950 Rift
I am looking to buy a 950 Rift. Has anyone used this knife? Any experiences would be appreciated.
I wish they made the layered G10 handled 950 with a black plain blade.
Heath
I wish they made the layered G10 handled 950 with a black plain blade.
Heath
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Your in luck, 950BK-1. Try it you'll like it! 0 -
I do not see the 950 BK-1 on Benchmade's website. 0 -
Just do a quick search, still offered by lots of places out there. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by AFO II Fan:
Has anyone used this knife? Any experiences would be appreciated.
These fellas have you hooked up on where to get one, so i'll just comment on the knife. First let me start by saying that I am an electrician by trade and the Rift is my "most everyday at work" knife. The literal abuse I have put mine through should be criminal, and it just keeps coming back for more - I love it when you can use some thing quality, and use it HARD and not screw anything up.
http://www.knifeworks.com/benc...dbladeplainedge.aspx
-With a blade at just a hair over 3 1/2 (3.67) - makes this one just about perfect for most everyone IMHO. Not really to big, but large enough to get most every job done.
-The Rift carries excellently, nice and flat in the pocket but with the "rounded" side towards your hand when you stick it in your pocket - no scraping your hand against a bunch of jimping every time you need to get to your keys.
-154CM great all around steel, keeps an edge pretty good and won't take you an hour trying to put it back once you've put the knife to some heavy use.
-Tip strength - with the reverse tanto/sheep's foot blade you have excellent tip strength but with enough belly on the blade to even do some emergency animal skinning should the need arise. Took a little while for me to warm up to it, but I really dig it now.
-Nicely textured G10 scales - you can get a really good grip and still not have a bunch of "hot spots" during prolonged usage. The G10 stays looking good no matter what you put it through (within reason of course).
-One thing that really bothers me about some folders is the blade to handle ratio - I just hate a knife that's all handle and no blade - this is not the case with the Rift - excellent blade to handle ratio keeping the closed length as short as possible while giving you a full size blade when opened.
-Bottom line: The Rift is one of the best "users" in the Benchmade line, period. Get one and use the heck out of it. You'll love it!0 -
Good review B-man 
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The way I read it, you're looking for a layered G10 handle so I'm assuming that's the black and white and not the plain black handle.
If that's correct, the nomenclature would just be 950BK. The -1 at the end means an all-black handle.
I've owned and used these a lot. I love the sheep's foot blade style.0 -
I found the relatively narrow handle on the Rift to be good and bad. It is less comfortable for hard cutting with bare hands, but makes the knife a slim carry for less strenuous EDC. 0
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