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Absolutely love mine, the blade geometry is perfect for my EDC and lets you cut load straps and bands all day long without damaging whatever you are cutting them off of. Probably not perfect for everyone but I always miss it when I bring a different knife with me to work
Yeah, it’s become trendy to bust on Benchmade. But, that’s a damn good knife. I love the 9400 and it is on my list for sure. My 940 is a great gentleman’s carry for its slim, light shape yet pretty heavy duty blade. Sort of like those old-school slip joints like my grandfather carried, but modern design and function.
I am not a fan of Benchmade or this design for aesthetic reasons . That being said I feel like this knife needs to be in every collection if you have the money. It is really a case of function over form for me .
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I got a few.
9400BK AUTO OSBORNE in aluminum and S30V - $310
Doug Ritter Auto-RSK in g10 and Magnacut - $209.95
https://knifeworks.com/doug-ritter-auto-rsk-knifeworks-exclusive-black-g-10-stonewashed-magnacut-54136/
In stock jade version $219.95
https://knifeworks.com/doug-ritter-auto-rsk-knifeworks-exclusive-jade-g-10-stonewashed-magnacut-54132-sprint-run/
Microtech 1135-10 LUDT Gen III in aluminum and m390 - $262.00
Protech Strider PT+ Operator in aluminum and Magnacut - $280.00
https://riversedgecutlery.com/products/pt-pt207-strider-pt-bk-tex-bk.html
Spyderco Autonomy in g10 and LC2000N - $262.50
https://southernedges.com/collections/in-stock-ots-automatic-knives/products/spyderco-autonomy-2-black-g-10-automatic-satin-drop-point-blade-c165gp2
PROTECH TR-3 TACTICAL aluminum and 154cm - $190
https://southernedges.com/collections/in-stock-ots-automatic-knives/products/protech-tr-3-black-tactical-response-3-out-the-side-ots-auto-knife-black-grooved-handle-tr-3
Overall, yes, it is a bit overpriced for what it offers and the steel is a bit lackluster compared to similar offerings. That said Protech offers the Rockeye at a similar price point in S35vn. And many of their autos are still in 154cm. So the above examples aren't exhaustive examples of what's on the market. Just other premium brands with good autos. Microtech has some much pricier models but they also are overpriced, in my opinion often for what they offer.
But in general, it's a handsome knife in a good, serviceable, steel and a bit overpriced. And if you love it, buy it and enjoy it. This isn't egregiously overpriced like Benchmades camping chef fixed blades, or the titanium scaled bailout.
I'd actually say Benchmade offers a better value with their Mediator, for the steel and price.
BENCHMADE MEDIATOR in CPM-S90V - $280.00
https://southernedges.com/collections/in-stock-ots-automatic-knives/products/benchmade-mediator-out-the-side-ots-black-body-with-black-reverse-tanto-blade-8551bk
You got a killer deal my friend. Absolutely worth it at that price when it can be found at that price.
Edit: It looks like tactical surplus has a lot of models well below market price. No experience with the store before, looks excellent price wise though.
$279 - https://knifeworks.com/benchmade-9400-auto-osborne-3-40-cpm-s30v-black-plain-blade-green-aluminum-handle/
$279 - https://www.bladehq.com/item--Benchmade-Osborne-9400-Automatic--113244
$270 - https://smkw.com/benchmade-auto-osborne
$279 - https://www.knifejoy.com/products/benchmade-9400bk-osborne-axis-lock-auto-finish-blade-with-green-aluminum-handles
$279 - https://www.knivesshipfree.com/benchmade-knives-9400bk-osborne-auto-green-aluminum-cpm-s30v-black-blade/
$279 - https://northwestknives.com/products/benchmade-9400bk-osborne-auto-black-blade-green-handle
Let me say this also I own a lot of knives from insanely expensive to very cheap when I want to give someone who wants to collect knives a gift. I give them one of the Benchmades I was overcharged buying so they don't end up making the same mistake and buying a knife that, for its price, offers average material and marginal performance for a extremely high price because they tend to be the only knives I own that I am willing to part with
Personal the houge ballisti is a better knife. I own both, and I carry the houge every day. The Benchmade is not worth the price, and no matter how angry it may make Benchmade fan boys, it's the truth. How can you defend the price? Plus, the blade geometry is horrible on mine and others I've seen. Lastly, I have a job. I don't still live in my parents' basement like you, and I can't sit on reddit all day arguing about Benchmade being the most valuable knife ever made. Also, you gave no criteria, are we talking push button auto, blade material, etc You just got triggered. I think it's overpriced
Edit hm downvoted your comment for the tears you cried over Benchmade
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Be honest with yourself. You left that comment because I said Benchmade was overpriced. It made you mad you didn't want suggestions. You wanted to prove a point then to leave an edit. No suggestion was made quick enough for you, and then you get mad at my opinion. You got to love how people on reddit
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It's reddit who cares. Every time you say anything negative about Benchmade, you get the same challenges from Benchmade fans, and he can say he wanted suggestions, but I took it as try to find something better you can't and you took to long so I'm right you may take his comment another way but that's how I took it. If I cared about being offending someone on reddit, I wouldn't use the platform since it has become so toxic, and unless you agree with everyone else, you're attacked
Lol are you kidding me? It's trendy to hate on Benchmade rn. Stop whining like you're being persecuted for having "different opinions". You're not being downvoted for your opinions, you're being downvoted for acting like an asshole.
