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Accelerator said:
It sounds like you are disenchanted with Benchmade's lack of finishing on their spines, I sir, am disenchanted with your lack of paragraph spacing and poor use of grammar.
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unvisible805 said:
lol! ba-zing!
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Gentlemen, the original poster asked a legitimate question on a manufacturer's forum about that manufacturer's knives.

Please don't divert the discussion from knives to personalities.
 
I like the way it looks kind of like the grains in wood first noticed it on my 630 thats actually one of my favorite spine finishes of all.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Gentlemen, the original poster asked a legitimate question on a manufacturer's forum about that manufacturer's knives.

Please don't divert the discussion from knives to personalities.
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Thank you for taking time. i feel like the only knife collecter in the world who isnt wanted in the knife community because of other people being allowed to ask questions and have opinions but immysteriously not.
 
Legenda said:
Mines ground like that too. I think it looks good. It's normal.
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sigh ok. well i guess im the only one then. but its probably because ive made knives before and am overly critical and the coarser grits are never considered acceptable by anyone as an edge or blade finish... untill now... but at least i know now if i have some knives with 36 grit grand canyons down the blade they have a chance of selling. i guess it just come down to my eyes seeing them as unfinished and others not so uch. question resolved i guess
 
Professor said:
I didn't mean to come off like a total smarta$$. I actually think I know what you're referring to. BM can perhaps chime in to clarify, but I recall the liner edges (both ti and stainless) on my AFCK's, CQC7's, and even '99-era 710's and 705's being far rougher than on current liners. My guess was that this may have been the result of switching from waterjet cutting of liners to laser cutting. Either that, or a finishing technique that is involved currently that makes for smoother edges. Now that I think about it, I think even the flats of the liners are now stonewashed as opposed to being satin-finished back in the day.

Are your knives older-production?

Either way, I was never too bothered with the rougher liner edge finishing. If yours are that rough, and they've still got the parts, I'm sure they'll make it right. Sorry that you're having this issue, and to an extent I understand your frustration.

Prof.
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i discovered benchmade existed about 2010 so no theyre newer. i have the capability to machine them how i want when i get access to my tools again, i just wasnt sure if i was alone in the finish opinion which is apparantly blasphemy
 
goodshepherdknives said:
i discovered benchmade existed about 2010 so no theyre newer. i have the capability to machine them how i want when i get access to my tools again, i just wasnt sure if i was alone in the finish opinion which is apparantly blasphemy
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Your opine isn't blasphemy last time I checked.

Actually it's refreshing because you see something in the details that another won't even notice. As said in the thread I own a lot of these things and never had an issue with the grind work on the spine. Only real problem I ever had was with a poorly made Chinese Pika II. On that knife you could clearly see the ripple on the spine from the grind work and it was terrible, yes IMO very amateur.

Now that being said I took my 710's out of the safe and looked at them closely. While I really do like the rounded spine on my limited 710-1 and the polished liners, I also have no problem with a 710 I bought this past July on vacation in Alaska. Then I took out a NIB 710 from the 90's in ATS-34. While it did have a smoother finish it still doesn't bother me that the new one has more texture. That's how it came out of the box and I've learned to appreciate the differences between them all.

So; you're not the only person to notice something that bothers you about the looks of a production knife, and I know there are guys that wouldn't hesitate to make that 120 grit look smoother with the right tools. So again I actually appreciate your concern about this; it Did make me look at my knives with a new appreciation, and I would thank you for your post as a result! :thumbup:
 
I agree with Joe on this.

Your opinion isn't blasphemy and your entitled to it no doubt. You wanted to provide feedback to the company and see if others agreed with you. I see nothing wrong with that, nor should there be. Sorry if you were made to feel otherwise.

To answer your question or provide feedback of my own. I also took out my BM's and took a closer look at the spines and to tell you the truth can't see any problem or take any issue with the finish. Although the vast majority of my BM's are coated blades, even the ones that aren't are for the most part pretty smooth. But the one's with a slightly rougher finish, well, I still like it and it doesn't bother me at all.

