$1157 for a production knife?

elkins45

elkins45

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i was in Buds Gun Warehouse in Lexington, KY on the 4th. To celebrate my freedom I bought a case of 9mm ammo and looked at some nice guns. To my amazement the most expensive item I saw while in a store full of guns was a $1157 folding knife...made by Benchmade!

I didn't catch the model (I obviously didn't ask them to take it out of the display) but it hardly matters.The only way a Benchmade knife would be worth that kind of money would be if it were cast out of plutonium with a handle wrapper made from Abraham Lincoln's woven beard hair.

I predict it will remain in the case for quite a while.
 
Benchmade does small runs of their Gold class which last time I saw a Gold Class it was $700 so they can potentially become collectors items perhaps it is an older one of those that is coveted though I'm not familiar with any.
 
elkins45 said:
i was in Buds Gun Warehouse in Lexington, KY on the 4th. To celebrate my freedom I bought a case of 9mm ammo and looked at some nice guns. To my amazement the most expensive item I saw while in a store full of guns was a $1157 folding knife...made by Benchmade!

I didn't catch the model (I obviously didn't ask them to take it out of the display) but it hardly matters.The only way a Benchmade knife would be worth that kind of money would be if it were cast out of plutonium with a handle wrapper made from Abraham Lincoln's woven beard hair.

I predict it will remain in the case for quite a while.
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There are plenty of production Busse knives that sell for way more than that and aren't considered overpriced.
 
elkins45 said:
i was in Buds Gun Warehouse in Lexington, KY on the 4th. To celebrate my freedom I bought a case of 9mm ammo and looked at some nice guns. To my amazement the most expensive item I saw while in a store full of guns was a $1157 folding knife...made by Benchmade!

I didn't catch the model (I obviously didn't ask them to take it out of the display) but it hardly matters.The only way a Benchmade knife would be worth that kind of money would be if it were cast out of plutonium with a handle wrapper made from Abraham Lincoln's woven beard hair.

I predict it will remain in the case for quite a while.
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Please don't take this as an insult but you celebrated the 4th of July by buying German ammo..how wonderfully ironic
 
KingMC said:
There are plenty of production Busse knives that sell for way more than that and aren't considered overpriced.
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Depends on who's doing the considering.

I agree with the OP though. I just couldn't justify that sort of price on a spiffied-up production knife.
 
That is kind of a high price, even for a gold BenchMade. Hard to imagine. Heck, it probably was a Neon and not BM.
 
Seems to me most custom makers are using production methods to make products these days. I dont think too much of that unless the materials and workmanship arent there. But a base sebenza is nearly $500. And i dont even think the blades are handground anymore. for me price is directly related to build quality and materials. Who made it or where not so much.
 
Shotgun said:
The price reflects the fact that collectors exist. I'll never understand collecting. Just not in my DNA.
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I collect but I use what I collect no safe queens here. It is a hobby and appreciation of the work and the artistry that goes into some of these knives and designs.
 
There have been several Benchmade Gold class models in the $1000+ range in the last few years. Since Benchmade uses MAP, (minimum advertised price enforcement) dealers cannot mark them down.
 
Uh... how do you know it is German ammo? Just because it is 9mm doesnt mean its German.

GermanyChris said:
Please don't take this as an insult but you celebrated the 4th of July by buying German ammo..how wonderfully ironic
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Riz! said:
Uh... how do you know it is German ammo? Just because it is 9mm doesnt mean its German.
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Wikipedia said:
The 9×19mm Parabellum, also known as 9mm NATO, and 9mm Luger (abbreviated 9mm, 9mmP, 9×19mm or 9×19) is a cartridge that was designed by Georg Luger and introduced in 1902 by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) (German Weapons and Munitions Factory) for their Luger semi-automatic pistol.[5] For this reason, it is designated as the 9mm Luger by the SAAMI [6] and the 9 mm Luger by the C.I.P. Under STANAG 4090, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries.[7]
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I think he means about it being originated in germany by Georg luger. Like 45 acp being originated in USA by John Browning.
 
That's kind of a back door way of saying something that most of us didn't get.
Oh, now that I see the user-name of that post is GermanyChris, but I don't really get why you feel the need to toot your own horn. That's correct info that you gave, but was NOT at all pertinent to the thread.
A whole bunch of us shoot 9mm ammo, but it's made all over the world these days.
 
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Ammo for a round developed in Germany, made in Idaho and shot in Kentucky in a gun made in Massachusetts. Isn't diversity wonderful?
 
Ironic that he is talking S about American Independance Day by mentioning that 9mm round that developed by the Germans and he is using the INTERNET THAT WAS INVENTED BY THE U.S. to do it. Probably on an iPhone that was invented by Americans too.

And no I wouldnt buy a $1157 knife made by Benchmade
 
Probably the higher end Seibert Double Action Gold Class. Very high end and very hard to find a good production double action auto.
 
Sonnydaze said:
That's kind of a back door way of saying something that most of us didn't get.
Oh, now that I see the user-name of that post is GermanyChris, but I don't really get why you feel the need to toot your own horn. That's correct info that you gave, but was NOT at all pertinent to the thread.
A whole bunch of us shoot 9mm ammo, but it's made all over the world these days.
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I'm not German but I still thought it was funny
 
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