Benchmade designers were challenged to create a full-size, slim automatic that would meet the demands of the modern battlefield. The result of their work – the new 9070 ClaymoreTM family of knives! This sleek push-button automatic firing opens with a truly impressive force, and that has taken the crown as the brand’s strongest folding knife.
Aesthetically, this model’s design pulls from its battlefield namesake with handle ribbing and ball bearing-styled texture within the rib windows, ensuring a solid in-hand grip when held in any orientation. This model is also introducing CPM-D2 steel to the Benchmade family. Due to the powder method of the steel’s formation, it is incredibly tough with solid edge retention characteristics; specifically chosen because it will exceed the needs of anyone downrange.
That breaking strength specifically comes from how the push-button mechanism engages the blade when open, while the button is also supported by the liners and the Grivory handles. Simply put, it set a new record for breaking strength, all due to the ground-up design process and lessons learned from the in-house destruction lab.
And of course, this knife is 100% made in the USA.
Claymore™ Family – $230
9070SBK-1 – Ranger Green Handle; 9070SBK – Black Handle
(Yes, it is only offered in a serrated blade style)
Blade Steel: CPM – D2 tool steel
Blade Style: Drop point w/ serrations
Blade Finish: Cobalt Black Cerakote
Blade Length – 3.6”
Open – 8.6”
Closed – 5.0”
Weight – 3.5 oz
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