Benchmade 158cskII

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can anyone comment on the reliability of this knife? It has 1095 carbon steel blade and good lines, yet I have no experience with it.
 
for under $75 how can you go wrong,top leather sheath,i have a black coated blade the handle could be cooler,but itz good.............
 
THE PUNISHER said:
for under $75 how can you go wrong,top leather sheath,i have a black coated blade the handle could be cooler,but itz good.............
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Actually, every single one I've handled (and I work at a cutlery store) has had super chintzy rough leather like you'd expect to find on a Master Cutlery piece of junk. And the knife itself reminds me of a watered-down Cold Steel SRK. Very dissapointing, as a whole. I want the CSK1 back :grumpy: (though without that silly BILT system:barf:)

I'm sure the knife works just fine, but it definitely not doing it for me. :o
 
There are reports of one (as in a single piece of many) having chipping issues with relatively light cutting. For around the home/property fixed blade uses, it seems an adequate choice. If you're taking it as your only knife on extended trips (a couple days or more), I'd give it a pretty good workout at home before depending solely on it. There are better steels for rough use, and there are better steels for edge holding, but 1095 does a reasonable job of both. If you ever get hold of some Alvin Johnson style 1095, the edge holding is reportedly up there with the best, but toughness may suffer some. These are rare though, and at this point its pretty much a DIY proposition. These are 1095 hardened to 65-66 HRc using oil and cold quenching and tempering at a very low (for knives) temperature.
 
Mine is great, I don't use the sheath, I have done a fair amount of cutting and some chopping of hardwoods with out any problems. I was actually surprised by the edge retention, very good. I honestly don't know what BM was thinking with the sheath, but the knife is outstanding.
 
I own one. Great knife. Holds an edge very well. Seems like hardness of 1095 from Benchmade is higher than from other manufacturers. The edge on mine is very thin and it cuts very vell. I have chopped some wood, hardwood and even tried it on aluminium-no chipping. Yes, the sheath is not that good.
Here couple of pics of mine
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And sheath
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me2 said:
There are reports of one (as in a single piece of many) having chipping issues with relatively light cutting. For around the home/property fixed blade uses, it seems an adequate choice. If you're taking it as your only knife on extended trips (a couple days or more), I'd give it a pretty good workout at home before depending solely on it. There are better steels for rough use, and there are better steels for edge holding, but 1095 does a reasonable job of both. If you ever get hold of some Alvin Johnson style 1095, the edge holding is reportedly up there with the best, but toughness may suffer some. These are rare though, and at this point its pretty much a DIY proposition. These are 1095 hardened to 65-66 HRc using oil and cold quenching and tempering at a very low (for knives) temperature.
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can u link me to where the 1095 had chipping issues with relatively light cutting?
 
Bark river recently made a Knife of this shape, the Smoke Jumper...look awesome & most be too.
 
I've seen worse sheaths. It holds the knife, it isn't a display item, good enough for a working knife.

Of course, OKUPANT made them all look cheap putting them next to a Sissipuukko. :)
 
It seems decent (Feels good in the hand), but I'm happy with my CSK 156 I. I haven't had any issues with the B.I.L.T. system & prefer the D2 blade, just MHO.
 
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