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2017 BENCHMADE FORUM KNIFE!

benchmademadelyn
GET READY FOR THE 2017 BENCHMADE FORUM KNIFE! We will be producing a 2017 exclusive limited run Benchmade this year just for you guys!
*The forum knife will only be available for purchase domestically.
*2 knives per-person. Please do not abuse the privilege of having a exclusive forum knife.

The details on quantity and release date are still being finalized but we want to give you a chance to take the designers seat!

Take the below survey to let us know what you'd like the 2017 Forum Exclusive knife to be:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8R3DVGM

Thank you!
-Madelyn
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  • martymcfly
    Fantastic!!
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    Thank you to everyone at Benchmade for thinking of us!
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  • boinkman
    Thanks Madelyn. Interesting survey. I'd like to talk to my peers before filling it out.

    Who's down for a titanium anodized or dlc coated barrage? Wide open to suggestions and will go with the group on this one.
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  • martymcfly
    Titanium handles on the Barrage, please.
    DLC. Yes, I'm down.
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  • acar
    My preferences:
    484
    Blackwood like used on the 850-01
    M390
    Exclusive EDC
    200-300
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  • buccilli15
    Count me in for titanium handles on a barrage. My 2nd choice will be CF Barrage, probably with M390..
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  • kirbysdl
    Ti Barrage would be pretty hot, almost like a return to the 780.

    Am I correct that every forum knife so far has had CF handles? If so, then I'd say keep CF for tradition or go Ti for some extra flair. I worry that it would put the price above what most want to spend, but I'd do my best to save up for it!
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  • bigdaddyw20
    quote:
    Originally posted by buccilli15:
    Count me in for titanium handles on a barrage. My 2nd choice will be CF Barrage, probably with M390..


    My first choice was your second choice but only because the 484 already comes in cf. Same price range.
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  • kirbysdl
    Oh, and just thinking ahead, I wonder if the ordering process could be tweaked a bit this go-around. I remember in 2016 that some folks got 10 or more just to flip them, and a lot of forumites either stayed on hold forever or weren't able to get any at all because they sold out too quickly.

    Not sure that I have any great suggestions here, but perhaps stricter quantity limits at first? Allow forum members to reserve knives early?

    Just 2c. Regardless, I really appreciate Benchmade doing another forum knife. Thanks a million!
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  • amethyst
    Thanks for the great news, Madelyn
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    You can count me in but please make the purchase easier this year for the forumites from outside the U.S. like me
    Wink
    Last year it was rather difficult...

    Thanks!
    Walter
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  • 1daven
    quote:
    Originally posted by ACAR:
    My preferences:
    484
    Blackwood like used on the 850-01
    M390
    Exclusive EDC
    200-300


    That sounds awesome. I put 484 with micarta, to get something different from what's already available, but that blackwood sounds better yet.
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  • billhammer
    Thank you Les & Forum Moderators.
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  • benchmademadelyn
    quote:
    Originally posted by amethyst:
    Thanks for the great news, Madelyn
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    You can count me in but please make the purchase easier this year for the forumites from outside the U.S. like me
    Wink
    Last year it was rather difficult...

    Thanks!
    Walter


    The forum knife will only be available domestically this year, sorry!
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  • billhammer
    To other Forum members,
    As you can get a customize Barrage and / or Grip in the custom shop, & I believe they are a poor choice as a Forum Knife.
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  • martymcfly
    quote:
    Originally posted by Bill Hammer:
    To other Forum members,
    As you can get a customize Barrage and / or Grip in the custom shop, & I believe they are a poor choice as a Forum Knife.

    Not if you dislike the Nakamura...
    Plus they don't offer Ti or DLC in the custom shop.
    Or CF, or micarta, or C-TEK, or wood.
    Or M390, or S90V...
    You catch my drift.
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  • amethyst
    quote:
    Originally posted by Benchmade_Madelyn:
    quote:
    Originally posted by amethyst:
    Thanks for the great news, Madelyn
    Smiler


    You can count me in but please make the purchase easier this year for the forumites from outside the U.S. like me
    Wink
    Last year it was rather difficult...

    Thanks!
    Walter


    The forum knife will only be available domestically this year, sorry!


    Thanks for this early info, Madelyn. So I will have to please an U.S. forumite to buy one for me.
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  • barccattleco
    My preference would be the 484 in carbon fiber since all the others are that way. I have owned all 3 and you guys have done an outstanding job on each of them!! Thank you!
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  • mobilefirelord
    quote:
    Originally posted by kirbysdl:
    Ti Barrage would be pretty hot, almost like a return to the 780.

