I'm Done With Benchmade | Wranglerstar 

Get the CRKT Journeyer. You will like the price point at Bladehq.com or dpknives.com and carry it in your pocket,take the clip off if you want!

so the next video can be him saying the same about CRKT? you get what you pay for is my moto... CRKT is an excellent quality knife maker but your not going to find a $10 one you wont care about loosing with that quality.

Roy Boivin II That's totally fair. However, I'd much rather lose a quality $40 knife than a quality $150 knife. At some point, quality, performance, price and potential "lost knife tears" must all converge in a purchasing decision. That's what makes buying knives so fun. -Ben

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+chemicallust77 and it falls out...

Wranglerstar I guess you're just SOL then...lol Maybe try a neck knife? I've seen people use that as an alternative to regular pocket knives.

+800lb Gorilla Yep use a dummy cord aka lanyard. Or buy a $3 sheath to put the knife in on your belt. Pocket clips were invented by knife makers so you would lose your knife and have to buy another one. Or buy a knife that is truly a "pocket knife".

I have never lost a pocket knife when it was clipped in my pocket, I'm 43 been carrying a blade since I was 8

+Wranglerstar Then how exactly is having a traditional folder going to change that? It's literally the exact same concept. The only difference is that modern materials have more grip and are less likely to fall out of your pocket than a smooth handled traditional knife. I'm not saying don't carry a traditional knife, I'm just telling you that if you are having modern knives fall out of the bottom of your pocket, an old style will be at best the same, but more likely worse. I don't understand your reasoning at all. How on earth do you think this will be better?

I was just thinking the same thing. I see comments everywhere saying "I loved my knife, until I lost it. now,I need a new one" lol

WALDO Haha I know right? You'd think they'd be more careful with a $200 Benchmade. And somewhere out there is some lucky chumps who found these lost knives.

Vin Ellis I wish I found a $200 knife. I would cry in my room once I get home lol

+Vin Ellis Do you log tree's in a forest or work forest fires? Different situations bring different risk.

+Falney I've worked on Navy ships and in some other interesting environments. Only lost one knife in 19 years of carrying one, and it was my own damn fault, I put it down and must have been distracted or maybe it got pushed off the work space and disappeared, because I didn't realize I had lost it until the next day back on site. By then it was nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, I've found a few. The best was a Kershaw Leek. It needed some cleaning up but is a nice little beater to toss in a tool box or take on a picnic. If I lost it, wouldn't care.

Geerhardus Fox because it's lost,

wranglerstar Obviously the most recent Benchmade is lost but the point is that it would not be "insanity" to purchase another Benchmade and change the way you carry it. I'm obviously using a generalization. I watched your video about how you lost your knife. I watch a good deal of your videos and like them but that reply wasn't sincere and I find it a bit insulting to be honest.

Exactly what I was going to suggest. Not sure how Benchmade attaches their clips, but my spyderco allows me to take the clip right off. Spend the money on a quality knife and just take the clip off.

I completey agree with geerhardus.

The Victorinox Tinker can handle more than you think : www.taschenmesserbuch.ch/Werken_mit_dem_Taschenmesser/BUCH/BUCH.html I think you guys under estimate Swiss knives. Or you are maybe very unexperienced using knives.

it's more of a problem with his pants then anything else, ive carried clip knifes for about 9 years and never have I lost one.. It's not fair to blame the clip knives when it's obviously how he carried them.

***** That is precisely why he shouldn't purposely be deceptive.

+MOΛΩN ΛABE I disagree. He said he was done with Benchmade because he was fed up of loosing $150 knives. If he could guarantee not loosing the knife, I am pretty sure he would get another one.

Falney I'm not even going to attempt to explain this to you because I already have. Reread the goddamn OP.

+MOΛΩN ΛABE His problem is easily solved with a bit of paracord lanyard. Oddly, he has one on his matchbox.

If he did he probably wouldn't be losing $200 knives. On the other hand someone needs to get a metal detector go in the woods and make $1400/of knives🤣🤣🤣

Yep Jeff you love your neck knifes! lol btw what would you say about an OPINEL for Cody?

I have to agree with jeff! I lost several clip knives over the last year! I never carried one until I won a contest of his awhile back and won the crkt minimalist! (Big thanks to cutlery lover for that one!)It's my go to edc forever!

There's definite disadvantages to a neck knife, I keep my TOPS mini scandi in my right pocket for EDC rather than around my neck.

I personally don't like having a cord around my neck. To dangerous for the type of work I do. Gives someone a good "ripcord" too.

cutlerylover I like the idea of a neck knife but I've tried one and just can't stand having it around my neck, drives me nuts.

I don't think he blamed the knife at all. He said he seems to lose it in the forest.

meza72 the edges are to sharp for pocket carry,

9gibsonlespaul The edges on the handle of the knife will wear through the inside of your pocket. Look how smooth those old style pocket knives are.

I had my SOG Aegis clipped to my pocket, and then I took with me my camera equipment, in a bag around the size of a lunchbox, and apparently there was a loose string on my bag, which caught on my knife when I removed the bag from my neck, I was pissed off because I lost it, moments later I discovered it was there the whole time and I was happy as fuck, I didn't even notice because the knife was black and so was the bag.

wranglerstar you can round of the edges with a file.

***** Do you work for Benchmade?

wranglerstar I would hope that if it were a Benchmade representative, they'd be more careful with their grammar and capitalization. Avi makes a good point, though. Your title makes it seem like you have a problem which is specific to Benchmade.

looking for views imo

wranglerstar So what if he does?

wranglerstar no he doesn't work for benchmade your just a simple viewed dumbass

That or a Case Sodbuster.

