Would anyone recomend this?

That is a good looking knife, and Benchmade for less than $100, what is not to recommend. If I haden't just purchased a couple of knives I would be ordering it right now.
 
Yep, that looks like an old Lone Wolf design that BM got when they bought them out. Looks like a nice knife for the price and cool blade shape. I have not used that steel before but if it comes from BM... and is sharp, then you can't go wrong.
 
Hello,

I really like Lone Wolf knifes. The Swale and the Trask are perfect gentlemen folders for under $100. Oh and best of all there american made:)

Chris
 
Looks like a nice knife for the $. The only thing I don't like about it is tip down carry only.
 
decent steel, ok design, USA made, reasonably priced. still, the tip down only option makes it really unattractive to me.
 
It can be had for around $60 which a Griptilian can be had for as well. I would rather have the AXIS lock than the liner but they are different types of knives. If you like the design then you should end up with a good knife.
 
Any idea what type of wood it is? I prolly would have bought this if I hadn't seen the mini-grip. It looks very sleek, but doesn't quite look as durable as the mini-grip, cause it has fewer screws and a flat attached mount for the clip. Also, I just got used to tip up, so.. IDK, if i find out what wood it is and its a good hardwood, ill buy it. :)
 
Looks like walnut maybe? And I bet it is stabilized so it should be almost as durable as a synthetic since it has a synthetic resin impregnated through the wood.
 
I had never seen this knife, but to me it does look very attractive, and for the price I think it's a very nice combination of steel and size.
I don't care about the clip and tip-up/tip down, and I like the wooden scales (would like to know if it's walnut or some other wood too).
I never had any Axis lock knife, and somehow I'm curious of trying one, but I do like a good liner lock (also, I'm kinda going back on the lock thing), so if I had to choose, I would probably pick this one instead of the mini grip.
Honestly, if I was going to buy another folder now, this one would enter the list of options at a very high #...
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Nope...i would recommend this:

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i never owned a swale so i can't talk about the steel on that nor the wood scales but what i can talk about is the ergos because they seem the same.
it's a GREAT folder mate!
fills the hand just right with a very confortable grip.
based on that i definetely recommend it!
i have a small sebenza 21 but the blackfoot is one of my favourite folders, if not the most loved!
by the way, i prefer the original LW knives way better than the ones released under the benchmade brand!
 
I too own the original Lone Wolf, it's an excellent design, very attractive, great ergos, really a spectacular knife, this new one looks pretty close, if you could track down the original Blackfoot I would recommend it, but this looks like a very good value.
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I can't see why not. Benchmade's Lone Wolf knives seem like an incredible value for the money, and made in the U.S. too! I've heard nothing but good things about N680, corrosion resistant(probably moreso than S30V), good edge holding, easy to sharpen.

The price tag gives me reason to be cautious, as you get what you pay for(some of the time anyways:rolleyes:). Though for less than $80, I don't see why not.

I myself will pick up the BM Lone Wolf Mountainside Drop Point Hunter fixed blade to see how it holds up as a beater knife, as well as cannon fodder for my freehand sharpening:D.
 
Having just got my Mountainside Hunter in, my first impression is that it was a lot smaller than I expected of a knife with a 4"+ blade. The sheath seems well made and smells like a new leather belt:D. It's molded for deep carry and doesn't drop the blade even if you turn it upside down and give it a good shake(near the carpet, away from the feet). The steel sharpens up well and takes to stropping easily. It gets sharp enough to pop hair, though that takes some effort(might just be due to my poor freehand though;)). Probably won't have much opportunity to test it in use much, though I did take out a few chunks of my papaya tree.

The stabilized wood is a new handle material for me. It's not quite as smooth or polished feeling as the cocobolo wood on my Dozier Buffalo River Hunter, but it has a nice appearance and doesn't seem to absorb water. I suspect it's not nearly as tough or scratch resistant as G10 or even FRN, so if you drop it, I'd expect a bit to splinter off.

I'll try to put it to use at work, I'd expect edge holding to be similar to VG-10, but with much greater corrosion resistance(have to test that too). Overall I feel I got what I paid for, though I wish the handles were a bit thicker.
 
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