Benchmade 522 Presidio Ultra

Reviewed 02/17/2013 by HanSolo

-Price Paid: $60.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for 6 months

Comments:

After discontinue production of Red Class knivesne 522 is one of the cheapest knife in BM catalog. Very well built, light-weight, great cutting abilities, good in a EDC role, good folder -overall.
Presidio Ultra is comperable with griptilian HG but its got bigger handle. Im very happy owner of this knife.

Reviewed 09/18/2012 by Dan

-Price Paid: $78.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

Had high hopes for this knife. Always wanted a Benchmade and could finally afford one. What a plane crash it turned out to be. Was very happy at first. Beuatifully made knife. Felt tight and well made. First problem was I started noticing a little blade play when it was open after about three weeks of regular use. We're talking light use here - opening boxes, trimming fingernails - no big deal. I couldn't imagine that the main screw needed to be tightened already, but who knows. I wasn't going to find out right now because the special tool from Benchmade to tighten it was extra $$$. Until it got real bad, I'd just deal with it. The show stopper happened one day when I attempted to trim a twig from a tree in the backyard. This limb was no bigger around than a pencil. I sawed back and forth a bit and POP, a 1/2 inch by 1/8 section of the blades edge popped off! What the hell just happened? This knife had never been abused, NEVER. I loved the delicacy of the hollow ground blade but this is rediculous. Benchmade has a limited lifetime warranty, but after giving it some thought I decided that to pay shipping and insurance both ways was more than I wanted to do for this inferior knife. How could I convince them that the injury to this knife was not due to neglect? It was a horrendous gash out of the blade, but due to no fault of my own. I'm sadder and wiser. I'll never trust another Benchmade knife.

Reviewed 02/09/2011 by Nico Roger

-Price Paid: $45.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for Less than 1 Month

Comments:

Pros:

-Benchmade's axis lock - smooth and sturdy, no blade play

-Strong pocket clip - this knife ain't falling out of my pocket

-Full SS liners (skeletonized to save weight)

-Good balanced feel

Cons:

-Molded plastic handles feel a bit cheap (but are grippy and durable)

-Hollow ground blade seems prone to chipping (fingers crossed here)