Recommendation? Benchmade Super Freek vs Spyderco Shaman

I never owned a super freek but based on its comparison to similar Benchmade knives, it should feel more hand-filling and grippy, which is good. Doug Ritter's blade profile is great too.

Shaman is like a glove when choked up (i.e., index finger in the choil). If not choked up, however, the handle feels a bit too narrow, plus it's too slippery, not something I want with a supposedly hard use knife. The price is not attractive (>$200 for a g10 s30v folder whereas $191 for g10 and M4 in Freek).

I'd pick Freek over Shaman.
 
Super freek
IMO superior material for less money
Unless you really want a compression lock or manage to get your hands on a sprint run with a fancy steel, I see no reasons getting a shaman over a super freek
 
While the Supa Freek is an improvement over the Griptilian design from which it came, I still think the Shaman is a better design.

You can get it one in CPM-M4 if you really wanted to, but you would have to get it on the secondary market. Can be had in Cruwear (not easily, but if you're patient there's more coming in Z-wear) or REX45 too (lots of these on the exchange recently, since they're this year's release) if you really want a more premium steel. I happen to be carrying my Tree-Rex ;) (Rosewood Rex-45) Shaman at this very moment. :)

Here's some Shaman porn to tide you over. :cool:

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For the record, I ordered the Super Freek. In the end it came down to the steel and preferring axis over compression lock.
 
Old post I found on the search, have a bunch big benchmade but all more EDC size, 3 bugouts, 940, bailout etc. but looking for a benchmade equivalent to the Shaman which I also own and love, handled the super freek a long time ago and can’t recall how it would compare, it was a thinner blade but a nice thick handle compared to my other ones, never handled at Adamas though, would the full size be a better comparison to the shaman as far as size and weight and blade thickness? Just going off pictures and it looks like a beefy blade and the shaman is really beefy
 
miltmaldo said:
Have them both and I’ll go with the Super Freek . In my opinion it’s a better edc knife , The only thing the shaman has is the ergo but the g10 is slippery and the inside of the G-10 are sharp it dig into the had . I do have a small issue with Benchmade. The Freek is basically a modified Benchmade Ritter .
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And isn’t the Ritter basically a modified Griptilian ?
 
I’ve had a chance to fiddle with them both. Freek all the way.
IMO, better feel in hand, better steel, better blade design and I prefer the Axis to the compression lock.
Also, wasn’t there a song written about it?🤓
 
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