We don't like to admit that 95% of the time we use our pocket knives to open a package, which leaves our families wondering why the heck we drop $200-$300 on a knife whose job any $5 box cutter would do. We must be crazy.
Hey. I was in the Army and they sent me to Iraq in 2003. Knifes were used for opening mail, MRE’s and the occasional 550 paracord. No knife fights or skinning game the entire time!
@@coolbreeze2399 Respect to you for your time in Iraq first of all. But going back to the knife discussion, let's be honest - if you fought a war in Iraq and most of the time a knife was only used to open mail, an MRE package, and the occasional paracord, that proves the point that we don't need a $200 knife. However, I admit that we don't act logically 100% of the time. And let me share a secret... I'm fixing to buy a Benchmade Bugout for $200 🤣shhhh 🤫
Visited Benchmade HQ back in 2011 when I was nearby for work. I was in the military at the time and we were issued Benchmades. I left a note for the CEO to say thanks for making products we can trust our lives on. He later emailed me a very nice personal note, which I thought was so cool. Been a fan since.
@@mikejurnak4253 we'll quit complaining when they get better QC than the mid-tier Chinese companies like Kizer and We. A $160 made in USA knife shouldn't be outclassed by a $160 Chinese knife in terms of QC. You can argue that labor and materials cost more in the US, but it was always made up for with greater QC standards. Now, benchmade can't even say that anymore.
Benchmade can sell a crumbled up piece of aluminum as a multi tool, I'd still buy it over cheap chinesium because that's essentially what I'm getting with the chinesium any way.
The Flyway refers to a migration route ducks use. It is made for the delicate work of cleaning birds. I have a Bugout, Bailout, and Infidel. The partially serrated Bailout is by far my favorite. It's like having three blades in one.
As someone who had cleaned many birds, it looks nice. Looks great for getting organ out and such. But id still want a nice big knife for necks and other big areas.
Before you buy a Benchmade, understand that they are now massively overpriced in respect to their build quality and steel types in the current market. But they're benchmade, so they can get away with it.
Yep, so many better options now that other companies are putting out crossbar locks. My textured titanium kunwu pulsar would literally cost like $1200 if Benchmade released it under their ridiculous pricing
Sadly it doesn't hold it's edge. I think that the metal composition needs to be re-examined. Other than that, no complaints, not what I expected. Clip is bad quality also!
I want a bug out but dang it's th exact knife I think of but it's just high...I've watched a hundred reviews on it and for the issues they have I just am to cheap to risk it
Why pay $200 for this, when I can buy a ganzo g727m with 440 steel for around $20. Built solid and looks just as good, and I don't have to pay a fortune for a logo.
Benchmade is one company that will never make a single penny out of my pocket!! Overpriced, overrated, and not to mention, their policies! Blade HQ apple polish them way too much. Enjoy your Benchmade knives!
I am a BENCHMADE addict. I currently have 14 of them with 3 more on preorder. The reason the two speakers kept comparing the bailOUT and the taggedOUT to the bugOUT is because they are a series. The blade thickness is the exact same on all three models. The tips differ because they have different purposes. The blade length is also the exact same. The handles are slightly different to accommodate the intended purpose. The “rubberized” they kept talking about is called santoprene it is a synthetic. I can attest to the durability of this material. The puko is my EDC fixed blade. The puko and leuku are also intended to be a set. Both knives are fantastic plus 3V is one of my favorite steel M4 and Magnacut being my top 3. Followed by cruewear being number 4 and 1905 being number 5. For those of you who don’t know, cruewear is literally an upgraded formula of D2. CPM created cruewear in the 80’s. It’s also not a new super steel it’s old school super steel. It is what all “super steel” today is compared to. D2 is a very popular steel for all the reasons the tool steels are popular steels (tool steel starts with a letter followed by a number. I.e D2, M4, W2, A1) the reason D2 is so popular is because it’s a anomaly being that it is in fact a tool steel which means it has a higher amount of carbon. 12-13% carbon in D2. To be considered a stainless steel it needs 11% or less of carbon. So D2 is a good choice cruewear is a better choice and now Magnacut will rule them all. Btw I am so excited for my preorder mini adamas in Magnacut and my preorder taggedout in Magnacut both from BladeHQ. If you feel like buying one Benchmade is too expensive I urge you to reconsider. I do agree that if a person wants just a pocket knife to last them the rest of there life getting a basic bugout is the best option also a basic griptilion or a basic 940 also good. But better to upgrade the blade steel and the handle material. I don’t personally like S30V (It’s brittle) but most people will never meet the limit of that steel. I have been a a loyal customer of bladehq for a very very long time.