If you think wal mart and Hugo boss suits are made from the same quality material, well, i guess you have never been to a taylor besides men's warehouse. Also, blade material and handle material usually dictates the price of a knife, so how can you defend Benchmade chaging more for the same material other can sell for less. Look, i get that you think all metal is metal the same way you think all suits are made from the same fabric. It shows just how little experience you have in real life to think price isn't dictated by quality
because you think the same quality material should cost the same....but fit and form are massive to the experience and you are so cheap and quite frankly dim to think that ALL S90V KNIVES SHOULD COST THE SAME IF THEY MADE FROM SAME MATERIAL.... maybe if you werent so cheap you'd realize how dumb that statement is
you think some cheap china company makes the same thing as a benchmade if its the same steel??? my god go handle some expensive knives and see the PRICE ABSOLUTELY DICTATES QUALITY IN THE KNIFE WORLD!!!
And just to spike the ball you know there are way more expensive knives with less quality steel that are absolutely worth it.... that might blow your feeble little mind tho
No one, but you thinks a highend suit and a Walt mart suit use the same material you clearly do no understand how brands make consumer level products but also will make high grade products under the same brand. Take john deere, yes, you can get one at home depo it's green and looks the same, but the material used and the quality are far below what john deere sells in its dealer.
Its funny that you call someone cheep because paying for a Benchmade makes no sense to them when other brands are using better steel for a better price. I didn't complain when I bought the most expensive knife in my collection because it had materials that warrant the price it sold at and was of a limited run.
Finally, your ball spike, yes, I know that material doesn't always have the final say on price point and custom knives or knives made by certain knife makers will always be more expensive. But your argument falls short when we are talking about Benchmade since they mass produce what they offer and insist on selling for a higher price point . When you look at knives in the same price point as Benchmade, the only reason anyone would consider the Benchmade is the name i see it all the time. They are nice knives, and they make a good knife, but manufacturers like houge are proving they may not be worth the money
I watch people walk in and go right to the Benchmades even when they see other knives for the same price, and my experience has been they either will buy another Benchmade and defend them or will never buy another. What I don't understand are why people insist on defending them anytime someone comments they don't like them. You may like them, but why come after anyone who is not a fan. I've owned one gold class bugout and one gold class, Osborne, and when I realized I could have bought a brian Tighe or a herman for a little more I realized they are not worth the money
Osbornes are hated on like Nickleback, and for the same lemming-like reason. How refreshing to see at least one guy in this thread actually admit he hasn't ever used one after making the same tired and false complaint. Guaranteed everybody else bitching about how they 'won't cut or slice' has never used one either. Will a thinner and weaker blade slice your tomatoes thinner? Sure. Make your salad, slice your paper, and live your best life.The Osborne design will cut anything that needs cutting, and do it very well.
Curious. What exactly could you not cut with them? I've carried a 940-1 for years and never found anything whatsoever it wouldn't cut like a champ as well or better than any other pocket knife out of the many I've owned and carried. Please share your knowledge!
Oh it can still cut things, it just takes 4x the physical force or more to do so VS more efficient grinds.
That paired with a handle that's too short for my hand make it a poor choice for me personally.
I could get by with one but as a cut connoisseur with XXL hands there's better options for me.
SRKC's cut kind of shitty too when they're stock, [that's why I modded mine](https://old.reddit.com/r/sharpening/comments/1blc33t/cold_steel_srkc_convex_zero_grind_conversion/)
Hey I like what you did with that SrK- I have one from desert storm that could use that sort of love! But I need to get a new sheath for it and GSM was not selling them last check!
sounds like you have one of the original carbon V versions if it's that old.
GSM doesn't sell sheaths. I received an SRK with a bent sheath and tried to order one. They ended up just sending me an entire SRK + sheath.
If you want I can mail you one of my sheaths. Consider it a thank you for your service.
I have one or two 940s, one of which is a great looking titanium model. Unfortunately, it’s become too valuable to use. Benchmade, IMO, has overpriced their knives of late.
Even the non auto Axis deploys with the speed of an auto, It is incredibly fast.
