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"Blue Wind Serenity" Forumite  |
What??
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It takes going through life's fires to temper us, helping reduce our internal stresses and making us more malleable and less brittle. It is tempting to do anything we can to avoid the intense heat that tempers us into tempered steel, but God gives us the courage to be ALL He needs us to be - no matter what! ~ friend of Joe Karp |
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The Un-Sheeple |
DJ let the first one go.....that's why I have one.
 ***************************************************************************** Isn't it time to give the 520 a super steel blade? |
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"Blue Wind Serenity" Forumite |
Ahhh cool!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It takes going through life's fires to temper us, helping reduce our internal stresses and making us more malleable and less brittle. It is tempting to do anything we can to avoid the intense heat that tempers us into tempered steel, but God gives us the courage to be ALL He needs us to be - no matter what! ~ friend of Joe Karp |
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Forumite |
Looking forward to picking up an Onslaught.
Jason #8 |
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Forumite |
Just any FYI - Roger has them back in stock for a killer price. Mine is in the mail...
I'm tempted to grind the swedge off the knife and give a pseudo-persian look... The <=6's: 3150, 530, 551BK-101, 552DLCM4, 615, 635, 690 The 7's: 707-901, 710D2, 710-1, 710DLC-1, 730-801, 732-01, 745, 790 The 8's: 800HSS, 806D2, 806-901, 812 serrated, 814, 8600BK The >=9's: 930, 941BC1 RED, 12800BK801, 13100, 1100 Damascus pen Customs: 525 ironwood, 670-701 snakewood, 710-801 CF, 730 amboyna burl, 806-901 CF |
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New Enthusiast |
The 641 was my most recent purchase. Man, I love this knife. It's the perfect large folder for me. The ergos are excellent. The design is smooth and elegant while also having an aggressive quality. Not much I can add, but it's a true slicer.
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Forumite |
Finally picked up a 741.
I like the handle and blade shape, but I do wish the blade were thicker. I showed mine to a few friends and they noticed the relative blade thinness, also. I guess one expects a beefy looking knife to have a thicker blade. |
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Forumite |
I also picked up a 741 recently and I LOVE the knife, I am curious to see if Benchmade will release a mini onslaught...
__________________________ 100 l 140 l 630BK l 635 l 705BT l 710BT l 710SBK D2 l 720BT l 720SBTSL l 741 l 760BK l 800 AFCK PE l 806SBK-901 l 812S l 905 l 940 l 970ST l 9100SBT l "Life is like the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime...." |
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The Un-Sheeple |
That would be my vote, a smaller version would be really great. Call it the 742 or something.
350, 520/Hybrid, 525LE, 525/Hybrid, 530-901, 580 Proto, 585-1, 635, 690BC1-CF, 710HS, 710D2, 710-801, 722, 722BT, 722S, 740, 741, 745, 750, 800, 806BK-901, 812, 830, 905, 907, 910, 910S Proto, 910SCG, 913, 943, 950-1, 14205, 14210, 15030-1. |
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New Enthusiast |
The blade is definitely thinner than what the trends have set lately for a larger folder. This isn't really a bad thing.
The 741's blade starts out at a respectable .121" or 3.07 mm. This is comparable to a Spyderco Police 3, which starts out at 3 mm (.118 mm) thick. The 710 has a slightly thinner blade at .115" or around 2.92 mm, but we're splitting hairs.  The grind angles likely vary between the much deeper width of the 741 versus a 710 but I don't have the tools to measure that.Many larger knives have relatively thick grinds. A Rukus has a .15" (3.8 mm) thick blade, and tapers less sharply to the point. Some people want to feel like a knife can be a multi-tool if they ever crash land in a remote wilderness. However, the 741's blade can cut through things a lot less resistance than the thicker grinds of a Rukus or ZT 0200. The large swedge of the 741 tapers almost to an edge and is quite large. I think this, coupled with the full flat grind creates the illusion of the blade being even thinner than it actually is. Either way, strength should be of little concern unless you're batoning or prying. Successful knives such as the Spyderco Military have been used in the field for many years with relatively thin tipped blades. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Hound, |
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