Benchmade has some absolutely great designs but they are disgustingly overpriced compared to what their competitors charge for the same materials and quality. Spyderco is way way more affordable and offers a wide variety of steel and price points to satisfy the enthusiast as well as the person looking for a good work knife at a good price. It's not even like Benchmade is just a bit overpriced. It's so overpriced it's offensive. I do love some of their designs though. The mini Adamas and the mini freak are really cool. But you can get a spyderco para 3 for 100 dollars less than a mini adamas. Ok this Spyderco fan boy is done ranting. To those of you who can afford benchmade and aren't concerned about the price, or those who just really really love benchmade and chose to save up in order to get one, I hope you enjoy your knife and I'm sure you won't be disappointed in quality. God bless.
benchmade & spyderco are outta their minds charging the premium prices they do for a knife with PLASTIC scales! ...thatll be a hard pass for me, despite the country of origin & the blade steel, if that company cheaps out & sticks a chunk of freakin PLASTIC in my hands! ...always enjoy the videos guys, thanx
I got a bench made bug out with aluminum scales, one of the strongest tools I’ve enjoyed using. I use it for everything from boxes to simple camping tasks. I recommend it to anyone on the fence about Benchmade Knives and their warranty is incredible, and they replaced my aluminum scales when they were damaged for no cost after sending them in. A fantastic customer service team, too👍
Any chance we can get an axis/bar lock spring from benchmade that doesnt break once a year? The only knife from benchmade that I haven't had a broken spring in is my decade old Griptilian... but every other benchmade that I own has had a broken spring at least once! I have eight of them! WHY ARE YOUR NEW SPRINGS SO CRAPPY!
When benchmade knives were still in that 100-200 dollar price range, I bought several and really like them. They have absolutely lost their minds with pricing and I won’t buy a single knife from them at these prices. That raghorn is great but 400 dollars is asinine. I hope they take a hit to sales and reconsider their pricing.
Problem is if you account for inflation at this point, they probably are in that range, just a sad new reality, but I certainly understand ur position, all these companies are getting out of control prices, they're taking advantage of situations
Anyone else just tired if buying Benchmades? Ever since the company changed & their prices went from high to ridiculous? I went outside the norm & started buy many other makers knives sI could 't be happier. I used to really like Benchmade, but they are now pricing themselves out of business. Shame.
Personnaly I think that Benchmade are just over priced. It's about time that they change their prices policy. A knife with ultra cheap scales that if you press both side, they will touch each other. At over 250.00 NO THANKS. I can have so many knife top quality at this price
I love my Benchmade knives. I have 3 and there great. However, Benchmade... I know we have inflation but come on. Your prices have got out of control. I bought my Bugout for $126 just a few years ago. What on earth did you change about the knife for it to run $170 and higher. It not just you all the makers are going crazy on prices. I bought it but really the bugout is a $70 dollar knife. So are most of the blue class.
I have a Benchmade bug out in sv90 with carbon fiber grips, I can honestly say I have never been more disappointed with a knife. The edge was rough at best and needed some serious work to get it straight, the action was so stiff it required two hands to open, Fit and finish on grips was poor. When I sent them an email I got an automated reply and nothing else. This is the last Benchmade I will ever buy.There are to many great knives out there for same money or less.
@@brettmorgan5129 it just feels dinky. I'm not a fan of the scales it comes with. There's just much better knives for that price range. Like the Kizer drop bear.
I’ve bought two Benchmade knifes now. And I to test the finish on the blade I’ll run my thumb nail along the side of edge. These have only had a ruff grind done to them. The 496 Vector front edge won’t cut anything. They want me to mail it back. For as much as it cost there is know way it should have left the factory or what ever you wish to call it.
@@johnqgeezer1857 I check the edge on any new knife and I expect to resharpen it but the benchmade was abysmal, I have a couple of truckstop knives that had better edges than my bugout did out of the box.
