I'm not a knife guy, but I like benchmade and carried a mini-griptilian for a few years. Now I carry a New West folder.

Anyway, I was gifted a benchmade folder and I carried it for one day but it's a little bigger than I like. I did some research and apparently this thing is rare based on eBay listings.

It's a 720SBT Mel Pardue, Axis Lock. I don't carry it so
I'd like to sell it. Preferably here if anyone is into benchmade, but I'll do eBay or open market if necessary.

I just wanted some input as I'm not super plugged in to the knife world.

Nothing to add except I love my benchmade.

Everywhere I can find them listed they are $300+. I'm in Katy but can ship this thing anywhere. If someone here wants it I would take $250 shipped.

Thats what I saw also. That seems like a great deal if I was into knives

Benchmade contracted to several other knife makers over the years for various designs/collaborations.

I had an Emerson-Benchmade CQC7 back in the 90s. As I understand it, Emerson was not happy with Benchmade when they came out with the Benchmade Elishewitz Stryker. Emerson thought it was too close to his tanto blade CQC7, so he ended his contract with them.

Kershaw had the Ken Onion line, and so on.

Its probably a good way for smaller knife makers to tap into a larger market, as long as the bigger company doesn't mess it up.

I was in deer camp once and a guy was working on a deer with a Jimmy Lyle knife (Knife maker from Rambo)
& he had no idea what he had & couldn't remember where he got it.

My Bugout is about as sharp as a basketball. Meanwhile, my Spydercos cut without even opening them.

Maybe I got a lemon.

I have one very similar to that but open assist and its a stellar EDC for work etc...