My BM's range from models I got in the early to mid 90's (AKCK's - Strykers) to present (several Contego's) and plenty in between. Like I said, the finishes on the spines are fine with mebut to be fair, I never really looked at them that closely until I read this thread.
 
In the course of re-profiling the edge of my Adamas to give it a slightly more acute angle, the BK coating began feathering back, revealing what to my eye look like milling marks. I happen to appreciate industrial art and like this look.

The spine of my other BM has a grainy appearance which again I sort of like for that knife. I attributed it to stacked passes with a laser or a coarse sanding finish. Being a blue class kind of guy, I expect the bulk of my monetary investment to be put towards function more so than fit & finish, however I neither expect a crappy looking knife at that level of expense, nor do I think my knives look cheap and un-finished.
 
jkarp_53 said:
Your opine isn't blasphemy last time I checked.

Actually it's refreshing because you see something in the details that another won't even notice. As said in the thread I own a lot of these things and never had an issue with the grind work on the spine. Only real problem I ever had was with a poorly made Chinese Pika II. On that knife you could clearly see the ripple on the spine from the grind work and it was terrible, yes IMO very amateur.

Now that being said I took my 710's out of the safe and looked at them closely. While I really do like the rounded spine on my limited 710-1 and the polished liners, I also have no problem with a 710 I bought this past July on vacation in Alaska. Then I took out a NIB 710 from the 90's in ATS-34. While it did have a smoother finish it still doesn't bother me that the new one has more texture. That's how it came out of the box and I've learned to appreciate the differences between them all.

So; you're not the only person to notice something that bothers you about the looks of a production knife, and I know there are guys that wouldn't hesitate to make that 120 grit look smoother with the right tools. So again I actually appreciate your concern about this; it Did make me look at my knives with a new appreciation, and I would thank you for your post as a result! :thumbup:
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thank you for taking the time to add something positive to this thread. its refreshingly unusual to know i can have an opinion.
 
goodshepherdknives said:
Hello, i too have also have had very good experience with benchmade customer service, actually probably the best ive experienced to far. i didnt know if anyone else had the same problem i did, and some of my knives are discontinued like all benchmades seem to be within a year or so, so i am kind of worried about not getting some knives back even if its a stupid worry its still kind of there.
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Just wanted to say no worries about getting your knife/knives back.

A few years ago I sent in an old 831s Ascent. BM couldn't fix it do to no parts/discontinued. So about 10 days after I sent it in I got it back in a box with a note stating they couldn't fix and they sharpened it for me and sent me brand new griptilian free. The note said because of the parts issue they could no longer warranty it but they returned it.

So sorry your having a bad experience, hopefully they can take care of you and give you satisfaction.

Best of luck!
 
goodshepherdknives said:
sigh ok. well i guess im the only one then. but its probably because ive made knives before and am overly critical and the coarser grits are never considered acceptable by anyone as an edge or blade finish... untill now... but at least i know now if i have some knives with 36 grit grand canyons down the blade they have a chance of selling. i guess it just come down to my eyes seeing them as unfinished and others not so uch. question resolved i guess
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i agree with your post, so you're not the only one. i won't stop buying BM because of it tho. I suspect over the years BM has learned this is not a differentiator to most buyers.
 
This is the finish on a $400 knife of mine. I'm perfectly happy with it.

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I think being upset with the finish on the back of the blade to the point of asking for their customer service on a forum is a little silly. If it really upsets you, keep calling their CS, I doubt going to a forum will do any good.
 
I love pretty much everything about my new custom Griptilian except for the finish. It's the same ugly gray brush finish you see on $25 Kershaws. I just think it's really ugly and cheap, and at the price point, I would like to see a bright, lustrous satin finish.
 
Kwon Kwang said:
I love pretty much everything about my new custom Griptilian except for the finish. It's the same ugly gray brush finish you see on $25 Kershaws. I just think it's really ugly and cheap, and at the price point, I would like to see a bright, lustrous satin finish.
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Custom griptilian? Not the Gold class but the "create your own" grip on benchmade's website?
 
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