Ganzo G704 Inexpensive Folding Knife - Win and Fail review 

The Ganzo G704 is basically a copy of the Benchmade Model 14205 HK34 Tactical Folder. This is one of the first Ganzo knives I bought. I used to do some tweaking of my Ganzo knives with mixed results. Often the pivot areas are not fully flat and parallel and the plastic bushings help with that. I smoothed the surfaces and replaced the stock nylon bushings with quality phosphor bronze bushings and my G704 works as smoothly as my real Benchmade knives. I agree the exposed tang when closed is bad, but for me, I found when opening the knife, the tang passing by the frame liners works like scissors, which I learned through experience (bleeding). My G704 did not have a good edge, but that was easy enough to fix. The later Ganzos, even current versions of older models, have improved a great deal. The new Ganzo Firebird knives really have not needed any tweaking to work well. Also, Ganzo has addressed the weight issue with newer models, employing liner milling. Also, the newer designs are not the direct rip-offs of their old models. The models derived from other brands still abound, but there are less of the direct copies such as this one. Or my other favorite, the Ganzo G710, which is a copy of the Benchmade Rift. I have a real Benchmade Rift and, though the Ganzo copied the look, they do not feel the same. It is sort of like comparing corn syrup to real maple syrup; they made look the same, but once you try the real thing, the other one just seems like a cheap copy.

The Ganzo 704 is my favorite knife, it can be adjusted pretty easy. Wow, I own two and the liners are bored out to reduce weight.

I have one of these and i wish i owned another one. I hope they make it again. great knife.

Of the 5 Ganzos I own, the 704 has the tightest "G" springs in Hell. The best way to break in that lock without opening up the knife is to bend open and slide the short end of a medium-sized paper clip into the front opening of the Axis lock; pull back and release with first and second fingers repeatedly until you've loosened the tension on that spring; remove the paper clip and then flip open and close the blade until you've got it to be as smooth as you like it to be. This will save messing up the flesh on your finger tips trying to pinch grip the lock studs over and over again. The tension on the thumb studs will also then be less difficult to open.

What about the new one? The D704 that they have now. In D2

Gonna get one

love my 704, awesome edc (1-3-4-2-5 die hard)

1,3,2,5,4 no real reason why. not a massive fan of the die hard series after the 1st one. seemed like they were just stretching it out for money. cool knife reviews mate. good to see you dont mind reviewing the cheaper stuff as well. :)

1,3,4,5,2!

I've had about 5 of this exact model and I love giving them away as Christmas and birthday gifts. Most of the people I know who have knives usually get something like a coast or some other gas station quality knife. They really love it when I get them a real sturdy knife that keeps it's edge for far longer than they are used to. And these are super sturdy knives! Check out this old Russian youtube video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7T0EIAjQ61Y.html and keep in mind, that was when the blade was thinner. Make sure to click the English subtitle button. Thanks for your review! I look forward to seeing many more.

There's 5 Diehard movies??? Umm, 1,2,3,5,4. Sounds, like I need to do some downloading. :s

I agree 6:35, I cut my fingers that gap fev time when opening that knife:/ I don't know why people like this model? Is very heavy, blade is quite short, clip is too long, that holes for axis is too big.. very fast sell that knife, but I like other ganzo

1, 5, 2, 3, 4

1/2/4/3/5 thanks

The axis lock thumb studs are too short. It's a bitch for me trying close the 702 sometimes. I don't know if it's because the springs are too strong or the studs themselves or what. Other than that the 702 is awesome. Good upload!

Ganzo is Chinese for decent beater knife.

Ranking: 2, 1, 3, 4, 5

WTF was the orange?

1, vengeance, 2, live free, good day

From best to worst Diehard 1,2,3,4.0,5

Ganzo flooding you tubers for advertisement. Why buy any knife beside a Ganzo? I can get 20 Ganzo for price of a Benchmade. Any knife more than 20$ is a waste of money.