What watches do Benchmade people wear?

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I don't use a watch that much anymore, but my most used one is an old Citizen Blue Angels watch that's going on 20 years old and a Timex Tide Temp Compass watch that I use when traveling on the Motorcycle or for other outdoor/physical activities.
 
As much as I like watches, I’ve pretty much abandoned wearing them. Smartphones made them somewhat redundant. After getting a Fitbit last year, I haven’t worn a watch since. Except when I go hiking, and then I’ll wear my Pathfinder in addition to the Fitbit.
 
luke86 said:
Where do you live? That forest is beautiful.
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I live in Seattle, and yes it is indeed a beautiful area. I'm from Florida, and we just moved out here last summer. These pics were taken on a mountain trail within an hour of the city, and as far as I can tell so far the whole area is surrounded by such places. We're enjoying it immensely.
 
NSBFL said:
I live in Seattle, and yes it is indeed a beautiful area. I'm from Florida, and we just moved out here last summer. These pics were taken on a mountain trail within an hour of the city, and as far as I can tell so far the whole area is surrounded by such places. We're enjoying it immensely.
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Oh wow. Bet you are. I'm in SC so were are definitely from similar climates and geographical areas. Always wanted to make a trip to that area because it looks like that!
 
NSBFL said:
Thanks!...It wasn't hard to make at all. I don't have much experience customizing knives, but I am good at tearing things up so that came in kinda handy for this modification :D. I do have alot of experience customizing G-Shocks, however, and the idea for this knife started when I made the Boba Fett Rangeman, and wanted a knife to match. I started with my own already fairly used green 940, as the wear was a good thing for this project. First I removed the anodization on the back-spacer using the Oxi-Clean method. The coloring on the parts is not any kind of special coating or anything, I just used spray paint. I figured if it chips or wears it will just add to the look, plus this project was done pretty much for my own fun anyway. Then I basically just scraped and scuffed the whole thing. The blade already had some wear, but I added to that with sandpaper. I did the same on the frame and other parts, and I even took it outside and scraped it on the concrete in my driveway a bit. For an added touch, I used a thumb stud from a Rift, and put the extra screws on the non-clip side to represent his yellow "kill stripes" (IIRC, those screws were from a different model due to clearance, but I can't remember which one). Needless to say, there wasn't much skill involved in the process, but I must say it was loads of fun to make. Honestly, I think the acid wash on your 940 might have served this mod even better. Feel free to PM me if I can answer any further, but I think that pretty much sums it up.

Here are a couple better pics of the custom Boba Fett Rangeman, which was also a blast to build.

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Nice work both on the watch and the knife. I mod some g shocks as well. Here’s my built from scratch gw5000/gw5000hr/gw5035a custom along with my rit dyed Bugout with me today.
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luke86 said:
Nice work both on the watch and the knife. I mod some g shocks as well. Here’s my built from scratch gw5000/gw5000hr/gw5035a custom along with my rit dyed Bugout with me today.
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Cool! That turned out perfect. I built a few Frogman from scratch back when parts where more readily available. The ability to customize is one of my favorite things about G's. In fact, out of my 15-20 G-Shocks I think I only have one or two that I have not customized in some way.


BTW, I'm on the watchuseek forums under the name "Knives and Lint". Here's a couple more that I've made (sorry for the non-Benchmade content)

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Haffner said:
Victorinox Dive master 500
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Thinking about putting it on a Gunmetal PVD 22mm Dive Master 500 Watch Bracelet
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I used to own one of those and it is quite a stunning piece indeed. Victorinox makes some great watches
 
NSBFL said:
Cool! That turned out perfect. I built a few Frogman from scratch back when parts where more readily available. The ability to customize is one of my favorite things about G's. In fact, out of my 15-20 G-Shocks I think I only have one or two that I have not customized in some way.


BTW, I'm on the watchuseek forums under the name "Knives and Lint". Here's a couple more that I've made (sorry for the non-Benchmade content)

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Hey your the GW-5000BB guy. Love what you did with that. Hadn't gotten up the courage to try that on my Gw-5000 yet.
 
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