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Benchmade Beauty Contest... Enter now!!!

markg

July 09, 2014 16:42

A recent thread got me thinking about this, and thought it would be a fun thread.

It is the Benchmade Beauty Contest... We are talking pure looks here. Current production or long discontinued. We have several categories so nominate your favorie in each.

Prettiest Benchmade

Sexiest Benchmade

Ugliest Benchmade

Best Personality

Nominate away!!!

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15 comments

nosuchagency

July 09, 2014 16:49
Prettiest Benchmade: 950-1201

Sexiest Benchmade: m2hs stryker

Ugliest Benchmade: 940

Best Personality: grip

Bad Assist: presidio
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tdogg

July 09, 2014 17:08
Prettiest Benchmade

Sexiest Benchmade

Ugliest Benchmade

Best Personality
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po

July 09, 2014 18:47
Prettiest Benchmade

Sexiest Benchmade

Ugliest Benchmade

Best Most Personality
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x379

July 09, 2014 20:04
Best Personality
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wulfftruble

July 09, 2014 21:36
prettiest

940dm
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lightning

July 10, 2014 01:56
Hmmmm, tough questions all.

So many choices, so many great and sexy knives.

Ok, I'll take a stab at the question... (haha, pun fully intended
)

and all stock BM images from their site, because I actually only own the one...

Prettiest: 586-142 (followed very closely by the 740-141.)

I had to chew on that one for a while, but had to give the nod to the 586 because it is such a fantastic all around knife, and one I championed the production of for over a year before they announced it...

Honourable mentions to the 930-91 gold Kulgera and the Nim-cub Gold (the Gold class I would be most likely to actually carry and use...)

Sexiest: easy, the 910 Ti

What's not sexy about a classic like the 910, but with (what was at the time) a super steel and inlaid solid titanium frame lock handles.

BTW, if any one here has one they are willing to part with on an instalment payment plan - I'LL TAKE IT!!!

Ugliest: tough one, there have been very few, but mine would probably be the 310 benchmite

I never did understand that whole short, stubby deep blade with excessive leading curve and no useful belly. Simply ugly and to my eye and experience useless as an actual cutting implement.

The only thing that could have possibly made it worse would have been a hole in the blade with a great big bump in the spine of accommodate the hole...

I won't even justify it's existence with a picture

And what was the last question?

Oh yes, Personality: 586-1401

Mine:

A mini 581 with M390 and coloured/contrasting G10 and no excessive brightwork, what's not to love?
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archer

July 10, 2014 04:14
Oops, I did'nt realize it's only BM's
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carson

July 10, 2014 04:22
Prettiest Benchmade: 800BK-1001

Sexiest Benchmade: 771

Ugliest Benchmade: LFK

Best Personality: 730 Ares

Fantastic idea for a contest, Mark. I had to really think about each one.
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archer

July 10, 2014 05:04
Seriously now!

Sexiest and prettiest: 806 AFCK

Best personality: Griptilian

Most interesting (and dangerous looking): 860 Bedlam (but that's just the Levantine in me
)
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acar

July 10, 2014 12:34
Prettiest Benchmade: 812-101

Sexiest Benchmade: 745-81

Ugliest Benchmade: 425

Best Personality: 960
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loonybin

July 10, 2014 12:49
quote:

Originally posted by archer:

Most interesting (and dangerous looking): 860 Bedlam (but that's just the Levantine in me
)

Interestingly, I could see the old Levitical priests using something similar - in fixed blade, of course -- for the shechitah in preparation for Pesach.
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fastjan

July 10, 2014 13:56
Here are a couple of old favorites that should fit in here somewhere...
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patrick

July 10, 2014 22:10
Sexy\Pretty mentions:

800 03/00
800 Shot Show Limited
Full DM Bali
710-101
805-..? M390/Solid blk G-10

Ugly:

300
9160

Personal:
913
710
810
805
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markg

July 11, 2014 14:24
I will go regular production for my list...

Prettiest:

960 Red

Sexist:

942SBT

Ugliest

480

Best Personality

420
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patrick

July 11, 2014 19:36
I think we're forgetting someone
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