The knife’s overall length is 7.05 inches and it weighs 2.5 ounces. Where the controversy creeps in, then, is with the handle material. See, this Mini Freek marks Benchmade’s first use of Ultem, in a ...

Blades built for combat situations and emergency scenarios ... How tight are the tolerances? One of the best Benchmade knives, the fully automatic Benchmade Claymore has a lot of snap to it ...

Nearly 60 years later, something else doesn’t seem the same: Benchmade’s moniker-sharing edition of the Mini Barrage, a premium pocket knife the likes of which we have never laid eyes on before.