[1][2] As part of the process of moving their production from outside vendors to in-house production facilities, the company moved again in 1996, to their own 35,000 square foot facility in Oregon City, Oregon.

[9] Benchmade receives a significant amount of revenue from selling restricted-sales knives to the military and law enforcement.

This type of Benchmade knife is made for military, law enforcement, and public safety workers.

The designers are Jody Samson, Ernest Emerson, Allen Elishewitz, Mel Pardue, Bill McHenry, Mike Snody, Jason Williams, Warren Osborne, Ken Steigerwalt, and Bob Lum.

[14] Several production Benchmade models based on the work of these designers have become influential within the industry.