Benchmade Bugout s30v grivory scales $162-180, Hogue Deka MC (much better steel) polymer scales $139.46. 22.54-40.54 difference. Bugout 20cv g10 scales $243, Deka 20cv or MC g10 scales $166.46. 76.54 difference. Do I need to go on?? Edit I wrote that before watching. You are spot on, BM pricing is just ridiculous I will only buy if I find them on a really good sale at this point.
That’s easy enough… They cost too much. I was looking at some yesterday. Quality was not that great for north of 200 dollars for a folder. I bought a Buck 110 instead
My hogue ex-a01 is superior to my Benchmade presidio ii in every way. The finish is tougher, it's more comfortable, it's thinner, and it has literally been thrown in saltwater at least 2 times now and not a spot of rust. I like the steel better (personal preference) and the clip doesn't snag and bend as easy. I just wish hogue had more options as fast as blade coating and serrations.
@@DXSharpening I will be! The craftsmanship is incredible! Like I said, twice thrown into muddy saltwater, retrieved, forgot to rinse one time, and still working fine!
If the politics werent a reason for some, the 200% inflated prices are for the rest. "Life Sharp"? I dont need you to charge me the cost of a 2nd completely new knife for the ability to send mine in, at the cost of my own shipping... Its a dang shame
Definitely the truth, I'll have to look more into the politics situation I knew it was talked about by some but until posting this video I didn't realize by how many...
Life sharp is a joke now. My most recent experience, I sent in a bailout that came to me completely off-center, detailed explanation and numerous pictures. Asked them not to resharpen. 2 weeks later they send it back with even worse centering, resharpened and a new clip. Lmao
Anti 2nd Amendment, and they also have a nasty habit of buying up patents of awesome designs just to kill them off. Plenty of better US knife makers to choose from.
Being a Benchmade customer for over 20 years, the next generation of owners sadly seem to have adapted the 80/20 rule. They have figured out that they can make more money while providing less by focusing on the 20% willing to spend to way too much and ignoring the other 80% of would be customers.
In Canada, the Vosteed Parallel, an ultra thin titanium cross bar lock knife, in 154cm, an all time popular steel, is $175. The Benchmade Mini Narrows is $680. It is laughable. Benchmade has some great designs, the Bugout is my favourite knife, but they are the worst company in the industry in terms of value. The price points they charge for FRN is higher than most companies charge for aluminum. The materials themselves are often lacking. Why is all of their G10 slippery trash that makes a knife $375, while companies like Civivi pump out grippy high quality G10 at $80? It is by any logic unjustifiable.
@@wesb123 I used to be a Benchmade guy a couple decades ago. I am a Kershaw user now for a few years. My first american made auto was a Benchmade. I stand by my comment though about gouging the knife community in the present times, overpriced is over priced.
@@jeffhays1968 the only way I would own a butterfly folder would be if it was free. I like their fixed and auto models, the never ending cycle of thumbstud folders does nothing for me.
@rjlewis8346 my grip hasn't broken a spring yet... hope it never does but the manix definitely won't. Just something to consider when comparing the two
Ive been pretty licky over the years with my benchmades. I have more than id like to admit. I have only had one QC issue that I solved with new washers. But their pricing, over advertising of the bugout and focusing on small, light weight knives like the narrows (what a joke) is killing the brand for me. My final bemchmade purchase was the redoubt and I threw on AWT scales. But no more. Ohhhh poor benchmade. They need to make a change. But they dont listen to us.
Definitely true, I think benchmades with awt scales are insane but I don't know why Benchmade doesn't just make them with decent scales to begin with for the price...
Dudes spending more money on a freaking pocket knife than they spend on a firearm…. And they don’t even use their knives, that’s like buying a Rolex and never wearing it…. INSANE 😂
@@DXSharpening I just mean there are guys that spend 400-500 on knives and don’t even use them for there intended purpose, and they say they want the hardest steel and materials and it’s like for what? Cutting cardboard? 😂 I have some benchmades and I beat the crap out of them cause they’re tools. But over the years I’ve had some other USA brands that are equal quality and way better price. I like your video brother 👍 I agree with much of what you said.
How much is a Benchmade in Canada, I’m willing to bet it’s way higher because of the exchange rate so the argument is the same. I bet the grivory buyout is $250 and the higher end ones are over $400. The narrows has to be approaching $750 there.
It’s not bashing to tell the truth - the factory edge on the tactile was crap. They are incredibly inconsistent as far as edges go, and it’s especially frustrating as the rest of their QC seems to be on point.
