I had the 940 several years ago, and sold it because I preferred the blade shape of it's brother, the 943. They're both 154CM rather than S30V though. Just recently (a couple days ago) I received a 710 D2. The last time I went home on R&R, I left my 943 at the house, since I had just gotten a 930 Kulgera and 950 Rift a couple weeks prior, so I started carrying the Kulgera in the 943's place. Now that I have my 710, I'm using it for most of my cutting tasks. I will say, the 710 I received had one of the worst factory edges on it that I've ever received from Benchmade. The only reason I didn't send it back was because I reprofile every one of my knives anyway, so the factory edge was no big deal to me. If you don't know how to sharpen or reprofile your knives, or don't want to spend a lot of time reprofiling a D2 recurve blade, then you may want to go with the 940. The 710 is definitely a lot larger, and not as sheeple friendly as the 940, so if you work around a lot of non-knife people, the 940 would be your best bet.