I have been hocking these knives for a year.
I find the QA to be pretty poor. 2/3 of them are absolutely glass smooth with great edges.
1/3 are a bit sticky and some have bad locks I have even seen a few slightly off grinds.
Love the product but the handmade charm is a bit lost when I am judging my customers on if I want to dig through boxs to find a good one or just sale them the one on top that might not be perfect.
am I alone or do these things have pretty wild very ability in quality for 200-600 dollar knives

>>63931711 (OP)
You can't expect perfection from American knives in that price range.
If you want quality, you have to go Chinese.

>>63931727
I was going to say the 60 buck spiderco knives from china are ugly and not as diverse in form and function have perfect QA

>>63931711 (OP)
Coldsteel is unironically a better buy than benchmade in the current year

>>63932044
Depends on the product. Cold steel is run by a wild man. I think there high end is pretty good though.

>>63931711 (OP)
MORE LIKE BITCHMADE

>>63934227
>>63932044
coldsteel has been owned by a chinese holding company since covid lmao you guys definitely dont know what the fuck you're saying

>>63931711 (OP)
didn't these fags chop up a bunch of guns from buybacks?

>>63934929
Yup

>>63934929
Fug
I'll have to read up on that. >>63934929

>>63934731
Power leveling here but Lynn Thompson and his brother grew up extremely poor. He is an autistic robot for business but also happened to focus in on fun stuff. Sold his stake awhile ago and lives in California now. The QC is always hit or miss because their makers are always changing. The OKC run for their knives back in the day are legendary. The warranty is designed to help mitigate that and also partly why everything is overbuilt. Yes they sell mall ninja shit to placate normies but deep down there is a solid serviceable knife company down there.
>t. fencing instructor has been repeatedly invited out to his ranch and always has new stories when he returns. very generous and kind man who leaned into 2000s History Channel memery to sell products and is 100% self aware of it.

>>63931711 (OP)
Buy a kershaw leek magna cut...will be 1/3 cheaper than spyder co or benchmade.

Will be sharp will have good warranty...made in USA

>>63934929
iirc they've donated to some anti-gun politicians too, not a huge surprise since they're in the Portland area though, probably mandatory bribes to stay in business there.

>>63931711 (OP)
I haven't found their QC to be that different from most other high-end knife manufacturers. The thing about knives is that unless you go all out for something special the quality will continue to vary wildly regardless of price. There are exceptions but true quality will often cost you significantly more than a Benchmade, especially if you want it made in the U.S. >>63934929 It was the Oregon City Police Department's policy they wouldn't profit off reselling firearms used in crimes, so they voluntold Benchmade to chop them up instead.

>>63931711 (OP)
The QC really is all over the place with them. I have a bunch of BMs I bought before the drama, including a 484-1 that was something like $300, and the fit and finish are nowhere close to what they ought to be at that price point. I recently bought a $60 CRKT and it's put together nicer than some of the Benchmades I own, and they're nothing compared to the quality you get from Spyderco, ZT, or other production knives in their price range.

I also just think most of their current lineup is really boring. You get much nicer and cooler materials and locks for the same money from other companies.

>>63934929
>>63935442
>>63938862
>buybacks
No,
>confiscate for evidence
Yes. But any company with the means will have law enforcment ask them to do so. Who cares? They're getting destroyed either way

>>63931711 (OP)
TL;DR also Bitchmade hates the second amendment so fuck em.
Bully Mark Larue into making more knives instead.

>>63940004
>especially if you want it made in the U.S.
Meh, made in the US (when the company isn't ran by some Leninist faggot gun grabber supporter) is ideal but I'm certainly not apposed knives made in Japan, Taiwan, or the Philippines either.

Actually that's why I really like Spyderco's website in particularly, they'll just straight up tell you where your individual products are from and you can even filter based off country of origin.

>>63931711 (OP)
moar liek benchod lol

>>63939706
Lynn sold it off years ago

>>63940009
the chinese "bootlegs" of the 535 bugouts are unironically better than the ones in the outfitters store and gunshops. I get them for $11-15

>>63931711 (OP)
>Bitch Made
are you anti-2A like that fucking company?
they give money to anti-2A dems.
also, look into who owns them.

just buy something else dudes.

>>63943437
Based.
I like ProTech for side opening autos, Microtech for dual action OTF. For non-auto/assisted knives, pick your poison. Lot of good options.

>>63943465
Yeah, so many great options these days. There's no excuse in supporting scumbag companies anymore.
I'm partial to Kershaw because I always felt that I was getting quality for the amount of money I was paying. ZT is also good.
And let's not forget that most of the blades these days are coming from China or Taiwan and are just getting assembled or scales getting slapped on in the US. So you might as well get a whole knife from there.