Just picked up my first higher end knife a couple of weeks ago. - carbon bugout with s90v. I was super impressed with the build quality so I picked up the hidden canyon hunter with the s90v as well. I’ll probably dive into Magnacut next but hopefully benchmade will make it in more models 🤷♂️ maybe it’s not as good as I’ve heard but Magnacut seems interesting
Loveeee me some magnacut but damn have a fallen down the rabbit whole with it, between a Chris reeves and my mcnees and more coming. And underrated magnacut knife is the hogue deka and the kershaw launch 15
I have the Hogue Deka in Magnacut. It's an AMAZING knife. However, the one I have has a polymer plastic handle. I wish it came in Micarta or G-10. I'm not a fan of after market scales not maintaining the ambidextrous clip holes. That's a deal breaker for me when it comes to handles/knives.
@@Tekrow a knife is only as good as it’s handle and also it’s blade. One without the other is always a dealbreaker for me. Typically I like g10 on working knives and I have a few knives for looks that I don’t care about material on the handle.
You probably got a counterfeit have you watch dbk video on the bugout the Baton it to split wood they torture the fook out of it and it didn’t break it survived everything
@@Grabthembypussycat the lock itself was fine when the springs were working. just the springs themselves broke in less than 6 months. Replaced it with new after market springs and sold it off. I bought it from the knife centre, an official BM distributor so im very sure its real
Never understood the Benchmade/spyderco craze. I'll probably get alot of hate for my opinion, but if you want a quality edc, buy a $50 kershaw. If you want the best OTF, buy a microtech...why do people spend $150+ on an edc that you're going to beat up and scratch anyway. This is coming from someone who has a decent amount of $200+ knives and EDCs a microtech...having a nice knife is awesome...having an expensive knife that feels/looks like a $40 knife makes no sense to me.
One thing I don’t get about guys that judge off what steel your blade is (if they’re really prepping to be in the bush or a survival situation) do they carry a Diamond stone? Because you’re not gonna sharpen a super steel on a wet stone you find in the bush. Try and sharpen some s30v lmax or m390 on a cheap sharpening tool. Gonna destroy your knife or it’ll take you forever (because it won’t work) having a softer steel that you can sharpen a rock you find at the river makes more sense imo if you’re stuck out there and it’s all you got
The idea is you won't have to sharpen your knives on a trip or in a survival situation. Sure it would take forever to sharpen maxamet or k390 on a cheaper sharpening stone but many of the more balanced steels like cruwear can be sharpened on cheaper wetstones. Most super steels are gonna hold at least a working edge for weeks with a strop and some compound. I'm not sure what cheaper sharpening tools your talking about, but the falkniven dc4 is pretty affordable. Either way, I would prefer a dulling cruwear or elmax over a river rock sharpened 440c or aus8.
I appreciate that you have a good amount of USA knives, which most all of the Benchmade are, AFAIK. I admit, I have a bugout 535-3 as my EDC, and have a Hidden Canyon for skinning, I could skin with the bugout if I really had to, I just prefer a fixed blade. My most cherished blade doesn't have a name, it's a 4" version of a clip point (mini bowie) that my dad gave me when I was about 4 years old, I have cleaned dozens of fish and taught myself to sharpen on. The old beat up leather sheath has my dad's initials carved into it. It can shave hair, but I broke the tip off using it like a screwdriver so it's been reshaped at the tip. I think it's time to pass it along to my own son...he only got to meet my dad once and he was young and doesn't remember. I have a couple other nicer knives, an Alan Kartzen (framelock) that is much nicer than the bugout with timascus...but it's too big in my front pocket, where I carry the bugout...in the end the Bugout wins...Let freedom ring!🗽
Benchmade is a great company. The knives are a little expensive but well worth it for the lifetime warranty and Lifesharp program. I still love the very first knife they made with ATS-34 Japanese steel which was called the Advance Folding Combat Knife. I carried this during me travels up in Alaska and through my camping trips in California. I still have the knife, and it still looks brand new. My daughter has laid claim to it and to the rest of my other Benchmade collection by saying, " Dad, when your gone, your knife collection is mine." 😂
The Puuko is a great design, but I had to shim the inside of the sheath with layers of leather to keep the knife from literally falling out. What a waste of a nicely designed sheath, with a dangler no less! Didn’t anyone even check to insert the knife and turn it upside down? It needs to be at least a half-inch deeper, as well as tighter. Leather stretches, right? And you’re carryjng it HIKING IN THE WOODS?? I improved it, but as it is I have no real confidence with it in rough terrain. If I keep it I’ll have to have another sheath made. I have 50 other Benchmades and am obviously a fan, but the overpricing is really getting old. $180 for a D2 Redoudt? $270 for that Bailout that was $220 MSRP two years ago? Seriously? (By the way in your video you have it incorrectly priced at what it should be, $180, not what it is on your website, $270, and the Saddle Mountain skinner is incorrectly shown as $198 when on your website it’s $252, or up $30 from last year. You need to get someone to xref all the prices you show here against your website ASAP.) FYI, also 12-18 months ago you could get a Steep Country for $120, now it’s $162. Yeah, that’s all a hard sell. However, thanks for the overview, you definitely sold me a Taggedout, I didn’t know it had the Select Edge design. I have both the Saddle Mountain skinner and Hidden Canyon hunter in S90V Select Edge, and they’re amazing cutters, so I’m a fan of the technology. 👍
Just received my first Benchmade 14:28 and it's really very good. Fantastic slim and lightweight knife. I'm worried this will not be my last Benchmade knife!