Fair enough! I honestly haven't even had a chance to really spend a lot of time with the knife as I've been so busy but the edge definitely sucked... the machining that I did look at was awesome though I will say
@@DXSharpening it’s almost hard to wrap my head around. The tactile knives I’ve had the chance to handle & use all were pretty much flawless out of the box but a few had really bad factory edges. I sharpen knives for a fair number of my friends & family, and have had a chance to see a few with really bad edges on otherwise perfect knives. It’s bizarre. And it bothers me as I really like their products. I view them in the same bracket as Quiet Carry in terms of look and feel. But every QC I’ve handled has come screaming sharp from the factory.
I do not mix up politics and knife manufacturing. If I did, I would only buy Benchmades. But I don’t. Why? Because their prices are way too high. They produce great knives but the pricing is off the charts.
@Starkwolf88 there is a whole scandal where they helped the police destroy firearms but I think it was really overblown... basically they asked some employee for a favor and it turned into a photo op and tons of negative pr
Just an opinion benchmade uses to much plastic and the prices are well overpriced. Kershaw uses better steel and aluminum handels. Their American made knives are great value. Factory edge could be better thou sharpening is no big deal
Another reason for their prices is location. Bm is made in America only technically as Oregon is a high tax state the ownership insists on doing business in, no different than Emerson in SoCal, strider in SoCal etc. I’m not defending bm, they ought to move to a cheaper state like many firearm manufacturers did in the last few years. I hope the OT BM clone takes a huge bite out of their profits, sucks for the employees but the ownership is just terrible. The knife market is over saturated and like Leatherman BM is way out of touch.
Spyderco has had some questionable QC as of late. My crucarta manix has a badly off center blade, and my maxamet para 3 had the same issue. I was able to fix the issue with the para3 myself, but the manix is still off center.
It doesn't get so much hate...it gets a lot of fans, and a lot of sales, and a lot of good reviews. It gets a little bit of hate...by pompous people who crave attention. Everyone knows Benchmade so their an easy target for people who want to be heard. Their knives are over-priced, sure. But those knives are also better than most, albeit ever so slightly. It's a sliding scale. People who want a smidge better quality in some aspects are willing to pay more to get it. Some people who don't care about that extra quality will jump at the opportunity to point out that it's not worth it. It's worth it to some.
I don't think their knives are better than most and I don't think you're paying more to get higher quality. I loved Benchmade and their designs and the first expensive knife I got was one and the next several were also Benchmade as well. It was only until recently I started looking at other brands that I realized just how much they were behind others in quality/price/variety of design/more
As someone said more than ten years ago, Spyderco is trying to be Benchmade, Benchmade is trying to be Microtech, and Microtech, is well, Microtech. Doesn't seem like much has changed. I have bought exactly one Benchmade in the last 15 years, and I live in Portland, OR, and I like Benchmade, but ever since the MAP pricing came out who knows how long ago, they are just way too expensive, and there are way better options out there namely Houge, Spyderco, and Microtech, and a legion of Chinese brands also. The whole MAP thing was supposed to protect the brick-and-mortar stores, but guess what? They are long gone anyway, now they keep MAP as a way to price gouge the customer. Also, there is absolutely no reason for automatic knives to cost more. Like ZERO. They just do it and keep the price high to gauge Government agencies, like the police and military. You can almost get into Mid-Techs at the prices Benchmades are selling for. I much rather get a Cold Steel Luzon(either size), Spyderco Tenacious/Resilience or a Byrd Cara Cara and get my money's worth, and if I lose it or the police or the TSA takes it, I am not going to care one bit. A knife is a tool, not some Man-Pocket-Jewelry for people with more money than sense.
@@DXSharpening I agree, but I couldn't think of any other ones you didn't already mention in your video, nice to see Buck enter the 21st Century with some good designs, I have always been a huge Buck fan.
I paid like $130 for a 425 with thick titanium liners and contoured carbon fiber scales. Im not pointing that out to complain about price (whining about the price of luxury items is just about the dumbest thing i can imagine), but about design. Benchmade has dumbed themselves down, and backed themselves into a corner to cater to the worst part of the market. Those same people are the ones who wont even be interested in knives in 5 years. Its the same thing Spyderco is doing now, BM just got a head start.
