While at this Gunshow I saw one dealer that had a couple of smaller BM knifes packaged on Blister Cards. (Like a model 585) His prices seemed pretty good. Are these knives the same quality as the ones you buy in the Blue/Black Boxes or are these like second quality items? ...Just wondering.

There's some 97x series that came in blister packs.....just sayin'

They're the same top quality. Some retailers request that all items be able to hang rather than require a lock and key to get to. I've seen many Benchmades available in blister packaging over the years at military installation PX and BX's. You won't find them at Wal-Mart because they don't trust the clientele with that kind of money on the line, but sometimes BassPro and Cabela's and the like prefer the blister packs to standard boxes.

There's no added or decreased value so far as I'm aware.

I know exactly what your talking about and my grip came in one i got it from a military exchange store...i believe they are bulk packaging but dont know for sure. As far as quality there is no diffrence just diffrent packaging.

naw...
i like to feel the knife before laying the coins down,lockup, centered blade and is it sharp....

Just wondering...I know he had a 585SBK for $70. I just bought one here off the classifieds for $90 and thought that wasn't too bad a deal.

scmedic

packaging makes the price differance i got my 550 sbk for 70 bucks at bx.

If you ever resell the knife, you'll usually take a hit in the wallet if it doesn't have the blue box, so the money you saved buying in the clamshell/blisterpak ought to about even out the price difference at resell time. If you're going to use it and/or keep it though, who cares, same knife, same quality. My blue boxes just sit empty on the self anyway.

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Originally posted by sabu71:
There's some 97x series that came in blister packs.....just sayin'

Nice Johnno! I haven't seen one like that before. Also, I haven't seen one labeled 970SB before. My blue box one says 975SBT. (I only have one 970 and its a satin PE)