Benchmade 2014 Summer Line-Up

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Not big on the blade design on the Vicar :barf:

The 5400 Serum dual action looks interesting...also like the 15008 but not sure about the S30V, would have prefered D2 or 154CM.
 
Interesting. ELMAX's first appearance in the lineup.


I wonder if those are Axis assist strykers.
 
Sunyata said:
I wonder if those are Axis assist strykers.
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No just regular Axis...they are the same as the 904 & 909 released earlier this year just with a drop point blade instead of a Tanto. I bought a 904 but returned it due to the hump on top of the handle. Wish it would have been flat like the original otherwise it was a sweet little knife.
 
Redmasta said:
I bought a 904 but returned it due to the hump on top of the handle. Wish it would have been flat like the original otherwise it was a sweet little knife.
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Well said... complete design flaw on that detail in THAT model.
 
Redmasta said:
No just regular Axis...they are the same as the 904 & 909 released earlier this year just with a drop point blade instead of a Tanto. I bought a 904 but returned it due to the hump on top of the handle. Wish it would have been flat like the original otherwise it was a sweet little knife.
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Ahh I was hoping the new number meant a bigger change in this case.


I love my 912 (I wish it was tip up though) I'd like an assisted second gen
 
It's nice to see a company trying new things -- though, naturally, as a result of doing so -- there are going to be hits and misses. I have to be honest: the 757 looks like a train wreck. The blade shape appears to have been designed by committee, they've replaced the axis lock with a liner(?) lock, and the handle looks pretty uncomfortable. $300 MSRP seems a bit high.
 
The Benchmade 757 Vicar looks crazy good. How thick is the blade? Looks to join the brawny Contego and Adamas. Seems rather expensive at a MAP of $255 for S30V and G-10!
 
full size drop point stryker is teh sexy. vicar is a big hoss; definitely a unique blade geometry.
 
I am glad they are finally starting to use ELMAX. Hopefully they will start using ELMAX and S35VN on some of their more expensive knives and gradually move over to them from D2 and S30V. I also want a Mini Rift!

The 757 makes me think of the Dark Ops Stratofighter. The only thing more ridiculous than the blade shape is the pricing.
 
The 757 looks great. I'm glad to see something other than the Axis lock introduced. Hopefully the knives with Elmax won't have edge retention issues, 58Rc seems a tad soft for that steel.
 
Jesse B. said:
It's nice to see a company trying new things -- though, naturally, as a result of doing so -- there are going to be hits and misses. I have to be honest: the 757 looks like a train wreck. The blade shape appears to have been designed by committee, they've replaced the axis lock with a liner(?) lock, and the handle looks pretty uncomfortable. $300 MSRP seems a bit high.
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I couldn’t agree more. It’s funny, I was thinking about the state of knife industry just the other day. In the fifties and sixties we bought things, e.g. guns, hiking equipment, motorcycles, bicycles, cars, etc. and used them until they needed replacement - function was what mattered. We didn’t buy new models every year because a marketing department claimed it as the latest greatest, got to have because everything we have been using just won’t do anymore. Then some time in the seventies through mass marketing, e.g. T.V. and magazines, and now the Internet the “designer” whatever became popular, designer guns, designer motorcycles, designer bicycles, and so on. Now the same thing is happening to knives. Some designs are stylized to the point of being ridiculous when the original purpose of a knife is taken into account.

There is a finite number of practical knife designs. So what to do to get you and me to buy more? Manufacturing has become so automated, and mass production can crank out a parade of different designs every year so have the marketing departments work overtime to convince us we need more knives even if we don’t. Collecting has now become as popular (if not more) than actually using a knife. Marketing and commercialization (both outward and subtle), that is the name of the game and the internet has become their primary weapon.

Yes, no one is forcing me or anybody else to buy a new knife… just blowing off some steam at how crazy some hobbies become.
 
I'd disagree in saying the knife manufacturing world has become automated. There have been advanced to ensure consistency across the board in production sure, but automation is a stretch. When I hear the word "automation" I immediately think of automobile production, robots, maybe half a dozen humans walking around on the production floor. To be honest, the Axis lock is nice, but it gets old when it gets put into every, single design. Innovation is lost for the most part, or rather innovation in where to put the Axis lock takes precedence. Frankly, I was disappointed to see so many liner lock and frame lock knives get removed from the line up.
AFCK, Subrosa, Nitrous Stryker, Skirmish, and so on.
 
RevDevil said:
I'd disagree in saying the knife manufacturing world has become automated. There have been advanced to ensure consistency across the board in production sure, but automation is a stretch. When I hear the word "automation" I immediately think of automobile production, robots, maybe half a dozen humans walking around on the production floor. To be honest, the Axis lock is nice, but it gets old when it gets put into every, single design. Innovation is lost for the most part, or rather innovation in where to put the Axis lock takes precedence. Frankly, I was disappointed to see so many liner lock and frame lock knives get removed from the line up.
AFCK, Subrosa, Nitrous Stryker, Skirmish, and so on.
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This is a good point.

I love the axis lock and am not the biggest liner/ frame lock guy but variety is the spice of life and good for business.
 
I wish the vicar had a different edge shape. And the serum wasn't dual action.
 
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