I love the look of the Lionsteel Best man. Looks like the perfect modern traditional knife.

I own several Lionsteels (including a sheepsfoot and clip point version of their barlow knife) and they are just the best. No question, Lionsteel hands down.

@peterpuleo2904

4 жыл бұрын

Some collectors say that Lionsteel M390 blade steel is mediocre quality. What do you think?

@doctoruttley

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve also heard the M390 is not up to snuff. My 2 blade carbon fiber bestman is on its way. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@nils-ph3zs

3 жыл бұрын

@@doctoruttley in the past their m390 was too soft. People rockwell-tested them and they used to be well under 60hrc. However, i have heard that lionsteel improved that, and that its fine now. My lionsteel m4 is definitely not too soft.

@HRM.H

Жыл бұрын

Ive been loving my lionsteel bestmans. Own three of them. Just such nice knives

Lionsteel, no doubt. I have both -- the Proper and the 2 blade Lionsteel. It was just necessary to open and close one at a time. That was a very easy test with a clear winner -- Lionsteel. Now, if one checks the details, the Proper dies in shame!

Definitely the Lionsteel for me. Love the two blade version with secondary wharncliffe blade and Olivewood handles.

I don’t have a lionsteel but I do have my proper that I’ve had since it came out, I’ve got 8 benchmades but I always come back to the proper it’s my absolute favorite knife

Just picked up ones of those lionsteel's. Stunning looking knives.

Still love a Case or a Buck

As much as I adore Benchmade, I feel they didn't leave it all on the field with the Proper. It didn't quite know where it fit in terms of use in their lineup. Was it for outdoorsy stuff? Was it a "gent's knife"? It's hard to say. The Lionsteel doesn't look like the sort of thing you'd take camping, given the steel and geometry, but it does look like a great EDC knife. I love Bencmhades, but I think on this one, I'm gonna have to go Italian.

I went for the two bladed Lionsteel in olivewood. Very nice.

Wow really amazing SlipJoint knife video!!! And My favorite SlipJoint knife is I not have yet is Is lion Steel SlipJoint knife!!! :D

I have the Benchmade in green micarta with the sheep foot blade and I want to get the Proper with the clip point and greven micarta

The lionsteel looks awesome like a Buck 110 crossed with an AK

Lionsteel gets my vote hands down. A better the knife at a lower entry level cost than Benchmade.

I love my proper, but I just had to get my hands on one of these lionsteels, can’t wait to get it in

@glebz7294

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there! I hope you got your lionsteel. What's the verdict?

@shtzweak

2 жыл бұрын

@@glebz7294 so it’s a beautiful knife, the only thing I’d say is that there’s some small fit and finish issues with the scale, not a big deal but some people want perfection at this price point. Also I found that I don’t carry my slip joints, so after carrying a few times it mainly just sits in my collection drawer

@glebz7294

2 жыл бұрын

@@shtzweak ok, great 👍 Thank you for the update! I thought it would not excel to the level of my victorinox or leatherman

Man both are sweet knives!! And beats the carvon steel that great American cutlery uses.

Dual blade from lionsteel 👍

Both are great but I prefer lion steel its more traditional looking

Bestman all the way. The Benchmade looks gopping.

Both have great features I have the Benchmade in micarta sheepsfoot and have been wondering about the LionSteel single blade in carbon fiber. Thanks for the comparison video.

@shtzweak

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Bruner dude, pull the trigger on the lionsteel, I just picked up the single blade carbon fiber and I am not disappointed, still love my carbon fiber proper, but this lisonsteel is damn sexy

i’d buy one if they had a locking blades. loving the looks of lion steel.

I would go with lionsteel and that is praying that they fixed the Rockwell issues they have had.

I don’t have either but both are on my wishlist but I would have to lead towards the best man

All of them please!

Love slipjoints.

Are we picking a winner based on looks and materials? It’s just kind of hard to pick a “a winner“ when there is no testing involved and we can’t see what they are all capable of. Based on looks I would have to say Lionsteel.

Think about making slipjoints, trying to gauge interest in my design. Multiple different blade styles and Handle materials with coffin shaped handles on the larger side? Still not 100% on blade steel.

Both... I pick both!

Regarding material and details I find the LionSteel superior. But, if it comes to design I like the 318 and especially 319 better. Therefore, to me it is a draw.

I love the lion steels. But no pocket clip is a no-no

I heard that the snap and walk n talk on the BM is less to be desired. Anyone have any experience with this?

You get 2 m390 blades on 1 knife. No brainer. Lionsteel for the win!

I looked at both and had to go with the Lionsteel Best Man in dual blade with the carbon fiber classy look. I have had several compliments on it so far. Bought from their booth at Blade Show last month.

@0zmosis2001

5 жыл бұрын

How is the m390 doing so far on the lionsteel? I have heard some low Rockwell reports on the lionsteel on the m390.🤔☹️

@kommissarjupiter7667

2 жыл бұрын

@@0zmosis2001 It used to be soft, but nowadays they nailed the M390 perfectly for their modern traditionals

I will take both please.

Someone help me choose for the Bestman! Santos Mahogany or Natural Micarta? I like the aesthetic look of wood grain, but durability is more assured with Micarta. Which should I get?!

@knifecenter

4 жыл бұрын

You just have to decide which trait you prefer! The looks or the greater durability. Can't help you with that, but you can't go wrong with either!

@XFS540

4 жыл бұрын

This is me right now: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5eT1bNye9XSdZc.html

@maxwellmortimermontoure7274

4 жыл бұрын

Wood

I own a 319-1. 319-1 for me

Love the 2 bladed LionSteel BestMan with CF!

The cf bestman is sweet. I like the dual blade option!!

@TennEngineer

5 жыл бұрын

That's what I have and love it.

