Benchmade 560

[SurfisLove]

Don't know if anyone saw this yet:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BOqSzjUFg-i/?taken-by=benchmadeknifecompany

I know we can't really see much (anything?) but I love how the thumb ramp is even with the back/top of the handle, Benchmade doesn't have too many knives with this feature but it makes a knife very comfortable for me. The thumb ramp looks a bit like that Butch Ball Flipper (Precinct?), and it has an axis lock. I'm intrigued.

 

[halden.doerge]

Looks like a Ritter Grip with a CF handle to me.

 

[jkarp_53]

Happy New Year all: I'm not on Instagram. But what I Can see echos what the Gent says above. Just a guess, it does have similar lines.

 

[-Corey-]

I was thinking carbon fiber too at first, but it could also just be milled g-10 like this tsek...

 

[Powerslave1123]

Doesn't look like a grip because the grip has a floating stop pin. Looks like a new design

 

[shuutr]

I still want one and I haven't even seen the full thing

 

[kodachi]

Guessing a new Mel Pardue design, something in between grip & Ritter?

 

[shuutr]

The Freak - and that's not carbon, its Versaflex
http://www.benchmade.com/catalog/product/view/id/15721/s/560bk/

 

[BMCGear]

So, this really doesn't seem that impressive to me. This seems to be the Ritter replacement but with a lesser steel (I like S30V but M390 is really nice!) and i'm assuming Versaflex is another plastic that doesn't feel as premium as G10 for around the same price?

 

[SurfisLove]

For $110 it looks like a must buy, I'm sold.

 

[Knave]

I'm not a fan of S30V, so this lineup is a bit underwhelming.


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