Just wanna say I got my NIB 760 in the mail a short while ago and am giving it a look-see and find it in perfect shape. Centered, smooth and sharp right out of the box - NOT BAD...even the clip placement's OK, a lot better than the Blackwater version I owned a year ago or so.

Repeating the "so" just said, so far so good!

I love the 760 but I sold mine to get a Surefire LX2

Thanks Steve, glad to help you on the way towards that LX2. (I always like buying from fellow Forumites.)

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Originally posted by MetalForBreakfast:
I love my 760, but I have a big issue with the lock. The other benchmade monolocks that I have either checked out or sold to others have had no issues in opening accidentally. Since I first got this knife it opens waaaaaay too easily, usually with just a flick of the wrist. I tightened up the screw to prevent it from happening, but it always just loosens back up after a few more openings. I'm sending it back soon to see if they can fix it up for me. Anybody else have a similar issue?

That's just how the 760 is. You can crank down on that pivot and still be able to wrist flick it. Still a very cool knife, but the detent is on the weaker side.

I picked up a new 760BK LTi, low 200 of 1,000, in a black box last evening from my favorite 'pusher'.

I looked at the display 760 for months, but took home a RUKUS instead for my last purchase. My wife gave me a new mini-Skirmish two months back, also from that 'pusher'. I still wanted the full Skirmish - and found a LNIB at a super price. I still went back to the store to drool over the 760, etc. My wife shocked me with a 710-D2 for my birthday goodie the end of July. I was happy - until I saw that 760 again... the tanto edge, initially a deal-killer to me, had won me over. The last unopened boxed one came home with me - at a super price.

So, I've started a BM collection - and that 760 seems to fit between the mini and full Skirmish. I love the Ti frame lock - great idea. S30V is my favorite blade steel - but the allure of M4 is partially to blame for my 760's purchase. Mine is perfectly centered, evenly ground, can even raise a few arm hairs along it's length - even on the tanto edge. Push paper cutting is possible along the edge, even the tanto - with care. The lockup engagement is ~45%, while the storage detent is somewhat weak, but most likely, pocket safe. One clip screw required some care to remove - and a Kershaw keychain tool and a pair of gas pipe, pliers, too. I am most impressed with this knife, which I assumed would get a trip to Tom Krein, thank you Mike for the pix. I like it as-is today - and I will enjoy it as-is for a while. Thanks for the info here - which kept me going back...

Stainz