To each their own, I don't agree with our cool ranch (or maybe original red bag?) monk about Benchmades but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
The Benchmades I use regularly (two 707s, a 710 and a 950) only display noticeable blade play if I let the pivots loosen up over time and that's fixed easily enough by tightening them down a touch. The closest to wobble any of them displays is my main EDC 707, which I keep a touch loose for convenience (and even then it doesn't wobble noticeably, only when you really work at it).
Maybe you've just had bad luck, maybe we've just had good luck, whatever. Agree to disagree, I guess.
Original red bag all the way. :thumbup:
To be honest, it's been years since I've had Doritos. 
Don't tell anyone, though, I could get kicked out of the Order.
But yeah, I genuinely don't know why my experience has been so poor with Benchmade. It might just be bad luck to get three in a row that had some problem or another, because the company can clearly put out a lot of good products that other people are totally satisfied with.
Dorito Monk definitely has issues with Benchmade which is years old at this point. I can see if it was recent having a bad taste if you have terrible luck like he must have, but at this point it seems more like a vendetta against the company. He can't let a post go by about the AXIS lock without ripping on it with his couple knife experience. Yet a copy stolen design of Benchmade is the best thing since sliced bread. Pushing a stolen design that is a cheap knockoff as better than ANY of the real thing that he has ever handled (another 2 or 3 knives?) again seems like he has a vendetta or is on a smear campaign. Just the way it looks to someone who has seen this going on for years now.
I'm still curious why there are people with many dozens of AXIS lock knives and Benchmade makes tens of thousands of knives a year that most find nothing wrong with. They are all wrong? I can also find blade play in just about any folder. That is what happens when you break a knife in half and make it fold. But it isn't limited to AXIS locks, it is all locks. And it usually isn't enough to see or hear, it is a microscopic amount that can only be felt when wiggling and trying to find play. A small amount of play doesn't hurt anything, especially with the way an AXIS lock works. I would rather an AXIS lock that you can rattle back and forth, than a liner lock that has a small amount of noticeable play..
Cute. You whined at me in the last axis lock thread that came up, because you were angry that I insulted your favourite company, and now you've decided to follow me here? Looks like I'm not the only one with a 'vendetta' who 'can't let a post go by'.
Again, if you'd bothered to read the posts you take such grave exception to, I still own a Benchmade, which I bought a darn sight less than six months ago at this point. I have a Bradley that isn't all that old, either. My issues have been as recent as right this second. And yes, my experience with Benchmade is quite a lot more limited than some peoples' - I've only spent ~500$ on 3 of their products, while there are plenty of folks who brag about having owned some 200 Benchmades each and find them all flawless. I've been pretty open about that being the extent of my experience, and yeah, I'm pretty vocal about my displeasure. What are you expecting me to do, here? Follow the 'if-you-can't-say-anything-nice, don't-say-anything-at-all' rule, but only when it comes to Benchmade products?
Now, I don't ever go on rants whining about how all of those other Benchmade customers must be
wrong because their experience differs from mine - that's just out-and-out juvenile. Accusing
me of being wrong or having a 'vendetta' just because my opinion of Benchmade differs from yours is absolutely childish. Grow up.
If you just can't bear to see someone who's not impressed by your pet company, that's fine - you don't have to like it, you don't even have to believe me; you can ignore everything I say if you really feel like it. It is quite odd, and more than a little confusing, that you have decided to launch your own little 'smear campaign' as you put it against me, though; take time out of your day to follow me from thread to thread and either imply or outright accuse me of lying or of having some agenda.
Really? Is this your reaction whenever someone mentions their bad experiences with a brand you like, or am I just special? :barf:
If you want a knife that flips open and closed easily, there will be a good chance of play. You can't have both
Sure I can! I just have to use the Hogue Ex-01 instead. Or the Kershaw RAM. Or the Spyderco Manix 2. But I guess that's a different topic, entirely.
