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Benchmade Infidel Mini 3350BK

Discussion in 'Buy / Sell / Trade - Other' started by HFDane, Feb 29, 2020.

  1. Feb 29, 2020 at 2:53 PM
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    HFDane

    HFDane [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Bought this January 2019 from BladeHQ and carried it daily until Christmas when I replaced it with a Microtech Troodon. The knife is in good used condition, never dropped. Needs to be sharpened.

    $200 shipped

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  2. Feb 29, 2020 at 3:02 PM
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    pdaddy

    pdaddy WeLl-KnOwN mEmBeR

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    Wow that’s a lot of money for a knife
     
  3. Feb 29, 2020 at 3:14 PM
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    HFDane

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    my microtech was over $500 ... never thought I’d spend that much money on a knife but that’s just a drop in the bucket for what some people pay. Love the double action OTF knives though.
     
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  4. Feb 29, 2020 at 3:26 PM
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    BalutTaco

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    you have expensive taste sir!! [​IMG]
     
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  5. Mar 1, 2020 at 10:20 AM
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    Benchmade is the best. Lifetime warranty.
    True you can buy a Hi Point or Jimenez 9mm pistol for same price but you get what you pay for.

    GLWS
     
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  6. Mar 1, 2020 at 10:23 AM
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    You can get like 3 hi points
     
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  7. Mar 1, 2020 at 11:58 AM
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    All the things!
    You have to be honest with yourself. Are knives disposable to you? Do you lose them?do you break them, using them like a pry bar? Do you maintain them?

    Benchmades are awesome, but they are not a throwaway knife. I have a couple...

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    Edit: Bump, GLWS OP!
     
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  8. Mar 1, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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    Here’s my Troodon

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  9. Mar 1, 2020 at 2:51 PM
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    what’s the tiny Spyderco on top?
     
  10. Mar 1, 2020 at 2:53 PM
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    None....yet.
    And you're better off using them like knives!
     
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  11. Mar 1, 2020 at 2:57 PM
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    Spyderco bug. Bought it for my wife to wear on a necklace.

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  12. Mar 1, 2020 at 3:17 PM
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    that’s awesome. I’m gonna have to pick one up for the hell of it. I’ve got two Spyderco pacific salts that I’ve used and abused and never had an issue with.
     
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    They’re surprisingly reliable, the ultimate truck gun. Check out demolition ranch’s video on em
     
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    None....yet.
    I've seen hi points. Now, I am an admitted Glock snob, so bear with me.... hi points are best thrown directly at threats to buy time to run away. :crapstorm:
     
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    Dont get me wrong, I wouldn't carry one based off of the aesthetics alone, but demolition ranch definitely showed that they can take a beating.
     
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    Awesome Microtech! I lost a Makora II a while back and still :frusty:...
     
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    Price drop $200 shipped
     
  18. Mar 6, 2020 at 3:25 AM
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    ill give you a crispy $100 bill. fresh off the press.
     
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    enil01 I like Spam

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    Stuff and such

    This is exactly why I stopped carrying Benchmades, I'm to hard on them at work. Most of the time they wouldn't even cover the damage I had done (once snapped a blade prying open a wooden crate). I ended up getting a Kershaw on sale for $7 from Hardware Hawaii six years ago that I can not kill. Thing barely even gets dull, and I'm not even careful with it like I was the Benchmades.

    Having said all that, I had an Infidel for awhile and loved it. Awesome knife, I'll vouch it's worth every penny of $300 and $200 is a deal. I think I traded it to a Marine to get some ungettable items on deployment.
     
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