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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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dead_left_knife_guy
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...
Jan 20, 2019
Chris R.
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.
Feb 1, 2019
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dead_left_knife_guy
I'm a bigger Benchmade fan today than ever before. Here's my new 580-2 Barrage!
Feb 23, 2019