I had to get off my roku to see the commets and i am not dissapointed , i knew someone was gonna mention this , im not sure if i need therpy after this video lol
I own a Benchmade 940 because of your videos. I keep it because it is still the best knife I've ever felt in my hands. Every time I open it, I fall in love all over again. Can't justify purchasing another one yet, but do a couple more videos and you might change my mind. Thanks again!
I’ve carried this knife every day since May 2020. It’s so light I forget it’s in my pocket until I need it, which is often. Best EDC purchase of my life.
I feel like i need to be laying down on a *YOGA MAT* with my *EYES CLOSED* as *INCENSE BURNING* in the background. It is the most *RELAXING* knife video i have *EVER WATCHED* ! Thank You Cody.
Oh stop it you are so weak willed then you shouldn't watch anything that talks about a product. Most independent minded people are capable of watching reviews and stuff like this without feeling compelled to go out and just buy the featured item.
I discovered the 940’s through watching your video’s. I bought one for myself. You don’t have to turn your back on the 940 just because you got a new knife. The 940 holds this distinction, “it is a working mans knife” with no frills or excuses. It’s nice to get a knew knife capable of being an every day knife. However don’t DIS my 940!
I gave up on Benchmade knives had two mini grips the blades couldn’t hold an edge. Bought Spyderco Native it came sharp it holds a good edge. My everyday work knife is a folding utility knife. Easy to keep sharp change out the blade with a new one.
Cody really channeled his inner serial killer on this one. Would anyone else be ashamed to recommend this video to one of their non-RU-vid watching friends?
My go to knife for the last 14 years has been my Kershaw Leek. It was a gift from my late grandfather in law, and I've been carrying it all these years. I recently bought my sister, mom, and father in law new Benchmade knives for Christmas and they all love them. I also got my brother a Kershaw Leek like mine but with the carbon fiber handle scales. I've had my knife so long that I can't justify using anything else until it either fails or breaks. I periodically buy new knives when one really catches my eye, but most of those end up in a box of knives in my collection. My leek is all I need for now, it's become a part of me.
Funny thing about those modern plastic handled knives. I never was a fan of them but, about six years ago, I picked up a $30 plastic handled Leatherman at Walmart. I really didn't like it at first. But then it really grew on me and it is the primary knife I reach for to clip to my pocket for my everyday needs. There's something about the simplicity, lightness, durability and easy cleaning that just works. No separate little pieces do get loose or collect dirt. The texture is great for most, if not all conditions. Funny how that happens sometimes. You have two beautiful knives there. Thanks for showing them to us and remember, all knives have a story and there is always a valid reason why you bought a particular one at the time. Keep it and rotate their use because they all deserve appreciation.
The BugOut was the first knife from Benchmade that made me buy one. I have liked other Benchmade knives but not so much that I went right out and purchased one. The BugOut is one of the cleanest designs I feel Benchmade has ever made.
Good video as always. Relax guys, he clearly states at the end that he is basically on the fence as he acknowledges the newness of the bugout is still a big influence. Time will tell!
Twenty minutes in and I do t know what this video is about. About 15 years ago I bought a Buck ultralight. Linerless plastic handle and 440 blade. It's been sharpened to death, broke the tip, cut shingles, pounded through chip board and is still going strong. The bugout seems like a better version of that with a lifetime warranty. Plus better steel. That being said, I wouldn't pay for either the bugout or 940. :)
I only have a few EDC knives (I'm a user, not a collector), but the bugout is definitely next on my list. It really strikes a balance that nothing else I own does. As nice as the blue is, I am hoping for some more color choices. A stonewashed blade with a nice forest green handle and thumb stud would be very nice. Are you listening, Benchmade?
