red class benchmades for 17.99 at cabelas.

[alloyguitar]

I'm sure most of you guys have seen this already, but cabelas has the tika ii and tika ii minis on sale for 17.99. They also have a ten dollar kershaw and a crkt.

They're the red class (obviously), but they'd still be good to keep around. I bought one of each and plan on keeping one in my ammo can-tool kit in the back of my pathfinder just in case.

So if you want an inexpensive throw around knife, there ya go. Just thought i'd let you fellas know, if you hadn't seen it already.

 

[alloyguitar]

Also, I'd post a link, but I'm browsing on my phone at work and it'd be a pain in the rear.

 

[prowland]

Dosent the red class only mean discontinued?

 

[alloyguitar]

Red class is/was made overseas instead of in the us. A lot of people complain that the fit and finish isn't quite as nice and the steels are different (although the steels they use are still printed on the blades, so you know what you're getting).

Don't expect a 400 dollar knife for 18 bucks, but for what I'm going to use them for, it's hard to beat the price.

I'll be sure to post when I get them in my hands and play with them a bit.

 

[Bradsknives]

As of this year, Benchmade is no longer producing the red box/class knives (made in china). Benchmade announced that everything will be USA made from now on...blue, black, and gold class. This is the reason you are seeing old new stock in the red class being blown out by dealers.

 

[mwmccormick]

I got one of the Pika 2's, it's not too bad. I've heard that the Vex was probably the best of the Redbox Benchies. Check out the Kershaw G-10 hawk. I think it was around $10 and its a really good little pocketknife. It actually was the one that got my new addiction started. I've since stopped buying china knives however.

 

[alloyguitar]

I've heard reviews from good to pure garbage on the red boxes, so hopefully it won't be too bad.

 

[alloyguitar]

I was looking for a vex, but didn't find any spectacular deals on them so I thought i'd try these.

 

[tradertator]

As of this year, Benchmade is no longer producing the red box/class knives (made in china). Benchmade announced that everything will be USA made from now on...blue, black, and gold class. This is the reason you are seeing old new stock in the red class being blown out by dealers.

I'm glad to hear that. My brother recently bought a Benchmade @ a festival, and brought it over to have me sharpen it. It was one of the red boxed ones, and I was really dissapointed in the product overall. It won't hold an edge for long, and the action doesn't have that buttery smooth feel to it that I have come to expect from Benchmade.

I don't have a problem with the big guys making a cheaper line of knives, but wish they would do like Spyderco, and make them under a different label (Byrd) to save on confusion.

 

[alloyguitar]

I got mine in the mail yesterday and am very satisfied at the quality for the price. It obviously doesn't compare to a higher priced model, but for 18 bucks I didn't expect much and I'm happy.

I know that benchmade has been having issues with sharpness from the factory, so I feel that I should mention that I could easily shave the hair off my arm with it.

 

[sadclownwp]

I got a Pika II at the Cabelas Store in Hammond today for $8.99. Said 17.99 on the sticker, But when I looked at the receipt it sure said $8.99.

 

[alloyguitar]

Wow. Did they have any more? Lol