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No more bench made knives for me.
« on: February 23, 2019, 02:44:18 AM »
I know I should have posted this I. The blade section, but every one here needs too see this

https://www.kptv.com/news/oregon-city-knife-company-police-face-backlash-after-social-media/article_67ef365c-366d-11e9-a640-2f412f4f92a1.html


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OREGON CITY, OR (KPTV) – Oregon City Police are facing scrutiny after the department shared a post on Facebook thanking Oregon City manufacturer Benchmade Knife Company for helping destroy guns.

Just the 1st mine
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Re: No more bench made knives for me.
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2019, 06:44:02 AM »
I changed my avatar right before I saw your post. RIP Benchmade. It's nice not knowing you.
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2019, 11:33:31 AM »
I bought one last year.  Didn’t care for the action of the knife.  Returned it right quick.

This article explains that these rifles had all been used in crimes.  Benchmade was just assisting in the disposal.

If they’d been “confiscated” that’d be different.

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Re: No more bench made knives for me.
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2019, 12:35:31 PM »
Some states the Leo's must sell them unless they are not sellable. ( example no serial number, or illegal class 3)
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Re: No more bench made knives for me.
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2019, 12:37:08 PM »
I know. 
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« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2019, 12:57:31 PM »
It's not just that they destroyed guns.  They also gave $$$$ to Democrat that are rabid anti gunners.

What I don't get, is why no one thought about what would happen if this became public.  I am going too go out in a limb here and say they know most of thier  market are gun owners/ lovers.  Wht would you ever do anything too piss off your market share. 
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2019, 01:56:06 PM »
Well, that changes things.  Again I buy Kershaw Ken Onion knives and have for years.
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Re: No more bench made knives for me.
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2019, 07:12:34 PM »
Somewhere online it said they gave over $33,000 to anti-gun democrats. I don't know where they got that number from, but I agree with TAB that most of their market is gun owners. I think guns and knives just naturally go together. One of my Bali-Songs is Benchmade branded. The other one was made before they changed their name from Bali-Song to Pacific Cutlery Corporation.
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Re: No more bench made knives for me.
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2019, 11:36:07 AM »
Never owned a Benchmade......this probably insures that will be a permanent status.

For years I was a Gerber knife man and then they went cheap on their blade materials. Up until Christmas I'd carried the same Gerber for 25 years. the edge of the handle got cracked in my motorcycle crash but it didn't effect the function. It held a good sharp edge. At Christmas my younger son got me a Kershaw with the open-assist and I had to re-learn my technique since it carries differently clipped in my pocket.
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Re: No more bench made knives for me.
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2019, 02:26:16 PM »
Quote from: TAB on February 23, 2019, 12:57:31 PM
It's not just that they destroyed guns.  They also gave $$$$ to Democrat that are rabid anti gunners.

What I don't get, is why no one thought about what would happen if this became public.  I am going too go out in a limb here and say they know most of thier  market are gun owners/ lovers.  Wht would you ever do anything too piss off your market share.

They're in Oregon, they think everyone thinks like they do. Probably more than a tad of arrogance that this would never come to light.

My understanding is that the company which used to do this for the po-po decided to stop, so the PD reached out to benchmade who was only too happy to help remove all of those icky guns from existence. There is also some question as to whether benchmade followed ATF guidelines in destroying the weapons since the video seems to indicate otherwise, e.g. the manufacture of an SBR in the process of cutting them up.

But then, it's in Oregon so no one will even be questioned about this, let alone be held accountable.
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