Benchmade Claymore Folding Knife - Overview and Review
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- Full review of the Benchmade Claymore.
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I own one. It's a great automatic in terms of function, and it's very lightweight for what it is. Also CPMD2 is underrated and should be used much more
I've had no problems with it at all. I think it's good stuff!
@@darvinclement3250 I just picked up the Straight edge 9070BK model. No blade play, blade centered, and I like the lock. I love the powdered CPM steel. Grivery lightens the knife and will be more practical on a military blade or heavy use. Zero problems. Hated it when I got it. Flew out of my hand. I'm liking the way it rocks when you push the button. Bam. I like it.
The bumps are Morse Code for FTE : Front Toward Enemy. This phrase is on real Claymores so you don’t accidentally frag yourself.
Glad to see someone else also said the morse code actually is F T R = Front Towards Enemy. Our anti personal mine being the M18A1 does actually have Front Towards Enemy so even a complete idiot could place it right.
I just got one of these today and I can confirm it is made in a straight edge
Dude, love the channel. You are so there everything I need a knife fix. Sometimes when I could care less about the details, I still get that flick
If I’m not mistaken I think I saw a fine edge version in the 2022 catalog.
I love the grivory on this knife. It is a bit grippier than the aluminum models when wet or bloody.
Aluminum handle on knives suck to slippery and dangerous.
The Claymore looks like a great working (for military purposes). I do have the Turret that I love and is a great working knife.
this isn't for knife nerds, this for military/cops who buy crkt m16s and this is an upgrade for them
Not true.
They both are good knives and should be good with either
Funny how ive seen three cops not be able to handle the kick from this knife and it dropped to the ground. But yet it’s designed for them. No hate cause it really is meant for them I just find it funny
FTP
My sister got me this knife for my birthday recently. First of many Benchmade's I'll own and I love it so much! Everyone I've let open it, dropped it on the first open. blade fell straight down on concrete and tile and it held up like a champ (obviously) Great knife for the price, highly recommend it!
Because it was dropped by so many onto concrete and tile you recommended this? Are they all retiling a bathroom or putting in a driveway? I mean dropping a knife doesn't really enforce a safe picture here.. How does it hold up when dropped on a hardwood floor is what we all want to hear..
Just kidding , but happy to know I live far enough away from you . Hope you have good medical insurance. Might wish to invest in life flight as well.
The protech strider probably locks up more solidly without blade play because it has external stops bracing on the frame..
I’d love to have one of these. The serrations don’t bug me one bit. They make great feather sticks, they can act as a makeshift saw, they work great for cutting roots, and they demolish man-made materials. My only problem is that I’m completely addicted to this damn Microtech Ultratech at the moment so the Claymore would sit until I get tired of the Ultratech. Lol
I appreciate benchmade making it very clear its cpm-d2 some company's just want you to guess which it is. Like are you really charging 400 bucks for a basic d2 blade or is it cpm-d2 🤔
At my local knife shop they are big on people freely handling the knives. I watched them hand one of these to a guy and as soon as he hit the button it launched out of his hand. They picked the knife up and handed it back to the customer so he could do the exact same thing again…. It caused damage to the knife and he just shrugged and decided to buy nothing there.
Almost 2 years later and this knife is still in my pocket. I always hated grivory until i got this one. 10 out of 10 for me 👍
I have had this knife for a couple days now. The handles do feel sort of cheap. I like G10 and aluminum handles mostly. A metal backspacer with a pommel and or glass breaker would be cool instead of the plastic one. I do like the knife though, cool theme as well.
The reason I like most auto safeties is that they help make the lock stronger when open. 👍
I would love this in my collection
A tanto version would also be pretty awesome too.
There's a plain edge version coming this year. That plain edge version explains the choil on this serrated version.
For the algo and for my guy who's making great content. Merry Christmas y'all!
I just picked up the straight edge version and it's awesome
Gear review quote of the month (7:50) “something in your pocket, shaped like a tiny finger…would have to come between your leg and the button” 🤣
MC, you have to design a pocket tool shaped like a tiny finger!!!
I have this knife. It is my current edc along with my Kershaw Cryo and Victorinox Swiss army knife. I do have it in ranger green handle and non serrated variant. Definitely a kick to it upon deployment. Great workhorse and edc to use and abuse.
Hey Metal Complex! I looked at the Claymore a few months ago and wasn't a fan of the grivory either. I much prefer the Benchmade CLA for the green solid-feeling G10 handle and the straight edge. If you'd like to check one out, let me know and I'll send you one to borrow for review.
