Benchmade Emerson 975 (same size as Super CQC-7) circa pre 1999. All Titanium liners (both sides) blade is ATS-34 steel, Not a scuff or blemish on the blade.Perfect centering, lockup tight as a vault. Opens and closes extremely easy and is sharp. The pocket clip is a custom I added and it is titanium where the original clip is not Titanium. The clip matches the knife really well and I can include the original clip if the buyer wants it.
Open for trades up or down . Looking for a perfect functioning Emerson mini CQC-7 plus a little cash
A little history on the Emerson Spec War..Before Emerson started his own company manufacturing his own knives he had a collaboration with Benchmade knives to make the first CQC-7 (aka 970 and 975) during 1994-1999.
This is the larger model CQC-7 and is similar in size to the Emerson Super CQC-7. The date on this knife is somewhere before 1999. So it is a sterile blade re bead blasted by BENCHMADE. I added a titanium pocket clip that matches this knife perfectly and clips much better than the stock. I have the stock if you want me to ship it. Blade is new and has never been used or sharpened. Comes with box but not original.
$140. shipped
In 1994 the president of Benchmade Knives, Les DeAsis, approached Emerson to manufacture the CQC-6 on a larger scale as a factory production model.[14] Preferring to keep the CQC-6 as a custom-only knife, Emerson instead licensed a similar design of his, the CQC-7.
The Benchmade factory version was sold under the model name BM970 or BM975 depending on blade length. Other designations followed which denoted blade finish,[40] manual or automatic opening, or partially serrated blade.[14] The knife retained the profile of Emerson's custom piece in addition to the ATS-34 steel and the titanium liners.[41] However, on Benchmade's offering the titanium bolsters and micarta scales were replaced with G10 fiberglass scales, the slotted screws were replaced by Torx head screws, and the pocket clip was repositioned so that the knife could be carried in the pocket in a tip-down position.[1][41]
Despite these changes the knife was true to Emerson's original design, and even though it did not have the craftsmanship of a handmade piece of cutlery it satisfied customers with their own version of Emerson's work at a lower price point and without the five-year wait.
Sorry about the rain drops. Here it just started to rain while taking pictures:
Open for trades up or down . Looking for a perfect functioning Emerson mini CQC-7 plus a little cash
A little history on the Emerson Spec War..Before Emerson started his own company manufacturing his own knives he had a collaboration with Benchmade knives to make the first CQC-7 (aka 970 and 975) during 1994-1999.
This is the larger model CQC-7 and is similar in size to the Emerson Super CQC-7. The date on this knife is somewhere before 1999. So it is a sterile blade re bead blasted by BENCHMADE. I added a titanium pocket clip that matches this knife perfectly and clips much better than the stock. I have the stock if you want me to ship it. Blade is new and has never been used or sharpened. Comes with box but not original.
$140. shipped
In 1994 the president of Benchmade Knives, Les DeAsis, approached Emerson to manufacture the CQC-6 on a larger scale as a factory production model.[14] Preferring to keep the CQC-6 as a custom-only knife, Emerson instead licensed a similar design of his, the CQC-7.
The Benchmade factory version was sold under the model name BM970 or BM975 depending on blade length. Other designations followed which denoted blade finish,[40] manual or automatic opening, or partially serrated blade.[14] The knife retained the profile of Emerson's custom piece in addition to the ATS-34 steel and the titanium liners.[41] However, on Benchmade's offering the titanium bolsters and micarta scales were replaced with G10 fiberglass scales, the slotted screws were replaced by Torx head screws, and the pocket clip was repositioned so that the knife could be carried in the pocket in a tip-down position.[1][41]
Despite these changes the knife was true to Emerson's original design, and even though it did not have the craftsmanship of a handmade piece of cutlery it satisfied customers with their own version of Emerson's work at a lower price point and without the five-year wait.
Sorry about the rain drops. Here it just started to rain while taking pictures:
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