Benchmade Knives

HogFather

Guess we know where they stand. I’ll never buy one again.

https://www.ammoland.com/2019/02/benchmade-issues-statement-after-helping-police-destroy-guns/#axzz5gDDV0Eji

stlcharcoal

They are getting torn apart on IG and FB.  Wild.

milesvdustin

Wow, what a solid business decision. Not. 

Glad I sold the only one I had a while back. Turds. 

hoosier_egger

Yikes...don't own one, and definitely never will

nolaegghead

Seriously, who gives a flying f*ck?

nolaegghead

If your criteria for hating and boycotting a company is because they give more to democrats than republicans, you'll be selling almost every high-tech item in your house with Silicon Valley technology, which, BTW, drives American weapon superiority.  JFC, people.

I have a couple Benchmark knives and they're great knives.  I'd rather have one of them vs 10 Remington trash knives made in China.

nolaegghead

Anyway, obviously a troll thread looking to draw lulz from the forum partisans.

stlcharcoal

I've always had Microtechs.  I demo'd the Benchmades out at SHOT Show.  Very smooth action on the automatics.  Doesn't look like they'll shake this publicity anytime soon, so I think I'll bring in Kershaws and Zero-Tolerance into the store instead.....I'm already a Shun/KAI dealer, so I already have the paperwork in with them.

Their statement of "we had the specialty equipment the police needed", and they show a guy with a friggin' handheld grinder.  The PoPo could have picked that up at Harbor Freight for about $25.  Hahaha.

This is worse publicity than the Springfield Armory and Rock River Arms fiasco a few years ago when they threw the small time Illinois FFL's under the bus.

SGH

nolaegghead said:
 lulz 

That’s a mighty short, but yet discombobulating word there my friend.  

1911Man

I don't own any benchmades, and after their action, I won't in the future. I have a Kershaw assist pocket knife, plus several Shun kitchen knives. I'll continue to support Shun/Kershaw and leave the benchmade products for someone else.

BTW, it's pretty telling when a company has a booth at the Shot Show, and then (not long after) decides to help destroy firearms. I guess they didn't see anything wrong with pissing off a large part of their customer base. Whoever didn't think that decision through, should be terminated (publicly) and [at the very least] a public apology made. Even though I don't expect them to do this, it might appease SOME of those that they pissed all over.

SGH

1911Man said:

I don't own any benchmades

Me either. I guess I’m just stuck in my ways. I still carry an ole Case pocket knife (sowbelly or stockman) and for hunting knives I still use Ka-Bar. 

blasting

Half the country is bent out of shape because of where Benchmade gives their money...  Sounds very similar to the other side and Chick Fill A.  I guess that's fair that it happens both ways.

I still eat at Chick Fill A, and I'll still use my Benchmade knives.  I only boycott a company when they push their ideas onto me.  Especially if they're sneaky about it.

HeavyG

It's funny the things some people work themselves into a tizzy about.

nolaegghead

stlcharcoal said:

I've always had Microtechs.  I demo'd the Benchmades out at SHOT Show.  Very smooth action on the automatics.  Doesn't look like they'll shake this publicity anytime soon, so I think I'll bring in Kershaws and Zero-Tolerance into the store instead.....I'm already a Shun/KAI dealer, so I already have the paperwork in with them.

Their statement of "we had the specialty equipment the police needed", and they show a guy with a friggin' handheld grinder.  The PoPo could have picked that up at Harbor Freight for about $25.  Hahaha.

This is worse publicity than the Springfield Armory and Rock River Arms fiasco a few years ago when they threw the small time Illinois FFL's under the bus.

Kershaw is a Japanese owned company.  Good work, patriot, selecting imported knives over a 100% American company with American made products. 

nolaegghead

We need another safe-space thread.  Maybe I should start another "be calm like a bunny" thread.

nolaegghead

blasting said:

Half the country is bent out of shape because of where Benchmade gives their money...  Sounds very similar to the other side and Chick Fill A.  I guess that's fair that it happens both ways.

I still eat at Chick Fill A, and I'll still use my Benchmade knives.  I only boycott a company when they push their ideas onto me.  Especially if they're sneaky about it.

Equating giving money to organizations that are on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of registered hate groups and giving money to the democratic party (and to be fair, they gave to both parties - really depends for businesses where you are located and who's in power) doesn't exactly seem like they're on the same level to me.  I dunno, you guys must be pretty smart.

stlcharcoal

nolaegghead said:

If your criteria for hating and boycotting a company is because they give more to democrats than republicans, you'll be selling almost every high-tech item in your house with Silicon Valley technology, which, BTW, drives American weapon superiority.  JFC, people. 

I think the point is them saying they support the second amendment, yet they support anti-2A politicians.  On their website they say don't even give money to politicians, yet they do.  Then they go out and destroy what looks like a pretty nice SKS (and more guns) that could have been sold to raise money for the PD (yeah their rules may not allow it currently, but change the rule rather than throwing away money.)  STL City PD made $620,000 by selling the largest group of Thompsons that were still together and have the option of selling buybacks if anything good shows up.

