Benchmade
Oregon City, Oregon knife maker, established in 1987, building folding, fixed-blade and kitchen knives.
Benchmade Knife Company is a family-owned American knife maker. It dates the Benchmade brand to 1987, and every knife it makes is produced at its factory in Oregon City, Oregon.
Its roots go back to 1979, when founder Les de Asis set up Bali-Song, Inc. in California to manufacture butterfly knives; the butterfly in the company logo refers to that origin. The company moved to Oregon in 1990. After Les de Asis died in 2020, his son Jon de Asis became CEO.
Benchmade sells folding, automatic and fixed-blade knives grouped into Everyday, Outdoor, Hunt, Water, Tactical and Cutlery categories, with families such as the Bugout, Griptilian, Osborne and Bailout. It holds an exclusive license to the AXIS lock, which it uses on both manual and automatic models. Its knives carry a lifetime warranty, and its LifeSharp service cleans, adjusts and re-sharpens any Benchmade blade for free.
Products we’ve covered
Prices accurate at time of publishing. We may earn a commission on purchases made through these links.
