Watchya think about the 916 Triage?

[jwk8150@gmail.com]

Does anyone have any experience with the Benchmade 916 Triage? I think I am going to pick one up soon. The website says the materials are N680 blade steel, 440C safety cutter, and Textured G10 handles, full stainless steel liners, and a Carbide glass breaker. Sounds pretty good to me. Also any experience with N680 Steel?

Thanks and Keep Em' Sharp!

-Jwk8150

 

[Cereal_killer]

N680 (which isn't priproitary to BM and some other mfg's also use it) is very similar to spyderco's H1, its is a somewhat softer but almost completely stainless steel which requires very little maintainance but will need sharpened more than say 154CM or VG-10. I have no experience using it in a knife blade but I have a BlueLab water meter in our salt water tank and the sensor head's are fixed in a bracket made of N680. (I should mention, its very unlikely the bracket is hardened as a blade would be). But I'm sure there's lots of people who do have N680 knives that can better help you.

 

[PropThePolecat]

Plain edge H1 is quite softer than N680. Serrated H1 has a higher HRC than N680 though, because of the work hardening that happens when the serrations are ground.

 

[ibute21]

I got my cousin a 915 for his graduation and he carries it every day. He swears by it as a ranch hand. He's not a steel junkie but he definitely knows how to keep a knife sharp and I haven't heard any complaints about the knife from him.