What is this knife and is it a real Benchmade?!

[Harper89]

Hey all, my friend has this old Benchmade Knife. It has the 525 number on it, which is now used for Presidios. My question is if this is a really old one, or perhaps just an old model that they re-used the numbers for, or if this is possibly a fake. I can't find info on it and the build quality seems less than the Benchmades I am familiar with. Could be that it is used and old, hence it seeming lower in quality.

I also noticed that the Liner lock tends to fully extend and hit the opposing scale, as seen in one of the pictures. It still has a solid lock-up, but that's pretty far. Any chance Benchmade can work on that sort of problem?

In any case, I would love it if anyone has some info on this! It's a pretty neat design all around.

http://imgur.com/a/Y6lK3

 

[theobetts]

Looks like a horrible fake to me.

 

[shandrydan1]

I am by no means a BM expert but it doesnt look like any real BM I have ever seen. Looks fake.

 

[Harper89]

He'll be bummed to hear it, but that's what I suspected.

 

[Icky Thump]

That is no bueno

 

[boobar]

That is absolutely a fake, that looks like no design Benchmade has ever released. The 525 on the blade would signify a Mini-Presidio and that looks nothing like the Presidio series.

 

[338375]

That is absolutely a fake, that looks like no design Benchmade has ever released. The 525 on the blade would signify a Mini-Presidio and that looks nothing like the Presidio series.

Yep...

 

[jonearlt]

one of the worst fakes I've seen.

 

[Redmasta]

One of the worst and laziest fakes I've ever seen, they didn't even attempt to replicate an actual Benchmade design. They just took a random black knife, slapped the Butterfly logo on it and said bam done. LOL

 

[loonybin]

Hey all, my friend has this old Benchmade Knife. It has the 525 number on it, which is now used for Presidios. My question is if this is a really old one, or perhaps just an old model that they re-used the numbers for,

Benchmade does not reuse model numbers. That is your #1 clue.

 

[Jastab]

Benchmade does not reuse model numbers. That is your #1 clue.

And it's a flipper, which they only have 1. The 300sn.

 

[Benchmade]

That would be a counterfeit. We would not be able to do any sort of servicing for that particular knife. Sorry!

 

[Harper89]

Thank you all for replying, including Benchmade! Yeah, it seemed like a horrible, cheap knife, so I thought I'd ask.

At least my friend found it, so it's not like he spent money on it! haha

 

[mostho]

Probably one of the ugliest fakes ever seen from a while.
But the cat paw is wonderful!