BJE
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Quoted for posterities sakeSame but the freak was in my pocket and readily available

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Quoted for posterities sakeSame but the freak was in my pocket and readily available
What were they, specifically? I have a couple of M4 Benchmades and the heat treat is great. They screwed up by running 3V too soft in early Bailouts but that is the only issue I have seen.My experience with Benchmade heat treatment has been universally disappointing. With my admittedly tiny sample size of four.
I was never impressed with their s30v, but their m4 is supposed to be better. Anyhow I'm suspicious you had a burr, anytime I've had an edge fail on me lately it's a burr folding. Or I cut something just dumb like fiberglass insulation. If you'd said it was just dull I'd think it's possible the mulch had some dirt and just worn the edge down naturally, but a roll on a harder tool steel makes me think a burrI have a benchmade freak in m4 and I am really disappointed in the edge retention. I opened a few bags of black mulch yesterday (about 10) and the edge came out dull and rolled in a spot. All it was cutting through was plastic and running against wood mulch. Very surprised how much it degraded after such a simple task. Anyone else have an issue. Possible that I got a soft batch of steel?