The postman delivered these today. I ordered the Bradley 17900BK Alias for EDC but didn't know it would be a 1st prod so I'm not sure if I'll add it to the rotation. Anyway, I took lots of pics of both so people can see what they look like from different angles.



I read somewhere that it takes 6 lbs of pressure to trigger the blade, but it feels like a lot more than that to me.





The Infidel's action is very smooth, with no "spring ring" sound after opening or closing. Quiet, too, with a satisfying "click" on open and close and no metal-against-metal grinding. I'm not particularly enamored of the "penis and testicles" groove, though.





The business end. The handles are one-piece, and the sandwiched gray piece can be seen around the entire edge of the knife



The Bradley. Shipped for tip-down carry.









I swapped the clip as I had to juggle the knife too much to get it in position to open. And with the way this baby springs open, it wants to jump right out of the hand! The blade is nicely centered, too.



The spool-shaped spacers are okay, and I suppose it cuts down on weight, but I would have preferred a solid back. Another spacer closer to the mechanism, at least, would have made it possible to close that gap near the safety.



And I couldn't resist this one:

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nice!

Wish I could have just 1 INFIDEL...

Both very nice, looks good on the tank.

Thanks. The price of the Infidel blew my wad for this month...and possibly next. The knives look great with the bike, since the bike is mostly the factory flat black paint.

Benchmade: One of the best ways to accessorize your Harley-Davidson.

Only I don't like any of the BM H-D models LOL!

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Originally posted by damocles1962:
Wish I could have just 1 INFIDEL...

Me to Johnno...we can sulk together

Great looking pics to Dr.

Oh so sorry my friend..I was drooling on your knives..lol
Congrats,,love the Infidel

I likeum! A very cool pair indeed.

Nice knives and really nice bike, congrats.
P.S.
Where do you guys learn to take great pictures?
I constantly try and they turn out like they were taken in a basement dungeon, does'nt do my knives justice.

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Originally posted by archer:
Nice knives and really nice bike, congrats.
P.S.
Where do you guys learn to take great pictures?
I constantly try and they turn out like they were taken in a basement dungeon, does'nt do my knives justice.

Thank you very much. When I got my first serious camera back in the '70s, I learned that one of the most important things about taking good photos was having a good camera body and a great lens. Secondary to that is good lighting and, third, good darkroom technique.

In the digital age, the same is true although, in these photos (which I think are just "not bad") I just put 'em on the hood of my truck or bike and bracketed a couple of exposures and a quick tweak of the levels in Photoshop.

A lot of people are under the illusion that higher resolution (or more Megapixels) results in sharper photos, but the truth is they mainly result in the same quality, only larger in size - often 22" X 30"

What really goes furthest in making a digital camera take really sharp photos is the same as the old 35mm film cameras: optics. A decent set of optics on a camera makes decent photographs, but a great set makes a great photo.

Nikon cameras with their Nikkor lenses have long been my choice for medium format photography (only because I cou'ld never justify a Hasselblad). Sony's digitals have splendid Carl Zeiss lenses. Most top brands perform as well, or nearly as well, but I like the two I just mentioned.

I took the photos in this discussion with a Nikon D50 at hi-res, but small 5X7 print size, using the stock 35-70 zoom lens, then tweaked levels a tiny bit in Photoshop. Had I used a really good lens in Tiff format, a backdrop, diffused lighting or a Cloud Dome, they'd have been really super. But I had just received the knives and was in a hurry to get back to playing with them.

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Thanks for the info Doc, I do have a good digital camera, a Canon Powershot S3 digital we bought a couple of years ago, takes great pictures.
The problem is not with the camera, it's with the pictures takers technique.
There is a saying "when the drunk can't dance, that does'nt make the floor crooked".

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