I bought the tan version and it's a beautiful knife I love the brass/gold accents! I believe this knife has sold very well and can only imagine there will be more colors and options to come
Love my Loco 808 serrated BM, lost it about 3 months ago I was heart broken Bit the bullet and bought a new one after a a couple weeks . Then about 3 weeks went by, My Mom was over and my girls (Wifey Daughter ) were planting flowers and all of a sudden my 2r old says poppa poppa look look !,, my mom turns around And low and behold in a shrub hanging on the smallest branch my knife is hanging there my daughter saw it I didn’t hear her at first as I was carrying a large bag of potting soil on my shoulder . I smile and say well I have two now :) then I was lectured by my Mother for leaving a sharp knife where my daughter could get I also,no longer use the belt clip. Keep up the good work Wranglerstars MerryXmas !!!
I am a 24 year old big rig driver Cody, and have a few knifes with me. Sometimes I feel the collection I have doesn't have a mid sized, sleek, knife. I either have something smaller than this, or something with a larger blade, but huge heavy handles. This would be perfect to have in my pocket for food prep in the cab. Thanks for sharing :)
Hey ho Wrangler⭐️good to know that you have a „ relationship „ with your good stuff. I made my own knives showing on my channel. I never would give them away easy. Even on custom made. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 Nice channel u have.
Memorizing video. I started watching it at my dinner table, with my kids playing (fighting) in the family room. I had to retire to my shop, with the crickets, to really enjoy it. Cody, you should lend your voice to audio books. I'd buy them. God bless.
Ahh that was so enjoyable. The way you talk about knives is so close to obsessive but yet so informative. Now I’m pissed as I sit here looking at my green 940. Edges worn and all.
Yesterday while shopping at knifeworks in sevierville Tennessee I walked up to the bench made counter and asked to see the 940. The sales person looked at me and said "this one is selling like crazy right now, apparently there's some RU-vid guy named wranglerstar who talks about his all the time and now all his fans want one". I've only owned case knives but after seeing the benchmade I had to have one. Thanks for the videos
I bought a bugout a few months ago for my first EDC knive in years. When I showed it to my uncle, who is a high end knive collector, he pulled the same knife out of his pocket!
lovemyamunition my guess is you use it for very different things than most 940 owners. That’s okay too, though. Benchmade is good in all forms, I just think 940 is on the top of the heap.
@@MrOzzy281 because that's all the negative he said about it so he obviously doesn't own one. And I don't know what "most" 940 owners use them for but in a user roll the bugout blade is more practical than the 940s because it is thinner behind the edge and not so wedge shaped. It slices through all kinds of material much better than the 940.
I saw the Bugout on a Blade HQ best EDC knives video last year and it looked great. the instant I saw one in the store I held it and it was a done deal. I've carried it for over a year now and there hasnt been a day go by that I dont carry it, use it, flip it for fun, tell others about it, etc. I honestly feel like it's the perfect knife. I will buy a sand color one when I'm ready to send this one in for sharpening because I can't imagine being without one for a day. The shape, profile, build, weight, blade material, pocket clip, action, lock, are all perfect. And its not so aggressive looking that you pull it out to open a box that you scare people away. I have more conversations about the knife started with me than any other that i've ever carried.
First, I am a huge benchmade fan and own several. I was so excited when the bugout came out and I loved it, but I couldn’t let myself buy one because of the handle. I think if they made a g-10 or aluminum scaled model, it would be the perfect EDC. It gives me the “fizz” but I’m holding out for an updated model. 🤞 You should check out the Grizzly Ridge, the material is extremely grippy and will hold it in your pocket, even when using a pocket clip.
I’m getting a simple, yet affective, Benchmade Griptilian 551 with Orange handle...because I don’t want to lose it....for Christmas. My first Benchmade. Looking forward to it. I hope you love your Benchmade.