Lionsteel just looks better

Lionsteel easy! Two blades knife makes the run.

The proper

Anything benchmade is not worth the price. Maybe if they cared about ther grinds a little bit and not shipping out uneven garbage constantly, for the prices they charge the grinds should be a little closer to perfect

Very tough call. I think the Lion Steel has it on style and premium blade steel and that wood is beautiful. The Proper seems more like a workhorse and is also beautiful in the green Micarta. I have been having are hard time on deciding which to add to my collection. Maybe both? :)

@knifecenter

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely both! :D

Didn’t the lionsteel show up with a really low hrc?

@KB-kw8ni

5 жыл бұрын

Yes its horrible

@Barbabeppo

5 жыл бұрын

No. LTK did a misreading of the HRC. CollectorKnives got a hold of the knife in question and measured 59.1 HRC. LTK issued an apology video to Lionsteel and CollectorKnives (which has since been removed for some reason).

@0zmosis2001

5 жыл бұрын

@@Barbabeppo actually they did get some low Rockwell tests the apology was for not consulting with line steel and collector knives before he published and posted a video. Essentially not giving them a chance or letting them explain the problem which I think is crap there is no need to apologize if you find something that is wrong with a product.., and it kills me to know this because I love lionsteel designs and own some myself.

I’d go with the bestman. 👍

Bestman takes the win on the lefty.

LIONSTEEL BY A MILE...

"with fit and finish to take pride in" okay david whatever you were paid to say my guy

What’s the prices on these knives?? Same price?

@macmccartney5760

4 жыл бұрын

@David Martin Portmann everything benchmade is way over priced and over rated in my opinion

@macmccartney5760

4 жыл бұрын

@David Martin Portmann not sure if i did that link correctly.

Lion Steel... no contest.

Lionsteel wins in this comparison, and it’s not even close. There are no cheap or gaudy variants in the Best Man series, whereas the Benchmade models look like a child’s art project.

Where's the link?

Lions tell dual blade!!!

Does lionsteel also cut up guns?

@KB-kw8ni

5 жыл бұрын

Stfu

@LCO213

4 жыл бұрын

Shipping a knife to Lionsteel from US costs $40, and you have to send it without insurance because they won’t accept international packages with more than a $10 claimed value. I learned this after getting a factory defect. Lionsteel ignored my emails for 3 months and then acted like I owed them a favor for finally responding to me. Benchmade doesn’t treat their customers this way.

Benchmade

Lionsteel wins

Rough Ryder.

Proper is the better choice

I’d have to take the BM Proper for the same reason I prefer it over the LS Roundhead/Shuffler. Despite both models using screws, the BM is the only one that can actually be disassembled, wearas the screws on the LS are only to allow bolster and scale swaps. If your going to put big ugly screws on a classy traditional, the least you can let me do it take it apart for maintenance. Also, while m390 is technically superior to s30v, there’s been a fair bit of evidence lately that LS undercooks their m390, whereas BM has one of the best s30v heat-treatments around. The only way the Proper could be improved for me is if BM also offered wood scales (as found in the hunting line), as I feel it would really class the Proper up instead of Micarta, G10 or CF.

@macmccartney5760

4 жыл бұрын

Buck stil beats out benchmade on heat treat (BOS).. Unfortunitly its one of the only things they do well

@macmccartney5760

4 жыл бұрын

@David Martin Portmann yes ther 420hc is a cut above any other 420hc ive ever come across... I watched a video were somonen did a cut test with rope using buck s30v and benchmade s30v and both had same bevel degree of either 15 degree or 17 degree, cant remember but both had same edge angle and the buck out performed it by a considerable amount of cuts. Its there BOS heat treat that gives them their incredible edge retention

@macmccartney5760

4 жыл бұрын

@David Martin Portmann ok it wasc17 degree angle. The benchmade had 220 cuts in rope until it wouldnt cut paper, buck made 290 cuts before it wouldnt cut paper.. Thats alot more edge retention my friend...

lionsteel 100% had it for few years, Benchmade has too soft detent/action

Bestman

Benchmade proper 👍

Bestman for sure. Only if the heat treat was done good tho.

Bug out for the win.

My 50 year old shrade puts them to shame.

@no1fibersplicer525

2 жыл бұрын

I have old s grades and uncle Henry’s. I looked at the lionsteel knive a couple weeks ago. Now to each his own but if it weren’t for sentimental reasons I’d trade any of my old knives for one of those lionsteels. Jmo

Benchmade's overrated. Lionsteel for the win!

The proper has never interested me, so bestman.

Is it mandatory to have a fanny pack if you carry a slip joint ?

When DCA commenting that "Lionsteel is no slouch either", seems like Benchmade is more better in comparison... i would say the "Benchmade is no slouch either".. as Lionsteel is waaaayyy more sophisticated and beautiful looking compares to the ugly design on the Benchmade... American made not always better... sometimes, other countries actually does it better...

WINNER: BUCK 110

Proper is far superior.

Those people at Lionsteel have terrible customer service. Benchmade wins this hands down.

@KanekiKen-lm1dl

4 жыл бұрын

Deathclaw so u base ur opinion on customer service rather than knives itself ?

the one where my money isnt undermining the 2a.

@KB-kw8ni

5 жыл бұрын

Stfu

Sorry man but you lose some credibility when you're talking about quality fit and finish when there is a close up showing a gap between the scales and bolster. For the design materials and price I'm fine with that personally but the flaws in fit and finish should be noted..

@myknife_life

4 жыл бұрын

Christian Williams it's not a quality issue on the Lionsteel models, it's a design feature. All straight edges on the bolsters, backsprings, liners and inlays are rounded. So there's the impression of a gab, but there is none. This feature is used to make the industrial production easier, you can easily switch between different models

Benchmade... over priced and over rated.