I think Benchmade has some nice designs and makes a somewhat decent product, the most frustrating thing to me is paying a huge premium to get a knife that looks like it was slapped together in 2 minutes and moved down the assembly line with lots of problems and components that break after a month of use. It seems that they're coasting off a brand reputation and who knows how long it'll last... Thanks for the comment, hope you enjoy the video!
@@DXSharpening I see the "coasting on their reputation" thing a lot, but their reputation is the lowest it's been in the 20 years I've been actively collecting knives. A lot of it can be attributed to people online parroting something they heard from someone else that may or may not actually be true. That's not solely a BM thing, but they seem to get it the worse, deserved or not. It purely comes down to design, for me. It's all cut and paste axis lock models. They're trying to go the lazy spyderco route, but they don't put out spyderco quality or spyderco prices. I want Benchmade to do well. I carried a 940 almost every day in the Marine Corps. I want to give them my money, but that's not gonna happen until they put out something that interests me and the last thing to really do that was the Anthem. I was even considering getting a Necron, until I saw that it had steel liners. That's just straight up disrespecting the customer.
@CNYKnifeNut thank you for your service to this country, I'm glad to hear the 940 served you well. A lot of the stuff released this year was quite underwhelming and I do see what you're saying. Maybe it's because I'm a little newer to this and still getting caught up on some of the older designs and I think I did realize half the stuff that came out this year was either a mini version of something that existed or a different color of something. I was really into benchmade for quite some time but found myself getting bored with the designs along with the poor quality when compared to other brands... After exploring a lot of other American brands it seems like there are numerous other companies doing things better than Benchmade and releasing more exciting designs. It also seems like a lot of companies are hopping on the axis/crossbar lock train which has been a little boring to see as well. I really appreciate the comments!
i bought the infidel. cost was around 450-500$. it failed within 4 months and i had to pay to ship it out. dog shit quality for the price. i have 25-50$ knifes that are same quality
I love Benchmade. I have 20 different models. No failures. Stiff out of the box, a little break in and then fine. People have no idea what it costs to run a company that size. BM has costs that smaller companies don’t. Liability insurance, medical and 401K for employees, lawyers to fight the fakes online. It costs the company I work for $2,200 per month per employee for health insurance. Imagine the amount of time they spent on engineering for the Narrows. The lifetime warranty cost a fortune as well. I am surprised how vocal the haters are. There are many knives / companies I dont buy because I dont think I am getting value. I dont spend any time crying about it online.
More power to you, if you like Benchmade and don't mind paying extra go for it. I overpay on knives frequently and I pretty much only buy from American companies and I do have a bunch of Benchmade knives but it gets old paying a premium for knives that break frequently and are terrible out of the box when there are numerous other companies that deserve recognition because they go the extra mile to make sure their knives represent the brand well oit of the box.
You completely missed the point. I dont think I am “overpaying”. Terrible out of the box is a silly statement. They set them up to naturally get good action over time. If they leave the pivot lose up front it may get worse later. 95% of their customers use these as knives, not fidget toys.
Will Hirsch delivers a review that essentially sums up why we as hard-core knife collectors are upset with Benchmade ruclips.net/video/sJiDxzho7sw/видео.html
Their price vs quality doesn’t compute with me.
Definitely true!
I don't hate Benchmade, but that Walmart $10 knife is good enough for me.
Fair enough, they just got restocked!
overpriced in my opinion
Many others share the same opinion!
Benchmade Bugout s30v grivory scales $162-180, Hogue Deka MC (much better steel) polymer scales $139.46. 22.54-40.54 difference. Bugout 20cv g10 scales $243, Deka 20cv or MC g10 scales $166.46. 76.54 difference. Do I need to go on??
Edit I wrote that before watching. You are spot on, BM pricing is just ridiculous I will only buy if I find them on a really good sale at this point.
They are definitely decent knives when bought on sale but there's a whole host of other problems that come with Benchmade and some other brands!
Hogue makes a great knife
That’s easy enough… They cost too much. I was looking at some yesterday. Quality was not that great for north of 200 dollars for a folder. I bought a Buck 110 instead
Sometimes the traditional style has lasted so long for a reason, can never go wrong with a buck
My hogue ex-a01 is superior to my Benchmade presidio ii in every way. The finish is tougher, it's more comfortable, it's thinner, and it has literally been thrown in saltwater at least 2 times now and not a spot of rust. I like the steel better (personal preference) and the clip doesn't snag and bend as easy. I just wish hogue had more options as fast as blade coating and serrations.
I think hogue is growing really fast with the popularity of the deka increasing so I would stay tuned...
