Ok, I'm a collecting noob, but I had to grab this one. And for the the best possible reason, I like it! Just kinda clicked with what I needed, a quality gent's knife.
I picked up a Benchmade 330 pardue (titanium with G-10 scales) at a local army-navy for $65. Seemed like an awesome deal so why not. Even if it wasn't, it exactly fits the bill for what I'm looking for... - priceless.
Anyway, seems quite high quality. No blade play at all in any direction. The knife is so narrow that the liner lock has almost nowhere to go but locked up. 154CM steel oughta do the job fine. Certainly very sharp out of the box. Wish it had some sort of choil but that'd be icing on a knife this elegant (my spydies spoil me). First Benchmade. Won't be last.
I picked up a Benchmade 330 pardue (titanium with G-10 scales) at a local army-navy for $65. Seemed like an awesome deal so why not. Even if it wasn't, it exactly fits the bill for what I'm looking for... - priceless.
Anyway, seems quite high quality. No blade play at all in any direction. The knife is so narrow that the liner lock has almost nowhere to go but locked up. 154CM steel oughta do the job fine. Certainly very sharp out of the box. Wish it had some sort of choil but that'd be icing on a knife this elegant (my spydies spoil me). First Benchmade. Won't be last.