BM black class

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I’m looking for a new folder and I was thinking about getting one of the BM black class folders but I wanted to know how they compare to the blue class in terms of quality and durability. I already have a BM Opportunist that I carry at work but I want a bigger bader knife for use out of the office.

Thanks,

Scott
 
That's an interesting question.

I think the Black and Blue classes have the same quality. It's an "intended use" thing for the colors.

It's the Red class that appears to be a step down, though that could be just perceived as I know where they are made. Lower cost materials in general, though.

The Gold class, now that is a definite step up (though it's an incremental thing - probably just percieved too as I know how limited they are).Only looked and touched a couple of these - cost prohibitive to me.
 
A lot of the folders in the blue and black class go either way. It seems that there used to be some blue class knives that were autos and that made them black class. Some of the blue class knives, like the skirmish and rukus could, and probably should, be in the black class, but that'd make them seem more like weapons and I'm sure that's not the intention.
 
Black class is just as good as Blue. Get a 520, you won't be sorry (except the edges of your pockets may... the handle tends to be hard on them).
 
orthogonal1 said:
That's an interesting question.

I think the Black and Blue classes have the same quality. It's an "intended use" thing for the colors.

It's the Red class that appears to be a step down, though that could be just perceived as I know where they are made. Lower cost materials in general, though.

The Gold class, now that is a definite step up (though it's an incremental thing - probably just percieved too as I know how limited they are).Only looked and touched a couple of these - cost prohibitive to me.
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I like benchmade but as far as the gold class knives are concerned:barf: :barf: :barf:


I will never figure out y anyone would buy one in lieu of a custom.


The black class knives are reliable, but if you want a true heavy duty knife go for emerson. They are big & bad. Not to mention they hav ethe almighty wave feature. :D
 
razorsdescent said:
The black class knives are reliable, but if you want a true heavy duty knife go for emerson. They are big & bad. Not to mention they hav ethe almighty wave feature. :D
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I guess that would depend though. As much as I like my CQC-7's, I think the BM 520 is a heavier duty knife. They are both priced about the same. The wave feature is great, but for me having the axis lock far outweighs the benefits of the wave. Im with puukkoman, if you want heavy-duty, check out the 520 or 523(Tanto). It is, arguably, the toughest axis folder they make.
 
I can recommend the 910 Stryker , I find it to be a heavy duty knife but doesn't carry like one.
 
Black Vs. Blue is just a marketing thing. It has nothing to do with quality. In fact none of the classes have anything to do with quality because any BM costing $35.00 or $1000.00 has the same quality, just different steels and price points. Black just means it is meant more for the profession of arms and other types of jobs in that category, while blue is the normal run of knives. Red is for people looking for a knife built as well as a blue, but on a budget when it comes to price and materials, and gold is for people who are out of thier minds. Just kidding, gold is for the collectors. To tell you the truth you can get a BM in any class with shoddy workmanship. It is possible for one to slip through. It just doesn't happen all to often.
 
Just avoid red. They may be decent knives but they are made in china, i try to make it a policy to support made in america stuff as well as not buying knives from china in general.
 
Thanks for the input guys, I'll check out some of the models mentioned.

Scott
 
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