Not arguing they make good knives, I just think customers and fans are PO'd because they got lied to about the company's values and where they send some of their profits.

I have a buddy that owns part of a company, and they give a fixed amount of money for every unit they sell to a certain type of charities they list on their website.  They have a HUGE following, and a very well respected brand for all the good they do.  Their peeps would be furious if they gave all the money to a different charity (particularly one that was on the other side of the opinion of from where they said the money went.)  That appears what happened here.

stlcharcoal

nolaegghead said:

Kershaw is a Japanese owned company.  Good work, patriot, selecting imported knives over a 100% American company with American made products. 

What do you have against the Japanese??  They make good knives, cars, and all kinds of other stuff.  I'm not buying Chinese crap, and I carry American made Micro-Techs.  Get over it. 

alaskanassasin

I’ve only carried variations of one knife for the last 20 years. Spyderco military

GrateEggspectations

@alaskanassasin: Do you carry it to facilitate your alaskan assassinations?

JohnInCarolina

This is sofa king stupid I don’t even know where to start.

nolaegghead

stlcharcoal said:

nolaegghead said:

Kershaw is a Japanese owned company.  Good work, patriot, selecting imported knives over a 100% American company with American made products. 

What do you have against the Japanese??  They make good knives, cars, and all kinds of other stuff.  I'm not buying Chinese crap, and I carry American made Micro-Techs.  Get over it. 

Simmer down, buddy.

JohnInCarolina

This is reminiscent of when people started shooting up their $300 YETI coolers because they thought the company had somehow betrayed the NRA.

alaskanassasin

@Great_EGGspectations Alaskans don't take any shvt from Canadians! Kidding... or am I?

GrateEggspectations

nolaegghead said:

stlcharcoal said:

nolaegghead said:

Kershaw is a Japanese owned company.  Good work, patriot, selecting imported knives over a 100% American company with American made products. 

What do you have against the Japanese??  They make good knives, cars, and all kinds of other stuff.  I'm not buying Chinese crap, and I carry American made Micro-Techs.  Get over it. 

Simmer down, buddy.

Riling people up and then telling them to calm down is the forum equivalent to farting and walking away. 

HogFather

nolaegghead said:

Seriously, who gives a flying f*ck?

Evidently you do, numb-nutts

HogFather

GrateEggspectations said:

nolaegghead said:

stlcharcoal said:

nolaegghead said:

Kershaw is a Japanese owned company.  Good work, patriot, selecting imported knives over a 100% American company with American made products. 

What do you have against the Japanese??  They make good knives, cars, and all kinds of other stuff.  I'm not buying Chinese crap, and I carry American made Micro-Techs.  Get over it. 

Simmer down, buddy.

Riling people up and then telling them to calm down is the forum equivalent to farting and walking away. 

What else would you expected from the forum “know-it-all”

alaskanassasin

Im not sure I can cross the Canadian border with my EDC.

nolaegghead

GrateEggspectations said:

nolaegghead said:

stlcharcoal said:

nolaegghead said:

Kershaw is a Japanese owned company.  Good work, patriot, selecting imported knives over a 100% American company with American made products. 

What do you have against the Japanese??  They make good knives, cars, and all kinds of other stuff.  I'm not buying Chinese crap, and I carry American made Micro-Techs.  Get over it. 

Simmer down, buddy.

Riling people up and then telling them to calm down is the forum equivalent to farting and walking away. 

That's my MO.  Get em pumped up and as emotional as a menstruating teen girl then ramping it up to 11 by telling them to Summah Donnah

nolaegghead

HogFather said:

GrateEggspectations said:

nolaegghead said:

stlcharcoal said:

nolaegghead said:

Kershaw is a Japanese owned company.  Good work, patriot, selecting imported knives over a 100% American company with American made products. 

What do you have against the Japanese??  They make good knives, cars, and all kinds of other stuff.  I'm not buying Chinese crap, and I carry American made Micro-Techs.  Get over it. 

Simmer down, buddy.

Riling people up and then telling them to calm down is the forum equivalent to farting and walking away. 

What else would you expected from the forum “know-it-all”

Chihuahuas? You tell me, wink wink

blasting

nolaegghead said:

blasting said:

Half the country is bent out of shape because of where Benchmade gives their money...  Sounds very similar to the other side and Chick Fill A.  I guess that's fair that it happens both ways.

I still eat at Chick Fill A, and I'll still use my Benchmade knives.  I only boycott a company when they push their ideas onto me.  Especially if they're sneaky about it.

Equating giving money to organizations that are on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of registered hate groups and giving money to the democratic party (and to be fair, they gave to both parties - really depends for businesses where you are located and who's in power) doesn't exactly seem like they're on the same level to me.  I dunno, you guys must be pretty smart.

I respect your opinion, but Southern Poverty are as rabidly partisan as it gets. 

I won't blindly accept their talking points any more than I would those of Hannity or Maddow.