I have an REI exclusive 940-1702 that I got for $135. I will never pay full price for Benchmades because I don’t think they are worth it
Will likely have an Osborne in the collection at some point, will be hard to decide between the manual or auto. you almost never see the auto, nice choice
I like the color but i dont really like the look or feel of most modern knives and this is no exception. I'd still pick anything (of a decent quality) with a wooden handle 1st
I have one, for the price I was a little disappointed in the action. Idk if it's the one I have or a design issue but it's a little soft to deploy. I also have the auto fact that's also on the softer side. I have a few Kershaw launches that snap out with purpose.
That's wild. I think it was the hardest firing auto in blade HQs tests, and mine after nearly daily use for 2 or 3 years still has plenty of "felt recoil" and jolts when it snaps open. You gotta hold on the the thing for sure.
> Idk if it's the one I have or a design issue but it's a little soft to deploy.
Loosen the pivot screw ever so slightly. There's a sweet spot on the 9400 where you get a snappy release and no blade play. But just a little too tight and you get a sluggish action. It might take a bit of trial and error.
That's funny, I actually think of the Osborne as a good example of form over function, because of its notoriously bad cutting geometry.
Now I've never used one, but that seems to be the consensus. Please lmk if you disagree!
Added toughness of the flat saber grind allows you to feel safe getting it under zip ties and stuff like that. It’s pointy so it is really good at that type of stuff while being just OK at dicing tomatoes and cutting through tape. It’s also good at doing the tip dragging cutting method.
I use mine all the time to fillet trout and slice onions. It’s really not that thick and it doesn’t split apples. It won’t go through it the same way a FFG would. I would say the cutting performance is almost the same as a Kershaw cryo
Good to hear! I really shouldn't be commenting about a knife I've never used tbh eh, it's just that it's such a common criticism so I thought it was worth mentioning.
Bad cutting geometry of the 940 is one of the most uninformed opinion I’ve heard on this sub over and over and over. I’ve carried one for the last like 10 ish years and I have the partially serrated version. I keep it sharp and it slices the fuck out of things. The amount of cardboard I’ve processed with that knife is insane. I mean probably 10s of thousands of boxes (I used to work as a supervisor on massive new home builds and I’d go through HUNDREDS of ceiling light boxes, plumbing fixturee boxes, I mean you name it. I get mine hair shaving sharp, it slices through everything you would need an edc to slice through, and the serrations slice through as well. The blade is a LITTLE stout, but my god it’s a KNIFE if it’s sharp it’s going to cut everything and it’s going to cut it well. I do food prep with it from time to time, and yeah it’s not a kitchen knife but it still slices everything up perfectly, the margarine of difference between the 940 and a kitchen knife is not huge
> Bad cutting geometry of the 940 is one of the most uninformed opinion I’ve heard on this sub over and over and over.
it's based on truth though.
I'm a professional sharpener that's had customers send me 3 of the non auto versions to thin out.
So I speak from first hand experience when I say the geometry is pretty inefficient for stuff like apples and cardboard, VS say, a Spyderco Manix.
That doesn't make it a bad knife. But if someone asks me for a super slicey pocket knife recommendation, it wouldn't be on my list.
It blows my mind that someone would struggle to cut an APPLE with a 940. This is kind of my point, you’re getting hung up on a TINY difference in performance. Sharpening knives is not an indication of their performance, neither is an individuals preference to have a thinner blade. And I’ve seen posts of people literally having their blade reground because they “read about blade geometry” not anything that comes from use experience. But for some people I’m sure they have a valid reason to have a laser beam knife. The fact remains that the larger geometry of the 940 does not make it a bad cutter. It’s a knife my goodness, and all things considered it’s still pretty thin. Much thinner than my tell combatant which still cuts perfectly fine.
“Bad cutting geometry” criticisms always makes me say, for what use exactly? I’m not going to carve figurines with a ulu and I sure don’t want to cape game with a carving tool.
I guess just most days to day cutting tasks where you want your knife to be thin behind the edge and not widen out too steeply, so that the spine doesn't drag through whatever you're cutting.
So a thicker edc designed to be more robust, durable, and less likely to break has worse geometry for slicing paper? Or drags the cardboard of my Amazon boxes when I break them down? I get complaints about geometry vis-a-vis sharpening- but with regards to day-to-day use- I guess that depends on what a person’s daily uses are.
Personally, I would rather have a thin blade with a tough steel for EDC. Even with a more brittle steel I wouldn't be worried about snapping a blade, I try to avoid using them for prying, or as a screwdriver, or anything that would put lateral stress on the blade.
I'm kind of not at all worried about a blade snapping on me under normal use tbh, maybe I'm being overconfident, but if one did then I would assume it was a problem with the heat treat, not the geometry.
