Favorite benchmade EDC under 4 inches?

I totally agree needless, but like I said, I already have a knife that meets my every day needs. I can afford (can I?) something that satisfies some aesthetic desires.
 
I've never owned a knife in S30V, but from what I hear it keeps a good edge but is brittle and not quite as tough as something like D2. 440C takes/keeps an edge fairly well, although I believe S30V ranks higher in those regards, so for the main blade, I think the ease of sharpening/edge retention is more important than with the small blade, which theoretically will see less use. Or I could be wrong. All I knows is knifes are pointee. :)

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You sure can! And I would too if I bought another Benchmade. I was sort of on a budget at the time...and by budget, I mean I put it on my Christmas list to be nice and not get a McHenry Williams :D If I was getting another Benchmade, the 720 and 941's give me special feelings :D
 
Well, only large Skirmish is over 4 inch, so if You looking for an EDC under 4 inch, You can choose from almost whole Benchmade line ;)

My EDC's:

Griptilian, Griptilian, Griptilian, Griptilian, Griptilian, Griptilian, or Mini Griptilian :D

710

Ares

TSEK

Pinnacle (if You can find one)

Presidio

Nimravus Cub (if You can find one) or Fixed Resistor (You didn't wrote it should be a folder ;) )

...and some 3 - 3.25 knives.
 
Artfully Martial said:
I'm not sure about THAT....I do love my M16, even if it lacks the fan boys here at bladeforums.
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Relax :D I was kidding. I like CRKT knives also (for example Desert Cruiser, M1, M21, M16 series and many more) but... I honestly think they are not up to BM class, especially in terms of fit and finish. I understood this when I got my Griptilian.
I'm not devoted to any brand, but to specific knives - I like it or not regardless of brand and Grip is among my all time favourites for its price.
 
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I'll need to play with the switchback again to see if 3.5 is too long for my EDC (I operate in a fairly restrictive--and HIGHLY LIBERAL--environment).
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Ah, now see, that's one of the advantages of the Switchback: you can use the secondary blade when you don't want the stampede the sheeple. Looks like a funny-looking slipjoint, nice and non-threatening.

In my experience, the Switchback is very non-threatening, even amongst the most timid of sheeple. Folded, it looks like a big art-deco teardrop, not some Rambo-inspired tactical. Even the main blade, with it's graceful semi-Wharncliff profile, doesn't get the kind of nasty looks as a clip-point or spear-point or, god forbid, a tanto, would.
 
Certainly and forever Mini AFCK 814 (or 812) - if you can get them. G-10-Scales, mine has Scales form Realtree and M2-Blade.
 
Okay, for me it's between the grip, mini grip, switchback and 960. The latter two are so expensive, but so beautiful. I confess an old love for the switchback after encountering it almost three years ago. For some reason, however, the 960 doesn't exist in Waco stores in order that I can't try it.

Here's my dilemna. The grippy and gripmini aren't pretty. But they are immediately affordable. And they do satisfy my real "need" for a benchmade, which is an axis lock demo to see what all the fanboys have been talking about. The 960 and Switchback are quite gorgeous little knives, but maybe even a little TOO prettttty? The switchback is my clear favorite, but it's 3.5 inches, over my 3 inch self imposed EDC limit. But being that it has a tiny secondary knife, it might still be okay.
 
The monochrome caught my eye as i was looking through the bkcg earlier, (as an aside, i don't know whether its been mentioned before, but they sum up British knife law fairly well and clearly) and seeing as a couple of people have praise for it, i may have to get one for EDC.
 
The 770 Osborne in carbon fiber.

I bought one last year for my father--it's one very nice knife and has tons of class.

Good luck,
Allen.
 
Thanks a ton for all the info. I went out and priced some benchmades, and simply due to my financial situation, they're going to have to wait. At least now I know what I'm dealing with and am only half the benchmade n00b I was a week ago. And now that my M16 will be my soul EDC for awhile, I can give a better duty report than if its use time was split in half with a benchmade, and we can see if it is all that I think of it is, or if it is closer to what the CRKT detractors seem to believe. Of course, it performs as well as it has been, I might be fitting into a larger M16 for the new knife a month or two down the road.

Thanks again
 
Favorite benchmade EDC under 4 inches?


I know it's been said, but my first reaction to this was "Isn't that all of them except the skirmish?"
 
My favorite Benchmade EDC under 4 inches is my 805s TSEK...It's just a hair under 4 inches, but it's one tough folder.
 
My first vote goes to any of the Ares models. So many variations in steel/scales.

Then the large griptilian, although I'd lean toward the Cabela's D2 over the Ritter now that I notice the chipping on my Ritter...simply from cutting some soft plastic! :eek:

Then the 710.
 
I dislike Griptillian handles, hate the swerve into favoring powder coated aluminum handles, but... LOVE my 806D2.
 
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