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Need Help Identifying 730

716engineering

May 01, 2015 18:18

I purchased this knife secondhand, so I don't know the history. I can not figure out what variation of the 730 it is. The blade is coated 154cm and the scales are black/grey G10. Any info would be helpful. Thanks

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m2hssr

May 01, 2015 18:36
It looks like a rebladed limited edition. It looks to have the LE scales with older blade.
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jonearlt

May 01, 2015 20:15
You could just check with the guy you bought it from...maybe you did already.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?na...=web&id=251938691042
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bmkjason

May 01, 2015 20:22
Yeah, it looks like a 730-801... except that was S30V, not 154CM.
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chrisr

May 02, 2015 00:35
Looks like the 730bk-1203 or 730-1301 scales with an older 154cm blade. Original owner probably took the s30v or m390 blade and put it on something else. The 730-801 is a lighter green in the handle scales.
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716engineering

May 02, 2015 00:56
It's hard to see in the photos but there is no green in the scales. It is a black/grey layered
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m2hssr

May 02, 2015 05:30
http://www.benchmade.com/products/730-801
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neuro

May 02, 2015 06:53
quote:

Originally posted by BMK Jason:
Yeah, it looks like a 730-801... except that was S30V, not 154CM.

Also, the pivot is wrong, the screws are wrong, the clip is wrong, it's black coated and not satin.
Just a Frankenstein knife and not an official release.
Not every knife you find on eBay is worth flipping. Good luck with it.
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716engineering

May 02, 2015 11:43
Great info. What variation would the blade be from? All the coated blades I have seen include the Elishewitz laser-mark?

Everything lines up very well, centered blade, and no signs on the hardware that indicate the knife was dismantled. Any chance this was an employee take home project from the plant?
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agony

May 04, 2015 22:28
Could very well be an employee take home.
What is number under the butterfly on the blade? 730? 732? 735?

Benchmade transitioned from etching the Elishewitz name on the blade after 2001, but I've purchased Ares from 2003-4 that still had the etching. I guess BKC had a bunch of blades already made that they had to move.

I think what you have is a re-bladed 730-801 with a different pivot screw, different frame screws, and a different clip.

You wouldn't happen to have the box, would you?
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billhammer

May 05, 2015 00:43
Looks really nice!
Unless you spent a fortune intending it as an investment, it should serve well as an EDC that should brings pride & joy each time you take it out of you pocket.
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716engineering

May 06, 2015 18:36
quote:

Originally posted by agony:
Could very well be an employee take home.
What is number under the butterfly on the blade? 730? 732? 735?

Benchmade transitioned from etching the Elishewitz name on the blade after 2001, but I've purchased Ares from 2003-4 that still had the etching. I guess BKC had a bunch of blades
already made that they had to move.

I think what you have is a re-bladed 730-801 with a different pivot screw, different frame screws, and a different clip.

You wouldn't happen to have the box, would you?

Unfortunately no box, and the previous owner had no history other than it was part of an estate sale. The blade is marked 730 under the Benchmade logo.
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esskay

May 14, 2015 19:06
What you have there is a very nice looking knife! I need to find me one of those.
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jonearlt

May 16, 2015 02:28
Bought for $175. Now listed on eBay for $365.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?na...=web&id=161706482621
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jonearlt

May 16, 2015 02:29
Also his 13940 has the wrong insides...
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?na...=web&id=151682838870
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beanburrito

May 17, 2015 04:26
I love the Ares.

But I don't love it $365 much.
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tiny

May 23, 2015 15:50
I think that is one of the variations that was sold out side the US a few years ago.
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