Show Off Those Butterflies On The 4th Of July!

Ulf Krogstad · Jul 4, 2014

Well pulled my back out on Wednesday it still hurting so not in party mode and joining the festivities in this great country of ours. So just sitting around having a couple cold ones with friends. Am curious what other BF members are doing today and what's being done with their Benchmades. Please show off those butterflies today and HAVE A GREAT 4TH OF JULY EVERYBODY.

Whoever posts the best pick gets these 3 BM models free. Just Kidding.

Don't drink to much and nobody lose any fingers with knives or fireworks!:thumbup:

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pbcg · Jul 4, 2014

Ulf Krogstad · Jul 4, 2014

Nice. That looks like an older model which one is that? Also what are those medals awarded for?

Helderberg · Jul 4, 2014

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Maybe I misunderstood?

Have a safe and happy 4th everybody.

Ulf Krogstad · Jul 4, 2014

Ohhhh. Nice. Would love to own one of those someday. Really like the second to last one. Dang those balisongs are spendy for me though. Great pic.:thumbup:

Neuron604 · Jul 4, 2014

Ulf Krogstad · Jul 4, 2014

Yes. NICE NICE NICE.:thumbup: Nobody got any food prep pics or cutting open some fireworks or something?

richstag · Jul 4, 2014

Might as well throw this in as it was an Independence Day gift

image by Richstag, on Flickr

pbcg · Jul 4, 2014

@ ULF

Thanks.

The knife is an original AFCK and the medal is a U.S Coast Guard 9/11 Medal.

loonybin · Jul 5, 2014

Here is a butterfly on a butterfly... knife.

And here are a few more butterflies:

Cvardeman101 · Jul 6, 2014

Was that a blue Adamas? *drools*

MobileFireLord · Jul 6, 2014

Yeah, loonybin those 3 are really nice customs.

Ulf Krogstad · Jul 6, 2014

Yes. Quite the collection and variety there loonybin. Very jealous.

Icky Thump · Jul 6, 2014

Captain Howdy · Jul 6, 2014

Punisher252 · Jul 6, 2014

^ Very cool!

Neuron604 · Jul 6, 2014

loonybin · Jul 7, 2014

Cvardeman101 said:
Was that a blue Adamas? *drools*

Yes. Yes, it is. I had the scales Cerakoted for my wife. Blue is her favorite color, and Kent nailed the color perfectly!

MobileFireLord said:
Yeah, loonybin those 3 are really nice customs.

Ulf Krogstad said:
Yes. Quite the collection and variety there loonybin. Very jealous.

Thanks, gentlemen! The top Rift belongs to my 14y.o. I dyed the scales with Kelly Green RIT dye for almost 3 hours to get that color. They were on a 2008 Prototype until I got a Rift with a black blade and he decided the scales look better on it. The prototype now resides in my pocket and will be getting a pimp job soon. The 940 was anodized by Kent as well. I bought it used with pretty worn scales, so I had it sent straight to Kent and he worked his magic on it. He said he could see why Benchmade never anodized the 940 in the way I wanted. It was a pain to do! The 2nd Rift belongs to my 15y.o. I acid etch and stonewashed the blade and clip and did a light buffing on the hardware with a semi-coarse dremel buffing wheel. I'm going to do the same thing to my prototype, except it will have blue/black scales. We'll see what Royal Blue comes out looking like on grey/black scales. Denim Blue looks great, so I can always go darker if the Royal doesn't turn out.

Redmasta · Jul 7, 2014

Loonybin that stone wash/black wash Rift looks awesome! Did you do it yourself?

loonybin · Jul 7, 2014

Redmasta said:
Loonybin that stone wash/black wash Rift looks awesome! Did you do it yourself?

Yep!

Gonna do it again soon to my Rift Prototype. If I had the original box, I would probably sell it to a collector and buy a different used Rift. As it is, it doesn't have any value over a regular Rift, so I'm going to mod it.