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My experience with D2 could have always been that the D2 I've used just wasn't as good as what is the general standard. I think that was the case of BD1 steel, which left a bad taste in my mouth. But either way I agree I wish Benchmade would offer M390 and M4 in the 707 as a regular market item instead of a sprint. Sprints just go too crazy on pricing for me personally. There are Paramilitaries I want for example, but I can't swallow the $600 for a S90V Para which is a $100 knife with a slightly different steel and handle. As the 710 is a workhorse more than a beauty queen, I don't think the price of the limited M390 and M4 models make it a possibility for most users; it doesn't for me personally
On the M390 and CPM-M4 710s, price on the M390 was about $150 and CPM-M4 was $170 originally from KW. Maybe on the upper end of what might be considered reasonable for a user but not insane. I got one of each; the CPM-M4 is still in its box but I broke out the edge pro, put a sick edge on the M390, and have been using it ever since. It dressed and skinned three whitetails in one morning with no problems at all last November. Backspacer replaced with barrel spacers, one of the smoothest BM's I own.
It's a heck of a user in that steel, all for what BM now wants for the D2 version.
