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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2383129" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>I honestly wasn't that into Benchmade until I finally found a few knives that I actually really liked (despite my thinking I would hate them from pics). I'm currently tracking down the last few that really peak my interest (just traded into a Volli and am looking for a 943 and possibly that new upcoming CF/S90V 940-1) and trying to get rid of any knives I own that I just had to own, but won't carry/use because of impracticality. </p><p></p><p>Yeah, MAP pricing ended that super secret BM25 (and the awesome BR549) code that used to get you the 25% discount. I posted about it here in an attempt to get everyone to buy what they needed before it was too late, but in December most retailers online had to tow the line or stop selling BM. That honestly pushes a lot of the models I wanted out of my price-range. I've been lucky so far - I've only had one Omega spring break on me and only experienced one poor quality Benchmade, but from what I hear on the forums - they must really be slipping up. Sad thing is that I hear a lot of complaints about the Golden, CO made stuff from Spyderco too - Spyderco at least has the excuse of being a smaller company and experiencing a super-surge in demand recently though.</p><p></p><p>I used to try and spread out my folding knife experience, but I'm starting to come full-circle and realize that even the knives that have one or two features I absolutely love aren't going to get carried if they are just too impractical for me (that 0561 is a classic example). I end up carrying what works for me, and oddly enough, that ends up looking the same again and again (3.5" blade, thin in the pocket, lightweight, G10 or CF on the handles, pokey-tip, plain edge, non-coated, etc...), so I end up buying knives that look/feel similar (or in the case of the PM2 - same knife with different steel/G10). I've owned enough by now that I can usually guess what I'm going to love and what I'm going to hate before I even get it into my hand.</p><p></p><p>I'm with you on the above $200 knives. I own a Southern Grind Bad Monkey, a Strider SNG, and a Chris Reeve CF large Sebenza, and they are pretty much the only mid-tech knives I can justify owning right now (especially since Rick Hinderer is doing such awesome collabs with ZT/Kershaw - I will pretty much never own a Hinderer XM-18), and I carry/use every one of them.</p><p></p><p>The ZT 0561 is one of the last production knives I own that cost more than $200 (aside from my Sprint run Paramilitary-2s) and it is large enough that I'm limited to where I can carry it (office environments are not fans of a big knife, much less a big scary knife, and really not so much one that flips out on ball-bearings with a super-loud "thwak"). I hate to let it go, but I've got so many Hinderer Collabs right now that they all get carried before the 0561 does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2383129, member: 229"] I honestly wasn't that into Benchmade until I finally found a few knives that I actually really liked (despite my thinking I would hate them from pics). I'm currently tracking down the last few that really peak my interest (just traded into a Volli and am looking for a 943 and possibly that new upcoming CF/S90V 940-1) and trying to get rid of any knives I own that I just had to own, but won't carry/use because of impracticality. Yeah, MAP pricing ended that super secret BM25 (and the awesome BR549) code that used to get you the 25% discount. I posted about it here in an attempt to get everyone to buy what they needed before it was too late, but in December most retailers online had to tow the line or stop selling BM. That honestly pushes a lot of the models I wanted out of my price-range. I've been lucky so far - I've only had one Omega spring break on me and only experienced one poor quality Benchmade, but from what I hear on the forums - they must really be slipping up. Sad thing is that I hear a lot of complaints about the Golden, CO made stuff from Spyderco too - Spyderco at least has the excuse of being a smaller company and experiencing a super-surge in demand recently though. I used to try and spread out my folding knife experience, but I'm starting to come full-circle and realize that even the knives that have one or two features I absolutely love aren't going to get carried if they are just too impractical for me (that 0561 is a classic example). I end up carrying what works for me, and oddly enough, that ends up looking the same again and again (3.5" blade, thin in the pocket, lightweight, G10 or CF on the handles, pokey-tip, plain edge, non-coated, etc...), so I end up buying knives that look/feel similar (or in the case of the PM2 - same knife with different steel/G10). I've owned enough by now that I can usually guess what I'm going to love and what I'm going to hate before I even get it into my hand. I'm with you on the above $200 knives. I own a Southern Grind Bad Monkey, a Strider SNG, and a Chris Reeve CF large Sebenza, and they are pretty much the only mid-tech knives I can justify owning right now (especially since Rick Hinderer is doing such awesome collabs with ZT/Kershaw - I will pretty much never own a Hinderer XM-18), and I carry/use every one of them. The ZT 0561 is one of the last production knives I own that cost more than $200 (aside from my Sprint run Paramilitary-2s) and it is large enough that I'm limited to where I can carry it (office environments are not fans of a big knife, much less a big scary knife, and really not so much one that flips out on ball-bearings with a super-loud "thwak"). I hate to let it go, but I've got so many Hinderer Collabs right now that they all get carried before the 0561 does. [/QUOTE]
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