I sent my BM 710 Back.

[Bladeswinger]

Benchmade should receive my 710 in 2 days. Hopefully they can replace it with another one. The action was nothing compared to my AFCK axis, the 710 was very rough, tight, and the axis was even tight. I tried loosening the tang pin and adding Militech 1 and still no difference. Well, needless to say I will be in morning till the new one arrives . Well thanx for listening y'all I just needed a shoulder .

 

[holdanedge]

it should be well known by now that benchmades quality control stinks. if they got them all the same and good they would be great. not everyone want's a seb and the benchmades offer a lot more variety. plus the axis lock is said by many(including myself) to be the best. it is a shame that 6 out of 10 bm's need to get sent back. for this reason i never mail order them. i must hand pick them.
but, if you get a good one it's a keeper!


holdanedge.

 

[Rev. Pete]

I hope they actually send you a good one instead of trying to fix the one that is not to your satisfaction. Please let us know how it works out. I have a few Benchmades and I thought the quality was quite good. Perhaps I have just been lucky. Then again, I did get a new one that had a chip in the blade .

 

[Patryn]

I have 12 BM's so far with 3 more in the mail. Some of mine are not as smooth as others, but it's not something I consider a problem. I've played with one of the tighter one for a while. A little Militec1, repeated opening. Repeat. After a little while it was getting smoother already (2 hours maybe). If I'd do that over a period of a week, I have every bit of confidence that it would be as smooth as all the others. So to me it's just a matter of "breaking it in" so to speak.

 

[knifenerd]

BM's customer service is excellent. I'm sure they will either replace it or make it right for you. Let us know the bottom line.