your first benchmade-
What was your first benchmade? And a brief story or picture.
(Idk if this has been done yet, sorry if it has, I'm fairly New)
My first benchmade was the 530s. I just recently started collecting knives and I instantly was a benchmade fan. Since that day, I have bought/ traded for 28 benchmades. What a great knife and I'm looking forward to my next one already. You guys have been great on this forum. Thank you.
(Idk if this has been done yet, sorry if it has, I'm fairly New)
My first benchmade was the 530s. I just recently started collecting knives and I instantly was a benchmade fan. Since that day, I have bought/ traded for 28 benchmades. What a great knife and I'm looking forward to my next one already. You guys have been great on this forum. Thank you.
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My first BM was an assisted stryker, I learned to really admire BM's quality and learned I really dislike tip down carry...
I still got her to this day...
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My first Benchmade was a 530s. I loved that knife it replaced a broken Sog Flash II. I wore it everyday till I lost it flying a kite with my son. Seriously. My best guess is that when he started messing about and wrapped me in the kite string a few times, that it hooked under the belt clip. Between the lightness of the knife and thinness of my synthetic pants, there wasn't much stopping it from being plucked right out of my pocket as I untangled myself. I really hope who ever found it in the field loves it to this day.
We need a 530/531 that is 50% bigger.
I stopped wearing those pants for a long time and started buying heavier Benchmades.
Current EDC's on rotation a 950 and a 735s as well as a 275 at work.0 -
The assisted nitrous Stryker is a great knife. I use mine all the time at work and i'm not easy on it. Nice size, light and will take a lickin and keep on tickin!! 0 -
My first was a 710sbt when they first came out. I had it for 10 years until I sold it to finance the 806-901. I moved to Nebraska shortly after getting it, and couldn't carry it due to length limits, so I got a lefty mini-AFCK and then a mini-Grip, then...
I really didn't carry it after I got the others because I didn't care for how it felt in the hand and the frustration of trying to sharpen the recurve. I don't miss it at all.0 -
My first was a 710BT, also purchased right after they first came out, late 1998. I still have the knife, which has been one of my 'fidget' knives and has been cycled possibly millions of times over 16 years. No malfunctions of any kind. It's one of the reasons I'm always skeptical about broken spring complaints, at least as a design flaw (obviously manufacturing issues will arise from time to time - bad temper, etc.). 
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Sure, it's been done! 
Needs to get done over every so often though, and it's about time, so...
My first two Benchmades - purchased simultaneously - were a 970 CQC7, and a 800 AFCK back in 1997 or so. I saw the CQC7 in an A.G. Russell catalog I got in the mail out of the blue, and I was fascinated. I'd never seen a "tactical" folder before, bead blast blade surfaces, ATS-34 super steel, G-10 handle scales, a liner lock? A geometric tanto, chisel ground blade? OMG!
I couldn't decide which was more amazing, so I had to order them both. I'd never done that before. The knife I was carrying at the time, I'd carried for about twenty years. I should have been worried by that...I've bought a couple hundred or so of them (Benchmades) since.0 -
Mine was a 943 that I still have. 0 -
I've got several of Les' custom Bali-song before there was a Benchmade, some Pacific Cutlery knives. But first two Benchmade were first AFCK & mini AFCK still have them Regards to all, Bill 0 -
Mine was a Benchmade 583 SBK bought at the local Gun shop. It has saber grind in 154cm, and capable of opening and closing by one hand with ease ambidextrously.
My addiction in not only AXIS folder but also in steel snob-ish started as next purchase was 810 in CPM-M4.
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My first Benchmade was a 2550, but the brick & mortar place said I could trade it in the next day if I wanted to go a different direction. That's what I did...I returned it the next morning for a 940. I just thought that my first Benchmade ought to have an Axis lock.
A few years later, I ended up getting a 2550 and I still think it is a great auto, and the only automatic I ever owned.0 -
quote:Originally posted by fastjan:
My first Benchmade was a 2550, but the brick & mortar place said I could trade it in the next day if I wanted to go a different direction. That's what I did...I returned it the next morning for a 940. I just thought that my first Benchmade ought to have an Axis lock.
A few years later, I ended up getting a 2550 and I still think it is a great auto, and the only automatic I ever owned.
I have to agree ........ the 2550 is a great one to say the least.
I have to say I dont think I,ll ever sell this one.0 -
830 Ascent from BX at Travis AFB. Ridiculously enough was confiscated before deployment to Guam, we flew commercial one time. 0 -
Mine was a 350 in satin PE. The one I really wanted was the 910HS, but was out of my price range at the time. This would have been around summer of '98 - ish.
Lost it somewhere years ago (though I swear it is still in a drawer or box around here somewhere), so had to replace it once I found this place. Still a satin blade, but CE this time, but that's ok because I bought it more for memory's sake than for use as a carry knife...0 -
My first BM was a 942s about 13 years ago. I carried and used it a lot. I loaned it to a coworker at one point and he broke the tip. I put it away for a bit them learned about LifeSharp. Sent it in and had it fixed. Then, needed money and knowing very little about the knife, I sold it for 50 bucks. Stupid me. This was about 6 years ago. 0 -
My first BM was a 770 ..........If I only knew where that was leading .......LOL 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dj:
My first BM was a 770 ..........If I only knew where that was leading .......LOL
Nice one
Still have it?0 -
My first BM was a 940SBK. And I still have it.
