2008 (PDF)

2008
CONSUMER
C ATA L O G

HELLO!
Welcome to Benchmade. Whether you
are already one of our many esteemed
Benchmade customers or, checking us out
for the first time I am confident you will be
impressed with what we have to offer you.
As you thumb through — know that the
multi-talented and highly dedicated team of
Benchmade employees put heart and soul
into every knife built. That ’s not the easy
way— that ’s the Benchmade way.
Each year brings many great new products
from Benchmade and 2008 will be no
exception. Out the gate, the Nak-Lok™
changes the way you will think about
a locking-liner and does so in classic
Benchmade style. I am also excited to
welcome Seiichi Nakamura as the newest
member of the custom design team; he
brings a wealth of artistic craftsmanship and
mechanical skill to the table. With designs
and innovations pushing each class to their
highest levels of quality, performance and
value - expect Benchmade to be shaking
things up in 08 .
Whatever your specialty cutlery needs,
I realize you have many choices when it
comes to purchasing knives. Know that if
you choose Benchmade, you are choosing a
brand built on cutlery, with a solid reputation
earned by delivering the finest production
knives. You have my word on it.
It ’s Benchmade.
Les de Asis
Founder and Owner

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MINI-GRIPTILIAN ®
PAGE 25

930 
KULGERA™
PAGE 09

480  
SHOKI™
PAGE 14

950  
RIFT™
PAGE 29

906D2/907SBKD2  
MINI-NITROUS™STRYKER®
PAGE 30

1100-1/1100-2 
PENSERIES™
PAGE 64

158 
CSK II
PAGE 33

8BLKW
HOOK
PAGE 36

10105-BLK
ERT-1®
PAGE 42

10501
RANT®BOWIE
PAGE 46

NEW08MODELS

10751  
VEX ™
PAGE 39

10402-1/10412-1
TiPIKA®II/MINI-TiPIKA®II
PAGE 41

This represents the product listing of all available
models. For the most current listing of products please
frequent the Benchmade website. As we are always
releasing new products throughout the year.

2008 PRODUCT MATRIX

GOLDCLASS
912

4501

PGS 04 – 06

BLUECLASS

930

940

943

960

530

707

710

610

615

480

32

42

740

745

630

635

440

FOLDERS PGS 07 – 15

100

210

211

201

BALI-SONGS PG 20

FIXED BLADES PGs 18 - 19

550

555

551

556

553

557

GRIPTILIANS PGS 21 – 26



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555

556

151

1100-1 1100-2

PEN SERIES PG 64

672

670

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950

912

913

906

907

520

523

525

FOLDERS PGS 27 - 31

140

141

158

155

7

FIXED PGS 32 - 33

5

8

HOOKS 34 - 36

REDCLASS
10750

10751

10402

10412

10452 10402Ti 10412Ti

10105

10100

10110S

10115

10300

10210

10610

FOLDERS PGS 37 - 45

10536BP

10501

10502

FIXED BLADES PGS 45 - 46

MISC

WHAT’S IN A KNIFE PG 48
FORWARD THINKING/OUR MINDSET PGs 49 – 50
FUNCTIONAL INNOVATION PGs 51 – 53
ADVANCED MATERIALS PGs 54 – 55
MODEL FEATURE CODES PG 56
EXTRAS: MAINTENANCE/ATTACHMENT/CARRY/CLOTHING PGs 57 – 60
SPECIAL SERVICES/WARRANTY PGs 61 – 62

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GOLDCLASS

Highly customized designs, exotic materials, exclusive mechanisms and handcrafted detail
are merely suggestions to the possibilities. The Gold Class is for the true connoisseur of the
“finer things” in life. If you are fortunate enough to get your hands on a Gold Class limited
then you will definitely understand what all the excitement is about.

912-71NITROUS™ STRYKER®
BENCHMADE design
 

912-71

912/913DESIGNER
LockING Mechanism
BLADE STYLE & Opener
BLADE STEEL
HANDLE SPEC

Benchmade
Modified Locking Liner w/Nitrous™
Crowned Modified Tanto, Ambidextrous Thumb-Studs
Hand Finished S30V Premium Steel (58-60HRC)
CNC Milled Carbon Fiber Handle Scales, Anodized Jeweled Titanium Liners, Heat Colored
Hardware and Removable Steel Carry-Clip
BLADE CONFIGURATIONS 912-71 $325

BLADE LENGTH
BLADE THICKNESS
Open
Closed
WEIGHT
HANDLE THICKNESS
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

3.70” (9.40cm)
0.125” (2.46mm)
8.25” (20.96cm)
4.68” (11.89cm)
3.80oz (108g)
0.70” (1.78cm)
USA

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4501 PRESTIGEdGES ®
DE ASIs design
 

PARING KNIFE

UTILITY KNIFE

CHEF KNIFE
3-KNIFE SET COMES
IN ATTRACTIVE
PRESENTATION CASE

4501DESIGNER Les De Asis
BLADE STEEL Single Piece, Full-Tang 440C Stainless Steel (58-60HRC)
HANDLE SPEC Impregnated Real Wood Laminate; Woven Micarta Bolster;
Nickel/Silver Rivet Assembly
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN USA
PARING KNIFE
Blade Length
Blade Thickness
Overall Length
Weight
BLADE CONFIGURATION



UTILITY KNIFE

3.50” (8.89cm)
6.00” (15.24cm)
0.070” (1.84mm)
0.120” (3.05mm)
7.09” (18.01cm)
10.25” (26.04cm)
2.10oz (60gm)
4.80oz (136gm)
4501 $500 (available only as three knife set)

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CHEF KNIFE
8.00” (20.32cm)
0.140” (3.59mm)
13.00” (33.00cm)
8.50oz (241gm)

BENCHMADE OUTPERFORMED THE WORLD’S FINEST
BY NEARLY DOUBLE THE EDGE QUALITY.

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FUNCTIONALINNOVATION

Blades:
Superior quality steels
selected for edge durability; custom heat treat for
maximum toughness

Technology:
Precision laser decks and
CNC machining to NASA
level tolerances

Locking Mechanisms:
Nak-Lok™, AXIS® locks,
Titanium locking-liners,
assisted-openers and more

Design:
Custom and innovative
patented designs exclusive
to Benchmade

Handles:
Contoured lines, utilizing
highly durable, strong and
visually stunning materials

Individually, these features are impressive, but
it is the combination of them that makes a knife
part of the Benchmade Blue Class. Your Blue
Class knife will be the kind that you can either
pass on to your children or use as your favorite
everday carry.