I avoid all companies that are not fully 2A or have little hat owners.

>>63943437
>they cut up some shitty old guns!!!
I will never understand why people are so supremely asshurt over some Saturday night specials getting 86'd

>>63943540
They're cutting up an AK and a Remington shotgun in these pics. And it doesn't matter what it is when they're clearly working against 2A. Even if they were cutting up some 3D printed monstrosity, it's still the same thing: they're showing us that they're anti-2A.
You can never trust these people.

PS: it's funny how you ignored their decades-long trail of political contributions to the demons.

>>63931711 (OP)
or you could just sharpen a $10 chink knock off knife that doesnt donate to democrat politicians
or get a $40 mcirotech knock off

>>63943565
>decades-long trail of political contributions to the demons.

why do all of you types talk like this? always with the melodrama.

>>63940824
If you spend $300 on a FUCKING POCKET KNIFE you are a useless fucking faggot and everything bad that happens in life, should happen to you
there is no discussion
no "hurr durr buybacks" proof is needed
do not pass go
do not collect $200 (less than what a bench made costs)
a glock 80 is $50 with hyperinflation
if you ever bought a benchmade
no offense, but you should kill yourself

>>63943736
>WHY BUY ANYTHING NICE! UGHHHH FUCKING BUYFAGS!

how much u make in an hour?

>>63943768
>I bought this handmade damascus steel 3 inch pocket knife with gold filligree, its worth the Ruger handgun level money I spent on it
No, you are still a fucking faggot

>>63943713
>get a $40 mcirotech knock off
Based. Paid $25 for mine and it's decently solid.

>>63931711 (OP)
>not STRICTLY selling SpyderCo
Retard detected.

>>63943540
>knife is a weapon
>firearm is a weapon
>knife company frothing at the mouth over a chance to destroy another type of weapon

Also, as a Oregonian myself...
>Oregon City
Liberal run shithole. No surprises they bragged about "cutting up those evil child killing AR-15s!".

>>63943727
>you types
what type is that, plebbitartd commie?

>>63944018
terminally online nerds whos entire day consists of playing OSRS, reposting political twitter screencaps on discord, alt tabbing between tranny hate threads and WMBF threads on /gif/ and trawling /v/ for off-topic politics threads.

>>63944032
kek'd. just keep kwetching.

>>63944032
Awfully specific insult there, anon. Suspiciously specific.
Don't forget how they threatened a lawsuit against a company making aftermarket handle scales for one of their knives.
Or pic related.

>>63931727
Times have changed so much, bros, I can't tell if this is a joke or serious. There's some truth to it.

>>63941672
where can i find these?

>>63948423
aliexpress "bm 535"

>>63931711 (OP)
>Benchmade
>hand made

>>63940824
A lot of evidence guns are sold off at auction.
Honestly, the majority of them are.
It's free real estate for the PD and what they do with the rest of the confiscated crap anyway

>>63931711 (OP)
time to turn away from the dark side and become a spyderchad. never had a single prob with QA

>>63941652
>the Philippines
What companies make their knives there? Flips seem like they'd know a thing about a good stabbing knife

>>63941643
>Bully Mark Larue into making more knives instead.
Any other pro 2A knife companies I should look into? I already have a pocket knife but I'm thinking of getting one that's a little smaller and lightweight.

>>63943736
What pocket knife should I buy then anon

>>63950751
I mean define handmade, should it be forged from a blacksmith from start to finish in a medieval style to qualify as 'handmade'. Humans are still involved in the process and QC'ing, not like the entire assembly line is automated. But that just goes for most knife companies.

>>63943736
Why do expensive knives elicit a level of anger that nothing else does? A timex does the same thing as a rolex yet you don't see spergs such as yourself having meltdowns over them.

>>63956634
Are you really making the argument that shit cranked out on a CNC machine is handmade?

>>63939706
I've always liked his cheesy videos.

>>63943780
You're a destitute hobo sitting in front of a mcdonalds getting his ass pumped with nigger semen on a daily basis.

>>63943437
Most sane post here.

Benchmade was my first nice knife back in 1997 or so. They made some great stuff up until the early 2010's, then their quality started to slip as their prices started to climb.

These days, I struggle to think of company that is so consistently and hilariously overpriced with every single product they sell, especially for the (lack of) quality and materials.

Charging Chris Reeve or Microtech prices for knives that can't hang with generic $100 Chinese shit is beyond my understanding, but fudds and wannabe operators keep buying them and keeping their doors open.

I mean...Cold Steel is still a company, so maybe I'm completely out of touch with the market.

My Adamas chops trees just fine

My A̶d̶a̶m̶a̶s̶ Osborne chops trees just fine

>>63931711 (OP)
Bitch made

>>63958400
>>63958417
I don't know how to tell you this but that's a twig not a tree.

