Hey Falcon,
I, too, think my local dealer's talking about me. I just found them about a month ago and so far I've both 6 BM's from them. Started off with a NIB 975. Last week, I found that they had the pre-production 705s, one of the "1 of 1000" Pinnacle's, a pre-production 880, and the new, smaller version of the Nimravus. Anway, the 705s left in my pocket and saw action on a canoe trip this weekend.
Being new, the action was tight, but after a few days of flicking it loosened up nicely. It can be closed one-handed now just like it's big brother. During the trip, it got wet within 1 minute of being on the water. I decided to try a kayak for the first time. Ended up wet three times, all the first day, first hour. My buddies got a kick out of it, but all I could think of was how the knives would survive (710 and 705s were on tethers and in my pockets). Dummy me didn't bring any gun scrubber or Break Free, so the internals of the knife stayed wet for 3 days. I hadn't even put my Tuf-Cloth on it yet. I could even hear some grinding from the limestone that abounds at the river. No worries though - it cleaned up nicely once I got home.
This is a great addition to BM's AxisLock line. (The size of the 710 made it a little too big around work - aren't politics great!?!?!) The factory edge is excellent on the 705s. No blade wabble. The clip was easily moved for lefthanded use (has #8 Torx screws rather than the #7's on the 710 I have).
The 705 is, IMNSHO, the perfect daily utility knife. I just can't wait for the production of plain edges to run so that I can retire my pre-production one. I've heard rumors of August, so I'll be at my dealer's quite a bit. He probably won't mind though. I can't seem to leave his full line of BM's without giving at least one a new home!
Forget what the dealer thinks and go get it before someone else does!
Ray
[This message has been edited by Codeman (edited 18 May 1999).]
