Are other manufacturers paying attention to the success of BHQ’s M4 knives?

[uxo2]

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But what would happen if Benchmade made available the Griptilian or any other knife in M4?

Uncoated M4

 

[evilgreg]

That's a beautiful knife! The only issues I have are the following: (1) I wish it were the smaller sub-3" version (just a personal preference); and (2) more importantly, the fact that SK Knives will not honor returns for blade centering ("blade centering not considered a defect") is an issue for me. This is only because I've handled many a Buck Vantage in brick-and-mortar stores, and the quality (and blade centering) vary widely. I'd just be disappointed to be stuck with a badly miscentered version.

I hear you, I've seen some wonky Vantages too. My hope is that the special edition will have better QC than the usual version.

Regarding high-end steels, I'm not too motivated by that either (give me some 440C and I'm happy), but I must admit I do love how my M4 knives have been performing. This Mantra 2 (the best Mantra) was reground by Josh from Razor Edge Knives to make it quite thin behind the edge, and it just keeps cutting and cutting:

I too prefer the filet flipper version.

I'm sure after Josh's regrind it slices like a demon.

I've been very happy with M4, in my limited use of it. I have a few knives in M4, but the only one I carry much these days is the ZT 0770 (the KSF CF+M4 version).

 

[P2P]

That's a beautiful knife! The only issues I have are the following: (1) I wish it were the smaller sub-3" version (just a personal preference); and (2) more importantly, the fact that SK Knives will not honor returns for blade centering ("blade centering not considered a defect") is an issue for me. This is only because I've handled many a Buck Vantage in brick-and-mortar stores, and the quality (and blade centering) vary widely. I'd just be disappointed to be stuck with a badly miscentered version.

Regarding high-end steels, I'm not too motivated by that either (give me some 440C and I'm happy), but I must admit I do love how my M4 knives have been performing. This Mantra 2 (the best Mantra) was reground by Josh from Razor Edge Knives to make it quite thin behind the edge, and it just keeps cutting and cutting:

Wicked cool EDC!