- Benchmade Steep Country 15008 · Drop Point3.5″ blade · 0.14″ spine · 3.71 oz · ~1.25″ tall
Benchmade Steep Country 15008
DiscontinuedBenchmade no longer makes this knife in this configuration. Its current replacement is Benchmade Steep Country 15006-01.
The Benchmade Steep Country 15008 is a 3.5" drop point fixed blade in CPM-S30V, flat ground. The handle is Santoprene. At 3.71 oz it sits 11th-lightest of the 22 fixed-blade hunters here, where the median is 4.1 oz.
- Blade
- 3.5″
- Weight
- 3.71 oz
- Steel
- CPM-S30V
- Price band
- Premium
Skinning and breaking down game
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Specifications
Manufacturer-published figures, cross-checked against benchmade, bladehq.
- Blade length
- 3.5″
- Spine thickness
- 0.14″
- Blade shape
- Drop Point
- Grind
- Flat
- Steel
- CPM-S30V
- Overall length
- 7.65″
- Weight
- 3.71 oz
- Lock
- Fixed
- Handle material
- Santoprene
- 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-S30V
The long-time American benchmark. Holds an edge far longer than 420HC and still sharpens on ordinary stones. Chippy if you pry with it.
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-S30V knives
Features
- Full fixed tang
- Flat grind
- Made in USA
- Stainless blade
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- Blade
- 3.54″
- Weight
- 2.95 oz
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- Blade
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- Weight
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