oddly enough, i made the reverse decision about blade shape. i love the 940 shape compared to the drop point blade profile of the new one. i had a gerber that i've mentioned on your gerber factory tour video, but i wanted to experience an american premium product. after much hesitation i finally took the plunge and bought the 940. i never noticed a lack of a point with what i use it for, but the strength of the blade impressed me. it is strong and smooth and feels more like gemstone than metal to me. the long, thin, beefy blade appeals to me. the only con is the brown handle. when i was sharpening it for the first time the stone ate away the paint revealing the beautiful aluminum handle. i sand papered it off leaving only the purple stripe at the top. it is absolutely the most beautiful knife i could imagine now. since there is no accounting for taste, i hope you love your new knife, don't be afraid to pop open them paint cans with that thin tip now. ;)
I have them both and I carry them in rotation. I can tell you that the bugout is a great knife but the 940 gains character as time goes by. Ever scratch,nick and mark the hand gains is a story. The bugout has plastic handles and will never gain that kind of detaiil. My suggestion. Give the 940 to your son. If you pass it down to your son he will have something to remind him how hard his father works and the respect of having his father's once most important tool. Just a suggestion. Cheers from California
I purchased a 940 due to your influence a wile back. I have enjoyed the 940 quite a wile now! I carried a spyderco endura4 with the plastic scales. When using the endura 4 one day I felt the scales bending under torsion. Obviously there not made for such abuse however I went straight back you the 940 with the ridged handle that would take much more strain! I really enjoy and carry my 940 every day! Just something to consider when caring a plastic handled knife. I have since purchased aftermarket aluminum scales for my endura 4. If I were to get a bugout I would have to get aluminum or titanium aftermarket handles. The slight increase in weight would be well worth it! Really enjoy watching your videos and the quality of entertainment!
I saw this video a while back and have never been a fan of the Bugout. You are the reason I bought my first Benchmade about 5 years ago though. I bought a 941 on your recommendation and I absolutely love it. I just got in the mail today from Benchmade my custom Mini Crooked River. I hunt a good deal and I can't wait to take this thing out into the field.
I have more than a few Benchmade knives, and they are one one brand that never disappoints me. But i carry a SOG Twitch, which I sharpen on a Chef mate knife sharpener. It cuts like a razor. I use to carry a Benchmade but it was bigger and heavier. The SOG has a clip, and I clip it inside my pocket. Granted, I don't open paint cans with it, but i do open mail, and use it to cut most anything. The SOG has a locking mechanism that not only locks open, it can lock closed as well, meaning you can't open it until you release the lock. That was to keep it from opening in my pocket. It also cost a fraction of what I paid for many of my Benchmade knives. I bought 4 of them from China via Ali express. That was after I got one from a Walmart, and liked it a lot. Then I lost it when they took form me as I entered a court house, and I forgot to ask for it back as I left. That would have been different if it was one of my Benchmade's.
Everybody has their favorite. I finally add a _Black Kat_ to my collection and realized I loved the thing but wanted stainless steel so I did some checking and got one in stainless steel. Not a pry bar but it does great on food prep and cutting up steaks. It is a lock back even though it dates back till about 1863 or there about. I can open it one handed if I want to though it clearly is not designed to do that.
FYI the real reason for the pocket clip existing is that in some states (like GA for example) any blade over 3" you need to have a concealed weapons permit to carry in your pocket. If you leave the clip on the outside of the pocket, the blade technically isn't concealed and will allow you to legally carry a larger knife without a license.
I have 2 Benchmade knives that I have had for many years . A Mini Reflex and a Stimulus I believe its called. Carried the mini for a long time but didnt care for the serrated blade but loved the knife. I sometimes carry the the other one on Sundays. Both knives are great but a little on the smaller side. I may have to check out the Bug Out. Thanks for your take on it.
I personally like the Benchmade Osborne 940 better than the Benchmade Bugout!!! The Bugout feels a little bit flimsy to me when compared to the 940!!! I personally like the Benchmade 940 in black G10, because it's piller construction and has green standoffs!!!
Thomas Connolly a little give is good means it will last longer and won’t break imo and it’s made of the hardest Composites you can think of so is it really week idk
I took your advice and took the pocket clip off of my griptilian because it always caught on the seat belt of my work vehicle. It also fits in my hand much more comfortablely now.