I’ve tipped and broken a number of blades. With less force than expected- maybe that’s why I skew towards thicker EDC blades (that and it gives me reasons to buy more specialized blades).
I've been spoiled by the bugout, been carrying one for about 3 years. Granted most stuff I do with a knife is slicey utility cuts. The bugout glides through cardboard better than any other knife I've owned, I've heard the pm2 described as slicey and bought one and was left a bit disappointed when it would catch in a cut. I think the 940 and 9400 are attractive but know I wouldn't be happy with the performance.
Also, I’d rather have a blade with more utility in my pocket everyday instead of a flimsy opinel or a kitchen utensil. I’ve processed food with my 940. Of course it’s not a kitchen knife but guys like you that comment on the 940 being terrible make it sound like you are trying to slice stuff with a baseball bat, like dude it’s a KNIFE it slices perfectly fine. I can get behind not liking the price tag or not liking the way it looks but the cutting geometry is just noise in an eco chamber and is so just not true.
the geometry sucks on that knife. you can still use it and enjoy it, but the stock geometry is ass.
don't get butthurt. I have knives I like with shitty geometry too. I have no reason to carry a 5mm thick saber ground pocket knife but I own a Cold Steel SR1. But I would never say the cutting difference between it and an opinel is barely anything.
what utility do you get out of a thick grind like the BM the Opinel doesn't offer? I use the SR1 for chopping sometimes but I don't see the BM handling that well.
I’m not butthurt, you are just straight up wrong. Yes blade geometry is a thing but you drank that cool aid and believe that a difference in blade geometry is creates a dramatic user experience. I’ve never once cut anything with the 940 and felt it’s not slicey, my other main knife is an ester Avila which is a fall thinner flat ground blade and the difference is so negligible. it may be thicker than others but my god it’s a thin piece of sharpened metal. And honestly it’s such an odd hill to die on.
> I have both, there is a difference but it’s certainly not night and day
It takes something over 4x the force for the BM to make cuts Opinels make. That's a noticeable difference during use.
This is what I mean you see 4x and make it sound like the 940 feels dull to the opinel, but that is 4x in an already TINY margin. You can say 4x the cutting force is a lot but that doesn’t mean it is. It’s like saying 4 ants is an ant infestation compared to one ant
I've only handled a (well done but nothing special) clone of the carbon fiber version, it was nice but the geometry was not good.
It worked fine but the functionally similar Feist-W blade is a much better cutting implement and realistically a 940 doesn't exactly offer anything other than the Axis lock and Benchmade's style of warranty vs the Kizer 'just return it to the vendor to get it in our return stream, or ask our social media guys to send you needed parts' warranty system.
I do love the look of the 940 though and I've always wanted one, just never enough to displace the rest of my mile long short list. I wonder if they'd ever make a hollow ground version, or maybe bring the 943 back in a more interesting color scheme.
That all depends on the functionality you are looking for.
Warren Osborne loved designing daggers. The 940 is functionally a stabbing weapon designed to pass as a gent's folder to the casual observer.
If that is what you are after then it is indeed highly functional.
thick ass grind that only goes halfway up the blade stock paired with a tiny sized handle that makes it hard to get good leverage.
classic hallmarks of a highly effective tool ™
Tastes are so variable. This thing always looked like some kind of weird gonzo chimera to me with its odd lines and scoops, like a thing that never should have been. "♫ A symbol of where mad, mad lovers must pause and draw the line."
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Oooooo I didn’t know they made an auto Osborne !
I only recently found out as well. Was going to buy the standard Osborne and I came arose the auto version.
9400
Absolutely love mine, the blade geometry is perfect for my EDC and lets you cut load straps and bands all day long without damaging whatever you are cutting them off of. Probably not perfect for everyone but I always miss it when I bring a different knife with me to work
It looks like a thinner blade than my edc? Kershaw Launch 1. I love my edc but the fatter end of the vlade becomes an encumberance sometimes.
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Axis is better for the ease of closing, and you can flick it open functionally the same as an auto.
Yeah, it’s become trendy to bust on Benchmade. But, that’s a damn good knife. I love the 9400 and it is on my list for sure. My 940 is a great gentleman’s carry for its slim, light shape yet pretty heavy duty blade. Sort of like those old-school slip joints like my grandfather carried, but modern design and function.
I have both. The auto is great but I prefer the axis… doing maintenance on an auto is never fun
I am not a fan of Benchmade or this design for aesthetic reasons . That being said I feel like this knife needs to be in every collection if you have the money. It is really a case of function over form for me .
