Dude, your trick on centering a knife saved my sanity. I have two BM 810s and one was just slightly off center. I did your trick and its perfectly centered. Thank you! Really!
nice video. useful information. personally the main reason i was looking at the 940-1 is the open flow through design and the carbon fiber scales (i don't even usually like carbon that much but i like it a lot on this) apostle p had one of the 940-1's and after polishing the washers the tip was perfectly centered, but it still looked like the blade was not perfectly ground (for me as long as the tip is centered it's okay) still not sure if i would go for one or not but i am still considering it
Funny you mentioned that...I polished the finish off all the screws, so now all the hardware is silver. I am wondering if I should get a different color back-spacer now. Thanks for watching!
I have done the same on some of my knives, a little semichrome and a dremel can go a long way...lol. Matching back spacer would look cool. I don't know if the original titanium one would polish up nice if you still have it may be worth a shot.
I almost picked up a 940, been eyeballing it up for a while now. Got the 943 black on black instead .Of course I had to get the black deep carry clip like the one on your custom 940. Near pulled the trigger on a 940 again last night but got a 470-1 fed x tomorrow. Will end up with a 940 at some point, to good of a knife to pass up. Got a nice made in the USA only collection going.
Ryan also makes replacement handles for the Griptilians and Mini Griptilians. The Apostle P reviewed AWT Scales (applied weapons technologies) for the Griptilian. They're less expensive than the Wilkens Grips.
Awesome cool ass knife😃 Just got my 940-1 today. One thing I am particular I wish my knife came with is the deep pocket clip. Do you know where I could get a deep pocket clip for mine & about how much, that would fit my new knife? 🐸 Thanks, that blue handle is sweet & you didn’t really say how strong the damascus blade was compared to the S90V. Ok cool stuff!
T HAK got it! Works a lot better. Knife does not stick out of pocket & could get hooked, scratched. The deep pocket clip they send I noticed was really loose to my pocket so I did some bending of clip. Now it's nice & tight to pocket, do not want to lose knife from falling out from very loose clip. All good now :)
Hey looks good buddy, interesting you swapped carbon fiber for g10 but everyone likes different things. I prefer s30v and wanted carbon fiber so I spent more money than the 940-1 to get a regular 940 and put custom carbon fiber on it and people thought I was weird too haha
hey, thanks for that info i tried looking up deathofallthings on IG and he's not coming up...:( and thanks for the email bro, love this video still one of the best knives out there!
Standard 940 is almost just as epic as the 940-1. The main appeal to me with the 940-1 is the S90V blade steel. CRAZY awesome steel!!! BUT....I really think anyone would be extremely pleased with the regular 940. I have one and that's what got me so addicted to this model in the first place. I would strongly recommend that if you do go with the standard 940, that you go for the s30v steel instead of the 154cm.
I also feel like the regular model may actually be more durable if it is dropped or just general wear and tear. I want something that will last a long time because I am going to use it a lot. I also know that the aluminum handles looks rugged and good to be when they have some wear on the paint. I don't know how the carbon will look after it starts to wear. I have only heard about the S30V version of the 840. I did not even know about the 154cm version? I was just going to order it on amazon and it say it is the S30V version.
You'll need to take out every screw, disassemble everything besides the axis lock, clean off all oil, move the axis mechanism to the new scales, then put in screws to finish assembling the handle with axis action in it. Put washers on each side of blade, slide into handle while using something small (I usually use a torx bit or screwdriver) to get the washers & blade aligned with the pivot hole. Lastly, slide pivot-pin in as far as you can and use something small to finish aligning the washers and blade so the pivot-pin can pass through. Sometimes rotating the blade while putting mild pressure on the pivot-pin helps this. Tighten pivot-pin until the blade action opens and closes freely and smoothly, but has no blade play when the blade is locked open. Once you verify proper fitment, unscrew pivot again and make sure there is no oil/grease, apply a small drop of blue loctite on the pivot and screw back in like you had it before. Don't open/close blade for at least 24hrs so the loctite has time to harden. I recommend open and closing blade for about a week of carrying, then put in a small amount of lube on the pivot. This gets me a smooth action that wont loosen. Enjoy.
Oh yeah S90V definitely is better than the Damascus. I moved the S90V blade to the custom blue G10 handle so it could be my EDC user, and the carbon fiber with Damascus is now more of a show-piece/gentlemen's folder.
Great video. I have tried to contact Ryan M Roberts at the email address you supplied but email does not go thru,invalid address listed as reason.Has he changed his email address? Can anyone help me out with this? I want to order a set of scales. Thanks.