@@DXSharpening I will be! The craftsmanship is incredible! Like I said, twice thrown into muddy saltwater, retrieved, forgot to rinse one time, and still working fine!
All models about $50 to $400 over priced lol no thanks
Definitely fair haha
If the politics werent a reason for some, the 200% inflated prices are for the rest. "Life Sharp"? I dont need you to charge me the cost of a 2nd completely new knife for the ability to send mine in, at the cost of my own shipping... Its a dang shame
Definitely the truth, I'll have to look more into the politics situation I knew it was talked about by some but until posting this video I didn't realize by how many...
Life sharp is a joke now. My most recent experience, I sent in a bailout that came to me completely off-center, detailed explanation and numerous pictures. Asked them not to resharpen. 2 weeks later they send it back with even worse centering, resharpened and a new clip. Lmao
@@bigglock5478 I've heard some mixed reviews but I can't say I've had a poor experience with it!
Then they triple the cost to replace a blade, and nickel and dime you for dumb stuff.
The price. Next question.
Ha! Definitely true
Anti 2nd Amendment, and they also have a nasty habit of buying up patents of awesome designs just to kill them off. Plenty of better US knife makers to choose from.
I'm glad I started exploring other brands and I've definitely discovered lots of others that are awesome
Being a Benchmade customer for over 20 years, the next generation of owners sadly seem to have adapted the 80/20 rule. They have figured out that they can make more money while providing less by focusing on the 20% willing to spend to way too much and ignoring the other 80% of would be customers.
Thats a great way to look at it, I think it'll only be sustainable for so long...
Highly Overpriced!
Lots of people definitely think so!
In Canada, the Vosteed Parallel, an ultra thin titanium cross bar lock knife, in 154cm, an all time popular steel, is $175. The Benchmade Mini Narrows is $680. It is laughable. Benchmade has some great designs, the Bugout is my favourite knife, but they are the worst company in the industry in terms of value. The price points they charge for FRN is higher than most companies charge for aluminum. The materials themselves are often lacking. Why is all of their G10 slippery trash that makes a knife $375, while companies like Civivi pump out grippy high quality G10 at $80? It is by any logic unjustifiable.
100% priced to gouge the community, and then there is the bad press about being anti 2A, true or not.
Do you know their history? Balisong- Pacific Knife-Benchmade
@@wesb123 I used to be a Benchmade guy a couple decades ago. I am a Kershaw user now for a few years. My first american made auto was a Benchmade. I stand by my comment though about gouging the knife community in the present times, overpriced is over priced.
@@jeffhays1968 the only way I would own a butterfly folder would be if it was free. I like their fixed and auto models, the never ending cycle of thumbstud folders does nothing for me.
@@wesb123 I get that for sure. I EDC a Kershaw Leek spring assist for years now.
They destroy firearms for Oregon City Police Department and other surrounding agencies.
They get so much hate because they are EXTREMELY overpriced!!
Definitely a true reason haha
I’ve never had a axis spring break. However I’ve had quality issues. For that price point. It’s eh..
Feels like it's super hit or miss with the omega springs... quality not so much. Thanks for watching!
@@DXSharpening I mean honestly. The grip and manix can be compared. For price wise.
@rjlewis8346 my grip hasn't broken a spring yet... hope it never does but the manix definitely won't. Just something to consider when comparing the two
@@DXSharpening exactly. Almost same price point. Two different qualities
Ive been pretty licky over the years with my benchmades. I have more than id like to admit. I have only had one QC issue that I solved with new washers. But their pricing, over advertising of the bugout and focusing on small, light weight knives like the narrows (what a joke) is killing the brand for me. My final bemchmade purchase was the redoubt and I threw on AWT scales. But no more. Ohhhh poor benchmade. They need to make a change. But they dont listen to us.
Definitely true, I think benchmades with awt scales are insane but I don't know why Benchmade doesn't just make them with decent scales to begin with for the price...
Dudes spending more money on a freaking pocket knife than they spend on a firearm…. And they don’t even use their knives, that’s like buying a Rolex and never wearing it…. INSANE 😂
Sorry to disappoint
@@DXSharpening I just mean there are guys that spend 400-500 on knives and don’t even use them for there intended purpose, and they say they want the hardest steel and materials and it’s like for what? Cutting cardboard? 😂 I have some benchmades and I beat the crap out of them cause they’re tools. But over the years I’ve had some other USA brands that are equal quality and way better price. I like your video brother 👍 I agree with much of what you said.
