Benchmade R&D knife (whats it worth?)

[JOHNNY-WALKER]

Whats a benchmade R&D knife worth that never went into production? On the box the label says its called a boomslang.

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[Swiss_Cheeze]

$50

 

[OldTengu]

It's worth whatever the first sucker to make an offer feels it's worth.

 

[Sbarton]

Probably want to try a knife forum, where people will really geek out over that.
That being said, I have an older benchmade prototype that was given to me by a retired LE friend of mine that is apparently worth $300 +-.
But I'll never find out if it's really worth that much because I'll never sell it, I like it to much!
Yours might be worth quite a bit to the right buyer.

 

[deerbandit]

Whats a benchmade R&D knife worth that never went into production? On the box the label says its called a boomslang.

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Beautiful knife, how did you ever come across it.

 

[JOHNNY-WALKER]

Beautiful knife, how did you ever come across it.

I got it in a trade a couple years ago.

 

[HaveGun]

No idea, but it's cool as heck!

 

[EUGENE the REALTOR]

What did the guy tell you it was worth at the time of the trade?

 

[dplev4]

You could post at Bladeforums and might get a better idea of the history of the knife and value. if you haven't yet, you could also just email or call Benchmade and see if they could shed any light on it.

Looks tactical and S30v vs 35 is a little different for a 2018 knife. Beefy blade and good looking. Nice knife.

 

[JOHNNY-WALKER]

What did the guy tell you it was worth at the time of the trade?

At the time of the trade, he traded it for 1000rnds of wolf WPA .223

 

[Bill Siegle]

I'd say that asking $300 wouldn't be out of line for a Benchmade Proto. Could be even more if it's a custom maker collaboration and the maker is Uber popular.

 

[DoubleStacks]

Is this knife available..? I'd be interested in seeing if we could work a deal.

 

[rperro]

The Boomslang is a Benchmade collab version of a Butch Ball custom knife with the same name. No idea of value, especially for a R&D piece. Minimum $300, quite likely higher. Here's a custom Boomslang (discontinued) from Knifecenter: https://www.knifecenter.com/item/BB...iber-handles-with-eggerling-damascus-bolsters

 

[JOHNNY-WALKER]

The Boomslang is a Benchmade collab version of a Butch Ball custom knife with the same name. No idea of value, especially for a R&D piece. Minimum $300, quite likely higher. Here's a custom Boomslang (discontinued) from Knifecenter: https://www.knifecenter.com/item/BB...iber-handles-with-eggerling-damascus-bolsters

Cool, thanks for the info

 

[Knobgoblin]

At the time of the trade, he traded it for 1000rnds of wolf WPA .223

That's like, $750 at today's exchange rate

 

[rperro]

Cool, thanks for the info

I'll say this, proto versions of Emerson production knives have been going for around the same price he sells his custom knives for ($850 table price). They are hand ground by Emerson personally, and I have no idea if Benchmade does the same thing (likely not, since I don't think they hand grind anything), but that gives you a high end ballbark.