Looking for a Benchmade I ussed to have..

[hipster doofus]

I had a benchmade for the longest but I lost it. Could someone help me articulate what I'm looking for.

The blade of the knife I had was a lot like the first production Pika but the handle was different.

• little circles composed the texture of the grip
• the thumbhole was perfectly round, not oval
• the lock release button was smooth
• the blade was also smooth

The blade was like this but the grip was entirely different. The blade didn't have the little hook at the base.

 

[gmarthur]

Probably the BM Ascent..

 

[hipster doofus]

Wow you are awesome! That's exactly the grip of it. Can you still find those around?

 

[gmarthur]

They go for 25 - 50 dollars on ebay all the time.

 

[jkarp_53]

I think the knife you're referring to is an older 'Bali-Song marked' Ascent series. The Bali-Song on these is inside the Butterfly. The one I have, which is an 830s matches your descripition.

Hope that helps.

...and I see I was beat to the answer by gmarthur.

Joe

 

[hipster doofus]

If it were marked Bali-song does that mean it wouldn't say Benchmade at all?

 

[jkarp_53]

No. The 'Benchmade USA' mark is to the left of the hole on the blade and underneath the butterfly. The blade on mine is also marked 'ATS-34' to the upper right of the hole.

Mine was purchased new for $55 and these models are a good buy with a simple lock-back mechanism, FRN scales and a sharp 3.25" blade. I believe the same blade was used in Benchmade's AFCK series...

Hope that helps.

 

[gmarthur]

It says bali-song inside of the butterfly. It will say benchmade usa below the butterfly.

 

[mattg521]

Hipster Doofus, any chance you're Rob from NYC?

 

[hipster doofus]

Nope! Not me! Lost connection? Sorry. I remember this knife was almost $60 new and I can't remember the bali-song mark but I'll keep my eye out.