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What will be your next Benchmade knife purchase and why?

My personal purchase next from Benchmade Knife Co. I think will be the Fixed blade bushcrafter 162 Siebert Design New to the line up this year

It has a high ground drop point polished finished blade, made from S30V stainless steel (An American made and developed premium grade stainless steel created for knife blades. Its a powder made steel with a uniform carbide distribution and clean steel properties. As a blade material it offers excellent corrosion resistance and excellent edge qualities)

Hand blended-contoured green G10 handles with red, held together with pressed titanium tubing.

and a beautiful brushed full grained leather buckskin sheath with a D ring flint rod loop and retention strap , My Grandfather would love this sheath!

9.20 inches long overall and Retails for $200.00

this will be my next benchmade knife, I intend to use it hunting, fishing, I may even wear it around the house if my wife Cherry don't look at me too funny LOL

Tell me what will be your next Benchmade Knife and why

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Permalink Reply by Jess Cobb on November 8, 2013 at 20:18

Just bought a Mini Barrage model 585. Love the assisted opening Axis lock.

I hope my next purchase will be an auto axis lock like the Volli.

I mostly just play with the autos, but I carry the axis lock for edc...I own several.

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on November 8, 2013 at 20:48

It will probably be another Gold Class. I am waiting for one I like.
The Siebert bushcrafter is a stout knife, would make a fine edition to any collection.

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on November 9, 2013 at 12:41

I had the WARN Mini Barrage, but I traded it and a Green/Black Bone Collector for a Protech Elishewitz Auto with Cocobolo handles. Kinda miss the WARN, it was a user. But I still have my 581.

Jess Cobb said:

Just bought a Mini Barrage model 585. Love the assisted opening Axis lock.

I hope my next purchase will be an auto axis lock like the Volli.

I mostly just play with the autos, but I carry the axis lock for edc...I own several.

Permalink Reply by Jess Cobb on November 9, 2013 at 14:48

Hard to beat the Protech Autos. But I love the convenience, strength and functionality of the Axis lock. There is room in my collection for both.

Brad T. said:

I had the WARN Mini Barrage, but I traded it and a Green/Black Bone Collector for a Protech Elishewitz Auto with Cocobolo handles. Kinda miss the WARN, it was a user. But I still have my 581.

Jess Cobb said:

Just bought a Mini Barrage model 585. Love the assisted opening Axis lock.

I hope my next purchase will be an auto axis lock like the Volli.

I mostly just play with the autos, but I carry the axis lock for edc...I own several.

Permalink Reply by Brad T. on November 9, 2013 at 18:43

I still have a 710, 810, 581 & 2 of my Gold Class knives have the Axis lock(Pardue & Osborne). Just not into the spring assist anymore. I carry the 810 & 710 more than any other knife.

Permalink Reply by James on January 19, 2019 at 7:52

Griptillian H2O. I work outside in the elements and also do a lot of salt water fishing.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on January 20, 2019 at 16:43

Because some threads should never die...

The 580-2 full sized Barrage with grey G-10 handle scales. I've bought very few Benchmades in my life, for various reasons. Price is definitely one of those reasons, but not the only one. There was one Benchmade that I wanted quite a lot (can't recall the name, it was similar to the Emissary, but must be out of production now), but was known for the slippery handles (GFN, I believe).

Benchmade also takes a lot of designs out of production. I've missed a few Benchmades simply because they had gone out of production by the time I decided to finally drop the cash one them, & only found out they were impossible to find (or afford) only as I went shopping for it (the 53 Mangus being the prime example, and more than one of the full-sized models that they decided to only sell in the "mini" versions, like the full sized Loco). And then there as that Blue Volli that I just couldn't afford while it was available, & knew I would regret not finding a financing option -- & I do.

And then there's the slip-joint knives that I would buy in a heartbeat if they were locking knives (the Proper & the 318). Also, there was that fixed-blade Bushcrafter mentioned in the title post -- I was deadset on buying that one but had the fortune of holding one at our locally based camping & trekking store Midwest Mountaineering -- & found out that the handle is simply too small for my hand (bummer!).

Thinking about all of this, though, is helping me to prioritize a list of Benchmade knives that I should prioritize, before they fall out of production. Like the Bedlam, the Emissary 3.5, the Mini-Loco, & the Volli, the Crooked River, & the new Freek with the G10 scales (not yet released, but given my track record, I should start thinking about it now). Cool...

Permalink Reply by Chris R. on February 1, 2019 at 7:15

I once owned a Benchmade Mini Griptillian with a partially serrated tanto blade. Due to an unfortunate porta-john incident, it was lost forever. Not because I couldnt find it, but because it was too icky to dive in after it.

I replaced it with a Spyderco Manix 2 because I couldnt find another Benchmade knife that made my loins tingle.

Recently, I discovered the PROPPER 319. After researching (and fondleing,) i decided that it would be my next Benchmade.

I plan on getting it by the end of February.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on February 23, 2019 at 16:09

I'm a bigger Benchmade fan today than ever before. Here's my new 580-2 Barrage!