Are you a Benchmade or a Spyderco type of person?

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I am a Benchmade type of person. I like their design over Spyderco any day. I have several BMs (and wanting more) but have no interest in Spydercos. There is no other designs I really like (except some very expensive folders wich I never can afford) more than BMs. The 710, 940, 707, Griptilians and Strykers...ahhhhh...
And I wonder why...so this is my situation..

I AM A BENCHMADE TYPE OF PERSON BECAUSE...
  • I am 44 years old (old fart soon).
  • Married with two teenaged children (they think I´m an old fart now).
  • Work as a magazine designer (office and computers all day long).
  • Live in a house with a garden in the suburbs (friendly enviroment).
  • Have a summer house in the outback (where I use most of my knives)
  • Drive a Volvo (sad but true).
  • Plays the guitarr.
  • Don´t use drugs except beer and wine.
  • Like hiking, fishing, boating and to spend time outdoor (not as much time as I would like it to be)
  • Never ever camping (to comfortable I guess).

So that´s my situation. I am a very normal, mid-aged man. Is it because of this that I am an Benchmade fan? My theory is that boring people like me likes BM, and younger, sportier and more active people likes the Spyderco design. Is my theory right, or have I got it all wrong? What´s yours situation?
 
Im 40, and I think Spyderco is uglier than Sylvia Wadhwa naked so I own BM.
 
i have both, not many but I like what I get from BM and Spyderco...but I am very sparse with my hobbies, I'm into fast cars and adrenalin but on the same coin I love to relax with my wife around the home. I'm a few years off 30 (gasp!) and dont think any particular demographic will buy a specific kind of knife...you'd think only younger peeps would be buying Snody gear but there is old guys with his blades too.
 
Lol, who says you can't do both?

I prefer Spyderco, but Benchmade is FAR from a bad company in my eyes, I love many of their products. The Spyderco preference is slight.
 
Im 38 and a Benchmade Man . I have a few spydercos but more Benchmades . I think benchmades are sportier.
 
well since all my spydies have come razor sharp and flawless F&F i am a spyderco guy, cant say the same about the BMs i have/do own.
 
I'm 42 and have about 8 Spydercos and 7 Benchmades which were all purchased when I was younger.
 
I prefer Spyderco if I had to make a choice. I love their designs, lockbacks and love, love love VG-10.

Really the only BM's I like are the 710 and 940....though I do believe the axis lock is as good as it gets as far as a locking mechanism.
 
I am a Benchmade fan all the way. I have owned two spydercos (millie and para) but traded them for BMs. The only spyderco that is in my house is on my wifes keys (a red ladybug).

I am 28 married and have a house with a garden as well. I do a good bit of camping in the summer and I love fisishing. My Bm 710 is in my pocket most of the time.
 
I used to be a full fledged benchmade fan. Now i'm spyderco but i'll take benchmade if i have some extra $$. I used to think benchmades quality was reason for paying the prices, but after buying a spyderco delica i was hooked. I now have returned the delica, bought a vic swisschamp and then ended up buying a spydie caly 3 zdp. For the price of spyderco stuff, you can get better steel, i feel an on par build quality and somewhat better materials for a much nicer cost. I do however like benchmades axis lock.
 
Both are great companies and I own and carry knives from both, but for my money nobody makes a better user than spyderco, although Kershaw is right there with them. Now if spyderco were to license the Tri-Ad lock from ColdSteel and update all their lockbacks with it, they would be in a league or their own IMO. My ideal work knife would be a ffg/g10/zdp-189 endura with a tri-ad lock :D
 
Spyderco, hands down. Better engineering, better materials, better performance for less money. Plus, with Spyderco, you don't have to go through the coupon code hassle or "call to get your price" bullshit.
 
Benchmade makes knives???:p

I've got 6 spydie's but have yet to try BM. There a few BM's I'm looking at but have yet to pull the trigger. So yes I'm a Spyderco fan and will be visiting the factory in couple of weeks when I'm in Denver in business.
 
I'm in my mid 20's, and have about ten times as many Spyderco knives as Benchmade. I also have four times as many Kershaw knives and more cold steel knives and leatherman multi-tools than Benchmade knives.
 
He he... great answers, but I´d hoped you´d give us more info on your age and life situation. Work? married? hobbies? children etc.
I think if you´re married with children you´ll need sturdy tools that works (BM), and if you´re young with a girfriend and no kids, you´ll prefer cool design over functionallity (Spyderco... opps...).
 
Hateman said:
Had to look up her pic. . . . :barf:

Make mine Spyderco
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Those are her glam photos you probably saw when she was in the studio...normally she is not in the studio, looks much worse, and when sitting often has the posture of a truck driver taking a power dump after an 18 hour haul and two thermoses of coffee...I am serious, she almost always looks like she is taking a dump that could choke a donkey...
 
So are you also saying that drug users like Spyderco knives according to your "theory"?
I'd say Spyderco. Here are some reasons why:
-More bang for your buck
-Better steels
-Superior customer service
-Never had a dull one out of the box
-Sal listens to customers more than any other production company I've seen.
-Mule Team knives
-Superior ergonomics across the board
-Better variety plain edge, rescues, fixed blades, saws, sharpeners, Spyderpacs, etc.

I hardly think age has anything to do with it, be you 4 years old or 94. There are a few people that are on the forums that are older than you that prefer Spyderco. It's really irrelevant. I do like Warren Osborne designs though.

Slowstarter said:
He he... great answers, but I´d hoped you´d give us more info on your age and life situation. Work? married? hobbies? children etc.
I think if you´re married with children you´ll need sturdy tools that works (BM), and if you´re young with a girfriend and no kids, you´ll prefer cool design over functionallity (Spyderco... opps...).
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This sounds you have little to no knowledge of "tools".
 
I am a Spyderco guy. The hole feature makes it easy to open with my weak thumb. I thought they were ugly at first but now after a few years of experiencing other designs I appreciate their innovation and function. Benchmade is ok too but the few models I have owned didnt blow me away.
 
I am a spyderco guy. I love the spyder hole and vg-10 is quickly becoming my favorite steel. With BM I feel like you are just paying for that made in the USA eatching on the blade. For $60, exatcly 60 bucks, I can get a quality knife with a 3.5" blade, vg-10 steel, frn handle and very nice people to back it up. I've owned BMs before, and they are very nice quality but Spydercos are the better deal and knife to me.

I don't think age or life situation matters. I do think that people looking for a more tacitcal, maybe a blade that they could use for self defence gravitate towards BM. Wheras EDC people reside in the spyder camp. If you really like kershaw, chances are I'd say you probably would like spydercos. If your a big emerson guy then I'm thinking you'll perfer benchmade over spyderco. Just my 2 cents.
 
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