As the newest addition to the Vector family, the 496 Vector is a detail-laden AXIS® Assist flipper that oozes style at every angle. This EDC will hang with the best of them, featuring Benchmade’s first compound grind blade crafted from CPM-20CV. Full stainless steel liners, a gray aluminum bolster, and dual colored G10 handles provide strength and comfort to this unique design.
About:
- Blade Length: 3.6” (9.14cm)
- Blade Thickness: 0.1” (2.540mm)
- Open: 8.42” (21.39cm)
- Closed: 4.82” (12.24cm)
- Weight: 4.5oz (127.57g)
- Handle Thickness: 0.60” (15.24mm)
Features:
- Mechanism: AXIS®
- A Benchmade original, 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 that 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 omegastyle 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.
- Action: Assisted-opening
- “Assists” have a spring that encourages the blade into the open position once the user pushes the blade manually beyond a certain point.
- Blade Edge & Finish/Color: Plain Satin
- Blade Steel: CPM-20CV (59-61 HRC)
- Excellent edge retention and great corrosion resistance are typically hard to find in one steel; however, they meet here in CPM-20CV. A powder- metal steel that takes a fine edge and maintains it, 20CV is a great choice for someone looking for low maintenance and superior cutting performance.
- Blade Style/Shape: Modified Drop-point
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Drops off the spine to the top. Tip height is typically below the center line on the blade.
- Handle Material: G10
- An extremely durable makeup of layers of fiberglass soaked in resin, then highly compressed and baked. Impervious to moisture or liquid and physically stable under a wide range of temperatures.
- Use:
- Every Day - Not obtrusive or uncomfortable in slacks or shorts; just convenient and well fitted to your general needs.
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- Model:
- 496 Vector
- _created_at_:
- 2020-07-07T16:36:09-05:00
- _updated_at_:
- 2021-11-08 17:39:06
- Blade Edge:
- Plain
- Blade Finish:
- Satin
- Blade Steel:
- CPM-20CV (59-61HRC)
- Blade_Style:
- Modified Drop-point
- Clip Type:
- Standard
- Clip Position:
- Tip-Up
- Handle Material:
- G10
- Use:
- Every Day
- Type:
- Knife
- Action:
- Assisted-opening
- _lanyard_hole_:
- Yes
- Country of Manufacture:
- United States
- _warehouse_:
- in_house
Additional Information
SKU
BM496
UPC
610953152086
Model
496 Vector
Blade Edge
Plain
Blade Finish
Satin
Blade Steel
CPM-20CV (59-61HRC)
Clip Type
Standard
Clip Position
Tip-Up
Handle Material
G10
Use
Every Day
Type
Knife
Action
Assisted-opening
Country of Manufacture
United States
