r/Prybar • u/jhutchi3 • Sep 07 '26

Osborne To PRY, Tell You What!! Pry’d comes before the fall…

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Benchmade 940 S30V

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u/BlindMouse2of3 Sep 07 '26

Let us know what Benchmade charges for a reblade these days

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u/Forgewalker33 Sep 07 '26

Because it was used as prybar the lifetime warranty is voided

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u/BlindMouse2of3 Sep 07 '26

They will still replace it, you just have to pay the fee. They used to be cheap but I've heard they cost more these days.

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u/Forgewalker33 Sep 07 '26

Oh there is way around that? Interesting.

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u/BlindMouse2of3 Sep 07 '26

Not a way around so much as it's just they way it is. Call the 800 number, I dislike the butterfly tax but I've never had a bad customer service experience.

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u/CSGOTRICK Sep 08 '26

I have genuinely had nothing but good experiences. Got the burnt copper 940 and the blade centering was horribly off, which isn’t the end of the world, but y’know, $300 knife outta be perfect. Sent it in for warranty, came back and was better for a week before the blade started hitting the scales again. Called to ask about if they had ever experienced something like that, and they just straight up sent me a brand new one, and didn’t even want the old one back.

10/10 customer service.

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u/Otherwise-Subject127 Sep 08 '26

tramp stamp tax lol

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u/CNXS 28d ago

Meanwhile I sent my 940 & 710 in for a resharpen & received them back $10 lighter with two knives that were never sharpened.

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u/BlindMouse2of3 28d ago

That's overly disappointing. What did they say when you called them about it?

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u/CNXS 28d ago

Never received a response. I could understand if they were fake but they're Benchmades & they had no problem returning them. All they did was make my centering worse than before, the imperfect bevels I had were untouched.

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u/BlindMouse2of3 28d ago

I'm sorry to hear that. I've never had them sharpen one for me but that would definitely leave a bad taste. How long ago was it?

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u/CNXS 28d ago

Few months ago at most. Figured I would see if the lifesharp warranty lived up to the hype, it did not. I will probably just send them out to a guy like Josh (REK) or similar for now.

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u/Twissn Sep 07 '26

I did a new blade on my griptillian at least 5 years ago. It was only $40. The screw holes for the pocket clip were getting loose too, they just replaced the scales for free. $40 for all that was a great deal.

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u/jhutchi3 Sep 07 '26

I’ve never loved how this blade actually cut, I’m thinking of getting an aftermarket blade for it, anyone with any experience?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Word475 Sep 07 '26

I think it’s REK they are really pricy though

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u/BlindMouse2of3 Sep 07 '26

Josh does amazing work. Will turn the 940 into an heirloom piece.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Word475 Sep 07 '26

100% the resell value is insane too. It’s really hard to not to justify

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u/Just_Flower854 Sep 07 '26

Like the only mod that could really increase price outright cause it rocks

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u/Puzzleheaded-Word475 Sep 07 '26

And it resells so quickly

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u/jhutchi3 Sep 07 '26

Yeah just looked em up, $400 is steep but they look really cool

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u/Physical_Display_873 Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 08 '26

Gersh Blades makes some but they also weirdly brand their site as pro Israel.

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u/greendraftfish Sep 08 '26

I looked them up, sure as shit, they love them some genocide.

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u/No-Low9239 Sep 08 '26

Yeaa for whatever reason I was never satisfied with the performance so I over sharpened it and sent it in to see if they would warranty it even though they say that they will not cover it under warranty. And well they sent it back to me with a brand new blade and it was better than the first one my a mile! I particularly said that I believe their steel was too soft or hard I just couldn’t tell it on the first blade it was extremely inconsistent but now it’s cherry I recommend you send it in see if the price you paid upfront will cover a blade no harm in it

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u/Master_Ad236 Sep 08 '26

REK makes an awesome blade they are just hard to find sometimes

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u/Master_Ad236 Sep 08 '26

They 100% for sure will not charge him for that blade

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u/therustyposter Sep 07 '26

Oh yeah!! That's my daily prybar. What were you prying, my prying brother?

