Man Bench Made sucks

[JackFrost]

No longer buy from them.......I'll just leave this here for your perusal.

Oregon City Police and Benchmade destroy guns

Oregon City Police I suppose this is the PC thing for them to do. I don't think Benchmade should have got involved though.

www.northwestfirearms.com

We were living in that cesspool aka (oregon city) when this particular incident took place and I remember commenting on their FB post about how I thought that was a pretty bad move on BM's part and boy oh boy did I get lit up and called all kinds of names. I was shocked to see how much support they got for that stunt.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

We were living in that cesspool aka (oregon city) when this particular incident took place and I remember commenting on their FB post about how I thought that was a pretty bad move on BM's part and boy oh boy did I get lit up and called all kinds of names. I was shocked to see how much support they got for that stunt.

It wasn't a one-time thing either. It was a multi-year program.

 

[JackFrost]

It wasn't a one-time thing either. It was a multi-year program.

True, I think the 1st time they posted about it was 2011-2012, sometime in that time period IIRC. I just purchased 2 blades from them about a year prior and was pretty disgusted with them for that and the pathetic reason/apology that Les put out, but I couldn't return em so I vowed to never give them another penny of my money!

 

[Twodogs]

I gave up on Benchmade years ago, Own a lot of Spyderco's and a couple of Protech's one of the few companies that make a left hand auto. ZT also makes a very nice knife.

 

[nwshooter3540]

So to recap, took them 16 days to get the knife back to me. No email notification like they said they would send with tracking. Just a fedex email forwarded to me. The sketchy kind your not sure if it's a scam or legit. No new screws, no new clip, yes a new blade I paid 95$ dollars for and yes they sent me the old blade but no they didn't even sharpen the old blade for me. I've told everyone one I know. They all agreed to never buy a bench made again. Send them a message. You suck.

 

[bionic knees]

I own one that was gifted to me, [the only reason I would own one] way overpriced as far as I am concerned!

 

[osprey]

There are many other makers out their that make a great knife. Benchmade used to be a great company but the founder died and his son who is running it now, is a little douchbag. The gun stunt and frivilous lawsuit they brought against Mkc pretty much seals the deal for me not giving them any of my money.

 

[Member 45541]

I've never been a fan even before their stupid gun stunt!

 

[Alexx1401]

I gave up on Benchmade years ago, Own a lot of Spyderco's and a couple of Protech's one of the few companies that make a left hand auto. ZT also makes a very nice knife.

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Looks like one of their Godfather or Godsons? Have a few of them and they have been VERY nice knives. Wife is a south paw and wanted to get her a lefty one but they were out of stock so I bought her a US made OTF. She really likes it. Ever since I found out we could have auto's here again I was like a kid in a candy store

 

[Twodogs]

Looks like one of their Godfather or Godsons? Have a few of them and they have been VERY nice knives. Wife is a south paw and wanted to get her a lefty one but they were out of stock so I bought her a US made OTF. She really likes it. Ever since I found out we could have auto's here again I was like a kid in a candy store

Yes, it's a Godfather, I tried to find one for a couple of years they were always out of stock so one day I called Protech and asked about a left-hand godfather or godson, the guy said we haven't made any in a couple of years but were just finishing up some left hand godfathers and told me who they were shipping to.

 

[Boyandhisdogs]

There's way too many good knife brands out there to waste your time with a company who has both high prices and poor customer service.

Of all the knives I have owned, I have found that I really like D2 steel and there are lots of D2 knives out there for two digit prices. I have been carrying a Boker for the past few years and really like it.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

There's way too many good knife brands out there to waste your time with a company who has both high prices and poor customer service.

Of all the knives I have owned, I have found that I really like D2 steel and there are lots of D2 knives out there for two digit prices. I have been carrying a Boker for the past few years and really like it.

Agree I had a high end spyderco and the Civivi d2 knife performed better and held an edge better. $60 vs $300. Also the other High end spyderco I bought I had to return due to really uneven grind on the edge. It would have taken me forever to try to fix their screwup. I have about 5-6 of those Civivi d2 knives and all have had perfect grinds and edge retention has been excellent.

 

[Quirt Evans]

Of all the knives I have owned, I have found that I really like D2 steel and there are lots of D2 knives out there for two digit prices.

Nothing wrong with D2, it's a great steel for a strong utility blade for a "working" knife.

 

[TTSX]

Poors gonna poor

 

[mhayd93]

In the year 2025, the knife market should be the poster child for the concept of diminishing returns on investment! In the realm of pocketknives especially, anybody paying $200+ for one knows that they are chasing marginal gains (exception made for decent automatic knives).

*Please note I have no issues with people who choose to pay that kind of money for a knife!

 

[D3LT4]

Benchmade customer service used to be well known for being incredible when I was into knives about 8 years ago. I say good riddance. Their knives are well overpriced for what you get anyways, and they don't have exclusivity on the axis lock style locking system anymore.