My 2nd was a law enforcement/military elite infidel. Which I still have also.
I'll never get rid of those.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Lightning:quote:Originally posted by dj:
My first BM was a 770 ..........If I only knew where that was leading .......LOL
Nice one
Still have it?
Sadly ........No , Ive had a bunch pass through my hands too.
The CF ones were the best.0 -
I've been on the hunt for a 770 for quite some time.. they are beautiful little knives. I got the 470 thinking it would fill the "void"... and we all know how that works!!..... the search continues.. 0 -
My first Benchmade was a D2 mini-Grip, which I still have. I had a D2 knife from another company and really liked the steel, so I did a web search for knives with D2 blades that are made in USA--Benchmade popped up. There was a grand opening at a Cabellas and I had some sort of x% off coupon from them for a Benchmade knife. I think I paid $50 for it. I think that was 8 years ago and I edc'd that knife for a year or two.
About a year later, I went back with a similar coupon and bought the OD D2 Grip for $75, iirc.0 -
I'm on the same time table as you TB.
About 8 years ago, I got in on the last run of M2 steel - the mini and full size LE Ritters.
Sadly, at the time I only purchased a mini.
I ended up lovin' the model and the steel.
I said sadly because when I finally realized that I should have gotten a full size Ritter too; the price to get one had doubled.
But, I got one anyway!
They are definitely worth it.
And yes, I still have that exact mini Ritter.0 -
Im about 3, 4 years in. Almost a year in before I discovered this place and all the enablers.
In a gun shop, grabbed a current BM catolog, among a bunch of others...looked though it that night...fell in love w/ the Torrent...found a Brick and Mortar the next day to purchase....didnt realize it was a liner lock...pretty, but no thanks. I need one knife, only one good quality knife...to use...for work....I deserve it....and I need it...ya know?....for work. Im not some maniac who needs two $100+ knives...crazy talk.
What am I looking for?...Axis, G-10, no valox...auto maybe, 3.5 or sub...585-1 it is. Played w/ it all night, back the very next day...walked out w/ the Torrent, 950, and a very special 615 the owner brought out from under the counter.....ssshh, its disco'ed...the owner immediately recognised a junkie....fish on. Oh, and how much is that Kershaw Shallot.?..What?....only $70?...shhhht. Ill take that too, gonna need a beater, ya know. Rest is history
Pic of about 14 months in.
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The first BM I ever saw was a 720 that belonged to my best friend's older brother when I was in high school. Up to that point I had only ever seen liner locks and lock back knives. Since that day I've been hooked on BM and the axis lock. On my 18th birthday I bought my first BM,a 722. To this day it's still my favorite...like your first time, in reality probably not as good as you remember but it just holds a special place in my heart. I even named her Eve (dont laugh i was 18) cuz it looked so damn evil and cool. Lost it years ago, again adding to the nostalgia factor. Maybe I can find a used one on here some time. 0 -
They do come around every once in a while. I sold a G-10 handled 720 on here not too long ago. The G-10 handle is really the way to go if you can find one.quote:Originally posted by surhoff88:
The first BM I ever saw was a 720 that belonged to my best friend's older brother when I was in high school. Up to that point I had only ever seen liner locks and lock back knives. Since that day I've been hooked on BM and the axis lock. On my 18th birthday I bought a 722. To this day its still my favorite...like your first time, probably not as good as I remember but it just holds a special place in my heart. I even named here Eve (dont laugh i was 18) cuz it looked so damn evil and cool. Lost it years ago, again adding to the nostalgia factor. Maybe I can find a used one on here some time.0 -
My first was an old BM Rant, the one with the steel guard and buttcap in N690 Steel, Red Class, they were on clearance at a local Ranch/Farm Store for $32.99 so I bought one for me and one for my dad. Followed by a Red Class Monochrome and Vex. 0 -
Two 556 mini-grips ! One for my son and the other for myself . I believe it was in 2000 , purchased both for $100 bill at a gun show! Nothing but axis lock for me from that day on! 0 -
I had Pacific Cutlery Balis and my first Benchmade was a Bali I'm sure but the first two folders would be the auto Spike and Mini Reflex I think. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by TRDoffroad:
Two 556 mini-grips ! One for my son and the other for myself . I believe it was in 2000 , purchased both for $100 bill at a gun show! Nothing but axis lock for me from that day on!
Same here, from the moment I opened and closed an axis for the first I knew no other knife would ever be the same. I get liner, frame, or lockbacks as gifts from my kids for Father's Day, Christmas, birthday, etc...but those never get carried. At least I have a nice collection of knives to choose from that I can ruin now that I have just started learning how to sharpen.0 -
2550 mini reflex...been broke ever since 0 -
I believe the Model 350 was my first. 0
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