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Ive been surfing the web looking at Benchmades Bone Collector lockback 15050. I also came across the Lone Wolf Landslide, which i thought also looked nice. Upon closer examination i realized that the Lone Wolf (or Benchmade) is nothing more than a carbon copy of the other one.
Granted, the steel is different (N680 vs D2) and so are the scales (cocobolo vs. FRN), but they have identical locking systems, blade shapes and near-identical dimensions. Even the position of the lockbar tab and the handle screws are identical on these two knives.
Not very original if you ask me. To me it appears, as if they wanted to add another model to their lineup, so they redressed an existing model and called it an all-new knife.
Just for the record, the Benchmade is over twice the cost of the Lone Wolf.
They do look like good knives though, especially the Landslide. The FRN handles look a lot more practical though, for the knife enthusiast who actually uses his knives in the field.
Granted, the steel is different (N680 vs D2) and so are the scales (cocobolo vs. FRN), but they have identical locking systems, blade shapes and near-identical dimensions. Even the position of the lockbar tab and the handle screws are identical on these two knives.
Not very original if you ask me. To me it appears, as if they wanted to add another model to their lineup, so they redressed an existing model and called it an all-new knife.
Just for the record, the Benchmade is over twice the cost of the Lone Wolf.
They do look like good knives though, especially the Landslide. The FRN handles look a lot more practical though, for the knife enthusiast who actually uses his knives in the field.
