Bugout in Afghanistan?

[sickpuppy1]

I actually have heard more of it on the 940 than others, which sucks more since it is kind of a grail knife in the Benchmade line. I have a mini grip in my pocket 5 days a week at work, used several times a day for almost 2 years now and never an issue except when it fell in a concrete soup hole (20" deep hole full of fresh concrete) for a few minutes. But even then, after it had a garden hose bath, air compressor and silicone lube (till I got home) and it was good to go.Hell, who knows,may be more luck of the draw on good spring or bad. A Spydie would be easier to disassemble too if it got full of sand. alot less parts to lose. I have a para 2. maix 2 and a carbon fiber Chaparral and like the all of them. Just dont care for the back lock part. I like one handed operation.

 

[Rhah]

It's also my opinion that something more sturdy than a bugout would be better suited for an all purpose edc knife (especially on deployment) [...] They feel flimsy to me.

I totally get what you mean, and in a sense it is my main concern, but on the other hand, I've seen a car drive over a Bugout and not leave a mark due to the flex in the handles, whereas I would imagine that the scales on a Griptilian would likely crack under similar conditions. That's why I feel like the flimsy nature of the Bugout can simultaneously make it more durable under certain circumstances.

 

[Lapedog]

I totally get what you mean, and in a sense it is my main concern, but on the other hand, I've seen a car drive over a Bugout and not leave a mark due to the flex in the handles, whereas I would imagine that the scales on a Griptilian would likely crack under similar conditions. That's why I feel like the flimsy nature of the Bugout can simultaneously make it more durable under certain circumstances.

Just make sure you loctite the body screws in if you get a bugout as they are extremely short shafted and if they back out a tiny bit they will be liable to fall out.

I actually have heard more of it on the 940 than others, which sucks more since it is kind of a grail knife in the Benchmade line. I have a mini grip in my pocket 5 days a week at work, used several times a day for almost 2 years now and never an issue except when it fell in a concrete soup hole (20" deep hole full of fresh concrete) for a few minutes. But even then, after it had a garden hose bath, air compressor and silicone lube (till I got home) and it was good to go.Hell, who knows,may be more luck of the draw on good spring or bad. A Spydie would be easier to disassemble too if it got full of sand. alot less parts to lose. I have a para 2. maix 2 and a carbon fiber Chaparral and like the all of them. Just dont care for the back lock part. I like one handed operation.

I carried my 940 on and off for about 5 years. It was never one of my most often carried knives though.

I do sometimes wonder how true the conventional wisdom that pulling the axis lock from both sides will help prevent omega spring breakage. I do anyway because I prefer to but I am not sure how much I believe it to make a difference.

To the original poster what about a Spyderco Para 3 liteweight? Those bugout thumbstuds might be pretty fiddly with gloves on.