What BM to buy next

CBurgerjr said:
No....I just wanted to know what you didn't like about it..Do you like any other OSBORNE Design BM's or is the 670 the only BM you consider junk ?
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I don't like the design of the 670 plus, like I said, the fit and finish of the ones I have seen (and owned) were not very good. The scales didn't line up well, the liner lock was thin and not confidence inspiring, and the screws seemed like they were made of poor metal and stripped easily. I think it was when I was removing the assist open spring that a Philips head started to strip out. It may have been an allen or Torx because it has been awhile but I think it was a Philips because I thought it was strange on a Benchmade.

I like many Osborne designs. In fact the 950 Rift is my favorite knife, period. I have 6 of them. The 670's imitation horn, liner lock, and assisted opening just isn't Benchmades normal styling. I'm sure someone has to like it, but I'm not one of them and by the lack of interest in them around here, I don't think many other people like them much either.
 
I don't care for the Apparition either, the scales make me want to puke buckets of blood.

Well not really, I intensely dislike the feel and appearance.

I like how easily removable the assist spring is, very user friendly, but that's about the end of what I like about it.
 
FlaMtnBkr digs his 950 Rifts and I don't blame him. I can't afford one right now but man they look superb! :D
 
I love the axis assist on the Barrage. I agree w/ the earlier comment that the Valox (?) handles feel a little lighter and not-as-upscale, but still, the locking mechanism is awesome, and I think it's very good for the money.
 
If you don't have a 710 then get that, best ever. Or, how about a 940 series? THin and light but pricey.
 
I would say 943 or one of those Kulgera knives with the cool blue swirly handle scales. Me likey those!
 
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jmckenna said:
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This is one ugly knife.
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FlaMtnBkr said:
I don't like the design of the 670 plus, like I said, the fit and finish of the ones I have seen (and owned) were not very good. The scales didn't line up well, the liner lock was thin and not confidence inspiring, and the screws seemed like they were made of poor metal and stripped easily. I think it was when I was removing the assist open spring that a Philips head started to strip out. It may have been an allen or Torx because it has been awhile but I think it was a Philips because I thought it was strange on a Benchmade.

I like many Osborne designs. In fact the 950 Rift is my favorite knife, period. I have 6 of them. The 670's imitation horn, liner lock, and assisted opening just isn't Benchmades normal styling. I'm sure someone has to like it, but I'm not one of them and by the lack of interest in them around here, I don't think many other people like them much either.
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Just commented in another posting about the 670...

Nothing wrong with these knives, pretty decent design and fairly trick having an easy to remove or re-install hardened steel torsion bar, held in place by one very tiny torx head set screw.

Problem was with the bar installed and slightly off center, which was usually the case, since in contact with the tang and when flexing it rotated slightly, made for a frequently hard to open knife, and combined with a pointy opening stud made for a painful thumb-tip experience.

Solution? Remove the bar and adjust the pivot, if necessary and it became a decent locking liner.

One other thing in both the 670 and the later 672, the thinness of the lock was always in question. When fully engaged and locked against the tang the one 670 I owned was able to regularly disengage with spine whacks. Not good. On no other Benchmade, particularly the Axis models, have I been able to duplicate the ease of breaking the lock with a simple whack.

The next gen Nitrous models were superior in design, and now the assisted Axis versions, like the Barrage models, surpass even those.

BTW - the 670/672 is just about the only Osborne model I wouldn't want at least one of. The rest are good to go!
 
No problem here with the 670/672 - they are fine. Some 'whack tests' would break skeletonized fixed blade tangs - and are unrealistic, in my opinion, as to the suitability of a test for folders. I grew up with slippies - so I know how to use folders - and when to use fixed blades. These liner locks are 'acceptable' in their sturdy character. I prefer AXIS, lockback, and frame locks in descending order over liner locks. It's axiomatic at best - these knives are long gone now and only available from NOS in the odd B&M store - or from the secondary market - where it may have been 'whacked'!

I don't like recurves - or Tanto blades, either. Of course, I had to buy a 760 last year - after I fondled one. It's hard to explain... secure Ti framelock with an M4 steel blade - neat knife - and Bob Lum's Tanto is milder than most - I didn't notice it. Great hand feel - and cutting. My only complaints - and they are too mild to cause me to say good-bye to my 760BK LTi - are the Tanto edge - and the black coating - I like naked steel! My wife had just recently then given me a new 710 D2 - with that 'gentle' recurve. It is my most consistent EDC Benchmade. Great size and heft - super blade - until someone pointed out it's 'gentle' recurve - still love it, however. Highest reccomendation as a 'next' Benchmade, especially if you don't have an AXIS lock.

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