Hello, and help..... I'm trying to find a very specific discontinued Benchmade knife I had years ago. I'm new to the forum and describing it from a fairly vivid set of memories, so bare with me please.
When I was in high school, I was a lucky student that had the privilege of getting accepted to a tool and die vocational program. While I was attending this program I had what I now know to be MY perfect pocket knife. It was a folding Benchmade non axis lock(I think it was a liner lock) 3-3.5in blade length, no more then 7 inch overall open length, one piece D2 slim drop point blade, tested at 68 Rockwell hardness scale, stainless frame, with very particular grips. They were black plastic composite, with what I would call a 4 pointed star at the top towards the pivot point. I am pretty sure it has a well known name to go with it. Like Mel Pardue, or McHenry & Williams. Those aren't necessarily the correct names, just examples. I purchased this knife from grindstone cutlery and knife shop in Ft Wayne, IN sometime in late 2005, early 2006 I think. My favorite memory of this knife is when a friend of mine, who was in the welding trades vocational in the same building came over to bother me one day on his break. He had a really nice Stanley fat max tape measure that he would stand back and poke me with from about 12-15ft away(just under the extended breaking distance of the tape, and far enough away to avoid getting slapped) while I was working at my lathe/mill. One day I'd had enough, so I grabbed the tape measure with my left hand, and my Benchmade out of my pocket with my right hand cut clean through that 1in thick tape measure. It spooled up inside itself, and my buddy was dumbfounded. He asked what the hell, and I told him he poked the bear one to many times. After a good laugh, he asked me if my knife was still sharp. To our amazement, it was. Sharp enough to shave with. Please help me find another one like this. Or at least identify the model...... I can't find it anywhere.
When I was in high school, I was a lucky student that had the privilege of getting accepted to a tool and die vocational program. While I was attending this program I had what I now know to be MY perfect pocket knife. It was a folding Benchmade non axis lock(I think it was a liner lock) 3-3.5in blade length, no more then 7 inch overall open length, one piece D2 slim drop point blade, tested at 68 Rockwell hardness scale, stainless frame, with very particular grips. They were black plastic composite, with what I would call a 4 pointed star at the top towards the pivot point. I am pretty sure it has a well known name to go with it. Like Mel Pardue, or McHenry & Williams. Those aren't necessarily the correct names, just examples. I purchased this knife from grindstone cutlery and knife shop in Ft Wayne, IN sometime in late 2005, early 2006 I think. My favorite memory of this knife is when a friend of mine, who was in the welding trades vocational in the same building came over to bother me one day on his break. He had a really nice Stanley fat max tape measure that he would stand back and poke me with from about 12-15ft away(just under the extended breaking distance of the tape, and far enough away to avoid getting slapped) while I was working at my lathe/mill. One day I'd had enough, so I grabbed the tape measure with my left hand, and my Benchmade out of my pocket with my right hand cut clean through that 1in thick tape measure. It spooled up inside itself, and my buddy was dumbfounded. He asked what the hell, and I told him he poked the bear one to many times. After a good laugh, he asked me if my knife was still sharp. To our amazement, it was. Sharp enough to shave with. Please help me find another one like this. Or at least identify the model...... I can't find it anywhere.
