- Benchmade Freek 560BK-1 · Drop Point3.6″ blade · 0.114″ spine · 4.3 oz · ~0.87″ tall (derived)
Benchmade Freek 560BK-1
Now offered only in premium steels, the Freek comes as this 560BK-1: a 3.6" CPM-M4 drop point with G10 scales and an AXIS lock. M4 holds an edge a long time but is a tool steel that will spot if left wet. List price has more than doubled over the old S30V Freek, to $325.
- Blade
- 3.6″
- Weight
- 4.3 oz
- Steel
- CPM-M4
- Price band
- Premium
Cutting a lot between sharpenings, on a knife you will keep dry
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Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against benchmade.com.
- Blade length
- 3.6″
- Spine thickness
- 0.114″
- Blade shape
- Drop Point
- Steel
- CPM-M4
- Overall length
- 8.46″
- Closed length
- 4.86″
- Weight
- 4.3 oz
- Lock
- AXIS
- Deployment
- Manual
- Handle material
- G-10
- Country of origin
- USA
Why a drop point
The default hunting and EDC shape, and the safest general answer. The spine curves down to the tip in a convex line, which keeps the point low and strong and leaves plenty of belly for skinning. It is hard to make a drop point bad at anything.
Every drop point here →About CPM-M4
A high-speed tool steel run very hard. Edge retention is near the top of anything used in knives and it is tougher than most steels that cut as long, but the low chromium means it WILL rust if you put it away wet. Benchmade uses it on the Bailout where cutting performance matters more than corrosion.
1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other. All CPM-M4 knives
Features
- AXIS lock
- Made in USA
- Tool steel blade — will patina
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