![]() ![]() I like to use them to keep people from asking to borrow my “real” stuff - let them ask to see your knife - hand them one of these…either you never see them and the knife again - or they never ask to borrow a knife again thinking your stuff is junk. No one is spending more on a value meal at a fast food chain than on a knife - and expecting the knife to last more than a few months. The fact 20 show up suggest either someone lied about how many they made - or someone’s lying now about buying and storing something in a time capsule the past 40 years.Īlso see some “great” Randall Made fakes floating around from time to time - most are laughable - misspelled Randal, sawteeth all jacked up - no sheath…sellers always have a good story too - “it was granddads ww2 knife” - just laugh and say no thanks…it’s all I can do these days.Īs to “supporting” the counterfeiters - I get it’s wrongly supporting someone who stole intellectual property - but I also agree no one is seriously passing on the real deal and buying these. You just have to stop and think for a second - how many people bought a knife 40 years ago - never used it, kept it mint in box ?!? I’m going with max 1% of the run - so now out of those 75 - how many are currently looking to sell via eBay - again that numbers gonna be tiny - if you bought something 40 years ago, cared for it all this time - why suddenly rush to cash in? ![]() On the 184s - knife is now near 40 years old - they made 7500 or so first run - yet I can go on eBay and routinely see 20+ offered at 500-1500 - many complete with “original” boxes. I just bought a couple of Buck 184’s - one from the first run and one pat pending - both I know are legit - but I’m finding a lot of sellers having problems because of the flood of fakes.īottom line - if it looks to good to be true, do a lot of research or trust your instincts. These high quality, 100 American Benchmade. Trusted source for knives - problem is so much out there trades hands at gun shows and pawn shops - they take it in from someone believing it to be real…try to resell and then dismiss you when you try to educate them on the fake believing you to be trying to “lowball” them. Engraved Benchmade knives are some of our most popular knives for the shopper who wants to buy the very best. Pakistan on the other hand would try for $165 and look worse. If you arent sure butterfly knives are for you, this is a great place to start. So many fake knives - China is at least “open” about their knock offs - I mean 12 bucks - it’s clear what your buying. Benchmark Knives for sale - Blade HQ Benchmark Knives Benchmark Knives specializes in steel butterfly knives (aka balisong knives) at an affordable price. ![]()
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