I technically wasn't supposed to open the box until Christmas, but my 765 arrived today and I couldn't resist.
Wow what a gorgeous knife! Blade centering is 10/10 but there were slight issues with the grind. The grind is slightly asymmetrical toward the tip on one side, very minor, but the knife seemed to have a bit of a burr. I stropped it on a leather strop with some green compound and it quickly turned into shaving sharp, but I've never had to do that with any of my other Benchmade knives right out of the box.
All the reviews were correct about that sharp spot on the frame and the clip being too tight and inflexible. The sharp spot won't likely be an issue, at least the way I hold it in my hand, but when Benchmade found out about this they should have changed the design immediately. Same with the clip, which was a struggle to fit over the pocket fabric of my rather thin dress pants. I anticipated this and ordered a custom clip that hopefully arrives sooner than the estimated wait time, but again this should have been fixed. The detent is very strong; I've only played with this for a short time but it seems I either get a very satisfying and auto-assist like deployment... or I have to try again to get the blade out. Probably will get better with practice and more wear, this is after only 20 flicks or so.
The ornate thumbstud, chamfered lanyard hole, etc. are nice touches. Lefties might not be happy, but I like the non-ambidextrous layout, which keeps the presentation side very clean and minimizes holes. The jimping is a nice touch but if I want to get really nit-picky I'll say that the jimping on the spine isn't as clean as on my CRK Mnandi (i.e. if I look really closely the grooves show signs of machining and are not smooth).
Despite those two glaring issues (sharp spot and clip) I am very happy with my purchase, although maybe I wouldn't be as forgiving if I paid full price. The thing is, it is such a handsome knife with nice blade geometry that I can overlook the flaws, which are far from deal breakers to me, although I read a lot of reviews and knew what I was getting into before I ordered the knife. But again, Benchmade should make small design changes and not continue to make this model with these known issues; a knife shouldn't have a sharp spot like that on the handle and I shouldn't have to buy an aftermarket clip to wear the thing, especially at that MAP.
I see this knife getting a lot of use.