>>63931711 (OP)
I bought a benchmade shootout and it broke within 3-4 months with absolute minimal use, although i was fidgeting with it a lot. The part i highlighted in pic related simply sheeted off, make from absolute tin metal. The warranty was nice though benchmade had it back to me within 2 weeks.

I’m just going to relegate this knife to one I carry on my runs and workouts since it’s slim and lightweight, and I don’t have to worry about banging it up like my MicroTech.

>>63958417
Secondary lock for an auto
No thumbstuds visible
Axis lock
this must be a fake

>>63941643
>>63954924
Huwwwwwwweeeeeeeiiiiiii!

>>63931711 (OP)
>I have been hocking these knives for a year.
You should stop, they hate us and the Second Amendment. I mean keep the ones you have already sure but don't buy anymore.

>>63941643
>Mark Larue
One of the few good Boomers from his time.

>>63961173
I'm in Alaska. We can have auto's.

Here's my anonimus. Seeth poors

>>63962703
>Posts a sharpened piece of metal with no context
>Assumes poors will "seeth"
I don't get it

>>63931711 (OP)
>Bitchmade
Just make your own knives from recycled lawnmower blades and abandoned railroad tracks like god intended.

I know I'm an oldfag but I see nothing wrong with simply buying American made Buck knives.
I carry a 503 everyday

>You hate Benchmade because you only want to fight and kill from a distance to gaslight yourself that your conscience is clean.
>I hate Benchmade because their stuff is overpriced shit and pretends it's quality.
>We are not the same.

>>63962745
>t.seething poor seething

>>63962703
>Seeth poors
Meh, I prefer OKC. Fun fact poorfags can afford over priced knives too with a little bit of discipline and a lot of nights eating canned soup an tuna as well as the occasional bulk order of frozen meat to stuff in our chest freezers.

>>63962511
What version Osborne is that? I don't believe one from Benchmade exists with those characteristics.

A bunch of salty poors in this thread. Pic related is made from $600 worth of Taggedouts

>>63943736

>>63962953
9555 Benchmade Auto-Rift

>>63963442
Right on, I was thinking all Osbornes were 940s.

>>63931711 (OP)
>>63931727
Joke or not, honestly I think people underestimate Chinese production too much now-a-days because of anti China propaganda and home nation (USA) shilling and patriotism, but there are SOME good Chinese blades out there like some of the Taiwanese Spyderco's etc.

that said Bench made hate on /k/ seems to stim from something one of the BM guys said about 2A and less about the actually quality of the knives so I take critism of them here with a large grain of salt. If youre are or want to pay $200 yes the materials, grind, QA, CS better be good, but depending on your needs <$40 might work out just as well if not better.

>>63963020
>he spent $600 on shitty Bitchmades

>>63962769
My Gramps carries one of those every day too and loves it, said it's basically mine when he kicks the bucket along with his old Chevy truck which of course I'm hoping isn't any time soon because he's a cool guy but yeah he'll probably be around for a little while longer since he's in better health than some 20yr's I know.

>>63963731
CHING-CHONG DING-DONG

>>63962769
>I see nothing wrong with simply buying American made Buck knives
THIS

>OP makes a Bitchmade thread
>gets made fun of
I'm glad that Oldfags haven't forgotten and Zoomy-zoom nu-fags learned quickly.

>Benchmade
More like Bitch made, amiright?

>>63931727
>>63947163
I bought a benchmade 42 from a fake benchmade chinese site. It was $200 and I felt so stupid for falling for it. However, the knife is actually pretty good. I'm not a expert on knives, but it seems very solid. No rusting or shit tolerances. It did come with some weird blue anodizing in the handle holes, but I don't mind it. I've had it for a couple years now.

>>63954924
Toor

>>63963731
>good Chinese blades
>Taiwanese
Big difference between the China people are talking about when they say "China" and Taiwan. (Get fucked CCP.) Taiwan is effectively a first world country and basically on par with Japan and South Korea for manufacturing these days - they still make some cheaper stuff but they're absolutely capable of Western-quality work when the customer wants to pay for it.

>>63970432
This; plus in Spyderco's case specifically, a lot (if not all) of their highest-end knives are the Taiwan-made ones.

>>63964923
salty poor confirmed

>>63970710
Just send your money directly to Antifa and Israel. Bypass the middle-man.

>>63968608
>More like Bitch made, amiright?
Yup, it's still funny. At timeless classic.

>>63962769
based buck enjoyer
>own two 110 hunters

>>63971350
>based buck enjoyer

>>63970710
Kek
>salty
Nah
>poor
Nah
I'm just not a retard.