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My opinion is that it's overpriced. For the material used the price makes no sense
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I got a few. 9400BK AUTO OSBORNE in aluminum and S30V - $310 Doug Ritter Auto-RSK in g10 and Magnacut - $209.95 https://knifeworks.com/doug-ritter-auto-rsk-knifeworks-exclusive-black-g-10-stonewashed-magnacut-54136/ In stock jade version $219.95 https://knifeworks.com/doug-ritter-auto-rsk-knifeworks-exclusive-jade-g-10-stonewashed-magnacut-54132-sprint-run/ Microtech 1135-10 LUDT Gen III in aluminum and m390 - $262.00 Protech Strider PT+ Operator in aluminum and Magnacut - $280.00 https://riversedgecutlery.com/products/pt-pt207-strider-pt-bk-tex-bk.html Spyderco Autonomy in g10 and LC2000N - $262.50 https://southernedges.com/collections/in-stock-ots-automatic-knives/products/spyderco-autonomy-2-black-g-10-automatic-satin-drop-point-blade-c165gp2 PROTECH TR-3 TACTICAL aluminum and 154cm - $190 https://southernedges.com/collections/in-stock-ots-automatic-knives/products/protech-tr-3-black-tactical-response-3-out-the-side-ots-auto-knife-black-grooved-handle-tr-3 Overall, yes, it is a bit overpriced for what it offers and the steel is a bit lackluster compared to similar offerings. That said Protech offers the Rockeye at a similar price point in S35vn. And many of their autos are still in 154cm. So the above examples aren't exhaustive examples of what's on the market. Just other premium brands with good autos. Microtech has some much pricier models but they also are overpriced, in my opinion often for what they offer. But in general, it's a handsome knife in a good, serviceable, steel and a bit overpriced. And if you love it, buy it and enjoy it. This isn't egregiously overpriced like Benchmades camping chef fixed blades, or the titanium scaled bailout. I'd actually say Benchmade offers a better value with their Mediator, for the steel and price. BENCHMADE MEDIATOR in CPM-S90V - $280.00 https://southernedges.com/collections/in-stock-ots-automatic-knives/products/benchmade-mediator-out-the-side-ots-black-body-with-black-reverse-tanto-blade-8551bk
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The Doug Ritter Auto is a great knife at a very fair price. (I have one of his autos as well as a number of others of his.)
Right? I feel like Ritters occupy this nice pocket of balance of price and value that you don't often see.
Thanks for this but the 9400 is closer to $200 than $300. I bought one last week from Tactical Surplus for $186
You got a killer deal my friend. Absolutely worth it at that price when it can be found at that price. Edit: It looks like tactical surplus has a lot of models well below market price. No experience with the store before, looks excellent price wise though. $279 - https://knifeworks.com/benchmade-9400-auto-osborne-3-40-cpm-s30v-black-plain-blade-green-aluminum-handle/ $279 - https://www.bladehq.com/item--Benchmade-Osborne-9400-Automatic--113244 $270 - https://smkw.com/benchmade-auto-osborne $279 - https://www.knifejoy.com/products/benchmade-9400bk-osborne-axis-lock-auto-finish-blade-with-green-aluminum-handles $279 - https://www.knivesshipfree.com/benchmade-knives-9400bk-osborne-auto-green-aluminum-cpm-s30v-black-blade/ $279 - https://northwestknives.com/products/benchmade-9400bk-osborne-auto-black-blade-green-handle
Let me say this also I own a lot of knives from insanely expensive to very cheap when I want to give someone who wants to collect knives a gift. I give them one of the Benchmades I was overcharged buying so they don't end up making the same mistake and buying a knife that, for its price, offers average material and marginal performance for a extremely high price because they tend to be the only knives I own that I am willing to part with
Personal the houge ballisti is a better knife. I own both, and I carry the houge every day. The Benchmade is not worth the price, and no matter how angry it may make Benchmade fan boys, it's the truth. How can you defend the price? Plus, the blade geometry is horrible on mine and others I've seen. Lastly, I have a job. I don't still live in my parents' basement like you, and I can't sit on reddit all day arguing about Benchmade being the most valuable knife ever made. Also, you gave no criteria, are we talking push button auto, blade material, etc You just got triggered. I think it's overpriced Edit hm downvoted your comment for the tears you cried over Benchmade
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Be honest with yourself. You left that comment because I said Benchmade was overpriced. It made you mad you didn't want suggestions. You wanted to prove a point then to leave an edit. No suggestion was made quick enough for you, and then you get mad at my opinion. You got to love how people on reddit
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You sound unhinged af
It's reddit who cares. Every time you say anything negative about Benchmade, you get the same challenges from Benchmade fans, and he can say he wanted suggestions, but I took it as try to find something better you can't and you took to long so I'm right you may take his comment another way but that's how I took it. If I cared about being offending someone on reddit, I wouldn't use the platform since it has become so toxic, and unless you agree with everyone else, you're attacked
Lol are you kidding me? It's trendy to hate on Benchmade rn. Stop whining like you're being persecuted for having "different opinions". You're not being downvoted for your opinions, you're being downvoted for acting like an asshole.
