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Buy cheap Benchmade ComboEdge Auto AFO II Utility Knife with BK1 Coating Good, not great.By Jeremy HinsonFor those of you out there who are really into knives, you know the feeling you get when your new blade comes in the mail. Excitement, anticipation, eagerness to open and play with it... I experienced all of these with the black-blade AFO, followed by a little disappointment and even mild panic. The first thing I noticed was that the spring was extremely weak. I own several other auto Benchmades, Protechs, and Microtechs, and this was the weakest auto action I have ever experienced from a reliable manufacturer. Protechs and Microtechs have such strong springs that some of them feel like they're going to jump out of your hand when the blade deploys. All Benchmades are a little more subtle, but still usually deploy quicker and stronger than this AFO. When I noticed the weakness, I started testing the degrees at which the blade would deploy when released from the handle and stopped with my hand, then released. It would barely open at any point past the handle, and after a little more testing, it actually stopped deploying to the fully open point all together, even ... » More Information about Benchmade ComboEdge Auto AFO II Utility Knife with BK1 Coating.

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