Picked up a 910 Stryker, Looking For More Info.

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Hello all,

I recently picked up this Benchmade 910 Stryker. Besides a few scuffs on the blade and clip, it's in really good shape! The lock-up is early and solid, and the blade centering is basically spot on. I don't know much about these knives except that they were produced in the 90's, the liners are made of titanium, and that they come in a few different steels (ATS-34, 154CM, and Gin-1 if I remember correctly).

Does anyone have any additional information about this particular knife? What struck me about this knife is that the blade has the BM butterfly with "Bali-Song" etched in the middle + BENCHMADE U.S.A. etched below on one side, but the other side of the blade is completely devoid of any markings.

Thanks in advance!

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Congrat's on a great score! The 910 Stryker was my second most carried knife and one of my all time favorites! I can tell you from years and years of use it's one tough capable knife!

The older Benchmade knives have the "Bali-Song" stamp threw the butterfly. They stopped putting the "Bali-Song" stamp around 2000 / 2001 I believe. Someone please correct me if I'm off.

The steel is definitely ATS-34. They didn't always mark the blade steel on the early models. From what I recall the 910 was released in 1998.

Again, Congrat's on a great score!
 
That's one of the first Benchmade knives I bought! From around 1998, mine is marked "Elishewitz" on the reverse side.
 
'98 is the consensus. Nice knife and in great shape, I like the old school clip screws too. The serrations are a little deep but that was the standard back then. :thumbup:
 
It's an Allen Elishewitz design. Tha auto version had a US DOD stock number and was authorized for military purchase. I believe ATS34 was the original steel. Yours is a later version after Allen and BM split.
 
I believe you have one of the early model / versions of the 910 Stryker based on the serration pattern on the blade.

Later versions of the Stryker blade had a "nub" or "protrusion" immediately after the last serration at the heel of the blade. Early versions didn't have this "nub"

See my Prototype below. This serration pattern matches the one on your knife and is also ATS-34 steel. Below the Proto is a later version in 154CM steel and you can see the "nub" after the last serration. All later versions of the Stryker had this "protrusion" after the last serration.

Also, see BM's catalog featuring the Stryker dated 1997 / 1998. The serration pattern also matches the one on your knife.

Congrat's again on a fantastic score!

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Very cool! Besides the depth of the serrations, I never noticed that there was a difference in the "nub" or lack thereof.

Thanks for all of this awesome info, guys! I'm really starting to dig these old school Benchmades. I would differently like to pick up a 905 mini Stryker to keep this one company. [emoji16]

I took the knife apart a few days ago for a deep cleaning, and the way these old school Strykers are built reminds me a lot of my Emerson CQC 7V. Nylatron washers, titanium liners, G10 handle scales, nylon back spacers, even the steels are virtually the same!


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The early models I've seen have Elishewitz's name and mark on the back side of the blade. I believe this disappeared after BM and Elishewitz split.
 
To tell you the truth I'm not sure when they split or took Allen's marking's off the blade but I do know that the serration pattern was changed early on. The very first releases like the Prototype and picture in the catalog have the same pattern as the OP's blade.

But I agree that most of the early models I've seen have Elishewitz on the back of the blade, like my Chisel Ground Stryker (see below) that BM dated for me as being released 1998 and has the later serration pattern. BM's own reps have told me they were still figuring out marking's and such in the early day's. Wouldn't surprise me to learn there was a mix of different marking's and other variance.

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Nice example; the 910SCG is a rare knife. The only right handed by design chisel ground blade and wicked sharp as a result. That knife is a keeper! :thumbup:
 
Guess the benchmade stryker had sky rocketed the commercial popularity of elishewitz
In the early days of the production collaboration tactical knife scene.
Just like it had emerson with the previous benchmade ernie cqc7 tanto folder.
I recall a stryker version in m2 steel.
Yup...
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/408453-Benchmade-Stryker-910-Review
On the whole it was a more striking looker than the previous hot seller it had replaced.
It was more refined in design and
One could almost sense its pedigree like a fine gent's folder.
 
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There was absolutely a Stryker in M2. Next to the 710HS and with the 800HS these three made a hecuva set!
 
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To tell you the truth I'm not sure when they split or took Allen's marking's off the blade but I do know that the serration pattern was changed early on. The very first releases like the Prototype and picture in the catalog have the same pattern as the OP's blade.

But I agree that most of the early models I've seen have Elishewitz on the back of the blade, like my Chisel Ground Stryker (see below) that BM dated for me as being released 1998 and has the later serration pattern. BM's own reps have told me they were still figuring out marking's and such in the early day's. Wouldn't surprise me to learn there was a mix of different marking's and other variance.

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Nice knife.

My auto is about the same age, maybe a couple of years younger. It came with steel type, logo/name on the back side. Two years later it developed some play and Benchmade replaced the blade With one that has logo/name but not steel type.
 
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To tell you the truth I'm not sure when they split or took Allen's marking's off the blade but I do know that the serration pattern was changed early on. The very first releases like the Prototype and picture in the catalog have the same pattern as the OP's blade.

But I agree that most of the early models I've seen have Elishewitz on the back of the blade, like my Chisel Ground Stryker (see below) that BM dated for me as being released 1998 and has the later serration pattern. BM's own reps have told me they were still figuring out marking's and such in the early day's. Wouldn't surprise me to learn there was a mix of different marking's and other variance.

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Hello friends. I have an early 910s without the protrusion at the back of the blade, which points to an early/older/first version. Curiously it only has the butterfly with the BALI-SONG BENCHMADE U.S.A. logo on one side but nothing on the other, I mean no Elishewitz name and logo and no ATS-34 steel markings.

After I got this, and I must admit I loved this early blade design, I chased not one but two 910SBT, as well as one 905 and one 905BT. I also had already a "second generation" 910SBK with the protrusion or indentation after the serrations section, but I don't love it so much as this "early" blade design. What amuses me is that the two 910SBT have different serration patterns, one being more deep than the other. I have to take pics of all this I'm telling you yet.

What would you think about originating a post for Vintage Stryker Owners where we could point al this details for general knowledge. It would be useful to anyone like me trying to collect early or different versions of this beautiful knife.

My best regards.

René
 
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Just sent my 910 into benchmade for some major work.itll take a while to get it back 5 was I believe.
Anyhow it was in bad shape .bought here on the forum.
I intend to use it om my construction jobs when t returns .its built like a tank.big I know.but for construction just perfect and to look at once in a while and say wow ,what a knife.lol
 
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