Benchmade Bugout 535 vs Spyderco Paramilitary 2

Love my Benchmade knives. Axis lock is great. Tolerances on mine have all been really good. 940 Osborne, 555 Minigrip (Pardue), 15080 Crooked River, 535 Bugout… all great EDC

Lightning OTF. Goddamn if this isn’t one of the best $30 I ever spent. It’s like 8 years old, been beat on, and still fires hard every time. This sits on top of my fridge as a dedicated Amazon package knife

I love this blade so damn much. But you're getting it in a very, very thin package with good utility, and the weight of this is what most knives weigh...

But it's now over a decade old, and knife-making has come a long way. I'm here to tell you about why this might not be the right fit for some people's daily carry anymore. 1. In the past few years there's been a renewed focus in the knife industry on making smaller, lighter knives that carry better and are thinner behind the edge

My issues are numerous so this will seem like a negative review but it is what it is. I have pretty normal sized hands, wearing gloves in the L and XL sizes depending. I find the handle of this knife is thin and narrow which in pocket are great but in use make it uncomfortable to grip well and extended use can cause cramps and soreness in my hands. Additionally there is no discernible effort to give the user traction

. The G10 handles, as stated earlier, are beautiful. Moreover, they are functionally superior

The actual knife blade, where it travels and slides along the barrel below the pivot was EXTREMELY rough when I purchased it. I have been using it and wondering why it always felt like it was full of sand. So I finally decided to take it apart to figure it out and yeah. Flat spots worn into the barrel and the very hard steel of the knife was unpolished and rough

Today we're talking about: Oh man, you guys know this. If you're watching this video, you probably know this. It's one of the most iconic and well-kno...

but I need something that has just a bit more substance. I might return this knife but I have not yet decided just yet.

What makes this knife so pricey is the fantastic blade steel and "Made in U.S.A" status. Overall unless you have to have an American made Knife I would look at their Taiwanese and Japanese or even Chinese made knives first if you can get over the inferior materials

Only reason I am giving this knife a 4 out of 5 star is because the price and name. For 120$ you'd expect more from Benchmade the quality is still superb and above all other knives in my opinion, but for $120 you'd expect more from this knife. My other dissatisfaction is the name it should be called the EDC 535 not the Bugout 535. To some this really doesn't matter to others it might I'm just adding that in the review

you get great steel for the price too, for such a large blade in S30V, compared to some other companies using S30V in their blades *cough* Benchmade *cough*, you get much more of the premium steel for the blade and the blade is pretty dang chunky compared to the other Spyderco mainstays like the Delica/Endura. The blade comes uncomfortably sharp from the factory and being that its S30V, it will be moderately easy to keep it that sharp. Ive cut myself already on this blade. I slipped while cutting something, and I felt it scratch against my thumb