+*night_stalker1975 * I've heard several people say this. It sounds like he may not be making scales anymore. If I find out any new contact info for him, I'll definitely let everyone know.
+Custom Edge Works You can follow Ryan on Instagram , deathofallthings , I bought CF scales from him for my 943, excellent work . He's still making handle scales . ryan_m_roberts@hotmail.com
Grand Leavitt! I have a 943 Damascus from him. Had to grind part of the blade to keep to AXIS from failing. Cool blade though. (his email is gdleav....not dgleav...com.) Nice piece!
Mark Meyers Yes. To much material was removed where the blade meets the stop bar and not enough material where the AXIS bar rests; causing it not to move forward enough--allowing the lock to fail with just moderate downward force. Bummer. I kinda fixed after our email conversation seemed to just stop. Major bummer. Waiting for my G10's from Ryan any day now..
Mark Meyers That's lame and sorry to hear it was such a hassle. Sounds like they're not very consistent. I double-checked mine and I don't have any lock-up problems, but see that the area that the Axis lock engages is a little flatter, allowing the bar to slide up a little further and making the overall knife a bit straighter than normal. I'm glad you got it locking up now, and hope you like the G10 handles as much as I do.
Thanks. Mine came from another owner--which luckily came with the original s90v blade. That's what I used as reference to see where it was screwed up. Spoke with him on the phone. Got a real "you're crazy. how dare you?" vibe. Sent some photos. He said "I'll take a look." Never heard back...Maybe he just has really slow internet off the grid there.. (yours looks sweeet!) I still don't trust it....and if I remove too much more metal, there will be tremendous blade play because the excessive material removed where it meets the stop bar...a major swing and a miss on this one. Thanks for the feed back..
+Ed Maryellen Kmiec To me, the best part of this knife was the blade steel they used. I'm tired of seeing Carbon-fiber on every knife these days. Also, the majority of the carbon fiber handles on these knives were produced with bad tolerances, causing the blade to be permanently off-center. Another thing is that I like most of my knives/guns/gear to be unique or custom. So when I found a way to do that and maintain the weight and function while getting a handle material never used before on the 940, it was a no-brainer for me. Thank you for watching!
+Custom Edge Works agreed! Not to mention the cf handle is slick, has no grip and just doesn't feel as balanced as the g-10 & aluminum versions. I think the blue handle looks awesome is definitely an improvement!
Ha! I totally understand how that goes. I find that the only way I get away with acquiring new knives now, is to sell other things and re-invest that money in a knife. Otherwise...I'd be done for. Thanks for watching!
I said the same thing, but this knife kept finding ways to tempt me. Finally I went into a store and actually held one. That was what did it for me, and I bought it on the spot. IMO the 940-1 is much more impressive in person than online or through the glass of the case. Pick it up and open/close it a few times and you'll be lucky to get out of the store without buying it.
Oh yeah I got a crooked river after a shit ton of apparently soft reviews ! I am totally un-impressed ! The fit and finish on this knife was astoundingly poor ! If I didn't have a bunch of Chinese knives I would have thought it was a bad Chinese clone ! But I have never got a Chinese $20.00 knife with that bad of fit and finish ! Benchmade crooked river out of box . Lock stick ( tool required to close ) all handle edges so sharp they will cut .pivot so tight it took 2 hands to operate . Lock spring so hard it will need adjustment lock bar and other handle parts so sharp it was actually painful to operate .the side of the high end steel blade is like a file that hasn't been ground down smooth !!! Now the crooked river isn't stupid priced like the 940-1 but I am pretty annoyed because there is no reviewer that said anything about the lack of fit and finish on this knife!! There are some that say benchmade is some time hit and miss on quality control but this was an outstanding lack of quality control !!!
No ! Not the perfect edc ! The price shows no loyalty to the buyer from the company so they can expect none ! $66.50 940-1 clone . 2.6 oz all carbon handle ! Don't like the brand name on it but that's the only thing I don't like about it !
I really cant understand benchmade blades. Many of them aren't perfectly straight. Even my 19 dollar ganzo knives all have perfect straight blades. Why is this?
The blade just looks so scrawny like an extra sharp letter opener. Just hard for me to get over the aesthetics. For about the same weight the lightweight Manix looks better to me.
