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After lot of research, i ordered benchmade 940-2 as replacement to my stolen griptilian ...despite anticipating a somewhat tiny knife, i was hoping strong performance from s30v.
The blade struggles to even slice through one small box of cardboard and immediately starts losing edge...i could not even slice box of eggs. i thought maybe its poor sharpening job, so used some honing steel....it did improve for a bit but i realized this blade is very short in it belly so it relies purely on super sharpness of s30v steel but seems like i was either given a used defective product because there are some signs of usage on this item and it was just not slicing smoothly even through paper
there's a scratch along g10 scale which i cannot remove even by using damp cloth:
the area around axis lock looks dirty as if been used by someone prior to boxing:
the pocket clip looks very oxidised which means this knife was either lying in storage for too long or used by someone exposed to outdoor and resold to me:
i do not expect this when paying $170 for a knife because at this price point to size ratio, this is essentially a premium product and not a utility product.
I bought this from ikon goods on amazon btw.
on the positive note...the axis lock on 940-2 was definitely much smoother than Griptilian.
anyway...i think i am gonna buy Griptilian 551-1 g10 ..despite the fact i hate the gray color scales.
now even considering if this is a defective product, i feel the blade is just too short for stable long strokes...i didnt have this problem at all with griptilian...griptilian screams to be used.
sorry for such a negative rant...benchmade otherwise is my fav brand as their customer service is amazing and griptilian changed my perception on pocket knives.
The blade struggles to even slice through one small box of cardboard and immediately starts losing edge...i could not even slice box of eggs. i thought maybe its poor sharpening job, so used some honing steel....it did improve for a bit but i realized this blade is very short in it belly so it relies purely on super sharpness of s30v steel but seems like i was either given a used defective product because there are some signs of usage on this item and it was just not slicing smoothly even through paper
there's a scratch along g10 scale which i cannot remove even by using damp cloth:
the area around axis lock looks dirty as if been used by someone prior to boxing:
the pocket clip looks very oxidised which means this knife was either lying in storage for too long or used by someone exposed to outdoor and resold to me:
i do not expect this when paying $170 for a knife because at this price point to size ratio, this is essentially a premium product and not a utility product.
I bought this from ikon goods on amazon btw.
on the positive note...the axis lock on 940-2 was definitely much smoother than Griptilian.
anyway...i think i am gonna buy Griptilian 551-1 g10 ..despite the fact i hate the gray color scales.
now even considering if this is a defective product, i feel the blade is just too short for stable long strokes...i didnt have this problem at all with griptilian...griptilian screams to be used.
sorry for such a negative rant...benchmade otherwise is my fav brand as their customer service is amazing and griptilian changed my perception on pocket knives.
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