Discontinued Benchmade knives.
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Ya i saw that & was gonna post something. Are all 88 of these knives really going to be discontinued?
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/|\ Saw it too. Observed lots semi-serrated versions( e.g. 940S, 940S-1 , 940S-2) but plain edge were not listed. Same with Bedlam & others.
With price of Anthem wasn’t shocked to see it listed.
Jason, is Benchmade sending serrated blades the way of the Dodo bird?
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Yep saw that myself too! Was going to pop in and post but...
Wow! 88 Bencjmades being discontinued? I see a number of combo blades on the list. Does that me just the combo variant will be discontinued?
There must a lot of new models coming out. I hope!
Jason can you confirm all the models in the BladeHQ ad are really now discontinued?
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It appears that BladeHQ's list is growing. Here is what I was able to put together so far (Sorry for taking the rest of the page)...
51-1801 Balisong Morpho Butterfly Knife Orange G-10
51BK Balisong Butterfly Knife G-10
550BKOD-S30V Griptilian
550S-S30V Griptilian
51BK Griptilian AXIS Lock Knife OD Green
3320 Pagan D/E OTF
3320BK Pagan
67 Tanto Recurve Balisong Butterfly Knife
810BK Contego
550BKSN Griptilian
318-1 Proper Red
319-1 Proper Red
556BKSN-S30V Mini Griptilian
15080-1 Crooked River
63 Bowie Balisong
940S Osborne
940SBK Osborne
940S-1 Osborne
940S-2 Osborne
15100-1 Nestucca Cleaver
698 Foray
698S Foray
9052 AFO II
9052BK AFO II
531 Pardue
531S Pardue
531BK Pardue
531SBK
9750SBK Mini Coalition
2551SBK Mini-Reflex II
556S-BLU-S30V Mini Griptilian
556S-YEL-S30V Mini Griptilian
2750SBK 2750 Adamas
2750SBKSN 2750 Adamas
917 Tactical Triage
575BK Mini Presidio II
575SBK Mini Presidio II
570 Presidio II
570SBK Presidio II
4700 Precipice
4700DLC Precipice
585SBK Mini Barrage
585SBK-2 Mini Barrage
580BK Barrage
580SBK Barrage
583 Barrage Tanto
583S Barrage Tanto
557SBKOD-S30V Mini Griptilian Tanto
140BKSN Nimravus
140SBKSN Nimravus
950BK Rift
9555 Auto Rift
9555SBK Auto Rift
3551SBK Pardue Stimulus Auto
551H2O Griptilian
556S-PNK-S30V Griptilian
557SBKSN-S30V Mini Griptilian Tanto
555SBK Mini Griptilian
555S-S30V Mini Griptilian
765 Mini Titanium Monolock
761S Titanium Monolock
9170BK-ORG Auto Triage Knife Orange
9170SBK-ORG Auto Triage Knife Orange
737 Aileron
737SBK Aileron
860 Bedlam
860SBK Bedlam
62T Balisong
943SBK Osborne
565S Mini Freek
565SBK Mini Freek
1000001BK Volli
1000001S Volli
1000001SBK Volli
484S-1 Nakamura
484S Nakamura
490S Arcane Flipper
335D2 Big Spender
485S Valet
477S Large Emissary 3.5
595S Mini Boost
595SBK Mini Boost
781S Anthem2 -
I can live without all of those. Lol
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Forgot to list the satin PE Bedlam. Maybe the Bedlam is gone for good?
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boinkman posted:
I can live without all of those. Lol
I can too! I've never been big on serrated or combo blades.
Although as this list is from only one retailer it has me thinking there are more knives being DC'd. The Presidio II, Rift and Contego's listed have me questioning if the complete families are going away?
As well while I only see combo 940s being DC'd I have to wonder. If the entire 940/943 family is being DC'd?
If so Bill might stroke out!
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markg posted:
Forgot to list the satin PE Bedlam. Maybe the Bedlam is gone for good?
I listed it Mark... 860 Bedlam. 😭
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/|\ I’ll be OK if 94X’s are discontinued I’ve enough to last me two life times.
