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Welcome to the Laboratory!

peter

January 21, 2013 21:07

This forum is where we discuss the activities of the Benchmade Special Projects: Test and Innovation Laboratory. We are fully staffed and fully outfitted for both mechanical and practical testing and evaluation. Through rigorous standardized testing we gain a greater understanding of product performance, both Benchmade and our competitors.
“The Laboratory” is where we put the knives through their paces. We will push them beyond conventional testing just to see what would happen. There is a certain satisfaction knowing what it would take to make a knife completely fracture and blow apart, even if it’s not humanly possible to do.

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theoneandonly

January 21, 2013 21:14
Love it!
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dj

January 21, 2013 21:17
If this is where we can ask for special LE,s to be made .....
Then I,d like a 740 Lum in S90V ..........please.
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oldangler

January 21, 2013 21:30
Some photos of testing from time to time would be very cool.
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skywalker

January 21, 2013 21:40
Sounds awesome; I can't wait to see what y'all get up to.

Can we assume that this will not be the only board under the "Special Projects" heading?
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peter

January 21, 2013 21:45
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Originally posted by old angler:
Some photos of testing from time to time would be very cool.

I'll do you one better and load photos, videos and data as often as we can. We have a full time test and innovation lab and as we move forward we'll be sharing our tests and findings with everyone.
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peter

January 21, 2013 21:47
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Originally posted by Skywalker:
Sounds awesome; I can't wait to see what y'all get up to.

Can we assume that this will not be the only board under the "Special Projects" heading?

That's a very safe assumption, keep a weather eye open and you'll see the other sections under the "Special Projects" heading soon.
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keyman

January 21, 2013 21:59
Sweet!
Thanks Peter.
I will certainly stay tuned!
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joekarp

January 21, 2013 22:03
Gee, someone's standing under the tree and shaking it...

Welcome Peter, and I look forward to this new section on theForum!
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otacon

January 21, 2013 22:07
I'm excited
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agony

January 21, 2013 22:08
Very cool, can't wait to see all the mad scientists at work!
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whodareswins

January 21, 2013 22:32
Now this is what I call customer involvement, excellent to see this begin and I suspect that there could always be a little Dr. Frankenstein in all of us….ROLMAO
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deathofallthings

January 21, 2013 22:35
I'm very excited about the new special products section.
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trailboss

January 21, 2013 22:49
That's good news. This will be the best part of the forum.
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dclark

January 21, 2013 23:02
This looks like it could get interesting.
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carson

January 21, 2013 23:08
It was great to meet you at SHOT, Peter. Welcome to your own section and the forum!

This is a great advancement for the company and the forum. I'm looking forward to it and suggesting testing parameters
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sharpener1969

January 21, 2013 23:41
Cool , all good things in all good time!
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thepunisher

January 22, 2013 00:14
show us.

bring back the hole.
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presser

January 22, 2013 00:21
Cool! This is like Area 51, no wait... that's the other new forum (Area 42). It's good to see what it takes to F things-up, I mean, to test their limits. Nice.
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David Lerman Contractor

January 22, 2013 00:26
Great to see this happining...
and if you need any field testers..Hey..We're your guys
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jonadz

January 22, 2013 00:29
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Originally posted by w30hammer:
Great to see this happining...
and if you need any field testers..Hey..We're your guys

+1.... Million!
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mikeace

January 22, 2013 00:45
This is awesome, can't wait. Thanks Peter...
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sharpeye

January 22, 2013 02:36
Peter, thanks in advance for all your time and efforts to improve on the standard.
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pascalabi

January 22, 2013 05:28
so, here the place to go when we want to talk about users and not safequeen .... great !!!
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kenmade

January 22, 2013 16:15
It would be great to see how BM blades are put to the test. That is why BM are the leaders in the knife business and others are following.
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benchmade

January 22, 2013 22:39
quote:

Originally posted by Peter:
This forum is where we discuss the activities of the Benchmade Special Projects: Test and Innovation Laboratory. We are fully staffed and fully outfitted for both mechanical and practical testing and evaluation. Through rigorous standardized testing we gain a greater understanding of product performance, both Benchmade and our competitors.
“The Laboratory” is where we put the knives through their paces. We will push them beyond conventional testing just to see what would happen. There is a certain satisfaction knowing what it would take to make a knife completely fracture and blow apart, even if it’s not humanly possible to do.

And for those that haven't met or seen Peter (Pete), his avatar stache is no match for the real-deal.
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trailboss

January 22, 2013 23:16
quote:

Originally posted by Benchmade:

And for those that haven't met or seen Peter (Pete), his avatar stache is no match for the real-deal.

Oh, c'mon. You can't tease like that.

Show us the real deal!
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peter

January 23, 2013 15:53
Sorry for not smiling, but I haven't gotten through my first pot of coffee yet this morning, lol. cheers.
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bchan77

January 24, 2013 01:17
quote:

Originally posted by Peter:
This forum is where we discuss the activities of the Benchmade Special Projects: Test and Innovation Laboratory. We are fully staffed and fully outfitted for both mechanical and practical testing and evaluation. Through rigorous standardized testing we gain a greater understanding of product performance, both Benchmade and our competitors.
“The Laboratory” is where we put the knives through their paces. We will push them beyond conventional testing just to see what would happen. There is a certain satisfaction knowing what it would take to make a knife completely fracture and blow apart, even if it’s not humanly possible to do.

Peter, I like the tone of your post. The confidence and pride in your work is unmistakable. The only reservation is the last seven words. What you said may not be true when it comes to the people in this forum. Some of them are crazy.
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lordjim

January 25, 2013 22:28
Hey Peter,

can we see a breaking test on an axis lock? How do you guys test that?

thx
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peter

January 28, 2013 15:47
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Originally posted by Lord Jim:
Hey Peter,

can we see a breaking test on an axis lock? How do you guys test that?

thx

Absolutely. We have several methods for testing different lock styles. We do performance testing of the product, mechanical testing of the components and destructive testing to find the limitations of the design, materials, etc. We will definately be posting videos, pictures, etc of lock testing, and we'll lead off with the axis for certain. more to come...
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