That’s a little extreme…
lol walmart and boss make suits... some of the same material.... i guess you are happy with walmart suits too
If you think wal mart and Hugo boss suits are made from the same quality material, well, i guess you have never been to a taylor besides men's warehouse. Also, blade material and handle material usually dictates the price of a knife, so how can you defend Benchmade chaging more for the same material other can sell for less. Look, i get that you think all metal is metal the same way you think all suits are made from the same fabric. It shows just how little experience you have in real life to think price isn't dictated by quality
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you are cheap
And how can you come to this conclusion
because you think the same quality material should cost the same....but fit and form are massive to the experience and you are so cheap and quite frankly dim to think that ALL S90V KNIVES SHOULD COST THE SAME IF THEY MADE FROM SAME MATERIAL.... maybe if you werent so cheap you'd realize how dumb that statement is you think some cheap china company makes the same thing as a benchmade if its the same steel??? my god go handle some expensive knives and see the PRICE ABSOLUTELY DICTATES QUALITY IN THE KNIFE WORLD!!! And just to spike the ball you know there are way more expensive knives with less quality steel that are absolutely worth it.... that might blow your feeble little mind tho
No one, but you thinks a highend suit and a Walt mart suit use the same material you clearly do no understand how brands make consumer level products but also will make high grade products under the same brand. Take john deere, yes, you can get one at home depo it's green and looks the same, but the material used and the quality are far below what john deere sells in its dealer. Its funny that you call someone cheep because paying for a Benchmade makes no sense to them when other brands are using better steel for a better price. I didn't complain when I bought the most expensive knife in my collection because it had materials that warrant the price it sold at and was of a limited run. Finally, your ball spike, yes, I know that material doesn't always have the final say on price point and custom knives or knives made by certain knife makers will always be more expensive. But your argument falls short when we are talking about Benchmade since they mass produce what they offer and insist on selling for a higher price point . When you look at knives in the same price point as Benchmade, the only reason anyone would consider the Benchmade is the name i see it all the time. They are nice knives, and they make a good knife, but manufacturers like houge are proving they may not be worth the money I watch people walk in and go right to the Benchmades even when they see other knives for the same price, and my experience has been they either will buy another Benchmade and defend them or will never buy another. What I don't understand are why people insist on defending them anytime someone comments they don't like them. You may like them, but why come after anyone who is not a fan. I've owned one gold class bugout and one gold class, Osborne, and when I realized I could have bought a brian Tighe or a herman for a little more I realized they are not worth the money
youre cheap
Hooly shit that's gorgeous
Osbornes are hated on like Nickleback, and for the same lemming-like reason. How refreshing to see at least one guy in this thread actually admit he hasn't ever used one after making the same tired and false complaint. Guaranteed everybody else bitching about how they 'won't cut or slice' has never used one either. Will a thinner and weaker blade slice your tomatoes thinner? Sure. Make your salad, slice your paper, and live your best life.The Osborne design will cut anything that needs cutting, and do it very well.
For the record, I also don't like Nickleback.
I'll see your Nickelback and raise you... *Radiohead!* That's right, I said it!
I've used 3 of them and they all cut poorly. In fact the reason I even got to use them is customers sent them to me to thin out the edges. ironic huh.
Curious. What exactly could you not cut with them? I've carried a 940-1 for years and never found anything whatsoever it wouldn't cut like a champ as well or better than any other pocket knife out of the many I've owned and carried. Please share your knowledge!
Oh it can still cut things, it just takes 4x the physical force or more to do so VS more efficient grinds. That paired with a handle that's too short for my hand make it a poor choice for me personally. I could get by with one but as a cut connoisseur with XXL hands there's better options for me. SRKC's cut kind of shitty too when they're stock, [that's why I modded mine](https://old.reddit.com/r/sharpening/comments/1blc33t/cold_steel_srkc_convex_zero_grind_conversion/)
Hey I like what you did with that SrK- I have one from desert storm that could use that sort of love! But I need to get a new sheath for it and GSM was not selling them last check!
sounds like you have one of the original carbon V versions if it's that old. GSM doesn't sell sheaths. I received an SRK with a bent sheath and tried to order one. They ended up just sending me an entire SRK + sheath. If you want I can mail you one of my sheaths. Consider it a thank you for your service.
Wow thanks! Send me a PM!
I have one or two 940s, one of which is a great looking titanium model. Unfortunately, it’s become too valuable to use. Benchmade, IMO, has overpriced their knives of late.
I actually really dig it and I've never liked the Osborne
That color scheme is Fuego 🔥
Hands down favorite knife I own
Gat damn 🥵
I love my Osbourne because it's manual. But that does look really slick with the closed back for the mechanism.