Hogue Deka is $210 in Canada
Quite a markup!
How much is a Benchmade in Canada, I’m willing to bet it’s way higher because of the exchange rate so the argument is the same. I bet the grivory buyout is $250 and the higher end ones are over $400. The narrows has to be approaching $750 there.
It’s not bashing to tell the truth - the factory edge on the tactile was crap. They are incredibly inconsistent as far as edges go, and it’s especially frustrating as the rest of their QC seems to be on point.
Fair enough! I honestly haven't even had a chance to really spend a lot of time with the knife as I've been so busy but the edge definitely sucked... the machining that I did look at was awesome though I will say
@@DXSharpening it’s almost hard to wrap my head around. The tactile knives I’ve had the chance to handle & use all were pretty much flawless out of the box but a few had really bad factory edges. I sharpen knives for a fair number of my friends & family, and have had a chance to see a few with really bad edges on otherwise perfect knives. It’s bizarre. And it bothers me as I really like their products. I view them in the same bracket as Quiet Carry in terms of look and feel. But every QC I’ve handled has come screaming sharp from the factory.
There just over price and there not that good just my opinion
Definitely a fair opinion to have
I do not mix up politics and knife manufacturing. If I did, I would only buy Benchmades. But I don’t.
Why? Because their prices are way too high. They produce great knives but the pricing is off the charts.
I stopped buying Benchmade when I discovered their political donations are 100% to the left.
Same
Totally fair, I really need to look into it more
@@DXSharpening I think they were helping to destroy rifles or ar15’s too a couple years ago. I forget exactly what it was.
How could you be sure of that?
@Starkwolf88 there is a whole scandal where they helped the police destroy firearms but I think it was really overblown... basically they asked some employee for a favor and it turned into a photo op and tons of negative pr
Just an opinion benchmade uses to much plastic and the prices are well overpriced. Kershaw uses better steel and aluminum handels. Their American made knives are great value. Factory edge could be better thou sharpening is no big deal
Another reason for their prices is location. Bm is made in America only technically as Oregon is a high tax state the ownership insists on doing business in, no different than Emerson in SoCal, strider in SoCal etc. I’m not defending bm, they ought to move to a cheaper state like many firearm manufacturers did in the last few years. I hope the OT BM clone takes a huge bite out of their profits, sucks for the employees but the ownership is just terrible. The knife market is over saturated and like Leatherman BM is way out of touch.
Spyderco has had some questionable QC as of late. My crucarta manix has a badly off center blade, and my maxamet para 3 had the same issue. I was able to fix the issue with the para3 myself, but the manix is still off center.
Get on with it
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this is a 100k subs level overview, keep it up with the great content 👏
I really appreciate that, thanks for the support!!
@@DXSharpening its just credit where its due, my friend
It doesn't get so much hate...it gets a lot of fans, and a lot of sales, and a lot of good reviews. It gets a little bit of hate...by pompous people who crave attention. Everyone knows Benchmade so their an easy target for people who want to be heard. Their knives are over-priced, sure. But those knives are also better than most, albeit ever so slightly. It's a sliding scale. People who want a smidge better quality in some aspects are willing to pay more to get it. Some people who don't care about that extra quality will jump at the opportunity to point out that it's not worth it. It's worth it to some.
I don't think their knives are better than most and I don't think you're paying more to get higher quality. I loved Benchmade and their designs and the first expensive knife I got was one and the next several were also Benchmade as well. It was only until recently I started looking at other brands that I realized just how much they were behind others in quality/price/variety of design/more
As someone said more than ten years ago, Spyderco is trying to be Benchmade, Benchmade is trying to be Microtech, and Microtech, is well, Microtech. Doesn't seem like much has changed. I have bought exactly one Benchmade in the last 15 years, and I live in Portland, OR, and I like Benchmade, but ever since the MAP pricing came out who knows how long ago, they are just way too expensive, and there are way better options out there namely Houge, Spyderco, and Microtech, and a legion of Chinese brands also. The whole MAP thing was supposed to protect the brick-and-mortar stores, but guess what? They are long gone anyway, now they keep MAP as a way to price gouge the customer. Also, there is absolutely no reason for automatic knives to cost more. Like ZERO. They just do it and keep the price high to gauge Government agencies, like the police and military. You can almost get into Mid-Techs at the prices Benchmades are selling for. I much rather get a Cold Steel Luzon(either size), Spyderco Tenacious/Resilience or a Byrd Cara Cara and get my money's worth, and if I lose it or the police or the TSA takes it, I am not going to care one bit. A knife is a tool, not some Man-Pocket-Jewelry for people with more money than sense.