Love your content!
I purchased the Griptilian about 10 years ago and the only thing I didn't like about it was the fact that the blade rolled. It still wasn't hard enough. Being an older guy I was used to high carbon steel knives that were much harder and held an edge much longer. Recently I decided I would buy a new pocket knife . After trying several different knives none of which were bench made, I decided to buy a Benchmade Claymore. Best decision I ever made. The CPM D2 steel is much better than a lot of the new steels. Although this deal is not stainless it is much harder and has much better Edge retention. Play Moore is a great knife, I couldn't be happier. Next time I'll stick with benchmade.
I use the safety mechanism on my Claymore and other knives as much to lock the blade open as well as closed.
EDC, I keep it locked on my pocket until I enter a 'condition orange' when I'll dip into my pants, unlock the knife and check my other gear.
My office mate has this knife; it fires so unexpectedly hard that it flipped out of my hand the first time he handed it to me. I feel like the knife is too light for the amount of spring pressure. The serrations are a curious choice (to be the only choice).
You can get it with a straight edge
only benchmade i’ve been interested in for years
I would LOVE to have Benchmade upgrade to aluminum scales like they did with the Bailout!
I got the 2022 plain edge version and I like it but I wish they would have gone CF Elite for the handle. I personally do not like grivory, g10 or aluminum. The former two because they remind me of plastic, even though maybe they technically are not and the latter because it's more slippery compared to literally every other handle option I'd consider. Carbon fiber would be ideal but that would break the bank even more than a normal Benchmade already does. Mine has very minor up/down blade play strictly due to the plunge lock.
I have one coming this week. I don’t mind grivory but they should ditch grivory in favor of CF Elite.
Is this knife good for EDC and is it durable and reliable? I really like it and I wanna know if it’s worth the money.
I think the purpose of the backspacer is to compensate for the lack of steel liners in the back half of the handle. This does a much better job than a standoff would.
I feel a safety on an automatic knife is the user's choice. However one should get used to either using it always or never. Same psychology as handguns. If you use the safety always use the safety then your motor skills are repeatable even under stress. The first autos I saw with safeties were from Boker and I believe the intent was to satisfy a military requirement, particularly for someone parachuting as part of their mission. In that scenario the safety could play an important role.
As far as Grivory and G10 goes, the latter is far more rigid and slightly heavier. I don't believe that Grivory is equivalent to glass reinforced nylon which might have been a better choice here. Just received delivery on my Claymore today and I like it, "mushroom head" and all! 😎👍🗡️
Hey Metalcomplex, that notch at the heel of the blade is for stripping wires ;-)
It is made out of that material so it will be light as possible for our military, police officers, firefighters and etc .
If it is tough enough for those people it will definitely be tough enough for us couch potato Dad’s out there.
Autos definitely go off in pockets. It’s happened to me a couple times. One was Adamas auto and the other was 240. They should of put it on the top.
I was eyeing these until I discovered that the adamas shakes open as quickly as an auto/assisted in a pinch
Most of my family won't open my knives because as a kid I would hand people my 581 without mentioning the fact that an m390 demon was going to launch out of it the moment that thumbstud was touched.
It's very snappy, my wife tried to use it and it jumped out of her hand and poked a hole in her leg 🤣 just a tiny pin hole but it got her. Oh and I like to lock mine in the open position when i am using it, you can press the button when in use which is nice
The safety is Worth it. Had it in my pocket with a safety off and had my keys in the same pocket. The keys must have laid up just right and It deployed and stuck my leg while driving. Definitely use the safety now.
I do love the non-serrated blade on mine also.
I mean, if you’re opening cardboard boxes with a knife you’re wrong. There’s box cutters for that.
The serrations are added for survival purposes. This knife is not for little nerds that wear phone holsters on their belt.
“Less money more stuff!!”😂😂
OD green plane with bronze hardware deep carry clip an it would rock
Some of those things that don't make sense on this knife are Claymore mine specific choices. The area behind the blade looks like the blasting cap setting tool. I don't like grivery either, but I think it is on purpose to match the plastic material on the outside of the mine. Or maybe that is me post hoc rationalizing the choice.
Grivory is the correct choice if you want the lightest possible package. It does make more sense to buy the OD version to really match a claymore mine LOL
the only thing I would like changed is that they should make a 4" version, because anything named claymore should be big, and brings shock and awe when activated
Any plans to review to new mini?
