BM42SS will soon be out the door.

[FivePointOh]

FYI!

Dealers have 'em and are prepareing to ship.

Mmmmm...BM42 with stainless steel handles, D2 blade steel and the re-designed spring latch. I can't wait.

[Causeway]

and the re-designed spring latch.

Care to elaborate on benchmades "re-designed" spring latch.

If i'm right there are only two diffrent variations of the spring latch.The ones on the milled SS handles and the version on the cast Titanium handles.

[FivePointOh]

As posted by someone on another forum: "According to BM: The Modified Spring-Latch uses the new "domed" spring latch. Provides secure lock up yet allows for a greater variety of opening methods. (Squeeze handles OR push off)"

[Causeway]

Ok it's modified.

[FivePointOh]

Ya, I guess I used the wrong terminology. Also the pocket in the handle is modified also to facilitate the push off opening.

[tonyccw]

The three versions of the spring latch are:

Milled SS Handled bali has a milled spring latch with the holes in the shaft.
Production spring latch is a cast version of the milled spring latch.
Both of these have a flat bottom that rest inside the detent cutout on the side of the handles.

The 42SS has a spring latch where the bottom is domed, that rest in a curved walled detent cutout. The advantage is now you can manually disengaged the latch like the old classic T-latch with a push of the thumb, while still maintaining the auto disengage feature by squeezing the handles. Who ever designed it is a genius...