Re: Benchmade 755 - Any comments?
Thedoc007, I don't want to think of the money this place has cost me. Now that you're getting your first Benchmade Axis knives, you're doomed. I predict you'll have some variety of Griptillian by the end of the year.
By the way, you can find some pretty nice third party Titanium deep carry clips online. I'm slowly upgrading most of my Benchmades.
The 581 is a great knife with a great steel. There's a link on Benchmade's 581 page to a great article on this knife. I have the 580 and it has the most powerful spring assist I've ever seen. Even holding the blade back until just before lockup and slowly letting go, the spring will push the blade the rest of the way to lock, no momentum needed.
I think you'll love the 940. It's one of the few knives on the market that can be called 'legendary' without a hint of exaggeration. As I said, I wasn't too impressed by the looks of the knife but the functionality won me over. While I dislike tanto blades due to so much wear on a tiny point of the blade and the extra steps required for sharpening, the reverse tanto design has really impressed me with its ability to keep a lot of strength up near the point of the blade. This is really a surprisingly tough knife despite its light weight.
The pivot may need to be adjusted, but I don't recall any Axis or other flipper design that didn't need a bit of fine tuning. Once i get the pivot screw exactly where I want I use a bit of blue Locktite to keep it there.
I'm glad the Cuttlery Shoppe link helped. Very nice folks over there, and my go to place for Benchmade knives. I called to be put on the waiting list for a Volli and wound up getting their last numbered first production series.
Are you still exploring what's out there?
Mark