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It's the hardest firing OTS I've ever handled.

Awesome. I'll probably make a video on this.

@@CuttingEdgeAction In the meantime, I have tried another way to improve the knife's function. After disassembling, cleaning, grinding/polishing and reassembling with oil/grease, heat the blade and the area at the pivot point with a hairdryer. Now open and close the knife very often. This way the lubricants are distributed even better because they are warm and smoother. After that, the knife cools down again, everything is well distributed and runs very smoothly. I have now done the same with over 10 of my Cold Steel knives and can say that there is a clearly noticeable improvement. Maybe what I have tried is technically or physically nonsense, but it works for me. 🙂

What's your favorite knife with the Tri-Ad? I'm a huge fan of the Storm Cloud.

@@CuttingEdgeAction My Recon 1 Spear Point S35VN ⚔️💪

Great choice. My first Cold Steel was the Recon 1 with a clip point and S35VN. I dug the blade into a tree and hung my full body weight from the pivot in my review!

Agreed. Grivory is plenty strong, but it doesn't provide the quality feel of any knife with metal liners/handles. The lightest thing I find myself carrying with any regularity is a Hogue Deka in carbon fiber.

@@CuttingEdgeAction exactly. I not too long received the mini bugout mesa red grivory and I get what you’re saying. I can understand a 🔫 made from carbon fiber or polymer vs steel and the weight reduction vs functionality but a knife I don’t really get. I want that weight you get from metal or wood scales with a quality feel. I never understood the whole weight reduction in something that barely weighs anything to begin with 🤷‍♂️ but to each their own. I just wish they and other knife companies start back making knives that are built to work, built to last and built to withstand the test of time instead of this lightweight nonsense but I may be in the minority so that’ll probably not happen 🤷‍♂️

G10 is the standard for the PM2. Perhaps you're confusing it with another Spyderco model?

@@CuttingEdgeAction g10 is the standard for the g10 model for sure, but that model has flat G10 scales. There is a version called the lightweight version which has the handle that looks just like the one that you have, with material removed from it to make that cool spider coat pattern. those ones are made from FRN for sure. I've just always thought that they looked cool, but I would like g10 way more than frn. If yours is g10, and it's in that style, I'm super crazy jealous because I didn't know that that was available

@@CuttingEdgeAction I just did a tad bit of research on the internet and found out that the handle you have is the standard issue g10 handle for the magnacut version of the pm2. Needless to say, I'm super crazy jealous lol

I just double-checked. As far as I can tell there is no PM2 with (stock) FRN handles. There's also not a lightweight PM2.

@@CuttingEdgeAction Is yours a pm2 salt?

You're most welcome.

PM2 all day. The spring in the ball bearing lock is a little too stiff in my opinion.

@@CuttingEdgeAction I have a cruwear para 3 and LW para 3 right now and wanted a spider that’s a little bigger - I was looking at the manic 2 and pm2

It looks like you might be able to get one from cuttingedgeknives.com.au - the site is legit but shipping coukd take up to a month from the reviews I just read.

@@CuttingEdgeAction you rock !! Thank you so much!!

If you’re gonna get one I’d go with the Mili 2. I have both and by far prefer the Mili.

Is your 940 in natural G10?

That magnacut osborne that dropped this year is sweet.. carry a s30v version with purple g10 and green titanium hardware.. love that thing.

Legal carry though? For me it’s the Spyderco ukpk lc200n version, definitely my vacation in Europe knife, and anywhere really since it makes a good beach knife too!

This video is over 2 years old.

@@CuttingEdgeAction tbh still

The knife is far too tight for the thumb hole to be of any use at all. Even the flipper is barely usable without wearing gloves. You're not doing it wrong, this knife is just designed poorly. Edit: If you pull the XR lock back, you can flick your wrist to open or close the blade. Release the lock as the blade approaches the open or closed position. See my short on the Benchmade axis lock for a demonstration.

Sorry Scott. At least you know why you're having so much trouble now! 😂

You need too to do some of the tricks safely

I've never struggled so much to disassemble a simple knife like this. It could all be avoided if the liners were keyed properly.

@@CuttingEdgeAction yeah it's definitely not for the faint of heart. But after I cleaned it and got it back together it's working better than ever. Just took some time and patience

I'm a big Benchmade fan but you won't hear any arguments against that from me. The pricing is especially ludicrous on the mini.

You're welcome.

I'm 6' and white with average hands. This knife is huge.

I usually prefer a slightly smaller knife because I carry 2 phones in the same pocket (work iPhone and personal Pixel 7 Pro). This size is perfect for my needs.

The Mini Freek is great. It packs such a punch for a small-medium knife and the carbon work is superb.

You won't be disappointed. Magnacut is excellent and the fit and finish on this knife is superb at this price point. - CuttingEdgeAction from my other account.

I've never tried a 9400 but I have a Claymore and a Casbah and they're both excellent.

I think it will survive as well. I'll shoot the video this week.

I haven't tried the 9400 but it's definitely on my list to pick up.

Mine feels nice and smooth. How long have you had it? Have you applied any lubricant?

@CuttingEdgeAction 1 year and yes I have 1 time a month every month and I had cleaned and reapplied lube

If you're comfortable with it you could disassemble the knife and fully clean it. Remember to open the blade first so the spring isn't under tension. It's possible there's just a few grains of very fine sand or dirt in the mechanism. If you don't want to do it yourself you could reach out to Benchmade.

@CuttingEdgeAction yeah I tried I didn't know how to send it off

But yeah I don't have any extra money right now to get the Benchmade tool kit I wish

Thanks for the info. I suppose I should've tested it myself before making that claim. I'll put a note in the description.

That's a good point of comparison, but the Adamas has much thicker blade stock, liners, and the axis lock. While you can definitely use the tri-ad lock with one hand, it's a lot more difficult than the axis lock.

​@@CuttingEdgeActionI like the Adamas. I'm probably going to buy one. I don't baton with pocket knives. But I don't know if I fully trust the lock on the Adamas. Has the lock ever failed you on the Adamas in any scenario?

If you don't baton with it the axis lock is rock solid. I've only ever broken 1 omega spring on my custom bugout by flipping it open and closed several thousand times. Even if an omega spring fails in a dire situation you can use a pebble or twig to jam the crossbar in place, effectively making the knife a fixed blade. If you're forced to baton with an axis lock you'll want to leave it unlocked and let the handle hang so the hammering force is only applied to the blade and not to the crossbar.

@@CuttingEdgeAction Good to know. Thank you

@@johnnyeas1431hey just wanted to let you know you can baton with almost any pocket knife but you just have to know how to do it! Watch a video on it, really cool shit bro