New Benchmades are in!

Alberta Ed said:
Well... I just don't like holes in blades... sorry.
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Nothing to be sorry about, whatever works best for you is what you should get. I personally prefer a Spyderhole for opening, but there are plenty out there more than happy with thumb studs and nail nicks to open their blades.
 
The axis lock is great and worthy of its own legend, but the lack of an axis lock shouldn't end interest in the other knives. I've tested my Gravitator liner lock and it worked fine (albeit mild testing--nothing hardcore...just a couple simple spinewhacks).

If you don't look at non-axis lock benchmades, you'll be missing out on some of their best knives. For those who don't have an axis lock yet, I'd say definitely get an axis first--it's great, it's very cool, fun, but you do get over the cool factor after awhile, and then you can start looking at conventional locks too.

I'm sure the Lum's liner lock will be fine, but if not, you'll certainly hear about it from myself. I've had liner locks from a lot of the big companies, all of them have worked great, but I've been most impressed with my recent Gravitator, which I've been bringing up constantly lately. The lockbar is massive, the lockup is perfect, everything's smooth and safe. Flawless execution in this one particular knife. That said, I recall being a bit disappointed in the Apparition's liner lock, just from glancing at it, but I've been meaning to take a second look and make sure I'm correct on it.
 
I really liked the original Ascent (w/ the round hole) and I may pick up a Pika II.
 
Joe Talmadge said:
You're mistaken! There was a large contingent of folks who felt liner locks were unreliable before any of the newer locks were invented, you've just forgotten the past sonny! :) The lock format is unreliable at any liner thickness. And in the past few years, a shocking number of Benchmade liner locks failed a light spine whack onto my knee, so I have good reason to have expectations already.
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That is true, and I remember those days, but they were much more accepted back in those days because you really didn't have too many one hand open and closers. Also, thinner liners were accepted as standard and everyone seemed happy with them until some pretty big folders with thin liners were released by production companies, especially the Boker/Brend, and the Outdoor edge Magna.
 
Another reason liner-locks were okay was because most folks were glad to have a knife that didn't close on their knuckles under light inadvertent pressure on the back. These days a knife must open smoothly with one hand and be able to withstand 5+ tons of pressure on the back and not show any ill effects.

The BM 800HS AFCK at one time was an awesome tactical knife, but is now an inadequate low tech folder with only a liner lock :rolleyes: Doesn't matter, I still like mine :)
 
Most liner and frame locks are fine, I think. There might be some that are weak, but when you're talking about Benchmade, Emerson, Spyderco, etc, these companies "have a general idea" of what they're doing..... it's what they do.

I like that new Snody Activator BM201!!!!!! If only they'd have offered it with the nice G10/Alum scales of the 210TK
 
I have an old afck with the liner lock. I beat that up pretty bad at a tool shop I worked for in a past life. Still locks up solid!
 
IMHO the 14440ALLY looks like something straight out of a mall ninja design shop. It is the junkiest and sloppiest design I've personally ever seen come out of Benchmade. It reminds me of something that Smith & Wesson would put out. Uck. :barf:
 
Noticed the 426-Couture. Sexy. Too bad it's a 1/1.

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Dejavooos look good to me, but I see some spyderco look alikes as IIIW&TIII pointed out with those pics. However I will be getting a lum, they are pretty nice.
 
Joe Talmadge said:
You're mistaken! There was a large contingent of folks who felt liner locks were unreliable before any of the newer locks were invented, you've just forgotten the past sonny! :) The lock format is unreliable at any liner thickness. And in the past few years, a shocking number of Benchmade liner locks failed a light spine whack onto my knee, so I have good reason to have expectations already.
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So I have have a question.
(I hope it doesn't sound smart-alecky, because it isn't.)

Why do you think that when this great company and top designer
teamed up, they decided on the liner lock out of all the locks they
could have chosen?

I think it's very curious that they did so, and would like to have the
thoughts of others on this...
 
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