{"id":68443,"date":"2017-01-22T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T21:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=68443"},"modified":"2017-01-22T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:17:11","slug":"benchmades-600-titanium-butterfly-knife-shot-show-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/benchmades-600-titanium-butterfly-knife-shot-show-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchmade\u2019s $600 Titanium Butterfly Knife! \u2014 SHOT Show 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ti Bali-Song from Benchmade.<\/p><\/div>\n

For more information and details, check out Benchmade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Overview<\/h2>\n
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All closed up.<\/p><\/div>\n

A $600 butterfly knife? Doesn\u2019t that contradict the storied history of these much-maligned self-defense knives?<\/p>\n

I mean, when one thought of a butterfly knife, one typically thought of a cheap, poorly-made blade used by street thugs, tattooed bikers and the young ruffians from S.E. Hinton\u2019s “The Outsiders.<\/a>\u201d My point is that Bali-Song knives were synonymous with the criminal class for many, many years. But not anymore. These blades have gone mainstream.<\/p>\n

At SHOT Show 2017, Benchmade introduced their Ti Bali-Song, a 4.5-inch Wharncliffe-style blade made from CPM-S30V stainless steel that sits in a sand-blasted, single piece of billet titanium.<\/p>\n

When I was talking to the gentleman working the Benchmade booth, he told me that the titanium handles take upwards of 45 minutes to make because, again, they\u2019re fashioned from a single piece of titanium! That\u2019s pretty cool because it greatly increases their toughness.<\/p>\n

Other features include thrust bearing washers (for easy opening), a secure magnetic latch that pops open when you squeeze the handle, and a gray nylon sheath.<\/p>\n

Specs<\/h2>\n
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What it looks like in the hand.<\/p><\/div>\n