+louderthangod I totally get that. Everyone has different tastes and I know many knives that look better. The function of this knife just seems hard to beet though. I have and love the Manix. But like most Spyderco blades, you lose much of the cutting edge due to their finger-choils. Main reason why I would choose my Griptilian over my Paramilitary 2 any day of the week. Nothing against Spyderco though. I have many and love them all! Thanks for watching!
Dude, your trick on centering a knife saved my sanity. I have two BM 810s and one was just slightly off center. I did your trick and its perfectly centered. Thank you! Really!
I'm very glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
thank you so much for the little tip on correcting the centering on the blade, my 940-2 came a little off center and this helped get it back.
That damascus blade looks beautiful, first time I've seen it on a blade in the 940 profile. Both knives look great!
+Silver Seto Thanks for watching!
also thanks for the info about centering the blade! i will keep this in mind for the future
Great vids, I ended up getting a set of carbon fiber "DeathGrip" scales for my 940 from Ryan and they are AWESOME! Thanks.
Love this vid!! I had 3 sets of scales made by Ryan. Great guy to deal with and does excellent work!!
nice video. useful information. personally the main reason i was looking at the 940-1 is the open flow through design and the carbon fiber scales (i don't even usually like carbon that much but i like it a lot on this) apostle p had one of the 940-1's and after polishing the washers the tip was perfectly centered, but it still looked like the blade was not perfectly ground (for me as long as the tip is centered it's okay) still not sure if i would go for one or not but i am still considering it
I've have seen that thread on Blade Forums and he CDC Machines his scales and they are all pretty sweet looking!
Oh man thank you so fucking much right now for the blade centering fix! Worked wonders for my ZTs
Great looking 940. I want one. Being particular myself I would want silver fasteners. Thanks for the blade centering tips,
Nimitz vet.
Funny you mentioned that...I polished the finish off all the screws, so now all the hardware is silver. I am wondering if I should get a different color back-spacer now. Thanks for watching!
I have done the same on some of my knives, a little semichrome and a dremel can go a long way...lol. Matching back spacer would look cool. I don't know if the original titanium one would polish up nice if you still have it may be worth a shot.
I almost picked up a 940, been eyeballing it up for a while now. Got the 943 black on black instead .Of course I had to get the black deep carry clip like the one on your custom 940. Near pulled the trigger on a 940 again last night but got a 470-1 fed x tomorrow. Will end up with a 940 at some point, to good of a knife to pass up. Got a nice made in the USA only collection going.
looks great! blasted blade and hardware would look awesome with that blue color.
Very true! I may need to do that or an acid-wash of some sort. Thanks for watching!
Ryan also makes replacement handles for the Griptilians and Mini Griptilians. The Apostle P reviewed AWT Scales (applied weapons technologies) for the Griptilian. They're less expensive than the Wilkens Grips.
Centering isnt a deal breaker for me as long as it doesant rub
olmmedic agreed
It’s for ocd people lol
What about sanding down the scale inside where the liner sits? Maybe the liner just needs to sit deeper in the inside of the scale?
Maybe I’m high but this is a really good video. Do a update on your 940’s if you still use/have them
Awesome cool ass knife😃 Just got my 940-1 today. One thing I am particular I wish my knife came with is the deep pocket clip. Do you know where I could get a deep pocket clip for mine & about how much, that would fit my new knife? 🐸 Thanks, that blue handle is sweet & you didn’t really say how strong the damascus blade was compared to the S90V. Ok cool stuff!
Email benchmade they will send you one for free!
T HAK got it! Works a lot better. Knife does not stick out of pocket & could get hooked, scratched. The deep pocket clip they send I noticed was really loose to my pocket so I did some bending of clip. Now it's nice & tight to pocket, do not want to lose knife from falling out from very loose clip. All good now :)
Try heating up the frame with a hair dryer, and then wedge it. That should do it.
Hey looks good buddy, interesting you swapped carbon fiber for g10 but everyone likes different things. I prefer s30v and wanted carbon fiber so I spent more money than the 940-1 to get a regular 940 and put custom carbon fiber on it and people thought I was weird too haha
+James Bailey Nice! Weird is good! Thanks for watching!
Damn, that looks sleek as fuck, enjoy it in good health, mate !
+Gustavo Hernandez Thank you kindly and the same to you!
Custom Edge Works Happy holidays!
I am dying to know if these blades will ship to canada okay. I will buy one right eow
hey, thanks for that info i tried looking up deathofallthings on IG and he's not coming up...:( and thanks for the email bro, love this video still one of the best knives out there!
Well they make g10 940s now. but well done!