Doesn’t mean I don’t want a 940 with plain M390 blade
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Big news over the knife community but too bad it is only a garbage dump.(personally)
Lets get some 535-1901 on sale.
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billhammer posted:/|\ I’ll be OK if 94X’s are discontinued I’ve enough to last me two life times.
Doesn’t mean I don’t want a 940 with plain M390 blade
I want that uncoated M390 940, too. And much like you with the 940s, I have enough Bedlams for this life and the next. Looks like they will still have the auto Bedlam for folks in auto friendly States.
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chip posted:billhammer posted:
/|\ I’ll be OK if 94X’s are discontinued I’ve enough to last me two life times.
Doesn’t mean I don’t want a 940 with plain M390 blade
I want that uncoated M390 940, too. And much like you with the 940s, I have enough Bedlams for this life and the next. Looks like they will still have the auto Bedlam for folks in auto friendly States.
Yes. I've been waiting for a 940 in M390. Hopefully soon!
And in Auto Unfriendly States too! lol
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Shocked to see the Contego.
Like Boink said, I can live without the rest of the stuff.
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Well pulled trigger on Bedlam. I’d been holding off waiting for an upgraded steel or an LE.
Better the knife in hand then perfect knife in a dream.5 -
billhammer posted:
Well pulled trigger on Bedlam. I’d been holding off waiting for an upgraded steel or an LE.
Better the knife in hand then perfect knife in a dream.An 860 or an 8600?
I've been thinking i should give the 67 another chance, might be a good time
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/|\ the 860😀
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billhammer posted:/|\ I’ll be OK if 94X’s are discontinued I’ve enough to last me two life times.
Doesn’t mean I don’t want a 940 with plain M390 blade
Lets have some 943 now..................
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Wow! That’s a big list.
I really like my mini presidio ii. These have only been out since 2018? Maybe pick up a second?
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I just noticed that SMKW is having a sell off on the models listed. Although they do not mention in their ad that the knives are discontinued. Hmmm
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Quite a list! Do you guys have any questions I can answer?
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/|\ Thank you Ryan. I’ve 2 questions
1) Seems a lot of partially serrated knives discontinued. Is BKC fazing away from them?
2) how about a list with pics of the new 2020 knives. We will not tell anyone else.🤐
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Of course!
1) We are still going to have and create partially serrated models but they will be more tailored to use case, versus making every model with a serrated version.
2) I will attempt to give you guys as much of a sneak peek as I can
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Lets have a flat grind 943 , any super steel............M4 perhaps
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I had the same questions as Bill. I'll will miss one or two of the ones that have been DC'd
Thanks for the info it really seems to make good sense. From what I've seen it appears that 8 out of 10 forum members prefer plain blades over combos. I figure that would translate similarly when it comes to retail sales. Making combos or serrateds more tailored to the use case seems like a great decision to me. One or two less steps in production will obviously save a few bucks. I'm all for that!
You know we love sneak peeks!
Maybe Jason can toss in some CAD drawings too. lol
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Tim O posted:I had the same questions as Bill. I'll will miss one or two of the ones that have been DC'd
Thanks for the info it really seems to make good sense. From what I've seen it appears that 8 out of 10 forum members prefer plain blades over combos. I figure that would translate similarly when it comes to retail sales. Making combos or serrateds more tailored to the use case seems like a great decision to me. One or two less steps in production will obviously save a few bucks. I'm all for that!
You know we love sneak peeks!
Maybe Jason can toss in some CAD drawings too. lol
I'm ready whenever Ryan is ready.
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/|\ perfect side step Jason.😈
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billhammer posted:
/|\ perfect side step Jason.😈
Bob and weave, Bill! Duck and move..
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bmkjason posted:billhammer posted:/|\ perfect side step Jason.😈
Bob and weave, Bill! Duck and move..
"If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a [question]"
Dodge Dip Duck Dive and Dodge
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Hands up, weight on the balls of my feet...
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Question:
Will plain edge BK coated knives continue to go the way of the dinosaur? Seems there has been a deliberate move to produce newer models with satin plain edge/SBK blades only. Please say it isn’t so... Just dependant in the specific model? Or should we expect this trend to continue?
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