No, there really isn't a battle. It might appear that way, but there really isn'tasking what makes a certain brand what it is can be answered by owning and using said brand. Everyone will have differing opinion on the "why" aspect, but no one opinion is anymore valid than the next. If you enjoy one brand over another that is also normal, almost everyone has a brand they gravitate towards. There is a long and drawn out history to each company and their relationship. To understand what that is, might help to settle your curiosity. Coincidentally, this topic in particular has been discussed ad nausium. Search around and see what you find.
Yeah, I thought so too, after my thrid proof read. LOL. Man, I'm a mechanic and the other mechanic holding about 400 LBS worth of steel up with a crowbar slipped. I heard (and felt) the bones in my pinky finger crunch, When he picked it up really fast I saw that 3/4 of my finger nail was gone. Only problem with that was it was vertically imbedded into the "quick" of my fingernail. They numbed it up and started pulling out the "shrapnell" ie. fingernail peices. Then they pulled the remaining fingernail peice out, and no crapping you, the stiched all 5 or 6 peices together to make a fingernail off my hand. Then re-inserted it so the new nail has something to keep the bed open while it grows in. They also had to put stitches in my quick under the fingernail first. And to top it off It broke the top inch or so of my finger. Sorry this was way off topic, and I completely agree with your above post. Better let these things wear off before anymore typing. just lurk.You are certainly typing neatly and communicating coherently for someone on painkillers with a crushed hand!
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But as others have said, there really isn't a battle, it's just different people with different preferences. Or maybe you meant that as competitors, the two companies are actively producing better and better knives? In that aspect, I agree totally. Spyderco, generally speaking, is a company whose every knife I can look at / pick up and enjoy immediately. Benchmade on the other hand doesn't really produce a lot of knives that I really like, but those I do like, I love. That goes for any price point with both companies. Also, I don't think that just because other knife manufacturers can use a hole in place of thumb studs, the knives themselves become better or more like a Spyderco in terms of quality.
