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Looks like benchmade knives decided to cut up some guns.
There FB page is blowing up with, no more buying BM stuff for me.
Apparently they helped the Oregon police department cut up some guns. The Oregon police department thanked benchmade for their help but quickly deleted it. But not fast enough for the Internet. Lol!
Ouch.
Well maybe we should post up on their fb page some videos of us cutting up some Benchmade knives....
Like.
Benchmade's true motives.... https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/sum...047693&cycle=A
Paints a bit of a picture...
^^ Well isn't that interesting.
I've never owned, nor considered owning, a Benchmade knife. I've looked at a few and was just never impressed. Then again, I'm not much of a knife guy. But when I need a knife, Kershaw has always had what I needed at a very reasonable price.
Benched.
You beat me to it, I was just about to inform the forum about the prairie fire
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Quote from a former fan of a knifemaker we won't mention.
"I hope that isn't a Benchmade. It may fold on you unexpectedly..."
Benchmade used to be an excellent knife, years ago that is. Now they're not much more than an average factory knife to me with insane pricing. Much better knives for the price and I fell away from them a long time ago. This is a firm point now in their corporate interests to let them disappear like Dicks and others.
Looks like they donated to Mark Udall in 2014 as well
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/top...t=A&cycle=2014
Wow, I never bought into the Benchmade hype. Seeing they donate to the communist party really irks me.
This is another witch hunt similar to what happened with Team Wendy. People that would?ve never owned one will get upset, they?ll stay in business, life will go on. In 6 months no one will remember.
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I own two of them. Never again though.. Not really about the cutting up guns part.. More that they give a bunch of money to pinkos bothers me more than anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_K
Yeah, that's pretty telling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little Dutch
I'll keep my Kershaw thank you very much!
Sold my Benchmades a while back. I wont be replacing them with another Benchmade.
I dont feel they are that good of a blade anyway, I have always been happy with my Gerber's for daily carry.
I own a lot of knives I that have accumulated over the years. I have 1 Benchmade and was totally unimpressed with it.
I have one that I used to carry. A mini Griptilian I think. Liked it well enough but switched to carrying a Zero Tolerance 350 that I really like. Got a smoking deal on it from a forum member.
The Benchmade will likely just sit and gather dust unless I feel froggy one day and decide to cut it up.
Fudd knife company
Anyone that is taking issue with Benchmade?s donations to Democrats should utilize the tools available on that website and do just a bit of digging into Spyderco, Kershaw, Gerber, Leatherman, KA-BAR, SOG, or any of the other blade companies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rucker61
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Here?s a reasonable response to someone on another site from somebody that knows the owners of Benchmade.
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Weren’t they just destroying guns that HAD to be destroyed anyways? This is why I don’t shop politically.
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For anyone looking to get rid of their Benchmade knives, I will gladly give you $1 each for everyone that you have and want to get rid of or destroy and then you can take that money and donate it towards politicians that will vote for the knife protection act or other such legislation that you feel inclined to donate to.
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I will go Fifty Cents per knife.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_K
That way you can really show your disdain!
"I wouldn't even take a buck for a Benchmade!"
[Coffee]
I’ll give you $2 Harris 2020!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels
Wait, did Kamala Harris sign the knife protection act?
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I don’t care she’s black(?) and a woman. And if I’m anything it’s not racist or sexist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_K
That?s the spiritQuote:
Originally Posted by Scanker19
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Rah rah rah !
Gimmie a .... whut
I agree. If i boycotted anything, or one that had a left of center agenda. I'd have to sit on the floor of my house, twiddling my thumbs. But i might have to cut the thumbs off, since at some point in time a leftist stopped when we were hitchhiking .Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe_K
People are literally upset that Benchmade cut up guns and gave money in the past to politicians that supported pro knife laws, some of whom may be full fledged leftists/socialists. In return some folks, (not suggesting any of the fine, upstanding, intelligent people on this forum), are so upset by this they won?t carry, buy, or use knives made by Benchmade, and are willing to destroy the knives they already own. Yet some of the guns destroyed were made by literal communists, (SKS?s and the like). Seems a bit, ironical.
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It's Oregon, or Oregone; presume blue until proven otherwise. Lots of other fish in the sea.
I don't search out leftist companies, but if they fall into my lap, there probably is a more conservative one I can choose to patronize.
As an outdoors industry company it is not surprising who they donate to.
As a hunter/outdoorsman and a shooter Both partys are at odds with what I believe. Dems are anti gun and Reps are anti public land. There is a big disconnect in the Republican party when it comes to the outdoors. They play lip service to gun owners and to hunters while at the same time they are for development via gas and oil of many prime hunting areas as well as they are for the transfer of public lands to private owners.
As an outdoors based company their main customer base are outdoorsmen/hunters and as far as what threatens their base goes it would be the loss of public lands and wildlife habitat. Why wouldn?t they have donated to Udall? He was for expanding wilderness areas and conserving the existing public lands.
Republicans need to end their love affair with selling off public lands and get in line with their hunting/outdoorsman base.
Public lands are what make America American in the first place. If you're dumb enough to only value something based on its economics, then you deserve a monarchy to keep you in place.
Oh yeah, knives.
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I agree with you Def90, though not enough to ever vote for a Dem, but I have opposed and chosen not vote for several Reps due to their attacks on public lands and lack of conservation values. A root of conservatism is conserve which demands a respect for and judicious use of the the natural resources that have been created.
I would point out that until recently the Democrat party had a strong environmental segment that generally opposed rapid expansion of our population that puts increased pressure on wild lands. I still have Dem friends, naturalists, hunters and outdoorsmen who are astounded by the current party push to fill the USA with aliens from countries whose cultures lack any environmental or conservation ethics, solely for selfish political gain. And they don't understand the push toward "progressive" Marxism when every Marxist society throughout history has substantially destroyed their natural systems to benefit their states elite party leaders.
I don't know why Benchmade donated to Democrat candidates but I suspect it has nothing to do with any supposed support for public lands.
I hope this won't turn into a repeat.
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Originally Posted by def90
Totally agree.