I️ haven’t watched a wranglerstar video in nearly 2 years. I️ don’t know why I️ stopped but I️ just did. I️ am very happy to be watching again though. Anyway I️ bought a 940 several years ago just because of all the rave reviews on RU-vid, I️ felt like I️ was missing out somehow. Unfortunately I️ do not like the 940 and I️ just don’t understand why people live that knife. I️ would like to give this new knife a try but it’s far too costly to just try I️t. Thank you
Thanks for the video, I watched it without sound but with subtitles. Really made me focus on the hands handling the knife, almost caressing it every now and then... somehow I have a feeling this knife is a keeper!
The blade shape was one of the major draws for me. The Osborne 940 cannot be beaten for an EDC, IMO. I've carried mine for more than seven years and would feel lost without it.
I'm one of those guys that hasn't bought a $200 knife. My most recent knife purchase is a Cold Steel Kudu, which has served me well, especially the longer handle is great for busting up bagged ice for my water jug. May go above $100 sooner than $200, but it's going to have to be a special knife.
Well... I don't want to throw shade....so I will just say, if anyone wants a tutorial on how to make a good seven minute video, into a weird kinda rambling 20 minute one, this would be where to start.
I found the handle scales to be quite rough one the edges. Took it apart and hit the edges with buffing wheel. Much better now just a few seconds on the edges and you're good to go.
Try the Mel Pardue thumbhole mini griptilian with 20cv blade if you want perfection. I love my benchmade so much I'm afraid to carry them. Almost lost my carbon fiber 940 by leaving it on the bed of my truck. Drove for 30 minutes before accidentally realizing once I arrived at my destination and saw it 2" from the edge of my flat bed!!!
I have the bug out and love it but I put carbon fiber scales on it and it transformed the knife highly recommend doing that also I don’t know why bench made doesn’t make them studs out of solid color because just after a few times the paint starts wearing off
My 940-2 has the g10 scales and the lime green liner spacers and the pass through design! A lot of similarities to this with the 940 heritage! Thanks for sharing!
I agree with some of the other posts. You spent 20 minutes playing with a knife. A little on the strange side. If you were using it, or testing it, make an hour out of it.
Not exactly true. We've all purchased an item we've come across that we really like for some reason. Something we may not really know a whole lot about, so we go online to research and learn more about it. I do that a lot, I enjoy watching videos and learning more about something that I've just purchased.
I must say that you give a good discription of this Bug out. I fell in love with the 940 years ago and own 3 of them of different colors and blade shapes and then I discovered the 580 and the 585 Barrage. The 585 is my daily carry work knife and comes out of my pocket 50 times a day in the shop and I love it. I may have 20 different Bench Made knives and love them all but the 585 Barrage is a work horse. It looks to me that the Bug Out shares the same blade as the Barrage. This looks like a knife I might add to my collection.
I carry both the 940-1 and the Bugout and everyday I have an argument with myself as to which one to carry I LOVE them both. You can buy the Rouge blade works CF scales for the Bugout and it takes it to another level of awesome.
managed to leave my 940 on top of a mountain near Zions a while back and haven't had the money to replace it. I'm sure i could bushwhack the 3.5 hours and it would still be there i considered getting a spyderco but this knife is exactly what i want so im excited to have another benchmade in my pocket.
Tumbleweed Adventures Everywhere I hike I'm always looking at the ground, just awaiting the day I find an incredible knife that someone has left for me. I've left a knife or two for others to find in my day.
A 162 lives in my backpack and a 940-2 lives in my pocket. The 940 recently replaced a presidio 2 which i love, but it's just so damn big. I've got my eye on the adamas in cruwear, the 162 might be be on the chopping block.
benchmades are pretty meh for the price. much rather get a we knife if i'm gonna spend that kind of money. i feel bad for the people who think benchmades are as good as it gets and have never experienced true quality.