@@PeterShire WoW I really have enjoyed my Bailout and would love to get a back spacer to try that out. The glass breaker (sometimes) digs in my hand a little. Back spacers for the dugout are easy enough mainly because I guess of their populatity.
I feel like bench made completely forgot where they originally came from. And what made the company. Bench made needs to get back in their roots and bring back to Bench made 51 Morpho & Benchmade 67 Tanto Recurve & Benchmade 42 Balisong Knife Titanium Butterfly Knife. And they don’t need a charge a arm and a leg to get this done. Their prices are gone way outta control.
Small knives like the flyway are nice for field dressing so you have good control over the tip while you're reached up the chest cavity freeing the top of the gut sack.
Before you buy, know that you're going to need to sharpen that blade asap. Benchmade's factory grind is appalling considering their price point. And I say that as someone that carries the 533BK-2 every day.
Before you buy......get extra omega springs.....and get ready to be without your knife for weeks....AND.....pay for shipping after paying the butterfly tax. Or.....buy a Spyderco, Cold Steel, Kershaw, Civivi, etc.....and save your money and your time. My money goes to the Glesser's most of the time.....
I have had Benchmade knives for years now and play with them to the point of annoying everyone around me...but I've NEVER broken an Omega spring! Not sure how people manage to do that
Have 70 BM's and fidget them all the time... No omega spring have broker over 10 years I have these knives. Sorry for your personal experience but it doesnt set anything to the BM community.
I've broken three of them..... A griptillian, bugout, and Adamas...... Also two auto springs......had to pay to have them shipped after owning them no longer than a month....and had to drive to ship the autos a two hour round trip each..... I bought them at Whitaker's in West Louisville KY (I love that store though...it's no knock on them). I have seen the deleted ones too...... I own dozens.....of Spyderco, Kershaw, Cold Steel, etc.....NEVER had a problem with any of them. I WANTED so bad to love Benchmade, but my experience has been nothing but bad. I'm sorry if that offends anyone....if you haven't had those issues that's awesome.
I just got my Benchmade 940 Osborne, love the feel and quality of it, but I'd be lying if i said the Kershaw Iridium doesn't deliver the exact same feel and quality at a fraction of the price, sure the steel isn't AS good but D2 is still a good quality steel and came from Kershaw razor blade sharp, overall idk whether to call Benchmade overpriced or Kershaw an amazing underdog
I will never buy a benchmade again. Overpriced and overrated. I must admit, though.. The puukko is a great knife, unfortunately it has a terrible sheath 😢 And never forget, how important a glass breaker is 😂😂😂😂
I've got the original 940 in s30v and the bailout in aluminum and m4...for those I see complaining about the action being stiff,both of mine slicked right up after a day or two of fidgeting and will now drop shut completely on their own..... although they are pricey,I'm a fan.
Wow, glad I got my Benchmade's while the prices were still unreasonable, as I supported American manufacturing. Looking more and more like American manufacturing is becoming too expensive for even Americans.
