Benchmade SlipRidge 3.5" Folding Knife - MagnaCut Modified Clip Point, Stabilized Wood, AXIS Lock - Made in USA (15090)

The SlipRidge is Benchmade's newest folder in the Hunt Collection, built around a 3.5 inch MagnaCut modified clip point. This one wears stabilized dark brown wood scales.

The feature that matters on a hunting knife is the one you cannot see. The handle scales are user removable and they cover the pivot, which keeps blood, hair, and grit out of the action while you are working. When you are done you take two screws out, clean it properly, and put it back together. Anybody who has field dressed an animal with a folder and then spent an evening trying to flush the pivot knows exactly why that matters.

MagnaCut and SelectEdge

MagnaCut at 60 to 62 HRC is the steel to have on a knife that gets used wet. It holds an edge through real work and it resists rust without giving up toughness, which is the tradeoff older stainless steels always forced. Benchmade puts their SelectEdge ultra fine sharpening on it from the factory, so it arrives slicing rather than needing a session on a stone first.

The Blade and the Grip

A modified clip point gives you a fine tip for detail work with enough belly behind it for long cuts. At 3.5 inches it is a full size hunting blade, and at 0.114 inches thick it is ground to cut rather than to pry. The handle has contoured pinch points where your thumb and forefinger land, which is what gives you control on precision cuts rather than just a grip on the handle.

AXIS Lock, Next Generation

This runs Benchmade's next generation AXIS lock. Ambidextrous, one handed to open and to close, and strong under load. It is the mechanism Benchmade built their reputation on and the reason the patent expiring created a whole category of imitators.

Stabilized Wood

Stabilized wood is real wood with resin forced through it under pressure, so it will not swell, crack, or move with humidity the way untreated wood does. Every set of scales comes out with its own figure, so no two SlipRidges in wood look quite alike.

Specifications

• Model: SlipRidge
• SKU: 15090
• Collection: Hunt
• Blade Length: 3.5"
• Open Length: 8.25"
• Closed Length: 4.76"
• Blade Thickness: 0.114"
• Handle Thickness: 0.551"
• Blade Steel: CPM MagnaCut, 60-62 HRC
• Blade Style: Modified clip point
• Blade Finish: Satin
• Edge: SelectEdge ultra fine
• Handle Material: Stabilized wood, dark brown
• Construction: Full liner, user removable scales
• Lock: AXIS Lock, next generation
• Pocket Clip: Deep carry, black
• Lanyard Hole: No
• Weight: 3.738 oz
• Sheath: None
• Country of Origin: Made in USA (Oregon City, Oregon)

One Thing Worth Clearing Up

Despite the name, the SlipRidge is not a slipjoint. It runs a full AXIS lock. SlipRidge is the collection name, and the folder sits alongside the SlipRidge Fixed Blade and the SlipRidge Hook.

Made in Oregon

Benchmade has built in Oregon City since 1990 and has been family owned for over forty years. Every knife is backed by their lifetime warranty and LifeSharp, which means you can send it back for a factory edge as long as you own it.

Why This One Stands Out

A MagnaCut hunting folder you can take apart in the field and put back together, with wood scales that make it look like something you would hand down. If you carry a folder into the woods, this is the one built for what actually happens out there.

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