greenstuffs
Banned
Received this benchmade today, overall decent knife for the price, i wanted something to carry and use while being less intimidating than my Sebenza or XM-18 so I wanted to try this AXIS lock from benchmade (actually my first one with this kind of lock).
When choosing the knife i had the dilemma of carrying a full size folder or a smaller one, while i had come across the griptillian even the 710 or 705 however i discarded the griptillian for having a somewhat fat handle and the 710/705 for having narrow blade profiles. I wanted something like the blade of a griptillian and the handle of the 710 so the 707 looked pretty close to my likes.
The knife is good up for heavy duty real use, slight horizontal blade play. Nothing noticeable but it's there unlike higher end folders i guess you really pay for quality when you get up there. Played with the pivot screw to get rid of the play but got to a point where the blade becomes hard to open so i've left it to where i can still flick it open while having a minimum horizontal play. Locks solid no vertical play at all, but time will tell how well it holds up.
The blade has very nice profile, factory edge could slice paper but not able to shave hair. It went through few strokes at the sharpmaker at 30degree and through the leather strope and the knife becomes scary sharp typical of a 154cm blade.
Ergonomics are real good on this knife very slick lines and easy to handle. It's small and it's easy to carry Not the perfect knife however if you are not a perfectionist then this is the knife for you ready for use and abuse.
When choosing the knife i had the dilemma of carrying a full size folder or a smaller one, while i had come across the griptillian even the 710 or 705 however i discarded the griptillian for having a somewhat fat handle and the 710/705 for having narrow blade profiles. I wanted something like the blade of a griptillian and the handle of the 710 so the 707 looked pretty close to my likes.
The knife is good up for heavy duty real use, slight horizontal blade play. Nothing noticeable but it's there unlike higher end folders i guess you really pay for quality when you get up there. Played with the pivot screw to get rid of the play but got to a point where the blade becomes hard to open so i've left it to where i can still flick it open while having a minimum horizontal play. Locks solid no vertical play at all, but time will tell how well it holds up.
The blade has very nice profile, factory edge could slice paper but not able to shave hair. It went through few strokes at the sharpmaker at 30degree and through the leather strope and the knife becomes scary sharp typical of a 154cm blade.
Ergonomics are real good on this knife very slick lines and easy to handle. It's small and it's easy to carry Not the perfect knife however if you are not a perfectionist then this is the knife for you ready for use and abuse.
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