Ive been collecting knives for 30yrs of all kinds and price ranges from Spyderco to Cold Steel to Zero Tolerance. Probably every folder you can think of but i have never purchased a Benchmade. They just dont impress me and i dont like the axis lock. Michrotech autos are where its at 👍 if you wanna be impressed
Btw the meatcrafter that have featured in this video is not 180$, it is $450 f*cking dollars, and its dogshit flimsy and chippy af I bought it. Had if fail on lightly processing a deer quarter, and now can't even return it.
I had a bugout in 20 cv grey g10 scales they must have blind workers working in quality control ended up selling I’ll never again buy a Benchmade it was my first bench made and my last
What he ment to say was that the Bugout has flex to it because it’s cheap. Way to overpriced! Benchmade stop smoking and make some sensible fricken decisions!!
Conclusion: Benchmade needs to offer more blade options for their more EDC focused knives like the bugout and presidio. I'd love a sheepsfoot bugout. Their pricing is also getting kinda wacky on some of their knives. Bugout shouldn't be $180 new (200+ if you add even the slightest options like ends grivory)
I love my 940 but I wish it had a lanyard hole. I put a deep carry clip on mine and I find it hard to fish out of my pocket. I think the Griptilian still reigns as the top outdoor/bushcraft single-blade folder and I love my CF Elite Bugout. Also, the Axis lock is my favorite lock and has been ever since it came out in the 710. Would love to see a lighter version of the 710.
I feel like every auto I’ve ever handled from benchmade has waaay too much blade okay considering the price up against microtech and heretic. But I do like the pukka for a fixie and the bailout with original goat ti scales. I’ve been hard pressed to find anything that can dethrone my Brian Brown Raptor v2 for the price. And on skiffs, my god it’s gloriously smooth on the drop. With ergos like rassenti designs and a blade shape like the crk umnumzaan, how could you go wrong?
can’t wait for a shootout where the blade doesn’t wobble will they ever make one like that i own a shootout by the way and enjoy it a lot just the blade wobble man
Best knife Benchmade makes. It's too bad they discontinued it from the custom shop. I had a bugout too ended up giving it to my brother who's an electrician. For not having a full liner, I must say that knife stood up to some abuse. He would strip wires with that blade and it only ever had a small couple chips in the blade. He ended up loosing it and I forsure wouldn't buy another one at what they cost now , like $180. One thing I didn't like about it was it's a palm slicer when it dropped shut. . my mini grip has never chopped my paw. It sure was a cute Morel mushroom picking knife before I gave it to my brother but I share your same thoughts. Something about the mini grip! Everything about it is perfect for a pocket knife. The way it sits in your pocket, to deploying it, flicking it close all with one hand and then back into the pocket, shit is satisfying!
I like how you mentioned the Frn format too. Even tho I have the G10 one with 20 cv. The Frn one is the best. Just feels solid , don't know why ppl complain about the FRN, it feels good even with wet hands and is pretty durable even when dropped. At least way better feeling than the full sized grip. Too plasticky. Something to be said about something more compact, itll always feel more solid. Their G10 is so slippery. Im actually not a huge fan of the free flow design with spacers like all the G10 ones were. All the lint and dust and crap gets in there and yeah I just don't like it as much as the cheaper ones! The closed back is.the way to go. I don't want lint getting onto my blade! Even if you have a bunch of loose change in your pocket, those little coins could potentially get into the backspacers and dull up your blade. Keep rocking on with the mini grip 🤟
@@RandoWisLuL no, my al time favorite is the Manix 2 in G10. But this is the only Benchmade that feels great for me. I just don't trust a omega spring that's it. It's says second favorite now..
I was the same way about buttons until I got the Auto-Fact. Still love my push buttons, and I wish they made an Auto-Fact with a button, but I don't like the hexagonal stop pin BM uses in their push-button autos because if it rotates a bit your knife won't lock all the way. Plan on getting the Arcane next.
We don't like to admit that 95% of the time we use our pocket knives to open a package, which leaves our families wondering why the heck we drop $200-$300 on a knife whose job any $5 box cutter would do. We must be crazy.
It’s our past time, we like fine cutlery.
Hey. I was in the Army and they sent me to Iraq in 2003. Knifes were used for opening mail, MRE’s and the occasional 550 paracord. No knife fights or skinning game the entire time!
