Benchmade 4600 Phaeton~disappointed

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Kenneth Kelly

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I just took delivery on my new Pheaton today.
I had seen some Benchmade knives locally and thought they were pretty nice.
I thought about it for a week or so and then ordered the Pheaton from Blade HQs.
The first thing I found was that in the extended position the knife wobbles quite a bit.
I guess you would call it a lockup problem. I am not sure this is normal?
Not what I expected.
 
Kenneth Kelly said:
I just took delivery on my new Pheaton today.
I had seen some Benchmade knives locally and thought they were pretty nice.
I thought about it for a week or so and then ordered the Pheaton from Blade HQs.
The first thing I found was that in the extended position the knife wobbles quite a bit.
I guess you would call it a lockup problem. I am not sure this is normal?
Not what I expected.
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I’m not an expert on otf autos, but I seriously doubt what you described is normal. However, I recommend getting a shipping label from Benchmade and ship it to them to be fixed.
 
I know they have the lifetime warranty and I do find this hard to believe but maybe it is normal.
I have sent a contact email to the company.
One of the things I normally look at in a knife is the lock up of the blade.
This is the first OTF I have ever had however.
 
OTF's do normally have some looseness in the open position. Its normal. Unless its a G&G deadlock and then lockup is excellent. Hopefully yours is addressed by BM if it is crazy loose. All the best.
 
Kenneth Kelly said:
I just took delivery on my new Pheaton today.
I had seen some Benchmade knives locally and thought they were pretty nice.
I thought about it for a week or so and then ordered the Pheaton from Blade HQs.
The first thing I found was that in the extended position the knife wobbles quite a bit.
I guess you would call it a lockup problem. I am not sure this is normal?
Not what I expected.
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All OTF have a little blade play, except the G&G mentioned. Maybe post a little video of the play, I had a phaeton and it locked up tighter than other OTFs I have owned.
 
Kenneth Kelly said:
I just took delivery on my new Pheaton today.
I had seen some Benchmade knives locally and thought they were pretty nice.
I thought about it for a week or so and then ordered the Pheaton from Blade HQs.
The first thing I found was that in the extended position the knife wobbles quite a bit.
I guess you would call it a lockup problem. I am not sure this is normal?
Not what I expected.
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The only OTF knife that I have seen advertised as NOT having any blade play was a Grant And Gavin Hawk Deadlock D/A OTF Automatic Knife CF/Ti (3.75" Dagger) in CTS-204P. Blade HQ was selling it and it was in a very recent YouTube video that released in September of 2018. I took note of it due to it's precision. Not sure what is available and what they cost off of the top of my head.
 
Tommy-Chi said:
The only OTF knife that I have seen advertised as NOT having any blade play was a Grant And Gavin Hawk Deadlock D/A OTF Automatic Knife CF/Ti (3.75" Dagger) in CTS-204P. Blade HQ was selling it and it was in a very recent YouTube video that released in September of 2018. I took note of it due to it's precision. Not sure what is available and what they cost off of the top of my head.
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They just took orders a week ago. They start at $1100. No chance of getting one other than the secondary market for awhile.
 
Kenneth Kelly said:
I just took delivery on my new Pheaton today.
I had seen some Benchmade knives locally and thought they were pretty nice.
I thought about it for a week or so and then ordered the Pheaton from Blade HQs.
The first thing I found was that in the extended position the knife wobbles quite a bit.
I guess you would call it a lockup problem. I am not sure this is normal?
Not what I expected.
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All common OTFs have blade play. It's just the nature of the mechanism. Like most blade play, you won't really notice it when cutting things.
 
I think I will make arrangements to return this OTF. Yes I could have it worked on but it will loossen up again with wear I am certain.
It's just not worth $300 to me to have an automatic with loose blade.
I will find a side opening or assisted knife of some sort to replace it.
Perhaps the G-10 CLA will be a better choice for me.
I sent an email to Blade HQs to find out about the return.
 
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