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After much advice in General discussion I ended up ordering Griptilian: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Paramilitary-2-or-Benchmades-Pls-advice/page2
Why I bought it instead of Spyderco PM2 or 940-2 ?
The price of under $100 was just too attractive and 154CM seems to be nearly as good as S30V according to others plus mines gonna be a workhorse so I need a more rugged handle for wet conditions...lightweight FNR plastic handle made perfect sense for kitchen environment, EDC needs due to lightweight.
PM2's handle to blade length strange ratio just seemed to trigger my OCD and I was intrigued by AXIS lock and 940-2 just felt too skinny for my needs but might get it if i move to corporate office environment in future.
First impressions:
Arrived on same day on Amazon Prime. Love Prime.
Aesthetics/Ergonomics:
I was afraid it might be too 'chunky' or cheap plasticky looking according to reviews but the handle actually has more of a matt finish if you have ever seen those shiny cheap bakelite handles on pans and knives...Griptilians handle's thickness is just perfect for my big long fingered hands..I do not like boxy narrow aluminium handle on my Kershaw Link and PM2 also had flat scales.. I like this slight convex nature of the grip...its very reminiscent of those classic wooden handle bushcraft knives or a kitchen knife.
To describe this knife in one word: Robust
Locking:
I immediately started playing with Axis lock by opening it by flicking open instead of thumbstud. Love it. Perfectly centered and no play at all even knocking with spine on table.
Blade:
I remember the first day I used my kershaw link, it was sharp but it was not hair shaving sharp and soon after a week i started noticing edge losing its strength and sharpness. I am not even gonna bother sending it for free sharpening and save on postal fee as 420HC is horrible horrible steel for edge retention even though its highly corrosion resistant and has strength
(Old pic)
On surface, the blade has beautiful satin finish near spine with some glossy tones in middle, i love the thickness. I like my knives blade heavy and its perfect weight balance for me.
BM Grip's 154CM, I had medium expectations as it isnt S30V but it blew my mind....hair shaving better than my gillete fusion razor. slices through paper like darth vader's lightsaber.
The blade feels very very strong, I am not sure about edge retention and I personally don't care, I put my new BM Griptilian to immediate use as I needed a workhorse knife.
Performance Test Drive:
First thing, I just wanted to chop up some onions and ginger juliennes for Indian wok style Chicken (Chicken Kadhai)
The blade's weight is very beautiful, thanks to light handle as well, it glides through ginger without any pressure..any more pressure and i might tear through the chopping board i feel... lol. Again, very strong looking and feeling blade.
pics of food:
Now, some cobbler had ruined my clarks boots by double stitching it with ugly thick white color thread on brown shoes and bad ugly stitching all together.
I wanted to remove the additional thick white thread on it.
The tip feels very sharp (glad i bought drop point, best shape in knife) and at first it just sabered through the threads...
then i started just yanking loose the stitching by using blade as leverage against the sole....the knife's rugged handle and robust looking beautiful blade is confidence enabling that its meant to be used without a worry. The
Conclusion:
This is my first Benchmade and using this knife has felt like seeing sunset for the first time.....my eyes are opened, I was blind but now I see how amazing these premium brand knives can be.
BM Griptilian is not overtly aggressive looking knife but its robust blade and grippy handle is reassuring if needed for SD ever arises.
I might consider getting a G10 940-2 in future as its a smoother looking G10 and might be great for indoor use or for travel carry on overseas trips.
Why I bought it instead of Spyderco PM2 or 940-2 ?
The price of under $100 was just too attractive and 154CM seems to be nearly as good as S30V according to others plus mines gonna be a workhorse so I need a more rugged handle for wet conditions...lightweight FNR plastic handle made perfect sense for kitchen environment, EDC needs due to lightweight.
PM2's handle to blade length strange ratio just seemed to trigger my OCD and I was intrigued by AXIS lock and 940-2 just felt too skinny for my needs but might get it if i move to corporate office environment in future.
First impressions:
Arrived on same day on Amazon Prime. Love Prime.
Aesthetics/Ergonomics:
I was afraid it might be too 'chunky' or cheap plasticky looking according to reviews but the handle actually has more of a matt finish if you have ever seen those shiny cheap bakelite handles on pans and knives...Griptilians handle's thickness is just perfect for my big long fingered hands..I do not like boxy narrow aluminium handle on my Kershaw Link and PM2 also had flat scales.. I like this slight convex nature of the grip...its very reminiscent of those classic wooden handle bushcraft knives or a kitchen knife.
To describe this knife in one word: Robust
Locking:
I immediately started playing with Axis lock by opening it by flicking open instead of thumbstud. Love it. Perfectly centered and no play at all even knocking with spine on table.
Blade:
I remember the first day I used my kershaw link, it was sharp but it was not hair shaving sharp and soon after a week i started noticing edge losing its strength and sharpness. I am not even gonna bother sending it for free sharpening and save on postal fee as 420HC is horrible horrible steel for edge retention even though its highly corrosion resistant and has strength
(Old pic)
On surface, the blade has beautiful satin finish near spine with some glossy tones in middle, i love the thickness. I like my knives blade heavy and its perfect weight balance for me.
BM Grip's 154CM, I had medium expectations as it isnt S30V but it blew my mind....hair shaving better than my gillete fusion razor. slices through paper like darth vader's lightsaber.
The blade feels very very strong, I am not sure about edge retention and I personally don't care, I put my new BM Griptilian to immediate use as I needed a workhorse knife.
Performance Test Drive:
First thing, I just wanted to chop up some onions and ginger juliennes for Indian wok style Chicken (Chicken Kadhai)
The blade's weight is very beautiful, thanks to light handle as well, it glides through ginger without any pressure..any more pressure and i might tear through the chopping board i feel... lol. Again, very strong looking and feeling blade.
pics of food:
Now, some cobbler had ruined my clarks boots by double stitching it with ugly thick white color thread on brown shoes and bad ugly stitching all together.
I wanted to remove the additional thick white thread on it.
The tip feels very sharp (glad i bought drop point, best shape in knife) and at first it just sabered through the threads...
then i started just yanking loose the stitching by using blade as leverage against the sole....the knife's rugged handle and robust looking beautiful blade is confidence enabling that its meant to be used without a worry. The
Conclusion:
This is my first Benchmade and using this knife has felt like seeing sunset for the first time.....my eyes are opened, I was blind but now I see how amazing these premium brand knives can be.
BM Griptilian is not overtly aggressive looking knife but its robust blade and grippy handle is reassuring if needed for SD ever arises.
I might consider getting a G10 940-2 in future as its a smoother looking G10 and might be great for indoor use or for travel carry on overseas trips.