I purchased this a couple of weeks ago to replace my Casbah. I lost it…somewhere I loved that knife but the clip was crappy. I’m left handed but carry and use my right hand. I like the snappiest of the opening honestly. I have the mini reflex ll as well but it never got much carry time. Right now I’m carrying my mini bugout. I like this one better nothing will take the place of my blue handled Casbah-minus the clip. I don’t use the safety.
I have small hands and it fits me fine. I’m glad my state doesn’t care about autos. Besides as a woman carrying this knife and bringing it out to use it for something it seems to scare some men lol. At least my Casbah did. 😊
I think having the safety switch reversed would be more intuitive. It would be easy to switch it off while Moving your thumbs towards the push button
better to accidentally turn it on than to accidentally turn it off.
Make a video disassembling it
Thankfully they are coming out with a plain edge version in 2022
FTE in morris code across the top of the handle near the blade. whats it mean? or is there more on the other side?
It actually means "Front towards enemy" and is commonly found on the U.S. Military claymore which is a anti personnel mine.or as I know it as a M18A1. It is there so morons do not face them the wrong way. Nothing like a friendly kill from about 2 - 100 meters at about a 60 degree horizontal arc.
And unfortunately the Benchmade Claymore is as stated , kinda with a cheap plastic feel and I can assure you nothing even close to what a M18A1 feels like.
Wait? And your handle is "The A Team"? Sorry that made me laugh a bit. How rude of me.
@@Patriot-rising Duh, I should have put Claymore + Claymore together to figure that out. Thanks dude! That is a pretty sweet little attention to detail on Benchmade's part.
Had this knife for about a year carried it every day. You get used to the kick after a while it really is not that big a deal.
I want this blade. My hand is just a little too large.
OK value at $200, or less. My hands aren't particularly sensitive, but there are some mildly irritating sharp edges, easily felt between the scales. Paint on the blade is rough and grainy, but easily smoothed out with a scrubber pad. Opened 2 longnecks, and can already see the coating chipping off the spine. Used a sphericle dremel bit to relieve the inside edges of the scales, so it's much more comfortable in hand. Needs another 8-10mm of blade, but BM is now too woke to offer folders over 3.5". Submitted review on the BM site last week, but it has not been posted, and probably won't be :(
Every other comment bitching about plastic. You forget almost all modern semi- auto pistols are plastic framed. Put your big boy pants one.
The name of the knife is called claymore, which is a military weapon. Operators down range would appreciate the versatility of partial serrations more than being able to shave a grape with the bottom half of a blade edge. It's purpose built to military use, but sold commercially so the tacticool role players can play pretend. I understand questioning why there is only partial serrations, but that might be due to Benchmade not expecting the knife to sell well enough commercially to warrant multiple blade variations. Also I believe the in between company for Crucible is Niagara Specialty Metals or something close to that.
I wonder if he he opened more times than he’s said “right”
I doubt they milled it out that's probably just how they molded it from the beginning, you wouldn't Mill grivory you would just make it to shape you want it lol
Senor MC, the excess abundance of screws is to match the name of Claymore! Like, shrapnel....c'mon man!
Safety had nothing to do with that. It’s about staying above reproach much like a New York trigger or an HK LEM trigger. The goal is for a reliable auto for LEO that won’t cause them frustration in court. Thus the safety. As someone in law enforcement they pick apart our equipment when something goes south. That’s why we don’t customize or sidearms.
I love the safety I work in a jail and the risk of an inmate getting my knife is always possible and If I can buy a few more seconds why they try to figure out how to open it it could save my life
Apparently you can’t buy this knife if you live in another state even though in Arkansas you can carry what ever you want, tried ordering from gp knives they wouldn’t ship to me unless I had a federal exemption I think this is bs or I lived in Illinois.
People who are constantly harping about, and who only see how much things cost are insufferable, small-minded, short-sighted poors.
Agreed man. The only thing I ever see people talk crap about on Benchmade is the cost. If all you have to complain about is the cost you really don’t have anything to cry about
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Better than Aluminum is titanium, but then the cost goes up
Good knife but was designed for a DOD contract so it’s not going to lend well to edc.
In the Army, this knife was an edc.
I wasn’t a fan of the blade play. I’ve noticed their larger knives have vertical and horizontal play. I just returned my mini adamas for this reason. Loved the knife but couldn’t get past the play when spending $215. Love the channel.
tbh adamas one of my favorites; probably needed tightened
@@Cahwai tbh I tried that. The pivot screw and the blade pivot aren’t tight on tolerance.