@@coolbreeze2399 Respect to you for your time in Iraq first of all. But going back to the knife discussion, let's be honest - if you fought a war in Iraq and most of the time a knife was only used to open mail, an MRE package, and the occasional paracord, that proves the point that we don't need a $200 knife. However, I admit that we don't act logically 100% of the time. And let me share a secret... I'm fixing to buy a Benchmade Bugout for $200 🤣shhhh 🤫
@keithsargent6963exactly how we should look at this. everyone’s allowed to have their expensive hobby/vice.
Ive got no problem admitting it. I just like cool shit, im a gearhead so therefore i want the coolest package openers money can buy.
Visited Benchmade HQ back in 2011 when I was nearby for work. I was in the military at the time and we were issued Benchmades. I left a note for the CEO to say thanks for making products we can trust our lives on. He later emailed me a very nice personal note, which I thought was so cool.
Been a fan since.
That's awesome more should hear that story. Might be less crying about the "butterfly tax". Thank you for your service
@@mikejurnak4253 we'll quit complaining when they get better QC than the mid-tier Chinese companies like Kizer and We.
A $160 made in USA knife shouldn't be outclassed by a $160 Chinese knife in terms of QC.
You can argue that labor and materials cost more in the US, but it was always made up for with greater QC standards. Now, benchmade can't even say that anymore.
Benchmade can sell a crumbled up piece of aluminum as a multi tool, I'd still buy it over cheap chinesium because that's essentially what I'm getting with the chinesium any way.
Wuhan. Covid screwed our economy. I try my best NOT to buy anything from the country that screwed our economy. Knives especially.
@@vintageswiss9096bro, they are outclassed by $50 knives.
The Flyway refers to a migration route ducks use. It is made for the delicate work of cleaning birds. I have a Bugout, Bailout, and Infidel. The partially serrated Bailout is by far my favorite. It's like having three blades in one.
As someone who had cleaned many birds, it looks nice. Looks great for getting organ out and such. But id still want a nice big knife for necks and other big areas.
Bird and Trout style knife.
First time watching these guys. Not really sure they should be allowed to handle sharp objects. IJS
Before you buy a Benchmade, understand that they are now massively overpriced in respect to their build quality and steel types in the current market. But they're benchmade, so they can get away with it.
Yep, so many better options now that other companies are putting out crossbar locks. My textured titanium kunwu pulsar would literally cost like $1200 if Benchmade released it under their ridiculous pricing
Wahhhh wahhhhhh that's all I hear
Because Microtech should be the industry standard for price modeling in affordable knives.
Sadly it doesn't hold it's edge. I think that the metal composition needs to be re-examined. Other than that, no complaints, not what I expected. Clip is bad quality also!
I want a bug out but dang it's th exact knife I think of but it's just high...I've watched a hundred reviews on it and for the issues they have I just am to cheap to risk it
Why pay $200 for this, when I can buy a ganzo g727m with 440 steel for around $20. Built solid and looks just as good, and I don't have to pay a fortune for a logo.
Benchmade is one company that will never make a single penny out of my pocket!! Overpriced, overrated, and not to mention, their policies! Blade HQ apple polish them way too much. Enjoy your Benchmade knives!
I am a BENCHMADE addict. I currently have 14 of them with 3 more on preorder. The reason the two speakers kept comparing the bailOUT and the taggedOUT to the bugOUT is because they are a series. The blade thickness is the exact same on all three models. The tips differ because they have different purposes. The blade length is also the exact same. The handles are slightly different to accommodate the intended purpose. The “rubberized” they kept talking about is called santoprene it is a synthetic. I can attest to the durability of this material. The puko is my EDC fixed blade. The puko and leuku are also intended to be a set. Both knives are fantastic plus 3V is one of my favorite steel M4 and Magnacut being my top 3. Followed by cruewear being number 4 and 1905 being number 5. For those of you who don’t know, cruewear is literally an upgraded formula of D2. CPM created cruewear in the 80’s. It’s also not a new super steel it’s old school super steel. It is what all “super steel” today is compared to. D2 is a very popular steel for all the reasons the tool steels are popular steels (tool steel starts with a letter followed by a number. I.e D2, M4, W2, A1) the reason D2 is so popular is because it’s a anomaly being that it is in fact a tool steel which means it has a higher amount of carbon. 12-13% carbon in D2. To be considered a stainless steel it needs 11% or less of carbon. So D2 is a good choice cruewear is a better choice and now Magnacut will rule them all. Btw I am so excited for my preorder mini adamas in Magnacut and my preorder taggedout in Magnacut both from BladeHQ. If you feel like buying one Benchmade is too expensive I urge you to reconsider. I do agree that if a person wants just a pocket knife to last them the rest of there life getting a basic bugout is the best option also a basic griptilion or a basic 940 also good. But better to upgrade the blade steel and the handle material. I don’t personally like S30V (It’s brittle) but most people will never meet the limit of that steel. I have been a a loyal customer of bladehq for a very very long time.
