Is my month old Benchmade delaminating?

Take a honesteel to it. If it doesn't "clean up": send it back to the "Butterfly Home Planet".
 
Bill Siegle said:
I’ve seen steel sheets split like that before. Voids are the bane of the steel industry. Send it to Benchmade.
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ahhh....that makes sense. so its not dark marks its hollowed areas shadowed from a void...okay I'm following now, thanks Bill.
 
It's hard to tell from the pics what exactly it is.

It doesn’t look like a burr or wire edge.

If it is unremoved blade coating a few strokes on a stone should remove it. In this case, don't worry about it.

If it IS a split (not common but it can and does happen) its a bad one. Send it back in this case.
 
I wouldn't try to fix it. I'd send it back, so Benchmade can see exactly what it was like before you tried to fix it.
 
Wolijoe said:
I’m sorry I don’t know reference gangled up wire burr
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Do you have a strop? A few swipes on a strop will handle that pretty much immediately.

Honestly? That looks like you opened a box, and some gunk got stuck to the tape residue left on your blade. Try stropping it on your jeans, I bet that goes away.
 
Quiet said:
Do you have a strop? A few swipes on a strop will handle that pretty much immediately.

Honestly? That looks like you opened a box, and some gunk got stuck to the tape residue left on your blade. Try stropping it on your jeans, I bet that goes away.
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Saved me some typing. Agreed.
 
It looks to me like a sharpening procedure that was at a different angle from the original and part of the original bevel was left. Or rather, a burr wasn't formed, the sharpener didn't reach the apex....But honestly hard for me to tell from the pic..
 
Sibyrnes said:
Does any Benchmade have a "laminated" blade?
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Not sure I’m calling it correct. I understand that’s more of a Damascus thing because of. Layers…. Looks to be hollow with it being in the middle. By the time be made gets “ raw steel and then configured ( very over simplified) there is no later logical reason I can conceive with my limited metalergy
tokerblue said:
It looks like when they sharpened the knife, they didn't completely take off the coating at that part of the edge. It shouldn't have left the factory like that, but it's a cosmetic issue. If you sharpen the knife and follow the original factory angle, the leftover coating will come off.
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I’ve put edge on it (1000 and leather) twice. I think coating would be gone. ?
 
I'd be willing to bet that the edge moves if you flex it sideways on your thumbnail. Might be a void, might be bad heat treatment. It certainly looks like a crack to me.
Send it back, without doing anything else to it, so Benchmade can do a proper analysis. Might be a fluke, might be a QC issue that needs addressed.
 
Wolijoe said:
Not sure I’m calling it correct. I understand that’s more of a Damascus thing because of. Layers…. Looks to be hollow with it being in the middle. By the time be made gets “ raw steel and then configured ( very over simplified) there is no later logical reason I can conceive with my limited metalergy

I’ve put edge on it (1000 and leather) twice. I think coating would be gone. ?
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Bill Siegle said:
I’ve seen steel sheets split like that before. Voids are the bane of the steel industry. Send it to Benchmade.
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thank goodness. That is an answer that makes sense. I thought I was y only person seeing the void or hollow spot I think I called it.
 
Do you have a decent magnifying glass or anything to help get a closer view of it? If you’ve tried sharpening it a couple of times I’d think it would be gone by now if it was dirt or a blemish.

As others have said, voids can be a problem. If they get rolled out into a sheet it looks like a de-lamination you’d see in a layered steel. Some steels also do weird things if they get overheated so a problem during heat treat could possibly have caused it if it is a crack/void.
 
Got more pics of the overall knife? You bought it from a reputable dealer? Benchmade discontinued the D2 Adamas in 2020. It's not impossible that old stock is still around though at dealers.
 
Any chance you got a counterfeit? I can't tell from the pic, but if that is a void in the steel, just send it back.
 
This is the original adamas auto in D2? It’s a knife you bought used? A month ago? Post some better pictures because I’m seeing things that do not look right.
 
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