Authentic Auto Spikes?...

[Falcon007]

Do these two Benchmade Auto Spikes look authentic?

If not, why?

Do they even make replicas or clones of both versions?

They both fire hard on opening and are in decent condition.

Let me know your thoughts...thanks.

https://i.lensdump.com/i/yimgH.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/yiqcx.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/yi3Dc.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/yis31.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/yiKWK.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/yip9Z.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/y0UuD.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/y0XAq.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/y0bVA.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/y0wnM.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/y0x5Q.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/y05Ta.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/y0GOe.jpg

https://i.lensdump.com/i/yIAD1.jpg

 

[jkarp_53]

I say they're real. The Bali-song logo and antennae are sure signs, along with the top notch fit and finish, that these are real. There may be duplicates out there, but I don't think these are anything but.

 

[Falcon007]

jkarp,

Thanks for your input, I had someone who thought they were replica's. I know they aren't as they came from an LE source but I wanted some Benchmade subject matter experts help in corroborating their authenticity.

Thank you for doing this.

 

[jkarp_53]

You are welcome!

 

[JD Spydo]

Thank you so much for putting those pics up of the BM Auto-Spike. I used to have two of those and ended up selling both of them when I was in a pinch and I sure would like to get another one at some point. I'm not even into automatics a great deal either but that was one automatic that I just loved and it made a great EDC knife as well.

When I was still in the tree trimming and tree removal business I always had one of those Auto-Spike, model 1000 BM units so I could work well with one hand when necessary.

Anything designed by Phil Boguszewski always ranked high with me. I also had several of the manual spike models BM 640 & BM 650. I would love to have another one of those again too.