Slipjoint Showdown: LionSteel BestMan VS Benchmade Proper - Available at KnifeCenter.com 

I love the look of the Lionsteel Best man. Looks like the perfect modern traditional knife.

I own several Lionsteels (including a sheepsfoot and clip point version of their barlow knife) and they are just the best. No question, Lionsteel hands down.

Still love a Case or a Buck

Lionsteel, no doubt. I have both -- the Proper and the 2 blade Lionsteel. It was just necessary to open and close one at a time. That was a very easy test with a clear winner -- Lionsteel. Now, if one checks the details, the Proper dies in shame!

Just picked up ones of those lionsteel's. Stunning looking knives.

Definitely the Lionsteel for me. Love the two blade version with secondary wharncliffe blade and Olivewood handles.

I don’t have a lionsteel but I do have my proper that I’ve had since it came out, I’ve got 8 benchmades but I always come back to the proper it’s my absolute favorite knife

I went for the two bladed Lionsteel in olivewood. Very nice.

Bestman all the way. The Benchmade looks gopping.

I have the Benchmade in green micarta with the sheep foot blade and I want to get the Proper with the clip point and greven micarta

The lionsteel looks awesome like a Buck 110 crossed with an AK

Lionsteel gets my vote hands down. A better the knife at a lower entry level cost than Benchmade.

Wow really amazing SlipJoint knife video!!! And My favorite SlipJoint knife is I not have yet is Is lion Steel SlipJoint knife!!! :D

As much as I adore Benchmade, I feel they didn't leave it all on the field with the Proper. It didn't quite know where it fit in terms of use in their lineup. Was it for outdoorsy stuff? Was it a "gent's knife"? It's hard to say. The Lionsteel doesn't look like the sort of thing you'd take camping, given the steel and geometry, but it does look like a great EDC knife. I love Bencmhades, but I think on this one, I'm gonna have to go Italian.

Dual blade from lionsteel 👍

Man both are sweet knives!! And beats the carvon steel that great American cutlery uses.

All of them please!

Love slipjoints.

I would go with lionsteel and that is praying that they fixed the Rockwell issues they have had.

I love my proper, but I just had to get my hands on one of these lionsteels, can’t wait to get it in

I heard that the snap and walk n talk on the BM is less to be desired. Anyone have any experience with this?

i’d buy one if they had a locking blades. loving the looks of lion steel.

Both have great features I have the Benchmade in micarta sheepsfoot and have been wondering about the LionSteel single blade in carbon fiber. Thanks for the comparison video.

Both are great but I prefer lion steel its more traditional looking

I don’t have either but both are on my wishlist but I would have to lead towards the best man

Both... I pick both!

Think about making slipjoints, trying to gauge interest in my design. Multiple different blade styles and Handle materials with coffin shaped handles on the larger side? Still not 100% on blade steel.

Are we picking a winner based on looks and materials? It’s just kind of hard to pick a “a winner“ when there is no testing involved and we can’t see what they are all capable of. Based on looks I would have to say Lionsteel.

I will take both please.

Someone help me choose for the Bestman! Santos Mahogany or Natural Micarta? I like the aesthetic look of wood grain, but durability is more assured with Micarta. Which should I get?!

I love the lion steels. But no pocket clip is a no-no

Love the 2 bladed LionSteel BestMan with CF!

I own a 319-1. 319-1 for me

You get 2 m390 blades on 1 knife. No brainer. Lionsteel for the win!

LIONSTEEL BY A MILE...

Didn’t the lionsteel show up with a really low hrc?

The proper

Lionsteel just looks better

Lion Steel... no contest.

What’s the prices on these knives?? Same price?

The cf bestman is sweet. I like the dual blade option!!

I’d go with the bestman. 👍

Where's the link?

I looked at both and had to go with the Lionsteel Best Man in dual blade with the carbon fiber classy look. I have had several compliments on it so far. Bought from their booth at Blade Show last month.

Regarding material and details I find the LionSteel superior. But, if it comes to design I like the 318 and especially 319 better. Therefore, to me it is a draw.

Lionsteel easy! Two blades knife makes the run.

Very tough call. I think the Lion Steel has it on style and premium blade steel and that wood is beautiful. The Proper seems more like a workhorse and is also beautiful in the green Micarta. I have been having are hard time on deciding which to add to my collection. Maybe both? :)

Bestman takes the win on the lefty.

Does lionsteel also cut up guns?

Proper is the better choice

"with fit and finish to take pride in" okay david whatever you were paid to say my guy

Anything benchmade is not worth the price. Maybe if they cared about ther grinds a little bit and not shipping out uneven garbage constantly, for the prices they charge the grinds should be a little closer to perfect

Lionsteel wins in this comparison, and it’s not even close. There are no cheap or gaudy variants in the Best Man series, whereas the Benchmade models look like a child’s art project.

Lionsteel wins

Lions tell dual blade!!!

Benchmade proper 👍

Benchmade

Rough Ryder.

Bestman

lionsteel 100% had it for few years, Benchmade has too soft detent/action

Bug out for the win.

I’d have to take the BM Proper for the same reason I prefer it over the LS Roundhead/Shuffler. Despite both models using screws, the BM is the only one that can actually be disassembled, wearas the screws on the LS are only to allow bolster and scale swaps. If your going to put big ugly screws on a classy traditional, the least you can let me do it take it apart for maintenance. Also, while m390 is technically superior to s30v, there’s been a fair bit of evidence lately that LS undercooks their m390, whereas BM has one of the best s30v heat-treatments around. The only way the Proper could be improved for me is if BM also offered wood scales (as found in the hunting line), as I feel it would really class the Proper up instead of Micarta, G10 or CF.

Bestman for sure. Only if the heat treat was done good tho.

Proper is far superior.

Is it mandatory to have a fanny pack if you carry a slip joint ?

Benchmade's overrated. Lionsteel for the win!

The proper has never interested me, so bestman.

My 50 year old shrade puts them to shame.

When DCA commenting that "Lionsteel is no slouch either", seems like Benchmade is more better in comparison... i would say the "Benchmade is no slouch either".. as Lionsteel is waaaayyy more sophisticated and beautiful looking compares to the ugly design on the Benchmade... American made not always better... sometimes, other countries actually does it better...

WINNER: BUCK 110

Those people at Lionsteel have terrible customer service. Benchmade wins this hands down.

the one where my money isnt undermining the 2a.

Sorry man but you lose some credibility when you're talking about quality fit and finish when there is a close up showing a gap between the scales and bolster. For the design materials and price I'm fine with that personally but the flaws in fit and finish should be noted..

Benchmade... over priced and over rated.