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Capt. Carl

Capt. Carl

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I was just thinking about how Benchmade hasn't been keeping up with the arms race like Spyderco, Kershaw/ZT lately. This would be a good move for them. But only an exclusive?
 
Kaizen1 said:
I was just thinking about how Benchmade hasn't been keeping up with the arms race like Spyderco, Kershaw/ZT lately. This would be a good move for them. But only an exclusive?
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Yeah, pretty lame. Lets hope it turns into a production run. It's going to be freeking expensive as a 100 knife run...
Knifeworks doesn't take reservations do they?
 
They had Activator - Grand Prairie Knives and it was like $700 or something.
I afraid it will be in the similar range.

I ask Kershaw - they will not do any CPM M4, unfortunately.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
nozh2002 said:
They had Activator - Grand Prairie Knives and it was like $700 or something.
I afraid it will be in the similar range.

I ask Kershaw - they will not do any CPM M4, unfortunately.

Thanks, Vassili.
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700? good god...thats over 2 times what I thought would be unreal - 300.
 
Capt. Carl said:
Yeah, pretty lame. Lets hope it turns into a production run. It's going to be freeking expensive as a 100 knife run...
Knifeworks doesn't take reservations do they?
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I highly doubt it. But then again, I haven't attempted to bribe them in any way before.

Talk about expensive Benchmades, I was at a Gold Class dealer in San Francisco recently and they had 2 Gold Class modified versions of the Mini Skirmish. According to them, there were only 2 of them in the US because it was a limited run of 50 for Europe only. The were asking $850 and had one left.

I have to admit, it was NICE. Damascus blade and handle. Instead of the opening hole, there was a strange looking thumb stud that was made of gold and it had CF scales over the damascus handles, though it was still a frame lock. The CF scales made the knife really comfortable because of the way it filled the hand.
 
wow thats a lot if it really goes for 700. thatll break my heart, because I would love to have a 710 in green g10 and with m4. Im also interested in this zt205, I am curious as to how it will look bead blasted. Awesome I bet! Im gonna give knifeworks a call on monday and ask what they expect the price to be and when we can preorder one (if at all, and if not, I will be camping out on my computer FOR SURE). This is going to be one epic knife.

as per the crucible website, m4 is moderately more tough, and much more wear resistant, harder and coatable (not sure if this will matter, but hey, Im all for a longer lasting blk coat) than d2, sure sounds exciting to me.

oh, and do we know if this will be gold class or a limited edition blue class? g10/micarta isnt really benchmade's thing for gold class knives as of late, but that could be a huge difference in price.

edit: the 210-83 has g10, the 46 has g10 inserts, but other than thats its mostly a see of TI, wood and carbon fiber.
 
They can easily get 100 people to pay a pretty penny for them knives. I'm still holding onto hope for a production version.
 
Capt. Carl said:
They can easily get 100 people to pay a pretty penny for them knives. I'm still holding onto hope for a production version.
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I think it'll just be a matter of the CPM4 getting cheaper. If the stuff is as good as it sounds, it'll become more commonplace in time. The problem is waiting while there are 710s that will be out soon, teasing us.

I personally would probably never spend more than $220-$250 for a Benchmade.
 
p_mcmanis said:
wow thats a lot if it really goes for 700. thatll break my heart, because I would love to have a 710 in green g10 and with m4. Im also interested in this zt205, I am curious as to how it will look bead blasted. Awesome I bet! Im gonna give knifeworks a call on monday and ask what they expect the price to be and when we can preorder one (if at all, and if not, I will be camping out on my computer FOR SURE). This is going to be one epic knife.

as per the crucible website, m4 is moderately more tough, and much more wear resistant, harder and coatable (not sure if this will matter, but hey, Im all for a longer lasting blk coat) than d2, sure sounds exciting to me.

oh, and do we know if this will be gold class or a limited edition blue class? g10/micarta isnt really benchmade's thing for gold class knives as of late, but that could be a huge difference in price.

edit: the 210-83 has g10, the 46 has g10 inserts, but other than thats its mostly a see of TI, wood and carbon fiber.
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I just ordered one of the ZT205's and sent Roger an email about the BM CPM M4. I threw in a Spyderco ZDP-189 in Racing Green with the ZT 205 for good measure . . .
 
Kaizen1 said:
I think it'll just be a matter of the CPM4 getting cheaper. If the stuff is as good as it sounds, it'll become more commonplace in time. The problem is waiting while there are 710s that will be out soon, teasing us.

I personally would probably never spend more than $220-$250 for a Benchmade.
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I have a 706 that would like to talk to you D: ignore the fact that I mortgaged 2 years of my life to get my dad to lend me the money for it and just run with it being worth the dough.

but yeah, unless its gold class, Im not forking out more 2 bills for a bm knife. I probably wouldnt buy one from a store though, I dont want some salesperson pressuring me on such a stupidly expensive knife.
 
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I sent an email too because I got too excited. This was before I found out about how bad the price would probably be. I'm guessing they don't take preorders on this type of order though..Anyone who calls on Monday let us know!
 
p_mcmanis said:
I have a 706 that would like to talk to you D: ignore the fact that I mortgaged 2 years of my life to get my dad to lend me the money for it and just run with it being worth the dough.

but yeah, unless its gold class, Im not forking out more 2 bills for a bm knife. I probably wouldnt buy one from a store though, I dont want some salesperson pressuring me on such a stupidly expensive knife.
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The $220-$250 number was more on the extreme side for the highest I'd pay for a BM. Normally I wouldn't buy BMs for more than $150-$165. I'd go higher only for gold class knives which would probably never be as cheap as $220.
 
Kaizen1 said:
I'd go higher only for gold class knives which would probably never be as cheap as $220.
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220 would get you a desposit!

(better than nothing I guess D:)

and you know what, why spend >165 when you can buy pretty much every benchmade blue or black class knife except for the full size skirmish and if you insist on having black coating on your 610? (note, if you like those knives, great, I dont think they are overpriced, just that you can do *QUITE* well with a 165USD cut off)
 
p_mcmanis said:
220 would get you a desposit!

(better than nothing I guess D:)

and you know what, why spend >165 when you can buy pretty much every benchmade blue or black class knife except for the full size skirmish and if you insist on having black coating on your 610? (note, if you like those knives, great, I dont think they are overpriced, just that you can do *QUITE* well with a 165USD cut off)
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Agreed.
 
if it is a limited edition blue class then you might want to sit at your computer and hit refresh on the knifeworks page until they go for sale because they will propbably be in the $250 range (pure speculation)

If it is a gold class then its going to be expensive and end up being a safe queen which is sad cause i want feedback on how good this steel is... but its not benchmades way to make g10 a gold class.
 
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