Start Saving the Money Benchmade Fans!

(Not directed at anyone personally) But it seems there's never a lack of people who have something negitive to say about Benchmade knives around here. -I think that's probably due to the plethora of Spyderco zombies lurking around these parts. Oh well.
As for me, I'll have a 741 and MPR as soon as I can. The 740 is listed at under 4 oz. too. Pretty inpressive for a knife of that size. I also would not mind giving thier new butterfly knife a try sometime.
 
(-I think that's probably due to the plethora of Spyderco zombies lurking around these parts. Oh well.)
I second that .
 
Siggyhk said:
(Not directed at anyone personally) But it seems there's never a lack of people who have something negitive to say about Benchmade knives around here.
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lol I think you're just being a loser :p

Seriously, no one is bashing BM. People are simply stating that they don't care for AO or recurves. I don't see how that's "saying something negitive" about BM; it's a statement of the design. If Spyderco started putting out AOs, the Spydie folks would be turned off, too (they even said so in a thread).
 
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I based my statment on this thread and others.

I don't care for AO knives either. But I wouldn't dismiss an otherwise good knife becasue of that. However, I guess some people just don't feel like, or want to deal with, taking the time to diable the feature. Then again, maybe it's just losers like me that have time to handle major projects like that.
 
3Guardsmen said:
That's not the steel Benchmade's using for their new dive knife, Gator. They're using N680 for their new folding dive knife, which strangely enough, has even more carbon then the X15TN they were using previously.:confused:
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Interesting. Never heard of that one. I'll add to the chart. Thanks for pointing it out for me.
 
Gator97 said:
I'm just curious, what's so bad with AO, especially that it can be disabled in most of the cases?
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Its a useless gimmick for most people. Its just more parts that can break. I can open my knives plenty fast , and dont need some spring to help me. Plus they are trouble in the eye of the law. Not a feature id pay for. In fact, i find them dangerous as they can pop open in the pocket, or have with my personal experience.
 
Siggyhk said:
(Not directed at anyone personally) But it seems there's never a lack of people who have something negitive to say about Benchmade knives around here. -I think that's probably due to the plethora of Spyderco zombies lurking around these parts. Oh well.
As for me, I'll have a 741 and MPR as soon as I can. The 740 is listed at under 4 oz. too. Pretty inpressive for a knife of that size. I also would not mind giving thier new butterfly knife a try sometime.
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I love BM, I just havent liked their offerings in the past couple years.
 
I'd have to agree with most ppl, that the knife itself is a work of art, but I've fallen off the AO bandwagon, much rather have a manual knife. especially in a frame lock.
 
Thalestin said:
I love BM, I just havent liked their offerings in the past couple years.
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Same here. I don't particularly like A/O knives, but if their new knives were really attractive to me, I'd buy it anyway.

Again, apologies to people who really like the looks of the knife.
 
Siggyhk said:
I based my statment on this thread and others.

I don't care for AO knives either. But I wouldn't dismiss an otherwise good knife becasue of that. However, I guess some people just don't feel like, or want to deal with, taking the time to diable the feature. Then again, maybe it's just losers like me that have time to handle major projects like that.
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Sometimes you can't disable the AO because the blade is held closed by the AO mechanism. Especially in liner/frame locks the ball detent will be omitted which means the blade can just fall open.

Just a heads up in case you didn't know.
 
Actually, Benchmade doesn't remove the detent from their liner lock AO's. I've converted Nitrous assist pieces to manual for customers before by just taking the cross pin out of the spring arms. Worked like a regular manual. ;)
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
Sometimes you can't disable the AO because the blade is held closed by the AO mechanism. Especially in liner/frame locks the ball detent will be omitted which means the blade can just fall open.

Just a heads up in case you didn't know.
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Darn It. I do like the framelock and Titanium and design. Not as sure I want a high end knife with a assist that has been problematic in other knifes.
 
I love both the new knives, unfortunately they're both over the legal blade limit for my state. Seems typical for BM products though, they love their 4" blades...
 
Flatlander1963 said:
Right in the middle of loving on my new 710D2, I run into this on pre-order status at one of the big internet retailers. A Titanium framelock Assisted 3 3/4 clip point in S30V for $204. I'm amazed, how about you guys?

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Description
BM790: Benchmade Subrosa Lerch Design 3.76" Drop Point Plain Edge Blade
Benchmade

Benchmade's first assisted titanium monolock is sure to fit naturally in the palm like an extension of your own hand. The Subrosa has a nitrous assisted mono-lock and a clip point blade with a thumbstud opener. The S30V premium stainless steel blade has a 58-60HRC and machined titanium handles with a steel carry-clip.

Features
Thumb-stud opener
Nitrous assist mono-lock
Clip point blade
Country of origin: USA
Specifications
Blade Length: 3.76" (9.55cm)
Blade Thickness: 0.125" (3.175mm)
Open: 8.40" (21.33cm)
Closed: 4.64" (11.78cm)
Weight: 3.80oz. (112.37g)
Handle Thickness: 0.41" (10.41mm)
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Great materials and nice looking design, but it's a shame that there's no tip up option. :(
 
Just in thinking about this, AO might be nice for underwater blade deployment. I would guess this is the only reason BM decided to include it as a feature.

Other than that, I don't carry or use AOs or autos for anything except opening letters and playing around.

I would perhaps get this knife for the sailboat or for my slot canyon hikes.
 
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