Benchmade’s Infidel
The Infidel is Benchmade Knife Company's highly popular, double-action, out-the-front (OTF) auto-opening knife.
Read moreAfter 32 years of law enforcement service with a large urban police department, Charles E. Humes, Jr. honorably retired at the rank of Sergeant in 2015. Independently achieved, he is recognized internationally as one of the pioneers of modern, realistic police defensive tactics training. He has taught seminars and instructor certification schools as far West as Alaska and as far East as North Carolina; and has trained police instructors from as far as Hong Kong.
He was a 2016 recipient of the Ohio Distinguished Law Enforcement Training Award from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
The Infidel is Benchmade Knife Company's highly popular, double-action, out-the-front (OTF) auto-opening knife.
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