The Benchmade Osborne 960
Benchmade makes very nice, very expensive pocketknives. Their Osborne 960 -- designed by someone named Warren Osborne -- is so beautiful it would make any man cheat on his Boker. But like most fine objets d'art, it'll cost you. I haven't found it for less than $120, and more typically in the $140 - $160 range. A buddy of mine has one and holding it was a bit Gollum-like. Oh, my Precious. The Osborne is incredibly well-crafted -- light, solid, thin as a breeze. It comes in silver, green and red with a subtly textured black inlay -- in a photo-finish, I prefer the red. The only drawback is that it lacks an assisted opening feature. But who cares -- you don't knock Mona Lisa because she didn't smile for the picture. This beauty belongs in a museum.
If you can pull yourself away from the picture, check out the specs. This may be the perfect pocket knife, but the quest continues.
3 comments:
That knife is hotter than three hundred hells. I once had a Buck Knife with a locking blade. It was really heavy and clunky and hard to close without cutting yourself when you had fish slime on your fingers. I mean, it was dangerous man. And I was just a little cuss too. It had a wooden handle that hurt my fingers when I held it tight in my hand. None the less, I'd carry it around like I was Josey Wales, spitting on toads and Garder Snakes. I loved that knife in all its inferior glory. I named her Jill. I miss you Jill.
You're hilarious, Nick. I had the same Buck model. Traded a crappy windbreaker for it at summer camp in Minnesota. That dopey kid probably outgrew the jacket in a few months. I kept the knife for years.
Good trade.
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