
I don't know how people can say they have trouble sharpening such a gentle and shallow recurve blade, especially given the multitude of inexpensive as well as professional grade tools and equipment out there. The 710 has one of the softest curved blades ever, try sharpening a Kershaw Offset for comparison if you want hard to sharpen. It's all about technique, patience, and the right tools to get a hair splicing edge on the 710.
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Agreed. It barely qualifies as a recurve.
 
RevDevil said:
You of all people given your skill set knows this, there are at least a dozen wants to sharpen a recurve effectively that I know of and I'm not a pro sharpener.
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I tell people to just wrap sandpaper around a dowell for the dramatic recurves. You can also use ceramic or diamond rods, the edges of a bench stone, a car window, etc.

The process is no different than sharpening any other blade. You just want to narrow your patch of contact with the abrasive so that its able to follow the curve without biting into the steel too much at any point.

The 710 doesn't require any of that though if you're using any of the fixed angle systems. Most stones for fixed angle systems are narrow enough that the gentle curve doesn't pose a problem.

Recurves also cut better than just about anything else. It's a hawkbill with a belly!
 
RevDevil RevDevil ,

I wouldn't generally soil the thread with this, but you don't seem to be accepting PMs; if you have a Kershaw Offset I'd gladly sharpen it for free just to handle it.

I've never seen one in the wild, but love the wild blade shape. I'm interested too to see how the MIM'd blade behaves on a stone.
 
Pringles can, irrigation pipe in either 1"-2" sizes work great wrapped in 220 grit wet/dry sand paper, the 3M automotive brand is what I use.
 
T.L.E. Sharp said:
RevDevil RevDevil ,

I wouldn't generally soil the thread with this, but you don't seem to be accepting PMs; if you have a Kershaw Offset I'd gladly sharpen it for free just to handle it.

I've never seen one in the wild, but love the wild blade shape. I'm interested too to see how the MIM'd blade behaves on a stone.
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Dude, I wish I had one, it was the "White Whale" of all the Kershaws I wanted well one of many. I tried many times to buy one, but I was too slow. I did handle one and it was well worth the search and price of admission. If you ever get a chance, go for it.

Sorry for the off topic banter guys.
 
I find the best way to sharpen a recurve is to use the flat of a sharpmaker triangle rod free handed. The recurve will contact the flat at its two corners which will sweep along the inside of the radius of the recurve. It is easier to use the "flat" than the corner becaise two points contact the edge so it is easier to feel when the edge is laying flat against those two corners.

It seems counter intuitive to use the flat of the sharpmaker triangle rod but actually you are using the two corners of the flat at the same time rather than the flat itself. Look at the letter D. See how the flat rod that makes up the left side of the D contacts two points on the curve that make up the right side of the D? The concept is essentially the same only on a knife the curve is much more shallow and the corners of the flat of the rod are not touching the beginning and end of the curve at the same time.
 
T.L.E. Sharp said:
Yes, back on topic.

What is this hideous thing?
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Cancel that and bring back the 710.
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Omg is this a joke? That is what they are replacing their line up with? And they have the gall to raise their prices at the same time?

BM is going to start standing for B*tch Made if they aren't careful.

I like the BM Proxy though and will get one hopefully.
 
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With Hatch green chiles from the garden. Took this while the chicken was on the grill. 710 opened the bag of charcoal and pruned a few vines -nothing major. Just get a big old kick out of using it at any opportunity. Sweet folder.
 
RevDevil said:
I don't know how people can say they have trouble sharpening such a gentle and shallow recurve blade, especially given the multitude of inexpensive as well as professional grade tools and equipment out there. The 710 has one of the softest curved blades ever, try sharpening a Kershaw Offset for comparison if you want hard to sharpen. It's all about technique, patience, and the right tools to get a hair splicing edge on the 710.
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Literally just sharpened an offset haha
 
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