Comparable to Adamas?

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Razamataz1976

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Hi everyone,

While I understand this is a benchmade forum I was wondering what the opinion of the sere2000 is compared to the adamas?

Are they about the same in terms of durability? Are the other knives you think are as durable as the adamas? I'm new to collecting and would love to try different knives out.

Thanks
 
The Adamas is larger and more robust in almost every way. As far as blade steel is concerned, D2 is known as one of the best "tough use" steels, and VG-10 can probably take a more refined edge.

If you're going to be wailing on the knife, the Adamas is almost in another league from the SERE2000. The Benchmade Contego is probably the only other folder that is as tough or tougher than the Adamas.
 
The Loco has the exact same robust build as the Adamas.
The Contego too has a robust build, though not it is not quite as beefy as the Loco or the Adamas is.
 
There are only a few knives that are comparible in overall strength to the Adamas. The Loco has a very similar build, the Contego is very strong but it's liners are MUCH thinner than the Admas and Loco which directly affects lock strength/liner deformation on impact hits (not that you use a knife for stupid things like that but i'm being specific here) The only knife i know that is easily as tough as the Adamas is the new Cold Steel SR1, i have used both and the SR1 is my #1 true overbuilt knife, and it actually cuts quite well for having even thicker stock than the Adamas, it has a decently high saber grind. Adamas/Contego/Loco/SR1 are all great. Some SR1 pictures below for you.
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Nice looking knife....while I know the lock is great I find the cold steel release on the back of the knife to be a pain in the rear for one handed use.

It's strange....I feel like the Adams has a weak point at the axis lock. Anyone ever have issue with it?
 
Razamataz1976 said:
Nice looking knife....while I know the lock is great I find the cold steel release on the back of the knife to be a pain in the rear for one handed use.

It's strange....I feel like the Adams has a weak point at the axis lock. Anyone ever have issue with it?
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Many of their new locks are much much smoother and easier to release, it differs on different models, the 4max and SR1 are so much easier to close one handed than some other previous models. As for the weakness in the axis lock you asked about, it's honestly a bit of a gamble. The Adamas and Loco have arguably the toughest version of the axis lock out of any benchmades since the liners that support them are so much thicker. Sharp sudden impact can possibly make the axis lock slip, but seriously in normal use and even some abuse you're not going to have an axis lock fail on the Adamas. Checkout this abuse tests of the Adamas and Contego, after it all there was some amount of vertical play in the Adamas because of the serious impact it took, but the liners held up dam well, no knife would be put through abuse like this. The Contego didn't make it in the lock department due to thinner liners, but keep in mind these tests are unrealistic in every day use. Enjoy

Same test with Contego and the liners failed making the lock fail.
 
Lol, yeah. That's the video that made me look into the adamas to begin with. It's my only concern with the lock.
 
Razamataz1976 said:
Lol, yeah. That's the video that made me look into the adamas to begin with. It's my only concern with the lock.
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Unless you hammer things with the spine of it, you wont have an issue. Your only option for zero lock worries is the Tri-ad lock from Cold Steel, but then you sacrifice some ease of opening/closing. Everything is a give and take unfortunately.
 
Cypress said:
The Benchmade Contego is probably the only other folder that is as tough or tougher than the Adamas.
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I've had three Benchmade Adamas folders. Wonderful knives. I have not even handled a Contego, but am interested in checking one out, due to your opinion. The model 275 is nearly two ounces heavier than the Contego, and I will readily attest to the quality of that folder. The Adamas is D2 blade-steel whereas the Contego is M4...both excellent choices.
 
Sonnydaze said:
I've had three Benchmade Adamas folders. Wonderful knives. I have not even handled a Contego, but am interested in checking one out, due to your opinion. The model 275 is nearly two ounces heavier than the Contego, and I will readily attest to the quality of that folder. The Adamas is D2 blade-steel whereas the Contego is M4...both excellent choices.
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While the Contego is a tough knife, structurally it's just not as tough as the Adamas, not really in the same league. The very thin liners are the reason for this, it ultimately determines how much abuse the axis lock can handle. Blade wise it's very tough and an overall awesome knife tho, still tougher than most, so don't let that put you off trying one. The Contego in M390 is one of my favorite knives.
 
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