Thanks for all the great pros and cons on both knives. I am a serious watch collector and it seems that knife collectors think the same way as watch collectors. When it comes to quality you have the standards, but it all comes down to personal taste. In watch collecting you have people who think Rolex is the KING of watches and you have people who think they are nothing but a status symbol with poor quality. I have always enjoyed knives and currently have about 10 knives, but the benchmade is my first "toy".
I say "toy" because lets face it, how many of us actually use expensive combat knives in "combat" or deep sea diving with a "navy seal tactical"? In the watch collecting forums, we go crazy over divers watches that are "used" by special forces and navy seals ! when in reality, navy seals are using whatever is cheap ! casio g-shocks... ha ha! Please, dont think I am making fun of anyone more then I am of myself ! I wear a Rolex Submainer and I dont even dive deeper then my bath tub !! You guys are nutts and I think it's contagious !! I killed a couple of envelopes with my Benchmade today !! Sorry, for making it long, but for the past 3 days I have been reading post here and on benchmade and find it funny how crazy we are about our "Toys", but I quess that's the difference between men and boys !!
Once again guys, thanks for all the responces and I hope they keep coming. I will keep learning from these forums because like watch collecting, if you dont know your stuff, you are doing to get stuck with a bunch of junk that some collector convinced you was GOLD !
Thanks,
Labtec
P.S. I love my Benchmade, but will probably still buy a Microtech just because I HAVE TO HAVE ONE !!!!! @#%T I'm infected !!!
[This message has been edited by labtec (edited 11-15-2000).]