Benchmade-SOCP Series

The Benchmade SOCP series stems from a collaboration with Greg Thompson, the founder of the Special Operations Combatives Program (SOCP), which he established after 9/11 in the context of training U.S. Special Forces. Benchmade manufactures a dedicated line of SOCP tools, the concept for which grew out of Thompson's experience in combatives training and the need for compact, quickly accessible equipment for professional operational and training contexts. The family includes both blade models and training variants, as well as a rescue-oriented tool, all developed under the shared SOCP philosophy and maintained by Benchmade as a cohesive product family.