I'm in the same boat as you kind of, only I'm waiting for GPknives to get back to me about the coating on the blade of the 710s they offer. They are only there Tuesday-Saturday I guess so my email probably won't be answered until tomorrow, but as soon as it is, I'm buying a 710 and Benchmite for my mom. I'll be sure to come back and post some picture of them when they get here.