Benchmade makes some very good knives, and are the best company I have ever spoken to about warranty issues.
I managed to break the blade on one of their red class knives I had owned for more than 5 years, by using it to split kindling from a big log. 100000% my fault.
I sent it back to them, asking if I could pay to have it repaired. They no longer made the knife I had, but gave me twice what i paid for it in credit to order a new knife.
I explained again, that it was my fault the original blade had been broken. They said if you are able to break one of our knives, we should give you a new one.
Again, this was one if their red class (lowest end) knives.
This is what ended up replacing it.....
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