Comments on: Benchmade Mini-Griptilian Knife 557SBK

By: Hieu

Hieu — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:57:10 +0000

verry goods benchmade edc

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:44:27 +0000

TC, i must correct you on your correction.
“Also, the handles are made from a high strength polymer not called Valox, but Noryl GTX”
only the full size grips are noryl gtx. all of the minis ARE valox

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:34:06 +0000

No. I didn’t know that.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:15:22 +0000

that is so sad Raymond, did you know that the original “tanto” was a short sword used by samurai to take their own life?

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:25:48 +0000

I was at one of the sporting goods stores and the guys in the knife area did not know what a tanto point was.

By: Every Day Carry - EDC

Every Day Carry - EDC — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:45:39 +0000

[...] this first image is a look at some of my basic EDC items. Benchmade Mini-Griptilian Knife (reviewed below), Surefire E1E Executive (also below), moleskin notebook, swiss army watch (review [...]

By: Gentry

Gentry — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:51:20 +0000

Good choice for an everyday knife! I’m a big fan of benchmade knives. You really can’t go wrong with Benchmade: http://www.bladeops.com/Benchmade-Knives-s/55.htm

By: Cashmoan

Cashmoan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:09:57 +0000

Savson Swords and Knives, despite good pricing have proven, very unreliable for me. I ordered an SOG Flash I three weeks ago. Still no knife. They don’t respond to email either. I would suggest to everyone that they stay away. It is worth the few extra bucks for a reliable seller with a better reputation for following through. You can check them out on BLADEFORUMS.com it seems to have happened before.

By: Davyd

Davyd — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:09:52 +0000

After a lot of thought – I have had the Doug Ritter drop point version ins30v for a week now. I agree – “scary sharp” out of the box. My wife has tactfully not mentioned the band aids that have a appeared on the end of my thumb. Great knife will be my country, hiking knife (EDC is not allowed here). I particulalry like the wide blade which helps with chef style guided dicing. It is certainly a cut above the Kershaw vapor and kabar dozier folders which are similar in length in the blade- Compact pocket folders The full metal sekeleton structure in the handle is reassuringly robust. I also like the ritters washed look which is subdued and not polished without being black/tactical – a look that is not appreciated here, in fact I lamost go the yellow handled version. The actual grip is excellent and gives confidence in using it. I cna see why some reviews mention review it as a great hikers knife. For a full back country working knife I might get the larger version as well (less than an inch larger) – have to decide sheeps foot or standard drop point

By: admin

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:07:17 +0000

Thanks for the review TC, you are right about the mel pardue mix up, good catch. I have since learned the locking mechanism is called “Axis”. However the handle is called Valox according to the benchmade site.

As far as the classes of the knife I guess I see your point, the point I was trying to make is that the blue class for instance is of higher quality than the red class… considering the red class is the “economy line”.

Thanks for the comment.