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Jbk0628

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I just got a benchmade grip 551 with black scales . I don’t care about scale color, but since I use my knives in field while hunting they tend to get set down and I have lost atleast one in the field this way so now I enjoy alittle bright orange on anything I carry in field. I don’t like lanyards on pocket knives, so I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of were I could buy a orange backspacer? I plan on calling benchmade after holiday, but have ready they don’t like to sell just parts.
Thanks in advance
 
Jbk0628 said:
I just got a benchmade grip 551 with black scales . I don’t care about scale color, but since I use my knives in field while hunting they tend to get set down and I have lost atleast one in the field this way so now I enjoy alittle bright orange on anything I carry in field. I don’t like lanyards on pocket knives, so I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of were I could buy a orange backspacer? I plan on calling benchmade after holiday, but have ready they don’t like to sell just parts.
Thanks in advance
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I've taken to tying orange flagging tape to the lanyard holes of the knives I take out to the bush most often. It's not the best solution aesthetic-wise but both the fluorescent orange and texture stick out when I set my knife down.
 
Darkera said:
I've taken to tying orange flagging tape to the lanyard holes of the knives I take out to the bush most often. It's not the best solution aesthetic-wise but both the fluorescent orange and texture stick out when I set my knife down.
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good idea, then just get rid of it when you return...
 
I was thinking the same thing. No, there's no separate backspacer. The "Grivory" handle wraps around so each side meets, enclosing the back of the knife. I have two dealer exclusives, the 170 and 1702 which have only stand offs like the -1 series.

I've seen DoaT and Keyman custom scales with backspacers, though. You could go that route in any color you could think of.
 
I was even looking to see if
Babyboomer said:
I was thinking the same thing. No, there's no separate backspacer. The "Grivory" handle wraps around so each side meets, enclosing the back of the knife. I have two dealer exclusives, the 170 and 1702 which have only stand offs like the -1 series.

I've seen DoaT and Keyman custom scales with backspacers, though. You could go that route in any color you could think of.
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Dang y’all are right. Lol, shows how close I looked at it when I bought it. Just ran in and grabbed it cause I wanted one. Owe well guess it’s a orange paint strip on back lol
 
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