How do you rate Benchmade on a scale 1-10?

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I am just curious as to how you guys rate Benchmade.

The scale being 1-10. 1 being horrible, and 10 being The best knife company in existence.

I will go first. I give Benchmade a solid seven, due to the Axis lock and I think the overall quality has gone up.

So what say you?
 
Seven sounds fair. Certainly not shabby but not amazing f&f either (especially for the price), good customer service, good selection of design and materials
 
if you would have started this thread when i fist joined BF i would have said 10... boy was i ignorant haha. after spending some time here and picking up quite a few quality knives i would have to say 6-7 but only due to their selection and customer service. none of their knives are the best knife for their intended purpose but are good enough for the average joe who is hung up on branding. just my opinion tho
 
I give them a 7, good ´knives, but abit overpriced, and as a company they have ther issues imo.
 
daisy cutter said:
if you would have started this thread when i fist joined BF i would have said 10... boy was i ignorant haha. after spending some time here and picking up quite a few quality knives i would have to say 6-7 but only due to their selection and customer service. none of their knives are the best knife for their intended purpose but are good enough for the average joe who is hung up on branding. just my opinion tho
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Yeah, I decided to start a Benchmade collection. I want a Spyderco collection. Several years ago I had a CRK collection. I sold them all off.

One thing is for sure. I am going to buy some Fehrman fixed blades first. Unless I find a killer Para2 in a sprint run color I like.

Ok keep on voting!
 
They don't make a ton of knives I like at the moment but on customer service and a couple good models and some classics in the past like the rukus and skirmish and all models made in America plus axis lock I'll go 7.75 (8 seemed high)
 
I've give them a solid 8. The same as I'd give Spyderco and Kershaw. :)
 
I vote 6.5 in my noob status, I love their folders for EDC. Used them for EDC for 6 years now soooo I might be a little bias.



ETA: this is going off their blue line, for carry use. Not their gold line
 
Some brilliant designs (Axis lock), excellent construction, superior customer service... I'd give BM a 9.
 
I'd give Benchmade a solid seven out of ten. So far they have met my expectations for the price-point. As much as I dig the AXIS lock, I'd like to see more design options...
 
I'd say seven. Good quality, and I like their designs, but they haven't really introduced anything original in a while. They're resting on their laurels, something you'd never see Spyderco doing. And MAAP pricing is annoying.
 
for a production knife company I would give them a 9.5. I have yet to have any problems with any of the models I own. the fit and finish is great. the variety they offer is great and their customer service is topnotch.

If I had to rate their knives compared to EVERY other knife available today, I would give them about a 6 - 6.5. Even though I love them, they don't hold a candle to some of the customs and semicustoms out there.
 
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