Joe_Karp
Newly Enlightened
Right now my favorite Benchmade is the 730-1202 in M390. Here's a couple of pics:
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
After losing some of my favorite Benchmades to theft my new favorite is the 580 and I'm really enjoying the blade shape. Took out the assist mechanism and it's a great all-arounder.
I'm actually liking the blade more than I thought that I would, with it being a lot straighter than most anything I've carried before now.+ 1 to this. I have the 581 Barrage, and I love it. It feels great in the hand - not a plastic thing, it has some heft to it. Definitely my favorite knife for now...
Did you take out the spring or are you going to leave it in?
The nice thing about taking out the spring is that you can open it just as fast as with the assist, but also close it one-handed and just as quickly as you opened it. To reverse, just put the spring back in, although I never will.I'm planning on acquiring a 940 next - until I get that and use it for a bit, I'm not making any changes to my 581. I don't mind a slow close - as long as I can get it open fast, I'm happy for now, and I do like the action on the assisted opening. The option is on the table though, for later. We'll see.
I bought my Barrage here in the MarketPlace a couple months ago to replace my beloved Presidio's, but don't think I'll be going back.I would go with the benchmade barrage. After having this for a while, I would not go back to anything else Assisted opening and has a saftey lock on it just in case!