I own a few we knifes, live the cheap 617. I also own more than a dozen benchmades. Their customer service is the biggest reason I keep coming back. Their designs are also really pleasing vs spyderco or zt. Knowing I can beat my knife , and just pay 5 bucks to ship it to Oregon so they can polish it up when needed is all I need from a knife.
I ended up buying the mini presidio 2 in cf elite. Very similar size to the bugout but has full stainless liners. All good knives, can’t go wrong with any of them.
I actually love this video. The music is great. I was on the fence about the bugout. Thanks for helping with my decision. Steven Rinella uses the bugout and have I have been staring at it ever since. Thanks for the video.
I have the 940 Rift which from I can tell they don’t make it any more, I absolutely love it, I’m a bit of a knife collector but it’s still my EDC knife and probably always will be, it really bums me out when I have to fly and leave it at home I feel naked with out it.
I have them both. I bought the Bugout after watching NutnFancy's review because I had just misplaced my 940. The Bugout is good; however not nearly as robust as the 940. With the 940, the blade pivot is so smooth that I can release the blade and give the knife a quick flick and the 940 opens like an automatic knife or a switchblade. I cannot do this with the Bugout. I have used the 940 for food prep and splinter removal with excellence. Yes they are both light, but the Bugout is a bit too light. I have much better control with the 940 with the extra weight and robustness. I will use my Bugout every day until I find my misplaced 940. But when I find the 940, I will use it as my primary knife and the Bugout will be my secondary knife.
I'm watching this while eating lunch in the home office and my wife is getting ready to go somewhere, so she's walking back and forth doing this, that and the other and popping in to ask if I like this necklace or that. She just stopped as she walked by the door and said "Geez, is he still talking about that knife? How much can he say about one knife?!" LOL I'm still drawn to the Griptilian line. I've had a mini for 15 years or more and it has served me faithfully and still looks great. I've debated over the full size Griptilian for years, but rarely need a blade longer than the 2.9 inch one on the mini. If I need something bigger I grab a fixed blade. The Bugout looks too rectangular to me, plus it's too thin, great for pocket carry, but I suspect hot spots would develop quickly when using it. Don't care for the 940 blade or aluminum handle either. But that's why they make so many different knives. Not everyone likes the same thing.
Check out the 940-1, granted its $250 but it has carbon fiber scales, full steel liners, a s90v steel which is upgraded and it has backspacers and its open in the back. It'll renew your love in the 940. The bugout is great for edc but its not as hard use as the 940. I think there's room for both in your life. The 940 would be great for jobs around the homestead and the bugout being as light as it is would be a great pant suit pocket knife for a night on the town.
You can get scales in a huge variety of materials including carbon fiber and put them onto the bugout for a bulletproof package still under $200 I don’t own one but I’d put new scales if i did, I can’t act like I haven’t thought about it
Almost the same lineage? Excuse me? And you cant dig out splinters out with the 940 because the point is somehow flawed? Trying to compare the two totally different configurations is a stretch at best. Listen, I loved the Bugout when I handled it, but I can't help but like it less for having watched this gooshy, gushy, "review." Roman columns??? The lanyard hole felt "sporty?" I was laughing out loud.
If you want to remove splinters , get a swiss(a real) army knife . Want work done in a cutting stay sharp fuctioning way , don't toss the baby(940) out with the bath water(good common sense) .
Don’t sell or debt rid of the 940. Id pass it down to Jack. I got my Grandpa’s Buck 110 folder that he got brand new the year it came out and that was around mid 60s. When I bought my BM 912 before it was discontinued, I used it until I got the 810 Contego to replace it as my EDC. The 912 is in my tool chest as a spare BUT I’m not going to sell or get rid of it. A lot of sentimental value as it’s my 1st Benchmade I’ve ever bought.
I didn't care for the bugout in hand, but I loved a used 707 in a store so much that I paid almost $200 for NIB one on ebay. It's a discontinued model, sadly. But it gives me the fizz, as Codys say.
El king Juan I know these guys don’t understand there are hundreds of videos that I still need to watch and a lot of knife videos now are guys just talking about nothing
