Torx set of the BM Blue Box?

I bought a NICE Craftsman screwdriver/Torx set from Sears (red handle, about $19). What's nice, is if I ever twist or screw-up one of the bits, all I have to do is take it to Sears and get a replacement.
 
The Benchmade Blue Box contains a T-6, T-7, T-8, T-10, T15 and a small Phillips head bit. So far, it takes care of 99% of my folders.
 
I guess I should have mentioned that this 32 piece Craftsman Screwdriver Set includes:

Phillips;
#0, #1, #2, #3
Slotted;
3-4, 5-6, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12, 12-14
Torx;
T6, T7, T8, T10, T15, T20, T25.
Hex Recess Fractional;
5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 1/8, 9/64, 5/32, 3/16
Square Recess;
#1, #2, #3
Clutch;
5/32, 3/16

Plus 1/4 in. Square to 1/4 in. Hex adapter. A nice driver with a snap open bit storage compartment, and a rotating cap. The bits come in a nice rubber bit holder.
 
I got mine almost 2 years ago for under $10 bucks and have had no problems with it. I use it on most my knives and have voided the warranty on my Benchmades dozens of times over with it. :D

I've also used Craftsman torx drivers available at Sears, but the Blue Box is compact and easier to carry and the quality of the bits is good. Yeah, I'd say it's worth it.
 
The Blue Box is probably the one Benchmade thing that I've ever owned that I wouldn't recommend buying. They are perfectly fine if the screws aren't too tight, but mine have twisted out of shape when encountering tough screws.
 
I think I'll get a full set. I like real handles, not the plastic "box". I don't need a full set like glockman's. Any reccomendations?
 
Just wanted to add that the BM blue box does not live up to Benchmade's usual standards of quality. I would definitely recommend getting a quality set from Sears or the like.
 
ZENGHOST said:
The Blue Box is probably the one Benchmade thing that I've ever owned that I wouldn't recommend buying. They are perfectly fine if the screws aren't too tight, but mine have twisted out of shape when encountering tough screws.
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I've had the same experience. :barf:

Go fo a set from Wiha (http://www.wiha.com/) or Sears. :D
 
how hard is it to put back together a benchmade axis lock(griptilian) after you take it apart? i read the part of the warranty that says that you cant take it apart without voiding the warranty, and i wonder how i can clean it up very well if i get mud or pieces of fish meat and stuff down inside, without taking it apart.
thanks
 
Thanks, I'll pick up a Sears of equivalent. (hopefully ones that have a seperate handle)
DanMan, just void the warranty and pay for service later if it's that nasty.
 
DanMan4142 said:
how hard is it to put back together a benchmade axis lock(griptilian) after you take it apart?
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It took me months to do so on a consistent enough basis. Before that, I'd struggle, cuss, and hand it over to my wife and ask her to do it.
 
Do yourself the favor & goto Sears. My Benchmade Kit did the same thing that it has done to others....twisted! I also have the Sears set & I like it waaaaaay better than the B.M set. Of course, the cool thing about the B.M set is, you can take it with you (car, breifcase, etc) & it doesn't take up any room....for those, just in case times you need to fiddle with your knife & you need the few bits it offers....still, go w/ Sears. :)
 
I've stripped the T-5 from the BM box and a few from Snap-on, and the most recent was from MATCO Tools...

I think the problem isn't so much the tools (Snap-On and MATCO are top notch pro tools) but from manufactures using tiny screws and Loctite or similar thread cement. I'm now listening to some other folks, and heating the screws I want to remove. I use a soldering pencil, and haven't had any problems, nor any more stripped tools or stripped screw heads.

--dan
 
dano said:
I've stripped the T-5 from the BM box and a few from Snap-on, and the most recent was from MATCO Tools...

I think the problem isn't so much the tools (Snap-On and MATCO are top notch pro tools) but from manufactures using tiny screws and Loctite or similar thread cement. I'm now listening to some other folks, and heating the screws I want to remove. I use a soldering pencil, and haven't had any problems, nor any more stripped tools or stripped screw heads.

--dan
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EXACTLY!...It's that damn Loctite...I twisted one of those small single Torx-drivers before I figured that out...:(.
 
A few months ago someone on the forums here mentioned Home Depot, and some screwdrivers with double ended torx bits made by Husky for Home Depot, and very reasonable in price so I checked them out. There came in 2 styles with one being torx bits, and the other in combo slot, and phillips bits. Eash screwdriver being about the same size of the Wiha, and storage in the handle for 3 bits, and one in the driver itself for a total of 4 bits double ended with different size on each end. I bought a set( 1 each of torx, and 1 combo phillips/slot bits), and was very impressed with their strength, and flutes on the trox bits not twisting that I bought another set, so I have a set in the house, one in the car, and another set I picked up a week later for the back room in my house where I also work on knives.
These screwdrvers costs like $3.50 a piece, and in the 6-8 months I have owned/used them not one bit as broken or twisted. Although I also have 3 of the Benchmade kits, and some of the Sears screwdrives mentioned above I am more impressed with the quality, and strength of the Husky drivers I got from Home Depot.
I do not work for Home Depot nor have any relatives working there as like I said I got the info from right here on Bladeforums last summer.
Hope this helps for some who are looking for some excellent torx screwdrivers.
Just my .02 cents rounded off to a buck :D

Larry
 
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