Now I am thinking I may just go with the regular 840. Have you had/used the regular 840? what is your opinion on it compared to the stock 840-1?
Standard 940 is almost just as epic as the 940-1. The main appeal to me with the 940-1 is the S90V blade steel. CRAZY awesome steel!!! BUT....I really think anyone would be extremely pleased with the regular 940. I have one and that's what got me so addicted to this model in the first place. I would strongly recommend that if you do go with the standard 940, that you go for the s30v steel instead of the 154cm.
I also feel like the regular model may actually be more durable if it is dropped or just general wear and tear. I want something that will last a long time because I am going to use it a lot. I also know that the aluminum handles looks rugged and good to be when they have some wear on the paint. I don't know how the carbon will look after it starts to wear.
I have only heard about the S30V version of the 840. I did not even know about the 154cm version? I was just going to order it on amazon and it say it is the S30V version.
They are both pretty awesome knives, but the CF-D blade is Freakin' Bad-Azz! Thx.
Check out Steve Ketchen on Blade forums for scales. The guy is an artist! He did a 710-1401 for me that is gorgeous!!
Bro where did you get those grips, love the BLUE!
email to contact the maker for these grips are in the video description. Thanks for watching!
Can you share how to exactly swap out the scales without making a mess? My G10 (DeathOfAllThings) should be here in a week!
You'll need to take out every screw, disassemble everything besides the axis lock, clean off all oil, move the axis mechanism to the new scales, then put in screws to finish assembling the handle with axis action in it. Put washers on each side of blade, slide into handle while using something small (I usually use a torx bit or screwdriver) to get the washers & blade aligned with the pivot hole. Lastly, slide pivot-pin in as far as you can and use something small to finish aligning the washers and blade so the pivot-pin can pass through. Sometimes rotating the blade while putting mild pressure on the pivot-pin helps this. Tighten pivot-pin until the blade action opens and closes freely and smoothly, but has no blade play when the blade is locked open. Once you verify proper fitment, unscrew pivot again and make sure there is no oil/grease, apply a small drop of blue loctite on the pivot and screw back in like you had it before. Don't open/close blade for at least 24hrs so the loctite has time to harden. I recommend open and closing blade for about a week of carrying, then put in a small amount of lube on the pivot. This gets me a smooth action that wont loosen. Enjoy.
Custom Edge Works
F*@k. Can you just make a detailed video? I'm going to dinner, but I'll be back soon! There's talk of fish. Not sure.
Theres a guy on bladeforum that goes by Keyman and he makes custom scales
I've seen his work. Pretty good stuff. Was impressed by some of the Griptilian scales he did. Thanks for the feedback!
damaskus or not, still looks amazing ;)
Couldn't you have done this with any 940 though?
Man, my 940 doesn't wanna center at all.
I think it's totally.... screwed.
how do you get the blue g10 model? from where?
Where is the trick to center a blade?? I have a AFCK in need.
Where did you find that backspacer?
+matt galey custom grips/back-spacer in video description.
hey where did you find a deep carry pocket clip for the 940???
David Tan ebay
hit up b.m. and tell them ur contego or adamas clip streched out and u need a new.
but isn't the stock s90v better steel?
Oh yeah S90V definitely is better than the Damascus. I moved the S90V blade to the custom blue G10 handle so it could be my EDC user, and the carbon fiber with Damascus is now more of a show-piece/gentlemen's folder.
Great video. I have tried to contact Ryan M Roberts at the email address you supplied but email does not go thru,invalid address listed as reason.Has he changed his email address? Can anyone help me out with this? I want to order a set of scales. Thanks.
how do we get a scale from him? can't find them anywhere, i emailed no respond ??? and ideas for me please?
+*night_stalker1975 * I've heard several people say this. It sounds like he may not be making scales anymore. If I find out any new contact info for him, I'll definitely let everyone know.
+Custom Edge Works You can follow Ryan on Instagram , deathofallthings , I bought CF scales from him for my 943, excellent work . He's still making handle scales . ryan_m_roberts@hotmail.com
+kerryrwac Thank you for providing this information. I'm sure many people will be very happy to get some scales from Ryan. He does awesome work!
Grand Leavitt! I have a 943 Damascus from him. Had to grind part of the blade to keep to AXIS from failing. Cool blade though. (his email is gdleav....not dgleav...com.) Nice piece!
thanks, I update the email.
Custom Edge Works issues with the blade tolerance?
