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Benchmade Weekender Knife Seems Like a Miss

Aug 16, 2022 Stuart 54 Comments

I’m having trouble seeing the appeal in this new Benchmade folding knife.

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EDC Knife Deals – Benchmade, Kizer, We Knives, Zero Tolerance

Nov 20, 2018 Stuart Discuss

BladeHQ kicked off some new knife promos.

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New Benchmade Mini Griptilian Knife with G10 Handles and Better Blade

Feb 23, 2016 Stuart 14 Comments

The new Benchmade 555-1 Mini Griptilian is a FANTASTIC EDC folding pocket knife. But, for reasons I can’t quite pinpoint (maybe price), I’m not ready to declare it the “perfect EDC knife.”

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Benchmade Mini Griptilian Knife Review – a Near Perfect EDC Folder

May 15, 2015 Stuart 20 Comments

Here’s why you should pay attention to Benchmade’s mini-Griptilian knife.

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Benchmade Griptilian Knife – Hands-on Reader Review

Jan 25, 2011 Stuart 5 Comments

In response to our post on knife and multi-tool gift ideas, Maikeru asked about a pocket knife that features one-handed opening and closing. We then wrote a quick post recommending Benchmade’s Griptilian and mini-Griptilian knives with Axis locks. Maikeru ended up choosing a Benchmade Griptilian for his needs and posted the following detailed hands-on review: So I actually […]

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Benchmade Mini-Griptilian 555HG Pocket Knife Axis Lock Demo

Dec 21, 2010 Stuart 3 Comments

Here’s a very short video showing how easily the Benchmade mini-Griptilian can be opened and closed with one hand.

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