Have you heard about this????

MarioG14 · Post by **MarioG14** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:23 am

In addition to the 31 (which really pissed me off) Benchmade has discontinued the 43, 46, and 47! Pardon me, but what the fuck is their problem? I was just thinking about ordering a 47. Now it's gonna be just like it was a few years ago when Pacific Cutlery died, with no quality bali's being produced. Now all we got is the 40T trainer and the 42. I hope they don't pull the plug on the 42.

jthm · Post by **jthm** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:33 am

ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! insert mental breakdown here

mrbigg · Post by **mrbigg** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:49 am

marioG14 - why the hell would they do that? i haven't heard anything on that one...too bad if it's true!

ZENGHOST · Post by **ZENGHOST** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:13 am

It's post on their (Benchmade's) site when you look at the balisong pages. It's also been confirmed via a Benchmade sales rep. I'm hoping that it's not a reversion back to the days where there was a serious lack of options, but there is no word yet on what the plan is.

HTMLBali · Post by **HTMLBali** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:43 pm

NOOOOOOOOO!
That great Tanto i was going to pick up this christmas!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

tonyccw · Post by **tonyccw** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:50 am

They making the last batches now, so if you want one, time to get it. It's a good bet that BM will not be making the current versions anymore, and if any new bali's show up, it'll include the new features shown on the limited issued ones. But who knows when that will happen.

stepdaddy · Post by **stepdaddy** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:23 pm

Does that mean that I might be able to afford a BM bali with a kris blade soon.

Sd

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:37 pm

Benchmade will be out of the bali... probably the knife business before the 42 goes, or ad-least a better 42 with a different name.

I'm happy the 46 is discontinued, maybe one day there'll be a demand for the D2 ones

No comment on the tanto, but stopping the 43 is a big mistake.

HTML, buy it now why there still and theres bound to be some old stock floating around for a bit.

Mr_Guano · Post by **Mr_Guano** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:29 pm

J-man,
The 47 has the MOST beautiful tanto blade I've EVER seen.
It's like a diamond to look at.
Sorry they're stopping them (-all of them-)

G

BennytheBlade · Post by **BennytheBlade** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 10:36 pm

Why would they do that? Arent they pretty much the gold standard for production balis? They just wanna hand over the market to Jaguar

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HTMLBali · Post by **HTMLBali** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:05 pm

handing it to jag would be the worst!
ANd if they did jag better start making BM quality knives for $50

jthm · Post by **jthm** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:11 am

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! MY 43 IS IN THE MAIL!!!!!!!! I'm all excited now!

rovman · Post by **rovman** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:20 am

No offense to anyone here but Benchmade is the standard of Butterfly knives and I dont know what their deal is for stopping production on everything but the 42, someone in their upper management must have taken up smoking crack and on that note: Jaguar Balisongs suck!!!!!!!!!!!

FivePointOh · Post by **FivePointOh** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 1:07 pm

Yup, it's a sad day in balidom! Snag 'em while ya can!
Or get a SpyderFly when it come out next month.

Or save your pennies and buy a custom!

jthm · Post by **jthm** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:24 pm

my 43 isn't here yet. the company I ordered it from is having "inventory problems" and they didn't bother to inform me. is this a reputable website? http://www.tripleaughtdesign.com/43-blk.htm