benchmade vs spyderco

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skidmark72

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Both companies offer a couple different models with rust proof steel or corosion restance. ? Tn15x and h1. Which is your favorite and why. What model. Thanks. 5he bottom knife pictured is s30v im not talking about it sorry

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I would go with the Salt series. It's linerless unlike the Benchmade, so the Spyderco is truly rust proof and not just the blade. Plus the hole is easier to open when your hands are wet or with gloves IMO.
 
I have a spyderco tasman salt in H1 as well as a benchmade 111h20 in N680. I cannot speak to the corrosion resistance of one steel vs the other as neither show signs of rust. I bought the spyderco for my brother, he camps, rock climbs, and sweats religiously. I liked it quite a bit and decided I would purchase a rust resistance knife for myself; thats when I bought the benchmade. I only started buying "higher end" knives a few months ago (emersons, benchmade, hossom, schatt and morgans, queen, spyderco, etc...) and am still getting a feel of what I like in a knife. What I can say for certain is that I like both the spyderco tasman and the benchmade 111h20, but I like the spyderco better. I think it carries better, it seems more solid ironically, its easier on the hands (the 111h20 scales are rough) and I like the simple back lock on the spyderco more than the axis lock on the benchmade. I cannot attest to the steel itself other than the n680 seems almost... gritty? when I put it on a stone. I know that sounds weird but that the only way I know to describe it. The H1 was easy to work, not soft, just not overly resistant. The n680 though was different, it felt like I was sharpening a stone not a piece of steel? Again, I know Im going to get torn apart for this but w/e, thats the only way I know to describe it. I can say they both take an edge well and the n680 keeps it pretty well, I cant speak for the H1 retention since its my little brother's edc, not mine. I hope something in there somewhere helped, sorry if it didn't.
 
I don't think you can go wrong with either... That being said I have 3 Spyderco H1 knives in my collection and zero Benchmades...
 
If I were looking for absolute corrosion proof I'd go with the Spyderco, but I really don't like their lockbacks.

I haven't owned either (I have owned very similar models, just not in those steels) and I'd go with the Benchmade. Love the axis lock.
 
I have a Saver Salt and love the Ergos, it's about a 7" knife which I find to be a perfect size, not to big not to small. Really light, corrosion hasn't been an issue and I wanted a sheepsfoot blade for around water craft, for what I use it for it fits the bill.
 
Spyderco Pacific Salt Serrated, hands down, no contest for me. Total rust proof, thin, light weight, no liners, and no liner lock. Deployment as fast as an auto and most importantly the full Serrated blade will cut a car door in half if I need it to.
Whether you are around water or not I think the Pacific salt is one of the most powerful cutting tools that can be carried in your pocket and you'll hardly even know it's there.
 
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