Titanium BM AFCK? Did they make one?

[Masteroffajitas]

I'm trading with this guy who has a titanium scaled benchmade afck. It's a beast knife, it's being sent tommorow. He says he's not sure whether or not it's custom or production. Either way, you see afck markings and bms markings. Is this legit?

 

[kda89508]

Yes they did make some AFCKs that way! Nice knife! Kevin :thumbup: The titanium is the liners and it will have Black G10 handles. The whole handle it not titanium just the liners.

 

[BOK]

Its aftermarket if it has Ti scales.

 

[PG5768]

Does it look anything like this one:

Link

After a little more thru the archives I spotted 8 AFCKs as having been sold, all w/Titanium scales.

TW: This is AG Russell's used knifes sales site.

 

[PG5768]

The ones with the Ti are the 800 and 812, while the G-10 model is the 806. They stopped making the 806 in 2005. The 800 and 812 were pre-2003.

 

[BOK]

They are all G10 scaled.

The 806 has stainless liners cos it was an axis lock. All prior models have Ti liners cos they were liner locks.

Link above is a pre-owned customized AFCK. Did not come that way from the factory.

 

[PG5768]

They are all G10 scaled.

The 806 has stainless liners cos it was an axis lock. All prior models have Ti liners cos they were liner locks.

Link above is a pre-owned customized AFCK. Did not come that way from the factory.

I could be mistaken, my BM catalogs only go back to 2003. AG Russell doesn't make any mention of the scales being custom on the 3 800 AFCK and 2 812 AFCK they previously sold, that's why I thought they were factory original. They are usually very good about disclosing stuff like that.

812AFCK
812SBT
800AFCK
800AFCK
800SAFCK

Maybe they were a special run for some reseller?

 

[Masteroffajitas]

Yes, just like that one.

 

[Balislinger]

There was never a factory AFCK with Ti scales, unless there was a special run by a distributor or retailer that very few folks know about. I would think the AFCK nuts over at the BM forum would have sniffed it out by now. I've never seen one. The 800 and 812 had G-10 scales. They were last produced in 2000:

BM 2000 Catalog

BM 1999 Catalog

 

[PG5768]

There was never a factory AFCK with Ti scales, unless there was a special run by a distributor or retailer that very few folks know about. I would think the AFCK nuts over at the BM forum would have sniffed it out by now. I've never seen one. The 800 and 812 had G-10 scales. They were last produced in 2000:

BM 2000 Catalog

BM 1999 Catalog

Looks like somebody made at least 5, maybe BM CS could answer the question, if asked.

 

[PG5768]

There was never a factory AFCK with Ti scales, unless there was a special run by a distributor or retailer that very few folks know about. I would think the AFCK nuts over at the BM forum would have sniffed it out by now. I've never seen one. The 800 and 812 had G-10 scales. They were last produced in 2000:

BM 2000 Catalog

BM 1999 Catalog

Thanks for the links to the catalogs, I only have the PDFs back to 2003.

 

[rangerover_95]

Those have to be aftermarket...... If they were one offs from the factory, I doubt they would sell for $120-$150. I cant tell whether I like the Ti.

I have the 812HS, and I love the perfect texturing of the G10 on it.

 

[SIFU1A]

i collected AFCK's for a while several yrs ago, i had prototypes, 1st runs, etc, etc and never ever heard of any ti handled ones like in the pic.