Disappointed with this mini griptilian.....

[RevDevil]

I am familiar with BM's MAP price-change, but I don't know what you mean by this. Thanks; pardon my ignorance.
Don

This about it in terms of hand tools, with the point of diminishing returns aspect aside. You can buy a complete 20 piece socket set from Wal-Mart for about $12-$18, for the basic do-it-yourselfer that might be enough. Then you have a Snap-on version that will run you just under $300. Same tool, different demographics. Professional mechanics that use tools all day long will annihilate the $20 set in a day or less, the Snap-On set may last years if not a lifetime.

Knives in the $20-$30 vs the $100 range also tend to vary buy customer. For many people a "Wal-Mart" knife is good enough, they cut something maybe once every 2-3 days. For collectors, accumulators, and steel junkies that might not work out so well as they typically tend to like pricier knives with better materials.
Sal Glesser has indicated in the past that Spyderco and say Busse are not going after the same market share (customer demographic), even though there might be some overlap.

 

[Quintalito]

I als was a little disappointed when i got my griptilian, i was expecting a super sharp knife but my saks are sharper. My mini-grip was decently sharp though (i ordered both at the same time). Those were the first "expensive" knives i have bought btw.

All in all it's a good knife, but the online hype probably is what got my expectations a little too high. I'm planning on getting a spyderco air in december, do you guys think it will be a better quality? The only "spyderco" i own is the byrd cara cara 2 (which i received waaaaay sharper than the grip or mini-grip)

 

[calc]

I als was a little disappointed when i got my griptilian, i was expecting a super sharp knife but my saks are sharper. My mini-grip was decently sharp though (i ordered both at the same time). Those were the first "expensive" knives i have bought btw.

All in all it's a good knife, but the online hype probably is what got my expectations a little too high. I'm planning on getting a spyderco air in december, do you guys think it will be a better quality? The only "spyderco" i own is the byrd cara cara 2 (which i received waaaaay sharper than the grip or mini-grip)

Than a Mini Grip? In a word: yes. Both Bradley folders are excellent. And to be fair to the Mini Grip, they are priced as such.

 

[Quintalito]

Than a Mini Grip? In a word: yes. Both Bradley folders are excellent. And to be fair to the Mini Grip, they are priced as such.

Good! Yeah as i said it's not a bad knife, i actually prefer the mini to the regular grip. I was just expecting something laser sharp for some reason, and my regular griptilian isn't sharp at all. I should have bought one bm and one spydie. :/

I guess i have an excuse to buy more knives

 

[collim1]

Trust me, it won't fall apart. Yes the handle is pretty light and hollow feeling, but mine has held up and I appreciate the weight. The blade play can usually be adjusted out while still allowing the knife to open easily.

Is the Griptiallian on par with my Benchmade 810 Contego? Well no, but its still a great little carry knife for the money.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Appearances are deceiving. The grips may look and feel flimsy, but they're a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic that you could hammer on all day without denting. Light, impervious to just about any chemical, they're ideal for the purpose IMHO. Blade play is easily adjusted by tightening the pivot with the appropriate TORX driver. As for edge profile, you can easily alter that. (I honed my Grippie's blade in D2 back a bit.)

 

[calc]

Good! Yeah as i said it's not a bad knife, i actually prefer the mini to the regular grip.

I prefer the Mini to the regular size as well.

I was just expecting something laser sharp for some reason, and my regular griptilian isn't sharp at all. I should have bought one bm and one spydie. :/

Hey, this might be an opportunity to work on your sharpening skills. You don't need to completely reprofile the edge as long as the factory bevels are even - just few light swipes on a ceramic rod will work wonders.

 

[K.O.D.]

I debated for years about the grip and mini. Heard so many great things about Benchmade, people acting like they were the be all end all, but every time I held the grip/mini grip at the big box stores, it just never felt like a $100 knife. I ended up buying a PE black/satin 154cm Grip and a D2 black/black. mini. Sold/traded within six months. Hated them. The neither held and edge, both had up and down play. Now with the new pricing scheme, I will never buy a Benchmade again. I own two Benchmades now, a 586 Orange/black D2 mini-barrage and a 530 Black/black CE.

 

[Quintalito]

Hey, this might be an opportunity to work on your sharpening skills. You don't need to completely reprofile the edge as long as the factory bevels are even - just few light swipes on a ceramic rod will work wonders.

Yeah i only have a cheap stanley stone though, i've done okay on it with my drifter, but it scratches the blade like crazy. I still like my grip enough not to mutilate it lol. But this thread made me handle it again and i must say that the scales are lightweight but they don't feel flimsy at all.

 

[hanzie]

When I originally got my mini grip a few years back I thought it was the coolest
Lately I've tried to get myself to carry it but over the last year I've been carrying a full size assisted barrage, so the mini grip just feels inadequate so it spends most of it time in the drawer

 

[fzla226]

i guess this is why theres such a market for better aftermarket scales for these knives. too bad benchmade didnt offer micarta or carbon fiber scales standard,instead of those limited edition ones. it would definitly make them more worth the price than the hollow plastic.even the manix 2 lightweight is cheaper & more solid feeling...

the manix 2 lightweight also doesn't feel as good in the hand, has a poorer cutting-edge to handle ratio, and worse steel. Those special edition ones that keep coming out are great values though. I just wish they did more to round the handle given it's molded.