    Am I correct that every forum knife so far has had CF handles? If so, then I'd say keep CF for tradition or go Ti for some extra flair. I worry that it would put the price above what most want to spend, but I'd do my best to save up for it!


    I like Titanium as well, but CF would provide lighter and non sipping texture. I agree that Titanium would cost more to machine it.
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  • sre1
    quote:
    Originally posted by Bar C Cattle Co:
    My preference would be the 484 in carbon fiber since all the others are that way.

    Which is why CF is out for me. The Forum knife should be different , in my opinion, at least. I'll go with red micarta & S90V, please.
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    . CF would be okay on the mini-Barrage, but I need at least a 3" blade. I'd buy a Forum Barrage (probably), but I'd never carry, then I'd end up selling it because I never carry it.
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  • martymcfly
    We've had 3 CF Forum knives...
    I'd be fine with a 4th, and I can understand the want for following what seems like tradition.

    But I'm all for normalizing titanium.
    Smiler

    I think it'd be especially cool on the Mini Barrage.
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  • martymcfly
    quote:
    Originally posted by sre1:
    Which is why CF is out for me. The Forum knife should be different

    That's exactly what I was getting at.
    With the advent of the 781 Anthem, I feel Benchmade is making a big statement with it's integral folder. While I'm not asking for an integral Forum knife, I really think it'd be cool for 2017 to be marked as 'The year of Titanium'.
    I love the 790 Subrosa and it's action.
    There's something about an assisted blade opening from a Ti handle that is really satisfying IMO.
    Which is why I vote 585 in Ti.
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  • sre1
    quote:
    Originally posted by Marty McFly:
    But I'm all for normalizing titanium.
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    I think it'd be especially cool on the Mini Barrage.

    Ti is cool with nested liners (or as a frame-lock/monolock, but Ti scales with full metal liners strikes me as redundant.
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  • martymcfly
    quote:
    Originally posted by sre1:
    quote:
    Originally posted by Marty McFly:
    But I'm all for normalizing titanium.
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    I think it'd be especially cool on the Mini Barrage.

    Ti is cool with nested liners (or as a frame-lock/monolock, but Ti scales with full metal liners strikes me as redundant.

    I knew you'd say that. I can see you're point.
    But it also strikes me as awesome. Doesn't take anything away from the excellence of the knife IMO. Only adds to it.
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  • sre1
    quote:
    Originally posted by Marty McFly:
    I love the 790 Subrosa and it's action.
    There's something about an assisted blade opening from a Ti handle that is really satisfying...


    No joke, Marty. After I reassembled mine, it's ridiculously smooth. No blade-play, yet the blade just falls closed. I even thought about removing the Ti springs to see how it would work unassisted, but I didn't feel like hassling with disassembling again - the assist is snappy satisfying.
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  • bm-butterfly
    quote:
    Originally posted by sre1:
    quote:
    Originally posted by Bar C Cattle Co:
    My preference would be the 484 in carbon fiber since all the others are that way.

    Which is why CF is out for me. The Forum knife should be different , in my opinion, at least. I'll go with red micarta & S90V, please.
    Smiler
    . CF would be okay on the mini-Barrage, but I need at least a 3" blade. I'd buy a Forum Barrage (probably), but I'd never carry, then I'd end up selling it because I never carry it.


    I like the idea of different, they all have been
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  • jonearlt
    Awesome awesome.

    I voted mini barrage.
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  • martymcfly
    quote:
    Originally posted by jonearlt:
    Awesome awesome.

    I voted mini barrage.

    Of course
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    May I ask your preferred materials and steel?
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  • po
    The 484 already comes in carbon fiber and S90v...
    Roll Eyes


    Would have to be a Barrage for me.
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  • martymcfly
    quote:
    Originally posted by Po:
    The 484 already comes in carbon fiber and S90v...
    Roll Eyes


    Would have to be a Barrage for me.

    +1000

    How could the 484-1 be improved at all? I see no need for it.

    In general, the Mini Barrage is sooool much cooler.
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  • jonearlt
    quote:
    Originally posted by Marty McFly:
    quote:
    Originally posted by jonearlt:
    Awesome awesome.

    I voted mini barrage.

    Of course
    Smiler

    May I ask your preferred materials and steel?


    Cf because I'm hoping for the original texturing/shaping

    S90v

    DLC

    And I chose the color green.
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  • barbarq
    I voted for the barrage. CF, DLC m390, and a crowned spine. I don't know if there's enough material to crown it, but I asked just in case.

    I didn't want ti because I need to be able to buy one for the wife... or else I don't get one.
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