Benchmade has some absolutely great designs but they are disgustingly overpriced compared to what their competitors charge for the same materials and quality. Spyderco is way way more affordable and offers a wide variety of steel and price points to satisfy the enthusiast as well as the person looking for a good work knife at a good price.
It's not even like Benchmade is just a bit overpriced. It's so overpriced it's offensive.
I do love some of their designs though. The mini Adamas and the mini freak are really cool. But you can get a spyderco para 3 for 100 dollars less than a mini adamas.
Ok this Spyderco fan boy is done ranting.
To those of you who can afford benchmade and aren't concerned about the price, or those who just really really love benchmade and chose to save up in order to get one, I hope you enjoy your knife and I'm sure you won't be disappointed in quality.
God bless.
benchmade & spyderco are outta their minds charging the premium prices they do for a knife with PLASTIC scales! ...thatll be a hard pass for me, despite the country of origin & the blade steel, if that company cheaps out & sticks a chunk of freakin PLASTIC in my hands! ...always enjoy the videos guys, thanx
CF Elite is not plastic; it's a carbon fiber/fiberglass blend.
G10 is pretty great. FRN not so much.
@@jonbrown6099 Frn and CF elite blows G10 out of the water. At least Benchmades slippery azz G10.
Never seen a bitchmade or spiderco with a premium price they're under $1000 try a hawk Deadlock c2 around $3000
I got a bench made bug out with aluminum scales, one of the strongest tools I’ve enjoyed using. I use it for everything from boxes to simple camping tasks. I recommend it to anyone on the fence about Benchmade Knives and their warranty is incredible, and they replaced my aluminum scales when they were damaged for no cost after sending them in. A fantastic customer service team, too👍
Any chance we can get an axis/bar lock spring from benchmade that doesnt break once a year? The only knife from benchmade that I haven't had a broken spring in is my decade old Griptilian... but every other benchmade that I own has had a broken spring at least once! I have eight of them! WHY ARE YOUR NEW SPRINGS SO CRAPPY!
When benchmade knives were still in that 100-200 dollar price range, I bought several and really like them. They have absolutely lost their minds with pricing and I won’t buy a single knife from them at these prices. That raghorn is great but 400 dollars is asinine. I hope they take a hit to sales and reconsider their pricing.
Prices are off the hook!!!
The value isn't there!
Problem is if you account for inflation at this point, they probably are in that range, just a sad new reality, but I certainly understand ur position, all these companies are getting out of control prices, they're taking advantage of situations
They need the money to donate to more Democrat politicians
I have 7 different Benchmade models, love them all !! The Griptilian is probably my favorite workhorse knife.
Anyone else just tired if buying Benchmades? Ever since the company changed & their prices went from high to ridiculous? I went outside the norm & started buy many other makers knives sI could 't be happier. I used to really like Benchmade, but they are now pricing themselves out of business. Shame.
Personnaly I think that Benchmade are just over priced. It's about time that they change their prices policy. A knife with ultra cheap scales that if you press both side, they will touch each other. At over 250.00 NO THANKS. I can have so many knife top quality at this price
Benchmade will always have special place in my heart, but there msrp at the moment is STUPID…Hogue is just better for the money
I love my Benchmade knives. I have 3 and there great. However, Benchmade... I know we have inflation but come on. Your prices have got out of control. I bought my Bugout for $126 just a few years ago. What on earth did you change about the knife for it to run $170 and higher. It not just you all the makers are going crazy on prices. I bought it but really the bugout is a $70 dollar knife. So are most of the blue class.
Day 2 of asking blade hq to bring back dessert warrior elementum
Flyway, because it’s as much bird knife as it is fishing knife.
I have a Benchmade bug out in sv90 with carbon fiber grips, I can honestly say I have never been more disappointed with a knife. The edge was rough at best and needed some serious work to get it straight, the action was so stiff it required two hands to open, Fit and finish on grips was poor. When I sent them an email I got an automated reply and nothing else. This is the last Benchmade I will ever buy.There are to many great knives out there for same money or less.
