aka butterfly knives, so much so that he initially incorporated the company as Bali-Song, Inc. The word “Bali-Song” sat perfectly in a butterfly logo, just as “Benchmade” does today. Regardless, you ...

Perhaps only superfans know that Benchmade’s original name was, believe it or not, Bali-Song. Sorta makes sense, inasmuch as the very first product founder Les de Asis made was, you guessed it, a ...

However, due to the stigma around butterfly knives, few were being made in America at the time. An entrepreneur at heart, Les picked the name Benchmade to represent the quality he wanted put into ...

The packaging itself isn’t too special, though. The box each knife came in features Benchmade’s Butterfly crest and that’s it. Inside, there are care instructions, the knife’s extraneous ...

Benchmade is one of the few cutlery companies ... The knives were eventually released. De Asis' original butterfly knife design, which was responsible for his company's butterfly logo, became ...

When it comes to premium EDC knives, it’s pretty freakin’ hard to beat Benchmade. Founded by California native and butterfly ...

A few weeks back, I received a box from Benchmade. Inside were two folding knives. One was a Benchmade, but the other box was marked "Heckler & Koch." For those of you who didn't know, Benchmade ...

Using his high school shop skills, his original idea was simply to build a better version of the “butterfly” knives he’d played with as a kid. Founded in 1987, Benchmade launched its brand ...

It took me a while to get behind automatic knives. In fact ... from some serious attention by the butterfly brand. This summer and now moving into fall, Benchmade continues to introduce new ...