Help Understanding Griptilians!

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Nephron44

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Hey everyone!

So during my journey of knife collecting, I came across many different types of Benchmade Griptilians and Mini Griptilians. Why so many models? What the heck is the difference? I read somewhere that some have full liners and some don't. Is this true? Do some have hollow vs. solid handles? Any clarification on the many different styles will be MUCH appreciated. Which do you prefer? Why?
 
Most of the differences are aesthetics however you can customize your own and choose blade steel as well. Previously all standard models had the hollow handles but special/limited editions sometimes had something different. I believe the liners have always been the same? Of course now they are offering G10 handles and upgraded steel. The variety is simply because it's a very popular model for them so offering more styles means more sales.
 
The standard Mini's have skeletonized liners. The Standard Full size have partial liners. However, there are Ritter Grips and now the new G10 Griptilians that have full liners. Besides that there are the blades. There is the standard clip point, a sheepfoot with a opening hole, and the wide Ritter blade. The handles are either Noryl GTX (standard) or G10.
 
Better steel for the most part besides colors and 3 blade shape options with plain or serrated. Some people enjoy collection them just because. There are Kershaw Leek and Blur collectors and for the most part they are all the same blade shape with the exception of the Random leek but besides color and steel option its the same knife but people still buy them.

But there are soo many variations of the griptilians... My 2 favorite are the drop point and sheepsfoot with plain edge. If I can find the limited run in CPM-M4 I would buy those as well just because I love M4.
Drop point and sheepsfoot blade are very useful for EDC tasks, not a big fan of the Tanto although it looks cool, just a pain when it comes to re-sharpening them since you have to basically sharpen the blade twice.
 
It's the best selling model Benchmade has.

So it has the most options.
 
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