Benchmade Mini Griptilian Variations

[orvet]

It baffles me that a company could patent a geometric shape no matter what they used I for!

I guess Benchmade will just have to settle for having better knifes, IMO.
My Benchmades have much better edge retention than my Endura with VG10 steel.
My new Benchmade 710 puts the Endura to shame when it comes to edge retention!

[garddogg56]

REALLY thats good to know I have good luck with VG-10 in my Dellica4.

[junebug]

most new steels will out perform vg-10 .... it is SPYDERCOS low end steel(similar to a AUS steel-AKA not the best stuff out there) .......
as far as better,knives..... i PERSONALLY disagree. i feel SPYDERCO is far SUPERIOR, and they don't even steal BENCHMADES patents.

[philco]

I've sure never thought of VG-10 as "low end steel".

[orvet]

most new steels will out perform vg-10 .... it is SPYDERCOS low end steel(similar to a AUS steel-AKA not the best stuff out there) ......

I didn't know that either. I know some of the AUS are pretty low end, like AUS-6, but I love the AUS-8A Kershaw used in the 1980s. I have a CRKT M16-14 that has AUS-8A steel and it is a workhorse! Great edge retention and it is a knife I have used and abused in me shop. I wish Kershaw still used AUS-8A in more knives. IMO, their AUS6 is pretty humble!

[jerryd6818]

I doo'ed it with my finger. After the better part of a year of looking, thinking, dreaming, can you really call it an impulse purchase? I've had this one on my eBay watch list for a couple of months and this morning I just said the heck with it and pulled the trigger. It's a yellow Mini-Grip with the modified sheepfoot blade and Spyder hole (I'm clumsy with thumb studs). I would have rather had orange but I believe orange is discontinued and they're EXPENSIVE when you find them, soooooo............ yaller it is.

Sellers picture.

[junebug]

I've sure never thought of VG-10 as "low end steel".

me either, Phil ............ i like the stuff(VG-10)
BUT THERE ARE ALOT BETTER OUT THERE

note- not saying it is "LOW END"......but saying " it is spyderco's LOW END errrr ENTRY LEVEL steel they use to
produce knives.

JERRY, VERY NICE, SAME GRIP I WOULD BUY MA'SELF (555 with SPYDER-HOLE) , JUST A DIFF COLOR....
SO WERE NOT MATCHIES


DALE - I READ SOMEWHERE (ferget where now) VG-10 AND AUS8 & AUS10 ARE ALMOST THE SAME EXACT THANG....... JUST DIFFERENT MAKER/STEEL FACTORY IN JAPAN.

[MITCH RAPP]

Here is a quick comparison chart of the steel compositions in 154CM, Crucible CPM S30V, Takefu VG10, Aichi AUS8

http://www.zknives.com/knives/steels/st ... V%252CVG10

[philco]

Good info Mitch. Thanks !

[MITCH RAPP]

Thanks Phil! Did you click on any of the items on the left? This one here, has a lot of Great Steel info.

http://www.zknives.com/knives/articles/ ... lfaq.shtml

[philco]

Thanks Phil! Did you click on any of the items on the left? This one here, has a lot of Great Steel info.

http://www.zknives.com/knives/articles/ ... lfaq.shtml

I did a bunch of clicking. Learned a thang or two as well.

[orvet]

DALE - I READ SOMEWHERE (ferget where now) VG-10 AND AUS8 & AUS10 ARE ALMOST THE SAME EXACT THANG....... JUST DIFFERENT MAKER/STEEL FACTORY IN JAPAN.

I think a lot of the steels are very close to one another in composition, but from what I have heard the heat treat is what makes the steel preform or not. I had an fascinating conversation with Paul Bos a few years ago at the Oregon show. According to him the heat treat is what makes or breaks the steel in the knife. I guess it is no surprise that Buck routinely gets much better performance from their 420 HC than many companies get from their 440C.

I think a great heat treat on 440 can out preform a mediocre heat treat on a much better steel.
I learned from Mr. Bos that the heat treating is more important than the steel itself, within certain limits I am sure.
Mild steel won't make a good knife no matter how you heat treat it!

[jerryd6818]

My Mini-Grip came a little while ago. I had handled one at Gander Mountain and I don't remember it being this beefy. Had I bought the one with the thumb-stud it would have been a total bust for me. I'm like'n the mechanics of this Spidey hole a lot. I'm kinda getting used to the looks of it.

[gino]

Awesome knife Jerry, I own a couple mini grips myself they are a well made trustworthy carry! I need to get one with the hole I think its sweet!

[philco]

Jerry I still think you're going to love that knife if you'll use it a while and give it a chance to prove itself. I really like the spydie hole and personally prefer it to a thumb stud on the tactical type knives I use.