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Benchmade Knife Company

“Make it cool, make it solid, make it happen and definitely make it Benchmade.”

Benchmade Knife Company, Inc. set-up shop in Clackamas, Oregon in 1990. The initial knives primarily consisted of the Bali-Song® knives, using a combination of outside vendors and inside processing to build finished products. And like most companies, starting out meant scarce money and big plans, using second hand equipment and limited resources. As the product line grew so did the in-house capabilities. They began to acquire new machines and technologies including the first of several lasers, making Benchmade the first knife manufacturer to have such equipment in-house. This was only the beginning of Benchmade’s breaking of new ground in the manufactured knife markets by using non-traditional materials and modern manufacturing methods in not only building knives better but, inevitably building better knives. The Designer Series was first introduced in 1991 with several custom designs being manufactured. By tapping into the custom knife makers’ knowledge and combining it with our manufacturing expertise we were more readily able to offer more contemporary knife designs and innovations to the knife users. Today, Benchmade Knife Company, Inc. manufactures knives for a loyal and ever growing following of knife users.