Has Benchmade ever produced ceramic blades?

[thesgman]

First and foremost, thank you all for being such a great community and resource for my chronic fixation with Benchmade knives.

So, at some point in the mid-90s my older brother purchased a Benchmade auto that, at least in my memory, was a ceramic blade. This was the first Benchmade I fell in love with. Now, for the life of me, I can't track down what knife it might have been or if Benchmade has ever produced ceramic blades. I'd know it if I saw it, but is the ceramic thing just my imagination?--if not, what would be the best way to track down the knife I remember?

 

[Icky Thump]

To my knowledge Benchmade has never produced a ceramic bladed knife.

You might be thinking of BenchMark

 

[jkarp_53]

I've never seen a ceramic blade offered on any Benchmade. Coating yes but that's different.

 

[Badhammer]

Boker came out with ceramic folders around that time frame. At least that's when I recall first seeing them.

 

[thesgman]

Thanks for the input, everyone. I have no idea how I associated a ceramic blade with my brother's old Benchmade, which after digitally thumbing through some old print catalogs from the 90s uploaded to the Benchmade forum I've been able to identify as the old 2500 Mini-Reflex. Feels good to ID the knife that fueled my fixation!