I like that!
How many posts in the sub forum would you need ?
Um... I don't know. Obviously, I am not even a Gold Member... and being a bit selfish, I think an amendment to the *typical* "You must be a gold class member with x number of posts in the sub-forums" rule could go something like this:
1) Must have some type of paid membership to bladeforums, or be an unpaid member of bladeforums who has carried or had a Benchmade Knife issued in the line of duty (i.e. Police Officers, Military, DoD Civilians, etc.)
2) Must have 50 posts (seems standard) of value in the BM sub-forums; this rule is waiverable if you have 14 posts of value by the 14th day of the BM sub-forum's opening.
3) Must own at least one Benchmade knife
4) Must love Benchmade Knives
We could do a points-based system such as they do in the ZT sub-forums if y'all would rather. But I am not intending this to be a rigid top-down structure. I'll head it up if everyone is interested, although I'd like very much for it just to be a bunch of us guys (and gals) just hanging out.
If you would rather a points-based system, I suggest the following:
1 pt per BM Red, Blue, or Black class knife owned
1 pt per BM knife pre-ordered
2 pt per BM Automatic knife owned
2 pt per limited edition/first production BM knife owned
2 pt per BM Balisong owned
5 pt per BM Gold Class knife owned
5 pt for visiting BM factory (5 pt max)
5 pt for visiting BM at SHOT Show (5 pt max)
And just so no one thinks I'm stacking the points unfairly, I would only have 5 points under those proposed guidelines.

My auto presidio was stolen in Kandhar.
I chose #101
