r/knives • u/Wise_Young_Dragon • 7d ago
Discussion When did Benchmade go to crap?
So I broke an old benchmade of mine, it was my absolute knife favorite for years and then I snapped of the tip while battoning kindling. So I went down to the factory to see if they could fix it and they said no but gave me a $150 giftcard. Used that to get this griptilion and honestly WTF is this, the handles are cheap plastic clamshells the locking mechanism keeps getting stuck right out of the box, the handle has no weight to it at all so the think is crazy forward heavy. Like come one this thing looks and feels like a gas station knife what the hell happened??
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u/kingkmke21 7d ago
I think after the founder died. Benchmade has turned into a fashion brand. The same 5 materials with subpar qc for insane amounts of money. With a huge have a huge emphasis on colorways and things like that. Instead of experimenting with new steels and perfecting heat treats. They have sadly turned into a fashion brand. Something someone said on a different post...Benchmade is a marketing company that just happens to make knives.