Benchmade Griptilian 551 vs Spyderco Paramilitary 2

It's like a hundred dollar knife. This one is going to be 165, so you know. Is that worth it you're gon na have to make that decision yourself, but I ...

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

But to me action is what separates high end from Walmart knifes and this action feels like a Walmart knife. Really wanting to love this knife but if this action does not improve I will have no choice other than the inconvenience of returning it. Just way to stiff to keep and one shouldn’t have to adjust a $170+ knife new out the box. Maybe a benchmade quality control issue Ive read about? As shown in the picture when the axis is disengaged the blade should just fall shut and it clearly does not

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This does exactly what I needed to do a couple other things to know about this. You have steel liners in here and you can see if you look inside there...

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

The jimping is fantastic. It's perfectly spaced, perfect, perfect to lock your hands in there, and you know the handle shape is just extremely economi...

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

The ergonomics are good. The blade is fantastic, super sharp, a and resilient. The Axis lock is smoother than the ball barring lock on my Manix2. This isn't a cheap knife, but Benchmade backed up their reputation

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

YouTube, etc. so what I'll do is avoid restating the obvious and give my impressions. First: the blade is far superior, but also a bit heavier

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