Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:27 am by Wheelman185
I sell upgraded ones.
Only real flaw are the pivots, washers, and spring latch. Most of the pivots are made of crap and aren't machined very well. Most are warped and could or could not cause problems flipping. They are also prone to stripping. Washers are pretty much the same story. The handle and blade material is excellent. They actually come quite sharp and hold a decent edge.
As with the rest of the clones they make overseas and they just lack consistancy when concerning detail. The gaps for the channel style handles can vary making it tough to just simply replace the parts. Sometimes a bit of extra filing and grinding are in order to achieve that tighter lockup of the true production ones.
The spring latch is hit or miss. Typically it's a miss. The stainless steel spring they use either isn't rigid enough, has too many coils, or both. The latch itself doesn't have the full UFO shape most of the time, and doesn't actually set in the recess they have for it to.
In the batches of them I typically order one in 4 didn't flip as good out of the box. Main problem being the pivots used were too warped.
They still flip nicely out of the box and Post Modifications, they flip better than Kimmies IMHO! Even the Twists! They are just better suited for rollovers than the Kimmies.
The production Benchmades still flip better, and I attribute that to all the "attention to detail" adding up. It's amazing how we take little stuff like that for granted.
(On another side note, none of the aformentioned flippers hold water to the BRS Alpha Beast!)
-Wheel
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