Civivi Imperium

Materials, fit and finish and feel in hand are all better on the civivi for almost half the price. Lock up and action on the civivi is just as good feeling as the benchmade but the BM does have the axis lock if that means a lot to you. The quality of the civivi is shocking for the price.

I bought a Civivi Imperium with the carbon-fiber / silvery shred handle. Honestly, it's man jewelry. I love how it looks. BUT it's also a well-made knife with a fun fidget factor and a super-sharp blade that has opened plenty of packages and letters.

The Civivi feels like it clears both essentially at once, which is what you want, though you can get used to one like the Crag. I also have the CJRB Feldspar and like it. It's got good action and just jumps out, though out of the box, it was such that you had to get the thumb stud approach vector correct or it resisted opening.