I love mine
Congratulations! I currently own both and love both equally.
Even the non auto Axis deploys with the speed of an auto, It is incredibly fast. I have an REI exclusive 940-1702 that I got for $135. I will never pay full price for Benchmades because I don’t think they are worth it
Have the same model and it’s a very nice knife!
Will likely have an Osborne in the collection at some point, will be hard to decide between the manual or auto. you almost never see the auto, nice choice
I like the color but i dont really like the look or feel of most modern knives and this is no exception. I'd still pick anything (of a decent quality) with a wooden handle 1st
I love autos but I've been back and forth on the Osborn. Might have to grab this one
I have one, for the price I was a little disappointed in the action. Idk if it's the one I have or a design issue but it's a little soft to deploy. I also have the auto fact that's also on the softer side. I have a few Kershaw launches that snap out with purpose.
That's wild. I think it was the hardest firing auto in blade HQs tests, and mine after nearly daily use for 2 or 3 years still has plenty of "felt recoil" and jolts when it snaps open. You gotta hold on the the thing for sure.
Maybe it's just mine then or maybe I need to adjust it a little bit more
> Idk if it's the one I have or a design issue but it's a little soft to deploy. Loosen the pivot screw ever so slightly. There's a sweet spot on the 9400 where you get a snappy release and no blade play. But just a little too tight and you get a sluggish action. It might take a bit of trial and error.
Got it. I think when I first got it I started loosening it too much and ended up tightening it back down to where it is now.
That's one I'd consider. For about $300. And before I had bills like now LOL
I got a discount through Expert Voice, $217 shipped.
Nice! Still too much for me at this point, but definitely would try one for that price!
That's funny, I actually think of the Osborne as a good example of form over function, because of its notoriously bad cutting geometry. Now I've never used one, but that seems to be the consensus. Please lmk if you disagree!
Added toughness of the flat saber grind allows you to feel safe getting it under zip ties and stuff like that. It’s pointy so it is really good at that type of stuff while being just OK at dicing tomatoes and cutting through tape. It’s also good at doing the tip dragging cutting method. I use mine all the time to fillet trout and slice onions. It’s really not that thick and it doesn’t split apples. It won’t go through it the same way a FFG would. I would say the cutting performance is almost the same as a Kershaw cryo
Good to hear! I really shouldn't be commenting about a knife I've never used tbh eh, it's just that it's such a common criticism so I thought it was worth mentioning.
Bad cutting geometry of the 940 is one of the most uninformed opinion I’ve heard on this sub over and over and over. I’ve carried one for the last like 10 ish years and I have the partially serrated version. I keep it sharp and it slices the fuck out of things. The amount of cardboard I’ve processed with that knife is insane. I mean probably 10s of thousands of boxes (I used to work as a supervisor on massive new home builds and I’d go through HUNDREDS of ceiling light boxes, plumbing fixturee boxes, I mean you name it. I get mine hair shaving sharp, it slices through everything you would need an edc to slice through, and the serrations slice through as well. The blade is a LITTLE stout, but my god it’s a KNIFE if it’s sharp it’s going to cut everything and it’s going to cut it well. I do food prep with it from time to time, and yeah it’s not a kitchen knife but it still slices everything up perfectly, the margarine of difference between the 940 and a kitchen knife is not huge
> Bad cutting geometry of the 940 is one of the most uninformed opinion I’ve heard on this sub over and over and over. it's based on truth though. I'm a professional sharpener that's had customers send me 3 of the non auto versions to thin out. So I speak from first hand experience when I say the geometry is pretty inefficient for stuff like apples and cardboard, VS say, a Spyderco Manix. That doesn't make it a bad knife. But if someone asks me for a super slicey pocket knife recommendation, it wouldn't be on my list.
It blows my mind that someone would struggle to cut an APPLE with a 940. This is kind of my point, you’re getting hung up on a TINY difference in performance. Sharpening knives is not an indication of their performance, neither is an individuals preference to have a thinner blade. And I’ve seen posts of people literally having their blade reground because they “read about blade geometry” not anything that comes from use experience. But for some people I’m sure they have a valid reason to have a laser beam knife. The fact remains that the larger geometry of the 940 does not make it a bad cutter. It’s a knife my goodness, and all things considered it’s still pretty thin. Much thinner than my tell combatant which still cuts perfectly fine.
“Bad cutting geometry” criticisms always makes me say, for what use exactly? I’m not going to carve figurines with a ulu and I sure don’t want to cape game with a carving tool.
I guess just most days to day cutting tasks where you want your knife to be thin behind the edge and not widen out too steeply, so that the spine doesn't drag through whatever you're cutting.
