"A man is known by two things, his NAME and his ACCOMPLISHMENT sorede kare no name wa ALLEN ELISHEWITZ"

The last great custom project done by Benchmade was the custom Balisongs handground by Allen Elishewitz and Pat Crawford. Offered in 4 inch and 5 inch versions, and handles custom made to the buyer's exquisite specifications. Pat Crawford's clip bowie was numbered out of 15 for each the 4 andd 5 inch bladed versions and likewise Elishewitz's was numbered out of 17 each.

# Numbered 10 out of 17, here is an Allen Elishewitz hand ground 4 inch american tanto in D2 steel with milled solid skeletonized handles. Papers were signed by Mr. Allen Elishewitz in the 2000 East Coast Custom Knife show in NYC.