STILL LOOKING FOR ANY MATERIAL FROM 1982-1983 AND FROM 1989-90 (Benchmade).

IF YOU HAVE A CATALOG, FLYER OR AD NOT SCANNED HERE PLEASE CONTACT ME AT BALISLINGER@GMAIL.COM. I SOMETIMES PAY JUST FOR SCANS OR COPIES, THANK YOU.

Special Thanks to Blade1 for creating many of these scans, and to Patryn for allowing me the use of them.
Special Thanks to Blade1, Mr. Winks, Dan Carr, Bali-Nut, and badjujuboy for sending me their material to complement my collection. Thank you all!

Patryn's Benchmade collection webpage can be found at https://pbase.com/patryn/my_knives His excellent Benchmade catalog section includes many other non-bali BM catalog scans not feautred here.

COMPANY HISTORY

Bali-Song, Inc. 1979-1983 Roswell St., Los Angeles, CA. The Custom Bali-Song shop technically continued as an independent company with the legal name of "Bali-Song, Inc." until custom balis were no longer made. The last custom balis were made in June of 2000. Famous knifemaker Jody Samson ground all of the custom profiles from mid-1979 to mid-1987. Vic Anselmo did a few protos before that and Eric ground a bunch after Jody left. This info comes from Pete (examonlyf).

Pacific Cutlery Company 1983-1987 First, Roswell St., Los Angeles, CA, then Laurel Canyon Blvd, N. Hollywood, CA
The Butterfly Logo was Registered in Jan 1986
PCC obtained Patent #4364174 in Dec 1982:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=38&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=4364174&OS=4364174&RS=4364174

Benchmade Knife Company 1988-1990 6513 Lankershim Blvd, N. Hollywood, CA
1990-1995 114th Ave., Clackamas, OR
1996-Present 300 Beavercreek Rd., Oregon City, OR

Bali-Song production halted between 1997 and 1999.

The famed model 42, released in the year 2000, went through several variations and was finally discontinued at the end of calendar year 2009. Small runs were made in 2010 and are planned through Dec of 2011 in order to use up old stock, although the handles on these tend to have a rougher texture, and there are some QC issues

The (R) next to the butterfly logo on customs generally denotes a later piece. I am not sure exactly when the (R) appeared, but it is known that it was in use under PCC in 1987. The (R) mark is only a general guide, however, as it was not necessarily always used after it was introduced.

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