Here's what these .165" barrel spacers look like inside a black liner:



They seem to be made with a great deal of precision and the threads inside the spacers match the standard 710 back-spacer screw threads, so that helps lock things up tighter than a hollow spacer would.

Nice spacers FJ. I notice you have that minor scuffing on the coated liners as I do on my 710-801 and others. Always wonder why the coating's not flawless like the rest of most of our knives are.

Joe, removing the coating from the top surface of those liners would be an easy task. As you well know, it would be much easier than removing coating from a blade. Although, it might be a little dicey cleaning the coating off the gimping. I'd probably start by trying to leave the coating on the gimping untouched. It might look cool that way.

I would have preferred regular uncoated stainless steel liners, but since it's just a user, I don't think much about it.

Not much help but interesting.

On a $20 knife I might keep around to use as a pry bar or screwdriver, it makes no difference. On a $200 Benchmade that I bought to have and use as a world-class tool, I require world-class workmanship and quality. Once I've EDC'ed it beyond warranty coverage though, well, I can't expect it to overcome that. The great thing is, I've never been able to damage a Benchmade knife to that point.

Yet.

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Originally posted by fastjan:
Here's what these .165" barrel spacers look like inside a black liner:



They seem to be made with a great deal of precision and the threads inside the spacers match the standard 710 back-spacer screw threads, so that helps lock things up tighter than a hollow spacer would.

I put these barrel spacers on my 710 the other day. With help from fj (thanks pal!!) I have a standard 710D2 with the stainless liners. It sure looks different and feels odd at first. They don’t look as good as on models with black liners. They are barely noticeable.
They were easy to install and as fj said are very well made. Tiny things with the inside tube threaded which seems to be quite a delicate job of machining and well done at that. This threading is a perfect fit as are the .165”. This makes for a very secure fit and I feel no loss rigidity as a result.

I did notice that when gripping the handle tight it tends to be a bit less comfortable due to scales and liners slightly pushing into your palm. This is a minor issue and I’ll not change it back. However, on a serious hard worker 710 where bearing down on the grip is necessary I would choose not to install them. But in reality they are not really meant for that type of use, even though it appears it would hold up with no issues at all.

Thanks again fj.

Doc P...I'm glad you got em in OK.