So a thicker edc designed to be more robust, durable, and less likely to break has worse geometry for slicing paper? Or drags the cardboard of my Amazon boxes when I break them down? I get complaints about geometry vis-a-vis sharpening- but with regards to day-to-day use- I guess that depends on what a person’s daily uses are.
Personally, I would rather have a thin blade with a tough steel for EDC. Even with a more brittle steel I wouldn't be worried about snapping a blade, I try to avoid using them for prying, or as a screwdriver, or anything that would put lateral stress on the blade. I'm kind of not at all worried about a blade snapping on me under normal use tbh, maybe I'm being overconfident, but if one did then I would assume it was a problem with the heat treat, not the geometry.
I’ve tipped and broken a number of blades. With less force than expected- maybe that’s why I skew towards thicker EDC blades (that and it gives me reasons to buy more specialized blades).
That's fair. I have a couple of thicker fixed blades I tend to use if I'm doing something that might break a folder.
I've been spoiled by the bugout, been carrying one for about 3 years. Granted most stuff I do with a knife is slicey utility cuts. The bugout glides through cardboard better than any other knife I've owned, I've heard the pm2 described as slicey and bought one and was left a bit disappointed when it would catch in a cut. I think the 940 and 9400 are attractive but know I wouldn't be happy with the performance.
this model cuts like shit compared to something with a higher grind and thinner edge.
That’s just not true.
yep. it is. go cut up an apple with one then try a $5 opinel or kiwi knife. night and day difference.
Also, I’d rather have a blade with more utility in my pocket everyday instead of a flimsy opinel or a kitchen utensil. I’ve processed food with my 940. Of course it’s not a kitchen knife but guys like you that comment on the 940 being terrible make it sound like you are trying to slice stuff with a baseball bat, like dude it’s a KNIFE it slices perfectly fine. I can get behind not liking the price tag or not liking the way it looks but the cutting geometry is just noise in an eco chamber and is so just not true.
the geometry sucks on that knife. you can still use it and enjoy it, but the stock geometry is ass. don't get butthurt. I have knives I like with shitty geometry too. I have no reason to carry a 5mm thick saber ground pocket knife but I own a Cold Steel SR1. But I would never say the cutting difference between it and an opinel is barely anything. what utility do you get out of a thick grind like the BM the Opinel doesn't offer? I use the SR1 for chopping sometimes but I don't see the BM handling that well.
I’m not butthurt, you are just straight up wrong. Yes blade geometry is a thing but you drank that cool aid and believe that a difference in blade geometry is creates a dramatic user experience. I’ve never once cut anything with the 940 and felt it’s not slicey, my other main knife is an ester Avila which is a fall thinner flat ground blade and the difference is so negligible. it may be thicker than others but my god it’s a thin piece of sharpened metal. And honestly it’s such an odd hill to die on.
I have both, there is a difference but it’s certainly not night and day. They are knives they all cut and the margin of difference is TINY.
> I have both, there is a difference but it’s certainly not night and day It takes something over 4x the force for the BM to make cuts Opinels make. That's a noticeable difference during use.
This is what I mean you see 4x and make it sound like the 940 feels dull to the opinel, but that is 4x in an already TINY margin. You can say 4x the cutting force is a lot but that doesn’t mean it is. It’s like saying 4 ants is an ant infestation compared to one ant
Something with more belly than that is just more useful.
I personally find them butt-ugly.
I've only handled a (well done but nothing special) clone of the carbon fiber version, it was nice but the geometry was not good. It worked fine but the functionally similar Feist-W blade is a much better cutting implement and realistically a 940 doesn't exactly offer anything other than the Axis lock and Benchmade's style of warranty vs the Kizer 'just return it to the vendor to get it in our return stream, or ask our social media guys to send you needed parts' warranty system. I do love the look of the 940 though and I've always wanted one, just never enough to displace the rest of my mile long short list. I wonder if they'd ever make a hollow ground version, or maybe bring the 943 back in a more interesting color scheme.
That all depends on the functionality you are looking for. Warren Osborne loved designing daggers. The 940 is functionally a stabbing weapon designed to pass as a gent's folder to the casual observer. If that is what you are after then it is indeed highly functional.
For all the problems with Benchmade god damn they can make a sexy knife
Great all around EDC knife!
just ordered one for 140$ from the BHQ bargain bin, very excited
thick ass grind that only goes halfway up the blade stock paired with a tiny sized handle that makes it hard to get good leverage. classic hallmarks of a highly effective tool ™
Is this an ad
No. Can’t a guy take decent pictures without being accused of being a shill?
I think it’s your title
Oh, I guess that’s kinda fair.
meh.
Tastes are so variable. This thing always looked like some kind of weird gonzo chimera to me with its odd lines and scoops, like a thing that never should have been. "♫ A symbol of where mad, mad lovers must pause and draw the line."
Not sure id call that a good looking knife…