When it comes to modern knives there are things I don't like, period. Holes in a blade, finger choils on the blade, flippers, assisted, thick blade stock, saber grinds, heavy built bricks, thumb studs to far forward. Check one of those boxes and it's a deal breaker.
Early this year I was at Cabellas just looking at any and every thing and stoped at the knife counter. A conversation started about likes and dislikes. The salesman was handing me this and that and I would reject them. When the subject of steel came up he handed me a Benchmade 490 Arcane. I looked at it rejected it after all it was an assisted flipper, that's two checks in the no go boxes. I didn't hand it back. but started giving it a closer examination. I didn't care for the flipper but I started opening it two handed, the spring didn't over power the blade and drive it into the palm of your hand.
More time passes, my knife comes out for show, his knife comes out. More knives are pulled from under the counter, I would look at them and pick up the Arcane again. Open, close, check grip, dropped it in the sheath to check fit.
Walked out the door with a NIB Benchmade 490 Arcane. Good decision it's a good cutting, comfortable knife that gets used.