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Benchmade's model numbering system

carson

June 26, 2015 12:34

A guy on facebook asked how Benchmade's model numbers worked. It was a question I'd considered before and tried to answer.

It's a Google Doc. https://goo.gl/Mbdl3q

I'd really like to know what Benchmade has to say regarding this.. it'd be great to learn of some associations I didn't make that allow all their models to follow some sort of hard rules.

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5 comments

irrltd

June 27, 2015 08:44
Good job!
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amethyst

June 27, 2015 18:00
Well done, thanks.
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mcm

June 28, 2015 18:05
I never tried to make sense of it.
But you did a good job of it!
It can be a bit of a mind bender...

This link has helped me out for many years...
http://www.pbase.com/balisong/balisong_catalogs

Especially yrs ago when I started to collect the early stuff.
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lightning

July 04, 2015 16:14
quote:

Originally posted by MCM:
I never tried to make sense of it.
But you did a good job of it!
It can be a bit of a mind bender...

This link has helped me out for many years...
http://www.pbase.com/balisong/balisong_catalogs

Especially yrs ago when I started to collect the early stuff.

I still refer that pbase library regularly, it's one of the best knowledge bases for classic BMK's anywhere
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acar

July 05, 2015 02:20
1000001 - My thoughts exactly. Fortunately at least they compromised to using s bk sbk suffixes. The early catalogs showed the 1000001 would be a satin plain edge. 1000002 would be partially serrated satin. 1000003 would be the black bladed plain edge, 1000004 would be the partially serrated black blade. Same way with the 6000012-6000015 in the HK line. Crazy!!

Thanks for putting this all together.
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