Benchmade Professional Catalog 2009 - (Page 39) MeChAnIsMs Seems simple enough. you open the knife, you close the knife. But it’s the mechanics of motion that happens in the process of opening and closing which can make the difference between ordinary and extraordinary. Is the knife easy to actuate, can it be opened with one hand, is it ambidextrous, and will it be reliable when you need it most? These are all essential considerations when it comes to knife mechanics. Benchmade offers several mechanisms, from patented exclusives like the unparalleled AXIS, to more traditional lock back designs. It all comes down to your level of desired function. AUToMATIC These are folding knives, which open at the push of a button… The blade is deployed from the handle side like traditional folding knives, but the blade is spring open assisted to a fully locked position. Benchmade is recognized for making some of the finest auto-opening knives in the world. These are primarily manufactured for Law Enforcement, Military and, Government Agency distribution. The Benchmade autos take full advantage of a powerful coil spring blade actuator coupled with our precisely machined taper lock mechanism, proving itself to be the most reliable system available in auto-open knives. And our patented integrated safety mechanism (located on handle spine) ensures that the blade will not inadvertently deploy nor close once it is locked open. Benchmade autos are precision engineered and manufactured to perform in the real world. You would be hard-pressed to find a superior tool in the automatic market. AXIS ® A patented Benchmade exclusive, AXIS has been turning heads and winning fans ever since its introduction. A 100-percent ambidextrous design, AXIS gets its function from a small, hardened steel bar which rides forward and back in a slot machined into both steel liners. The bar extends to both sides of the knife, spans the liners, and is positioned over the rear of the blade. It engages a ramped, tang portion of the knife blade when it is opened. Two omega style springs, one on each liner, give the locking bar its inertia to engage the knife tang. As a result, the tang is wedged solidly between a sizable stop pin and the AXIS bar itself. AUTo-AXIS ® AUTO-AXIS is a combination of our AXIS lock and autoopen mechanisms to create a 100-percent ambidextrous automatic knife. Blade deployment is initiated by drawing the AXIS button back with either hand, even gloved. BENCHMADE KNIFE CO. 39
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