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Silynx is pleased to announce that we are selling a limited edition Silynx Act of Valor knife that was designed in collaboration with Benchmade. This knife comes a collapsible blade, Dual flat-head tip screwdriver, and a bottle opener. Buy one of these tough American made knives and we will contribute a portion to The Navy Seal Foundation and Special Operations Warrior Foundation. We only have 250 knives in stock, so buy today and help contribute to a good cause.”
“Outside” magazine asked their readers about their most prized possessions and the Benchmade 940 Osborne made the list. I can tell you that it is a great knife. It features a 3.5″ Modified reverse tanto blade made from S30V steel paired with Green anodized 6061-T6 aluminum handles and Benchmade’s AXIS locking system.
Cameron Grantham has been appointed to International Business Development Manager for Benchmade Knives. Formerly
the law enforcement and military sales manager, Mr. Grantham is a former law enforcement officer who held both patrol and tactical assignments with a large municipal police agency in the Pacific NW. Cameron’s primary focus will be on driving both international commercial sales as well as international law enforcement and military sales. Current international sales coordinator Likija Stjepanovic will continue in her role as an international sales coordinator.
Prior to joining the team at Benchmade Cameron worked and established an excellent reputation in the industry in the military and law enforcement/tactical divisions at Danner/LaCrosse Footwear and Leupold & Stevens Inc.
Doug Pettis, Director of Sales at Benchmade Knives, advises, “We continue to see significant potential to grow Benchmade’s portfolio of brands on a global level and I am confident that Cameron will help us realize our full international growth potential.”
Plans about if or how Benchmade intends to backfill Cameron’s shoes are not yet announced. In the meantime questions can still be directed at fedgov(at)benchmade.com.
Congratulations to Mr. Grantham on his new position.
Benchmade Knives on the web at http://www.benchmade.com/ or on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Benchmade.
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Daggers have made a serious comeback. We first ran this story last September, but we constantly get new readers so we thought it would be a good idea to republish it since the story last week on the Benchmade SOCP knife was so popular. We’d also like to add some great comments by reader Acid Gambit that should help dispel much of the misunderstanding of this class of knife.
Greg designed this knife from direct input from THE most elite soldiers in the world. Operational experience built this knife. Thousands of entries into really bad buildings in IZ and AF. It was not dreamed up by video gamers, not range commandos, not cops. Assaulters at the highest level, who have been blind sided and tackled while clearing nasty places were the driving input for this knife.
During CQB it is definitely possible that an assaulter will become tied up in a fight with a bad guy. In many situations he may be unable to use his primary weapon and unable to draw his secondary ( tackled to the ground or over furniture). At this point the knife comes out and can stab and slash the bad guy until the assaulter can get to his pistol and put 2 in the enemy. The knife is used to create space for you to get to your pistol. The assaulter can draw his pistol while still holding the knife, finish the fight, stand up and put his tools away and get back to work.
The knife is not designed for you to run around and do El Prez mag change drills while holding it. I can’t think of a knife that is designed for that, so don’t get confused. The SOC-P knife is meant to save your life and allow you to fight back to your pistol or rifle and still be able to pull the trigger with your strong hand, or support the pistol/rifle with your weak hand, while still holding the knife.
Last week, we mentioned the recently released Special Operations Combatives Program (SOC-P) knife designed by Greg Thompson. While we described the features of the dagger, this graphic from Benchmade does a great job of illustrating the sequence of events of getting it into action and how the SOC-P knife is used.
Looking for a job in the knife industry? Benchmade has several open positions in various departments.
Benchmade provided us with some basic information.
Positions open include:
About Benchmade
Benchmade Knife Company is a world leader in the design, manufacture and sales of hand-held specialty folding and fixed blade cutlery for the outdoor sports, military, law enforcement, and gift markets. Benchmade is committed to innovation, performance, and the highest standards of quality. Every day, around the globe, sportsmen and professionals alike rely on Benchmade products to get the job done. Benchmade’s state of the art facility and headquarters is located in Oregon City, 30 minutes from downtown Portland, Oregon.
Benchmade Knives has launched a new website with an updated look and feel. They’ve also added a new search function that should help you zoom right in on what you are looking for. Also, for those of you unfamiliar with Benchmade’s site, they run their own forum so it’s a great place to interact with other Benchmade owners. Despite reports that the site is not mobile friendly it opened just fine for us on both iPad and iPhone.
Here is a brief presentation on the Benchmade Triage, SOCP, and Contraband Interdiction Kit.
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