New 470-1 Emissary Unexpected Bonus!

[Rondel]

I just received my long awaited 470-1 Emissary, a perfect EDC! This is my James Bond Knife: Sexy good looking, very high quality, highly concealable, and deadly (heaven forbid). Kind of a luxury but I just had to have it! Got it out of the box and noticed a slight side to side blade play. I played with it for a day, opened it a couple hundred times. It will not deploy all the way to the lock if you open it about half way manually and release the blade. That is ok. I thought the deployment was perhaps a little slow compared to some videos I have watched. Manually moving the blade in and out felt a little grainy.

I LOOSENED the pivot screw about 1/8 - 1/4 of a turn and hit it with some Blue Lube. Feels less grainy, deploys faster and the blade play is COMPLETELY gone! I never thought that by loosening the pivot it would get rid of the play but it did. Guess it was a combination of the oil and loosening it, but what a bonus!

man I like this knife. It is little so now I have hit the streets and drum up some quick sharpening business so I can go snag a 477-1!!

Thanks for an awesome product Benchmade!

 

[Maddox knife]

I just got a emissary 477-1, had it like two weeks, I really love it. I have been babying it.. Always clipped to inside of poket and only used it a couple times. The finish is starting to come off in two or three edges. Yikes, now I'm worried. Anyone else have this problem? Need help, thx

 

[Rondel]

That's the aqua one right? That's anodized, should be pretty durable. The only problems I have had with anodized 6061 T6 aluminum finishes is dropping.