No offence but I have nothing but bad experiences with Opinel and one thing you can't say is that I don't have enough experience and I'll explain... I've been traveling a lot in my life but more so, I've been part of Tom Brown group and many beginners and kids are suggested to get an Opinel. Without fail, all of them get rusty and stuck. The locking snaps out like a bad corck, it's bulky and the metal requires too much attention for a constant working blade. So, Opinel would be an absolute bad choice. Plus, you need to be at a steady and specific weather for it to not simply go all rusty on its own even without any use at all. So maybe you're just lucky to live in a place like that and never realised that this blade is way too delicate for different weather but I'm telling you, I've owned at least 10 and have seen hundreds being used and Opinel is absolutely terrible.

BravingTheOutDoors No offence taken further more don't take offence to my response. Clearly you don't look after the blade. If you buy any high carbon blade regardless of the brand and u don't look after it rust is what you should expect. Keep it oiled. If you are lazy or live in a high humidity environment you should purchase the stainless steel version. I stand by my point that for the money you cant beat it. I do a lot of fishing off shore and do not take any high carbon steel blades on my boat there as they will rust by the time I get home. Stainless is the obvious choice if you are in a high humidity environment. Guess what you can buy stainless steel versions of Opniel so that is clearly the way to go for you in this case. If the locking device is failing clearly there is something wrong with your technique. There should not be so much pressure on the locking device forcing it to close under normal usage conditions for it to fail. You have to be forcing it to close when it is locked open to have it fail So if all u got to say is they rust I say get the stainless version or look after your carbon steel blades like you should be. For special people like yourself I would recommend a non-folding stainless steel blade. You will be much happier. I can't believe it took you at least 10 versions of the same blade to work this out.

"They have made them unchanged for well over 100 years that is a testimony in its self of how good they are." Because a design is unchanged it is good? That's not real logical.

justgonnastay I could not disagree more. Why change something that works, is simple and reliable? To change it just for the sake of changing is the most illogical reason of all. Technically they did add the locking device in the 50's so realistically my statement is wrong. But apart from that there has been no changes since original manufacture. They are the definition of perfection.

sgarretson315 because the edges are so sharp. They don't melt away in the pock like a traditional knife,

Ok, I understand that. The victorinox knives are a good alternative. I carried one for years.

Not true Wranglerstar. I have from day one put the 940 in my pocket. It has never opened up on me, not one time. Are you Clipping that knife with the knife outside your pocket like some one els said? If so, your fault you lost it.

wranglerstar I carry multiple benchmade knives in my pocket with out clips with no issues. I also have a tactical fixed blade artimas benchmade which has an amazing belt clip. All of the clips are removable... you can also get a griptillian which has the ability to add a cord to it for either reflective rope or to run a neckless with it. All of my benchmades are thinner than the ones your showing off in your video. posting a video "im not buying or carrying a knife maker because i loose them" is just not fair to any vendor.

wranglerstar Sometimes I carry a Spyderco Native 1 inside my pocket. The FRN handles are lightweight and never poke me. I use a paracord lanyard to retrieve it from my pocket as the $10 flea market price did not include a pocket clip. Use reflective paracord and you'll be able to find it at night with a flashlight.

+EvilSSP thank you, i noticed that as well

Dude, how much was a Candy bar, a can of soda, or Gas when you got a Buck Knife for $30?

mixter102 gee "dude", I grew up in the 80's. Its not like I'm 100 years old and don't understand the effect of inflation and basic economics. I made a comment about sticker shock for a knife I used to carry growing up. By the way, a movie, popcorn, and soda was a quarter on Friday night, haha

I've tried this many-a-time. It's a PITA every time you use your knife because you need to tuck all the paracord away neatly in a way you won't get a tangle the next time you need your knife. I still haven't found a good way to carry a knife.

keifsanderson i see... perhaps you could use one of those auto-retract pen holder things for your car that you could tie around the lanyard hole? that way, it would automatically get out of your way once you put it in your pocket. besides that, a smaller knife like a cold steel mini tuff or a custom kiridashi in a neck carry sheath could suffice with a few mods to the clip to make it stronger.

Tanner saslow I love those auto-retract gizmos. I'm just stuck in a unique situation because of my work wear. But for Codt, I think that would be a solid option. Good call. Manufacturers make all different sizes/capacities of those things, and they are all lightweight and low-profile.

keifsanderson yep :)

eerbrev I have heard a lot of good things,

heystarfish100 Nope it's the knife clip,

+Wranglerstar Maybe I am failing to understand something, but if you are switching over to something like a gentleman's folder to carry in your pocket, couldn't you just remove the pocket clip on any of the clip knives and carry it in your pocket? That would seem to me to be the most prudent course of action.

+Wranglerstar I've been carrying clip knives for 9 years, and I've never lost a knife. you should take a look at your pants.

+heystarfish100 I remove the belt clip from my knives because I keep loosing them as obviously the belt clip and not the blade, puts a hole in the pocket!

+DRum886 That would make too much sense

+keggerous Then they just sit. Granddad would have preferred they be used.

Never mind. I see below that you don't care for the profile in the pocket. Maybe a little work with some abrasives could reshape it? There certainly is plenty of meat on my Benchmade that could disappear without compromising functionality.

Hunter XT or carpenter, a bit more expensive, not much, and more sturdy IMO

***** Super Tinker has been my EDC for about 2 years now, replaced my Leatherman Rebar when I started working in the city.

I would take a financial hit if I lost one of my Benchmade Autos too. Perish the thought.