What's this rumor about?

[jeffj]

I just read a rumor about a couple of knife companies joining/merging on KnifeCenter News. I can guess who this is but does anybody know more? Just curious.

jj

 

[Leroy]

Oregon tactical knifemaker= BENCHMADE

El Cajon based grandaddy knives= BUCK

Benchmade+Buck= ATS34, G10 handled 110 that STILL can't be taken apart!

It will be interesting to say the least.

 

[Codeman]

Interesting, definitely. Is this a equal merger between the two, I wonder, or is one going to take a dominant management role?

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[copfish]

BenchBuck? Buckmade? BuckBench-made? Made-BenchBuck? Hmmm....

 

[jeffj]

Is everybody sure that it is Benchmade? I thought maybe Kershaw was also a possibility?! Anybody know?

jj

 

[James Mattis]

Hmmm . . . Since we're not stockholders, our "need to know" is limited. Meanwhile, I'll just imagine a Benchmade auto with a 1.9" blade, made in El Cajon, CA, for sale to us CA commoners!

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[Samurai6]

Gerber is also an Oregon knife company.

 

[Alan]

They could just mean that they are working on a joint project.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Alan,
Slipjoints?

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www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Cabin/7306/blades.html

 

[Alan]

Groan...just when you think you're safe, you get blindsided by a bad pun.

 

[James Mattis]

I talked to Les DeAsis at Benchmade today. He says it's news to him. But he got a good laugh from the idea of the tactical 110 that you still can't take apart!

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[Hansen]

I thought it was Chris Reeve and Al Mar.

maybe I thought wrong

 

[Ghecko]

I'm pretty sure Kershaw is a Japanese held company now. 'Could be wrong though...

Hmmm, Advanced Folding Crosslock Knife?

Maybe an Axis Lock 110?

Jon

 

[Mr Blonde]

How about Almar and Buck? Al mar is an oregon based company, who isn't doing very well I believe. It could be a good candidate for a merger. It would be nice if Al Mar came out with their beautiful field knives again. Then again, I haven't even read the rumor on knifecenter.