After accumulating pennies for something like a year (?) I bought this knife with Patreon money.

No, really. I did. If you want to contribute to that you can do so here or via Ko-Fi here.

Here’s a picture I didn’t use in the post, somehow:

What a great write-up. I stand in awe again. :)

My two local Walmart stores continue to dissapoint when it comes to knives. The whole outdoors area has been made smaller and all the knives are now inside a glass storage cabinet behind a counter or at least behind a retracting stantion. Neither had the holiday specials out yet either.

I did sort think they were going for a combo Bugout/Bailout look with this one. The Bailout “Crater Blue” edition for example: https://www.benchmade.com/products/537fe-02 for the colorway and the blade shape, with a more Bugout-esc handle.

Still though, for $20 this is a rather astounding bargain. Even the button lock green one at $25 is a good deal.

Really amazing at how far they’ve brough the line since that first $6 crossbar lock .

I was thinking about this, but then I found a deal of a harnds time for $15! Steel is a little cheaper, but I like the edge retention and the curving blade profile, plus a really nice flipper nub!

Amazing writing yet again. Appreciate the sharing you do here. You’re a god damn gentleman and a scholar.