Biased or faked?
I have the ranger grip for the tools and the massive saw.I've had one for years now, and it's just about the perfect carry. Not for the B.O.B. though, that's where a fixed blade goes.
They should have called it the Backpacker, or the Traverse, or something that denotes ultralight carry. But the name of any knife never bothers me.
It's hard to beat for a lightweight carry. "Wimpy"? Well that's subjective and personal. Do you call SAK's wimpy? They go good in Bugout Bags.
The Bugout would surely help keep the weight of your B.O.B. down to manageable though.
How do a hatchet and folding saw help you get home?
The M4/aluminum bailout is pretty awesome, too.
And what, pray tell, is wrong with the Axis lock? It's great for ambidextrous use and is certainly solid enough based on my experiences for tasks a folder is, usually, suited to perform. Batoning with a folder is generally a bad idea regardless of lock but normal camp tasks are fine with Axis lock knives. I think most are agreed that a light duty folder, which was never intended for anything but light duty, would not be a good choice as an only knife in a get home or bugout bag. A fixed blade knife of medium size (3-4" blade) would be the best all around choice. This is a truly dumb topic.
YES definitely...
Ranger Grip Gang! I’ve got 4 variants; my favourite SAKs by far!
I’ve got two friends who don’t know each other and they both broke an omega spring in their respective BM knife. Your mileage may vary, but that’s some bullshit as far as I’m concerned!
Then they were both doing stupid stuff the knives weren't intended for. There's really a lot of stupidity (not you) in this forum.
The springs on my 940-1 broke 3 separate times at this point. Benchmade sent me new ones each time, but as far as I’m concerned it’s simply a bad design. Either that or the springs BM uses are made out of horrible steel. The steel simply fatigues too quickly. Metal fatigue was the problem every time. What they should have done is use a proper coil spring. I don’t even fidget with my knives like some people do.
I’m not sure if you’re being serious or if you just feel the need to nitpick something i said. You ever lived in a rural area with extreme weather? They help you shelter in place and make fire in the wilderness, until you make it home. I grew up in the mountains and the winters could be extreme, shit happens people get stranded. It’s a good idea not to freeze to death.
And yet it's never happened to any of the 6 Benchmade Axis lock knives I own of which some are 10+ years old. This sounds like BS from people who claim not to have over tasked their knife but, in fact, did. This kind of stuff seems to be, mostly, posted by fanboys of other brands.