What with the way of things and that Butterfly tax the days of $150 Benchmade knives are long long gone. That being said I don't think $230 clams is super high for them, I mean that rereleased 710 it starting at $410! Lmao. These are beautiful pieces of cutlery but they're definitely too rich for my blood, not saying I haven't gone there. Im just not going there with Benchmade anymore. Maybe when my financial situation is better or if I can find one used we'll see. Thank you for another great review sir, God Bless
I agree about the price woes from Benchmade. With as much CNC as they are doing, they are charging ridiculous "we need to pay our labor force" prices. How big is that marketing department bloat?! I like the full size Adira, but definitely not at $200+ discount retail prices.
@@chriswebb3018 yeah, its really an expensive process to heat treat it like you should at large scale. Its a fine steel all the way around. But its got a definate hype train. 🚞
T h a n k s 4 t h e r e v i e w ! Bought this for my son who is a fishing charter capt on the Southeast U. S. Atlantic coast. He uses it everyday and so far so good. He loves it.
About as bad a hot take as possible on Magnacut. It’s in the realm of LC200N for corrosion resistance, some practical testing shows better, generally on paper just below that of LC200N. Not surprising with the current overall quality of the channel’s content.
@@MadMaximusOWNSU Some practical testing puts it slightly more corrosion resistant than D2. It all depends on the heat treat - soak temp, and how much chromium gets used in carbide formation. I have personally seen several examples heat treated to very high hardness that developed patina fairly quickly. How much Magnacut have you personally handled? Before you throw shade, you might want to make sure you know what you’re talking about.
Another 💩 from Benchmade 🤦🏻 They and ZT both need to pump some of their massive profit in to some good designers. I’m not in my mum’s basement but I am eating Cheetos 😂
I will never buy a Benchmade again UNTIL they lower their prices to compete and be reasonable like the rest of the knife industry. This is coming from someone who owns some older Benchmades
audio as good as benchmade's bang-for-the-buck.
Audio is bad. Rob Sounds underwater
What with the way of things and that Butterfly tax the days of $150 Benchmade knives are long long gone. That being said I don't think $230 clams is super high for them, I mean that rereleased 710 it starting at $410! Lmao. These are beautiful pieces of cutlery but they're definitely too rich for my blood, not saying I haven't gone there. Im just not going there with Benchmade anymore. Maybe when my financial situation is better or if I can find one used we'll see. Thank you for another great review sir, God Bless
I agree, it's priced at least 10-15% too high.
I agree about the price woes from Benchmade. With as much CNC as they are doing, they are charging ridiculous "we need to pay our labor force" prices. How big is that marketing department bloat?! I like the full size Adira, but definitely not at $200+ discount retail prices.
I've already got a Griptilian. I like this new knife, especially the weight, but it's not good value.
I was going to say the same thing. If you already have a Griptilian, there's no need to waste your money on this.
They shouldve named it the wave series, because of the Magnacut wave we've all been living through. Its S30v all over again.
Sure is. Even worse is most companies are not even doing the steel justice and just using it as we have magnacut come buy my crap.
@@chriswebb3018 yeah, its really an expensive process to heat treat it like you should at large scale. Its a fine steel all the way around. But its got a definate hype train. 🚞
Rob you have to get a mic 🎤 😊
Audio is really bad, hard to watch.
Sounds like world war 2 radio
T h a n k s 4 t h e r e v i e w !
Bought this for my son who is a fishing charter capt on the Southeast U.
S. Atlantic coast. He uses it everyday and so far so good.
He loves it.
About as bad a hot take as possible on Magnacut. It’s in the realm of LC200N for corrosion resistance, some practical testing shows better, generally on paper just below that of LC200N. Not surprising with the current overall quality of the channel’s content.
@@MadMaximusOWNSU Some practical testing puts it slightly more corrosion resistant than D2. It all depends on the heat treat - soak temp, and how much chromium gets used in carbide formation. I have personally seen several examples heat treated to very high hardness that developed patina fairly quickly. How much Magnacut have you personally handled? Before you throw shade, you might want to make sure you know what you’re talking about.
Another 💩 from Benchmade 🤦🏻
They and ZT both need to pump some of their massive profit in to some good designers. I’m not in my mum’s basement but I am eating Cheetos 😂
I will never buy a Benchmade again UNTIL they lower their prices to compete and be reasonable like the rest of the knife industry. This is coming from someone who owns some older Benchmades
They have some things to learn with working water knives. Big disappointment