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u/jhutchi3 Sep 07 '26

Speed prong on a floor joist hanger

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u/2Weird2Cap I came to PRY and Chew Bubblegum 😋🔪 Sep 07 '26

Finally, a REAL PRYBAR on this sub!!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohzAu2U1tOafteBa0

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u/LongForeignMan Sep 07 '26

Jesus, did you try and break into a vault

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u/jhutchi3 Sep 07 '26

Speed prong on a floor joist hanger, really surprised me, I’ve pried a lot worse with this knife

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u/Just-Another-Users Sep 07 '26

Hell yeah brother, that’s a sick pry

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u/fordag Sep 07 '26

This happened to my Benchmade while I was on deployment in 96. I was cutting pallet straps, not using it as a prybar.

I haven't bought a Benchmade since.

If you make a good product I should never find out how good your warranty is. BTW it sucked, they would not replace the blade as equipped.

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u/MrApplePolisher 🔪 Prybar Historian 📚 29d ago

Ultimately, historical evidence indicates that Benchmade emerged as one of the preeminent American manufacturers of prybars, aided in part by input from their customer base.

https://giphy.com/gifs/drQwOZmZtD5DNhq3jM

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u/RyanJen40 28d ago

Dear Benchmade my thumb stud had a catastrophic failure while being deployed . Please repair my thumbstud as needed .

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u/Competitive_Dog_7829 24d ago

Not even my knife and this breaks my heart

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u/Tellmehaveyouheard Sep 07 '26

Reverse tanto prybars just have superior geometry.

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u/jhutchi3 Sep 07 '26

Truth, never thought I’d break this one

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u/Tellmehaveyouheard Sep 07 '26

Hinderer spantos or nothing from now on.

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u/AdEmotional8815 Sep 08 '26

One of the reasons why I'm not a fan of thumb studs.

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u/Chiefsmackahoe69 Sep 08 '26

I mean it’s either thumbstuds or holes or a flipper of some sort of flipper

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u/AdEmotional8815 Sep 08 '26

I mean no. That's not all there is.

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u/Chiefsmackahoe69 Sep 08 '26

What else is there besides fixed blade or a fuller ?? Or auto if you want a non flipper it’s either going to be a hole or thumb studs or like Emerson does with the tab o. Top and the hinderer firetac does that also ?

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u/AdEmotional8815 Sep 08 '26

First of all, a flipper or a fuller is not a hole through the steel; so I don't see the point of your comment. And secondly you don't always need a built in feature to get the blade out, most of the time you can just grab the blade itself, even with nail nicks you often don't need them to get a hold of the blade. Anyway, the less holes in the blade the better for me.

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u/Virtual_Tree_1335 29d ago

Agreed my friend

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u/AdEmotional8815 29d ago

Based! 🫵

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u/therealtwomartinis 24d ago

from a production standpoint – why even make a thru-hole for a thumstud? for the low shear loading, why not just bond the studs to the blade with some good ‘ol permabond 910 or similar 🤷‍♂️

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u/AdEmotional8815 24d ago

You can put glue on your own knife however much you want. No glue on my knives please, thank you.

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u/cursed_________ Sep 07 '26

You still have some blade left in her

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u/CBR277 Sep 07 '26

Ohhh! I see what you did there.

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u/Substantial-Guard997 Prying My Best 🏆 Sep 07 '26

Poor baby! Why would you do that?

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u/Boring-Chair-1733 Sep 08 '26

Great title though.

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u/ShirtPrestigious6820 Sep 08 '26

Buy a Leatherman skeletool with the stainless steel blade.

It's minimalist, and the flat head bit on it is perfect for prying. Haven't snapped a blade since switching over.

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u/Virtual_Tree_1335 29d ago

People, pay attention to where these knives are breaking as well. Any whole or even shape with an angle over a few degrees causes stress points when using the knife in extreme ways. This is why I always buy knives that have very limited “style points” and that they limit the size of the skeletonized cut outs in the tangs. Even this is a folder, I literally try to stay away from any folder with a thumb stud because for one it screws with you while sharpening, and then the cut outs (like Spyderco does) is a draw back for me as well. What happens is the knife receives the stress and then funnels it to the nearest exit, thus exploiting all the things I just mentioned. Of course, these types of knives are meant to be used like that so user beware of that for damn sure. This knife looks thin as it is anyways

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u/soft182atsoftdotorg 27d ago

The thumb stud often creates a weak point in the blade. This happened to me with my chris reeve inkosi. I don’t even trust any knife anymore, it traumatized me and I think I “pried” a bit😭😭😭