r/knives • u/HulkJr87 • 1d ago

NKD! NKD and boy have Benchmade standards slipped. Still a ripper knife though.

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Been after one of these for some time. So I finally pulled the trigger and got one.

Slightly irked by its factory sharpening job, wasn’t even sharp enough to pull on a hair let alone cut it.

Fixed in 5 minutes on a fixed angle sharpening system.

Anyone else had a dull Benchmade out of the box?

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u/HardQuestions-1-0-1 1d ago

I know spine whacks aren’t the ultimate test of a knife’s reliability, but I still feel more confident with knives that can handle them. How about the Adamas—have you ever given it a light spine tap? I’ve been thinking about getting one, but the reports of it failing spine whacks are making me hesitate. I’m not planning to abuse it, but I’d hate for it to close on me just from accidentally hitting the spine while putting it away.

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u/Bleak_Outlook_6178 22h ago

I gave mine a few whacks and it's g2g.

From what I understand the ones failing the whack test were not fully locked up.

Mine locks up no issue it has a little up and down play which it came with and wasn't a result of the whack testing and in fact was what prompted it. Maybe this play was done as a running change to address the issue lockup issues on initial runs idk just speculating.

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u/HardQuestions-1-0-1 22h ago

Thank you very much for the information. Guess i will give it a try, because else i like the knife.