John Ek Knives: Who Likes them and Why?

[Knuckl3head]

 

[Knuckl3head]

 

[tltt]

Okay I found AHF and a bit about Richmond which was mostly kitchen knives? Benchmade the company came about in 1988, was there some kind of company collaboration on Richmond Benchmade Knives or was it two distinct entities?

Two different.

Bench Made used to be a term for a handmade knives that were made by a small group of knifemakers, usually in batches. It was a point of pride, but it's also an odd term, so it started to fade out for other terms like small shop, etc.....Then in the late 80's, Benchmade (earlier, pre 2000's, they sometimes used BenchMade) started using it as a tradename, and that was it. Now it's more associated with the Oregon company than anything else. Buerlein meant it in the earlier small shop sense of the word.

 

[wharncliffe]

Aha! I've often wondered where all the Ek knives went ...