Definitely some fair points, I think there are more brands that are worth looking to out there than Benchmade spyderco and microtech too...
@@DXSharpening I agree, but I couldn't think of any other ones you didn't already mention in your video, nice to see Buck enter the 21st Century with some good designs, I have always been a huge Buck fan.
I paid like $130 for a 425 with thick titanium liners and contoured carbon fiber scales. Im not pointing that out to complain about price (whining about the price of luxury items is just about the dumbest thing i can imagine), but about design.
Benchmade has dumbed themselves down, and backed themselves into a corner to cater to the worst part of the market. Those same people are the ones who wont even be interested in knives in 5 years. Its the same thing Spyderco is doing now, BM just got a head start.
I think Benchmade has some nice designs and makes a somewhat decent product, the most frustrating thing to me is paying a huge premium to get a knife that looks like it was slapped together in 2 minutes and moved down the assembly line with lots of problems and components that break after a month of use. It seems that they're coasting off a brand reputation and who knows how long it'll last...
Thanks for the comment, hope you enjoy the video!
@@DXSharpening
I see the "coasting on their reputation" thing a lot, but their reputation is the lowest it's been in the 20 years I've been actively collecting knives. A lot of it can be attributed to people online parroting something they heard from someone else that may or may not actually be true. That's not solely a BM thing, but they seem to get it the worse, deserved or not.
It purely comes down to design, for me. It's all cut and paste axis lock models. They're trying to go the lazy spyderco route, but they don't put out spyderco quality or spyderco prices.
I want Benchmade to do well. I carried a 940 almost every day in the Marine Corps. I want to give them my money, but that's not gonna happen until they put out something that interests me and the last thing to really do that was the Anthem. I was even considering getting a Necron, until I saw that it had steel liners. That's just straight up disrespecting the customer.
@CNYKnifeNut thank you for your service to this country, I'm glad to hear the 940 served you well. A lot of the stuff released this year was quite underwhelming and I do see what you're saying.
Maybe it's because I'm a little newer to this and still getting caught up on some of the older designs and I think I did realize half the stuff that came out this year was either a mini version of something that existed or a different color of something. I was really into benchmade for quite some time but found myself getting bored with the designs along with the poor quality when compared to other brands...
After exploring a lot of other American brands it seems like there are numerous other companies doing things better than Benchmade and releasing more exciting designs. It also seems like a lot of companies are hopping on the axis/crossbar lock train which has been a little boring to see as well.
I really appreciate the comments!
i bought the infidel. cost was around 450-500$. it failed within 4 months and i had to pay to ship it out. dog shit quality for the price. i have 25-50$ knifes that are same quality
That's absolutely insane, I thought they were at least decently made albeit wildly overpriced, sorry to hear it
@@DXSharpening They are decently made. Even the prom queen lets a fart escape everyone in awhile. But all the boys still wanna cop a feel.
I love Benchmade. I have 20 different models. No failures. Stiff out of the box, a little break in and then fine. People have no idea what it costs to run a company that size. BM has costs that smaller companies don’t. Liability insurance, medical and 401K for employees, lawyers to fight the fakes online. It costs the company I work for $2,200 per month per employee for health insurance. Imagine the amount of time they spent on engineering for the Narrows. The lifetime warranty cost a fortune as well. I am surprised how vocal the haters are. There are many knives / companies I dont buy because I dont think I am getting value. I dont spend any time crying about it online.
More power to you, if you like Benchmade and don't mind paying extra go for it. I overpay on knives frequently and I pretty much only buy from American companies and I do have a bunch of Benchmade knives but it gets old paying a premium for knives that break frequently and are terrible out of the box when there are numerous other companies that deserve recognition because they go the extra mile to make sure their knives represent the brand well oit of the box.
You completely missed the point. I dont think I am “overpaying”. Terrible out of the box is a silly statement. They set them up to naturally get good action over time. If they leave the pivot lose up front it may get worse later. 95% of their customers use these as knives, not fidget toys.
@@JoeSmith-ym5zf ok
@@JoeSmith-ym5zf You're overpaying.
You can’t talk sense to a fanboy.
Will Hirsch delivers a review that essentially sums up why we as hard-core knife collectors are upset with Benchmade ruclips.net/video/sJiDxzho7sw/видео.html
I'll check it out, thanks!