@@archery_bum No telling; i’ve heard people say benchmade quality isn’t there but i’ve yet to have a bad experience. Who knows now a days.
@@Cahwai I have other benchmades that I have zero complaints about. I have cheap knives that I have zero complaints about. I was disappointed in the action. Pivot lash and vertical play were very prominent on the mini Adamas I had though. Other minis I messed with were better but still not there. Hopefully they step it up on new runs of that model.
No plain-edge option makes this a "no thanks" to so many of us.
And a "yes please" to those of us who professionally need it
You can buy it with the straight edge
@@mefoy3766 You are 100% correct as I own one.
This was the first run they already make a straight edge one I have a combo edge and it's been a great EDC but I can see why people that don't like serrations stick to straight edge especially if it's just basic use box opening stuff. Light as heck and been reliable you should check them out
I have two claymores and both are straight edge
I own this knife .
It needed a glass breaker . And should have come with a lanyard .
Hoping they offer an orange version with non black blade .
Like a Damascus . Way cool like fantasy football? Fantasy knife versions
Oh wait that would make it a Spyderco Autonomy 😂
940 Osborne is daddy to that knife. I have Osborn 1 are and every knife in my house is not used 1 are :) that knife change every thing for mee I have much more expensive knifes Microtech exe but they are collecting dust.
I have never understood the appeal for a single action out the side auto. The fact that you need 2 hands to close it is so inconvenient and annoying.
That’s why I love button locks and similar. So quick and easy to open, cut the thing, close and repocket with no fuss.
@Duffelbag Drag Wait you're arguing that a out the side auto is safer? And you're also telling me you can close one with 1 hand? I would love a demonstration. I have large size hands and I would never even attempt to close a knife that way. I can picture how but of you slip that knife is going flying.
@Duffelbag Drag Well ok whatever you say. I mean if you want to talk safety then a button lock flipper would be safer than even that. Or a dual otf. You never need to place any part of a blade near your body ever. Especially under spring tension.
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The biggest deal breaker is the flimsy handle. Thats why I sold it a few days after getting it. I loved the action of it, the steel and handle shape. But for that price they should have used G10 instead of the cheap plastic they use.
Out of almost all the Benchmade autos I own this is one of my least favorites. I do own a non serrated which is about the only thing I appreciate about this knife. I mean the 9400 and other great models like the Presidio and Rukus II are much much better knives believe me. And the Infidels are decent as well if you like OTF knives. Even though I feel Protech and Hawk are the forerunners in this field.
Funny thing is Benchmade claimed it was their strongest design today in their auto line. I wholeheartedly disagree with them. But hey that is my opinion right? We will just throw my combat experience out of the window and believe what Benchmade tells us to believe. Right?
As for serrations. They always seem to come out with these models most. The reasoning behind this is most military personnel need a knife for cutting many different materials and serrations come in quite handy . But once we leave the service the serrated knives are not as necessary and I myself gravitate towards non serrated. Easy to sharpen and you do not need either a ceramic or diamond rod anymore. They also supply most law enforcement with the same serrations. I guess so when they drop these on their feet it creates a much better scar for war stories later in life.
Also the safety is mainly there because most soldiers pack these in TV their vests and quite often are in a situation where they are shouldering or what we call at rest which has been known to deply these blades. Yes they are fun to remove from your LBV when this happens.
Does it make the cut .mmm 🤔 200$ straight edge is out make it better beanchmade.
If it was 100 dollars cheaper I would consider buying it. At the price point it just doesn’t seem worth it.
Having a serrated blade and plastic handle would be enough to rule this knife out at $200, even if it was legal to carry in my state.
The definition, according to New Mexico law, for a switch blade is a blade that is deployed with a mechanism not attached to the blade itself. Thats why assisted knives are ok because you use a thumbstud or flipper to deploy them. So a push button, otf, an axis lock by definition, etc are all technically illegal
I'd consider one without the serrations and with a recessed button.
Ok
too much plastic for 200?
Probably in there for liability reasons ….Lawyer
The dots on the hanle are Morse code for front toward enemy, a shout out to the Claymore anti personnel mine.
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Well... ya. That's the idea. You watch the review to find out it's good or bad.
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🤣 I was so confused
Another plastic frame knife from Benchmade. No thanks. If I get anything from Benchmade in the future, it better have full length liners.
Is that braille? Do your homework.