If you get the Rift, prepare yourself to purchase either a 940, a Contego, or both.
Benchmade took the common production tanto, which has some advantages but quite a few disadvantages, and changed it up to make a blade that is incredibly well-suited to virtually any and every situation (and it's a very cosmetically pleasing look, which is always a plus.)
I think the original multi-colored G10 model is an awesome looking knife, and with an incredible handle and grippy textured G10, in a steel which is excellent and easy to upkeep. It's a decent size profile, but reasonably slim for a knife of its size and so it carries very well.
If you are somewhere in which you can get to a BM dealer, as others noted I think the 940 is worth checking out. It's an awesome knife for daily usage with a slightly smaller profile but full-sized performance.
It's prolly worth noting that I do find my Rift to be a little hard on pants as the textured G10 is very grippy (but not sharp...just a lot of surface area.) It's thinner slacks where I find this to be an issue more than normal pants. I think BM may have used smoother aluminum on models like the 940 for things like suit carry possibly for this purpose?
Benchmade took the common production tanto, which has some advantages but quite a few disadvantages, and changed it up to make a blade that is incredibly well-suited to virtually any and every situation (and it's a very cosmetically pleasing look, which is always a plus.)
I think the original multi-colored G10 model is an awesome looking knife, and with an incredible handle and grippy textured G10, in a steel which is excellent and easy to upkeep. It's a decent size profile, but reasonably slim for a knife of its size and so it carries very well.
If you are somewhere in which you can get to a BM dealer, as others noted I think the 940 is worth checking out. It's an awesome knife for daily usage with a slightly smaller profile but full-sized performance.
It's prolly worth noting that I do find my Rift to be a little hard on pants as the textured G10 is very grippy (but not sharp...just a lot of surface area.) It's thinner slacks where I find this to be an issue more than normal pants. I think BM may have used smoother aluminum on models like the 940 for things like suit carry possibly for this purpose?