Mark Meyers
Yes. To much material was removed where the blade meets the stop bar and not enough material where the AXIS bar rests; causing it not to move forward enough--allowing the lock to fail with just moderate downward force. Bummer. I kinda fixed after our email conversation seemed to just stop. Major bummer. Waiting for my G10's from Ryan any day now..
Mark Meyers That's lame and sorry to hear it was such a hassle. Sounds like they're not very consistent. I double-checked mine and I don't have any lock-up problems, but see that the area that the Axis lock engages is a little flatter, allowing the bar to slide up a little further and making the overall knife a bit straighter than normal. I'm glad you got it locking up now, and hope you like the G10 handles as much as I do.
Thanks. Mine came from another owner--which luckily came with the original s90v blade. That's what I used as reference to see where it was screwed up. Spoke with him on the phone. Got a real "you're crazy. how dare you?" vibe. Sent some photos. He said "I'll take a look." Never heard back...Maybe he just has really slow internet off the grid there..
(yours looks sweeet!)
I still don't trust it....and if I remove too much more metal, there will be tremendous blade play because the excessive material removed where it meets the stop bar...a major swing and a miss on this one.
Thanks for the feed back..
What did it cost for those custom scales?
I believe they were roughly $90.
Why would you pay almost $300 for a high-quality knife and then change what is awesome about it? Makes no sense to me.
+Ed Maryellen Kmiec To me, the best part of this knife was the blade steel they used. I'm tired of seeing Carbon-fiber on every knife these days. Also, the majority of the carbon fiber handles on these knives were produced with bad tolerances, causing the blade to be permanently off-center. Another thing is that I like most of my knives/guns/gear to be unique or custom. So when I found a way to do that and maintain the weight and function while getting a handle material never used before on the 940, it was a no-brainer for me. Thank you for watching!
+Custom Edge Works agreed! Not to mention the cf handle is slick, has no grip and just doesn't feel as balanced as the g-10 & aluminum versions.
I think the blue handle looks awesome is definitely an improvement!
Man this 940 keeps calling to me buy me buy me but if I buy one more knife my wife will kick my ass lol.
Ha! I totally understand how that goes. I find that the only way I get away with acquiring new knives now, is to sell other things and re-invest that money in a knife. Otherwise...I'd be done for. Thanks for watching!
I said the same thing, but this knife kept finding ways to tempt me. Finally I went into a store and actually held one. That was what did it for me, and I bought it on the spot. IMO the 940-1 is much more impressive in person than online or through the glass of the case. Pick it up and open/close it a few times and you'll be lucky to get out of the store without buying it.
R Horton Well said.
Oh yeah I got a crooked river after a shit ton of apparently soft reviews ! I am totally un-impressed ! The fit and finish on this knife was astoundingly poor ! If I didn't have a bunch of Chinese knives I would have thought it was a bad Chinese clone ! But I have never got a Chinese $20.00 knife with that bad of fit and finish !
Benchmade crooked river out of box . Lock stick ( tool required to close ) all handle edges so sharp they will cut .pivot so tight it took 2 hands to operate . Lock spring so hard it will need adjustment lock bar and other handle parts so sharp it was actually painful to operate .the side of the high end steel blade is like a file that hasn't been ground down smooth !!!
Now the crooked river isn't stupid priced like the 940-1 but I am pretty annoyed because there is no reviewer that said anything about the lack of fit and finish on this knife!! There are some that say benchmade is some time hit and miss on quality control but this was an outstanding lack of quality control !!!
No ! Not the perfect edc ! The price shows no loyalty to the buyer from the company so they can expect none !
$66.50 940-1 clone . 2.6 oz all carbon handle ! Don't like the brand name on it but that's the only thing I don't like about it !
The clone is pretty good.
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I really cant understand benchmade blades. Many of them aren't perfectly straight. Even my 19 dollar ganzo knives all have perfect straight blades. Why is this?
Steel quality has something to do with it at times, harder steels and what not.
The blade just looks so scrawny like an extra sharp letter opener. Just hard for me to get over the aesthetics. For about the same weight the lightweight Manix looks better to me.
+louderthangod I totally get that. Everyone has different tastes and I know many knives that look better. The function of this knife just seems hard to beet though. I have and love the Manix. But like most Spyderco blades, you lose much of the cutting edge due to their finger-choils. Main reason why I would choose my Griptilian over my Paramilitary 2 any day of the week. Nothing against Spyderco though. I have many and love them all! Thanks for watching!
That is a horrible sharpening job on the carbon fiber 940 that does not look very well done at all
Where did you get the backspacer?