Which Benchmade are you carrying today?

sre1 said:
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Wow!!
Beautiful!
Congratulations buddy, you gotta be pretty pleased with your final outcome there!
It’s absolutely stunning!
Wow.
You know, a poster sized picture of that would be perfect in my man den!
Outstanding!

For me, today it’s this.....

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Babyboomer said:
Wow! Beautiful job! Can you point me to a thread that tells the story of this project?
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DOAT made the scales a couple of years ago for this knife. Carbon fiber with inlays made from post-war, German bakelite/catalin.

Reese Weiland ground the damascus billet, which was forged by Mike Norris. The steels are CPM-154, AEB-L, & D2. Mike is the the only maker forging the Turkish Twist pattern using stainless. (It's notoriously prone to tearing when twisted).

I got together with Mike and Reese at Blade ‘16 and they agreed to the project.

It was a long time coming, but the results are better than I expected. A bunch of good dudes helped to make this knife happen, not to mention Benchmade for producing the iconic AFCK.
 
sre1 said:
DOAT made the scales a couple of years ago for this knife. Carbon fiber with inlays made from post-war, German bakelite/catalin.

Reese Weiland ground the damascus billet, which was forged by Mike Norris. The steels are CPM-154, AEB-L, & D2. Mike is the the only maker forging the Turkish Twist pattern using stainless. (It's notoriously prone to tearing when twisted).

I got together with Mike and Reese at Blade ‘16 and they agreed to the project.

It was a long time coming, but the results are better than I expected. A bunch of good dudes helped to make this knife happen, not to mention Benchmade for producing the iconic AFCK.
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Very cool!
 
sre1 said:
DOAT made the scales a couple of years ago for this knife. Carbon fiber with inlays made from post-war, German bakelite/catalin.

Reese Weiland ground the damascus billet, which was forged by Mike Norris. The steels are CPM-154, AEB-L, & D2. Mike is the the only maker forging the Turkish Twist pattern using stainless. (It's notoriously prone to tearing when twisted).

I got together with Mike and Reese at Blade ‘16 and they agreed to the project.

It was a long time coming, but the results are better than I expected. A bunch of good dudes helped to make this knife happen, not to mention Benchmade for producing the iconic AFCK.
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Thank you! I can't stop looking at this knife. I'm pretty new to Benchmade, so I had to look up the AFCK. As interested as I am in several of the current knives, it seems they have as many iconic designs that are out of production. I wish that I "discovered" Benchmade earlier, because it seems that I missed out.
 
Peakbagger46 said:
How did you keep the scales looking that good with all the wear on the blade?[/
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I purchased the knife used with the wear you see on it. So I don’t know its history. Then I sold it to a board member who had a friend of his sharpen/polish the edge. I ended up purchasing it back from him. There are a few marks on the handle not seen in original pics. Here they are ...
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Jpd0144 said:
I purchased the knife used with the wear you see on it. So I don’t know its history. Then I sold it to a board member who had a friend of his sharpen/polish the edge. I ended up purchasing it back from him. There are a few marks on the handle not seen in original pics. Here they are ...
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I like it when knives have battle scars - great 940!
 
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