Today I’ve got something special to share from a recent trip to the Benchmade Knife Company’s facility in Oregon City, Oregon. Having grown up in Oregon and living in the Portland metro area, it’s pretty well known that Portland as a city is a “knife city.” Benchmade is one of many premium knife makers alongside Leatherman, CRKT, and Steelport knives, just to name a few. However, most people don’t know that. That’s why I’m excited to share my recent adventures with you guys at the Portland Knife Center of Excellence. Today, we’ll be talking about my mini adventure at Benchmade, just a short 20-minute drive from where I live. If you’re an EDC junkie like me, you know Benchmade is a name that carries weight—pun intended. This wasn’t just a tour of their factory; it was a chance to roll up my sleeves and build my own Benchmade Bugout as the team there had set up a small activity for tour attendees to see what their team does every day on the factory floor. Today, we’ll go over the history of Benchmade, their amazing Oregon facility, and why the Bugout’s minimalist design is pure genius for an affordable, high-quality EDC blade.
I have been invited out to Oregon to visit Benchmade, but I haven’t managed to make it happen yet.
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The Benchmade Bugout & A Peek Inside Benchmade’s Oregon City HQ
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