Benchmade Ascent

R A Miller · Jun 23, 2016

I've been going through my knives with the intent of reducing the size of my Benchmade collection. I didn't realize how many Ascents and their variants I had picked up over the years. My very first Benchmade was an 840S Ascent and it was the knife that got me hooked on Benchmades. Of the models that followed the original Ascent my favorite is the 13402 HD Pika G10. It has G10 scales with blue anodized titanium liners and backspacer.

Here are some photos.

Top to bottom: 840; 830; 820S Ascent

Top to bottom: 820S Ascent; 825 Ascent; 10410 Mini-Pika; 10412 Mini-Pika II

Top to bottom: 830 Ascent; 13402 HD Pika G10; 10400 Pika; 10402 Pika II

Brules1 · Jun 23, 2016

I remember these very well. I had a few over the years. I'd love to find a 825 Ascent..

jkarp_53 · Jun 23, 2016

Older photo of a few of mine. Favorite is my 831 Ascent II Utility. (Middle knife...) Simple and strong, these weren't cheap for the time.

palonej · Jun 24, 2016

I just missed one of your knives on the Exchange RA! By less than 5 minutes!! That hurt!!
Joe

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R A Miller · Jun 26, 2016

palonej said:
I just missed one of your knives on the Exchange RA! By less than 5 minutes!! That hurt!!
Joe

Sorry Joe, I didn't know....

jjg6319 · Dec 5, 2020

I have a couple of the 830 Ascent knives.

Bigbobg · Dec 5, 2020

Lost mine. Really liked that knife.

psquared · Dec 6, 2020

820S was also my first Benchmade ... never a favourite, the geometry is more akin to a splitting wedge than a knife and I never got a comfortable "feel" for the grip - the index and middle finger positions always felt off.