I have a mini grip and I like it, carried it a few times, but I always go back to my personal fav, The Spyderco Stretch 2 in VG10. I only paid 67.99$ for it, it's got a reliable lock, something I care most about, a solid steel that is easy to maintain, grippy bi-texture scales so it doesn't slip, and a generous lanyard hole. I always go backs to that model bc I love that drop point blade on it, I even have one in K390, but I carry the VG10 just bc maintenance is way easier. And if I lose it somehow, or some idiot I let uses it chips the blade, I won't want to cry, and can just order another one from Japan. I also carry a small knife too, a Chaves TAK, which is my fav small pocket knife for back up.
Thinking about getting some custom scales and clip for my mini grip. P.S. you can also fit Chaves skull clips on the Mini Grip, I did it to mine with my extra Chaves clip and it actually looks really cool.
disagree benchmade is absolutely purposely bleeding their customers. it’s why the only benchmades i’ve bought were all in the past two weeks and were all on sale for under $120. got a mini barrage for $120, and a d2 serrated griptillian for $99 and just saw the black handle black blade griptillian on sale for $99 on bladehq since they’re discontinued. but i think $144 for the base griptillian is an okay price. i think at the $180 price point of the bugout the redoubt is a much better knife, cpm d2 has slightly less edge retention than s30v but it’s much tougher.
