How do you feel about Benchmade's "Infidel" name?

Calling it the "Infidel" is probably for irony's sake. Owning this knife does not mean you no longer follow Christianity. In the sandbox, we are all referred to by some as "infidels." This knife is freggin cool.
 
Amazing how much has been made out of a simple name. The knife is amazingly designed. People seem to read into it too much honestly.
 
I hate to bump an old thread, but this article

http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1776_0_25_0_C42

on alt.muslim was brought to my attention.

Notice how the quote from me from bf.c was twisted.

And notice how I am portrayed as an expert on all things Benchmade. Let me tell you folks, if it ain't got that swing, then it don't mean a thing to me. I liked the AFCK and still mourn for it. I like the Nimravus and especially the Cub version; that's a great fighting and utility knife. And I do own an Infidel. But, otherwise, I now very little about BM's line.

And if you don't believe that Knives are under attack, notice now the Author of this piece refers to it as "a product of death."
 
so the war on terror isnt about wiping out islamic fundamentalism lol???

i do not care one iota what alt.muslim thinks about, well, anything.
 
@Rat,

that knife at the bottom looks like a nice knife. Even as nice as the former, shown at the bottom of your posts.

Can you give me a link to see some specs and maybe more pics?
 
Gollnick said:
And if you don't believe that Knives are under attack, notice now the Author of this piece refers to it as "a product of death."
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I agree and disagree. Knives are under attack, but this particular knife is being marketed as a killing weapon.

We're seeing pure capitalism here; Benchmade has realised that they can make money off of the word and the author is making money off of selling articles. :)
 
eojk said:
Does the US military have a known history of using OTFs at least somewhat regularly? :confused: I would think that such a complex design would be unfavorable, despite the expert tooling of companies like Microtech. Or, why would OTFs be more desirable to the miltary than side-opening autos?
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OTF knives (usually gravity knives) have long been favored by parachutists who need a need a knife in case they become entangled in the ropes of their parachute. They need a one-hand-operable and ambidexterous knife because either hand may be injured or may be entangled. A fixed-blade is not appropriate because of the risk of literally falling on your own sword. And OTF is preferred to side-opening because the knife itself could become entangled.

The US and most other of the world's militaries don't teach much knife fighting as part of basic training anymore. Despite the Dark Ops ads, with the exception of a very, very small number of highly-specialized tasks (sentry removal by elite special forces), the military considers knives to be tools, not weapons. In this case, this knife is a tool for parachutists to extract themselves from entaglements.
 
The way forum sites like bf.c work is that each page you read is generated "on-the-fly" just for you. Essentially, each page is used once and then thrown away. Even if you view the same page twice, it is technically not the same page the second time, but a whole new one. As a result, search engines such as google do not index forum sites very well. Googling "infidel knife" got over 300,000 hits. I didn't go through them all, but I did check the top 200 and this thread was not among them. So, how did the author of this alt.muslim article find this thread? I have to suggest the possibility that he is, in fact, one of us. Do we have a traitor in our midst?
 
Gollnick said:
OTF knives (usually gravity knives) have long been favored by parachutists who need a need a knife in case they become entangled in the ropes of their parachute. They need a one-hand-operable and ambidexterous knife because either hand may be injured or may be entangled. A fixed-blade is not appropriate because of the risk of literally falling on your own sword. And OTF is preferred to side-opening because the knife itself could become entangled.
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It's all bullcrap, but I especially liked that last part about the knife becoming entangled:jerkit:
 
Gollnick said:
I hate to bump an old thread, but this article

http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1776_0_25_0_C42

on alt.muslim was brought to my attention.

Notice how the quote from me from bf.c was twisted.

And notice how I am portrayed as an expert on all things Benchmade. Let me tell you folks, if it ain't got that swing, then it don't mean a thing to me. I liked the AFCK and still mourn for it. I like the Nimravus and especially the Cub version; that's a great fighting and utility knife. And I do own an Infidel. But, otherwise, I now very little about BM's line.

And if you don't believe that Knives are under attack, notice now the Author of this piece refers to it as "a product of death."
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I would put exactly nano stock in anything from this sort of website. The college dopes that gobble that sort of stuff up are not part of our world anyway.

The author needs to figure out who's side he is on quickly because to me he sounds like just another guilt ridden , white apologist trying to be radical by converting to Islam , whatever.
He slings the word racist around like it's going out of style, a sure sign that his life is agenda driven to the point that he will make things up to sound like he's spot on today's issues and feelings.



Gollnick The way forum sites like bf.c work is that each page you read is generated "on-the-fly" just for you. Essentially, each page is used once and then thrown away. Even if you view the same page twice, it is technically not the same page the second time, but a whole new one. As a result, search engines such as google do not index forum sites very well. Googling "infidel knife" got over 300,000 hits. I didn't go through them all, but I did check the top 200 and this thread was not among them. So, how did the author of this alt.muslim article find this thread? I have to suggest the possibility that he is, in fact, one of us. Do we have a traitor in our midst?
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Do we have a traitor in our midst? Who knows , maybe he searched and googled until he found what he is looking for , someone should point him over to Political if he wants to really get his panties in a bunch.


SIFU1A so the war on terror isnt about wiping out islamic fundamentalism lol???

i do not care one iota what alt.muslim thinks about, well, anything.
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Exactly... :)
 
Gollnick said:
I hate to bump an old thread, but this article

http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=1776_0_25_0_C42

on alt.muslim was brought to my attention.
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You know, I read some of that article and I want that segment of my life back! Honestly, I think my intelligence went down while I read that tripe. I mean, I have a patch on my backpack that says "Infidel" in Farsi. So? According to the wack-jobs at the extreme end of Islam I AM an Infidel. I don't think the BM knife is all that attractive, and I wouldn't buy one, but who cares? They can name it the "Booger-tamer 4000" and it would still be fine. Infidel isn't a slam against black people- nor is it a slam against Islam. While I find BM's reasoning behind the name weird at best, I still have to accept that they really believe their reasoning.

This guy has to realize that if he's truly going to be American, he has to understand that he absolutely does NOT have the right NOT to be offended.
 
I think it's cool , Im an infidel ,and proud not to be stuck in the fourteenth century ,i like my BLT's !
 
rebeltf said:
I would put exactly nano stock in anything from this sort of website. The college dopes that gobble that sort of stuff up are not part of our world anyway.
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In other words, "Let them eat cake."

The problem is that "their world" may very well try to affect "our world." This idea that they can just sort of stay off in their own corner and that we don't have to worry about them doesn't work. This idea that we can just dismiss them is dangerous. The idea that what they think doesn't concern us is very short-sighted.

We can not afford to ignore these people because they are certainly not ignoring us.
 
SpyderJon said:
This guy has to realize that if he's truly going to be American, he has to understand that he absolutely does NOT have the right NOT to be offended.
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I love the way you put that. That is so perfect. And true not just for muslims. You do not have the right not to be offended. Perfect.

The perception of a right not to be offended is the cornerstone of the growing and popular modern fashion we often call "political correctness."
 
Given the state of world affairs they probably could have chosen A somewhat different name. While it does seem to push some peoples buttons it's still just a name. Personaly I don't take exception to the name but then again I'm not a Christian. It's only a big deal because people are making it a big deal.



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