Me to I can't stand it. And hate the bugout
@@BPF80MCar-vi1pg I don't hate the bugout but it was truly disappointing. I bought a nice Civivi Knapper not long ago and am much happier with it
@@brettmorgan5129 it just feels dinky. I'm not a fan of the scales it comes with. There's just much better knives for that price range. Like the Kizer drop bear.
I’ve bought two Benchmade knifes now. And I to test the finish on the blade I’ll run my thumb nail along the side of edge. These have only had a ruff grind done to them. The 496 Vector front edge won’t cut anything. They want me to mail it back. For as much as it cost there is know way it should have left the factory or what ever you wish to call it.
@@johnqgeezer1857 I check the edge on any new knife and I expect to resharpen it but the benchmade was abysmal, I have a couple of truckstop knives that had better edges than my bugout did out of the box.
LOL i thought for the longest time I'm the only dumbass that gave him self a scar with a Swiss army knife.
If you can see yourself, turning a screw with a $200 knife, you were either a fool or have more money than you need
Benchmade buyers guide: they're over priced you can do better for less.
Just picked up my first higher end knife a couple of weeks ago. - carbon bugout with s90v. I was super impressed with the build quality so I picked up the hidden canyon hunter with the s90v as well. I’ll probably dive into Magnacut next but hopefully benchmade will make it in more models 🤷♂️ maybe it’s not as good as I’ve heard but Magnacut seems interesting
Loveeee me some magnacut but damn have a fallen down the rabbit whole with it, between a Chris reeves and my mcnees and more coming. And underrated magnacut knife is the hogue deka and the kershaw launch 15
Lol Bugout. You fool.
I have the Hogue Deka in Magnacut. It's an AMAZING knife. However, the one I have has a polymer plastic handle. I wish it came in Micarta or G-10. I'm not a fan of after market scales not maintaining the ambidextrous clip holes. That's a deal breaker for me when it comes to handles/knives.
@@Tekrow a knife is only as good as it’s handle and also it’s blade. One without the other is always a dealbreaker for me. Typically I like g10 on working knives and I have a few knives for looks that I don’t care about material on the handle.
my EDC is the Benchmade LFK.. There's nothing like it..
Ahhh the bugout. Bought it a few years ago at Usd 130+. Both omega springs broke within 6 months and already felt it was overpriced back then.
Brother when the OG Blue bugout came out I bought it for 117.34$ out the door.
You probably got a counterfeit have you watch dbk video on the bugout the Baton it to split wood they torture the fook out of it and it didn’t break it survived everything
@@Grabthembypussycat the lock itself was fine when the springs were working. just the springs themselves broke in less than 6 months. Replaced it with new after market springs and sold it off.
I bought it from the knife centre, an official BM distributor so im very sure its real
Never understood the Benchmade/spyderco craze. I'll probably get alot of hate for my opinion, but if you want a quality edc, buy a $50 kershaw. If you want the best OTF, buy a microtech...why do people spend $150+ on an edc that you're going to beat up and scratch anyway. This is coming from someone who has a decent amount of $200+ knives and EDCs a microtech...having a nice knife is awesome...having an expensive knife that feels/looks like a $40 knife makes no sense to me.
The biggest mark up I ever seen on all knives from this company. Total rip off, way over priced 👎
One thing I don’t get about guys that judge off what steel your blade is (if they’re really prepping to be in the bush or a survival situation) do they carry a Diamond stone? Because you’re not gonna sharpen a super steel on a wet stone you find in the bush. Try and sharpen some s30v lmax or m390 on a cheap sharpening tool. Gonna destroy your knife or it’ll take you forever (because it won’t work) having a softer steel that you can sharpen a rock you find at the river makes more sense imo if you’re stuck out there and it’s all you got
The idea is you won't have to sharpen your knives on a trip or in a survival situation. Sure it would take forever to sharpen maxamet or k390 on a cheaper sharpening stone but many of the more balanced steels like cruwear can be sharpened on cheaper wetstones. Most super steels are gonna hold at least a working edge for weeks with a strop and some compound. I'm not sure what cheaper sharpening tools your talking about, but the falkniven dc4 is pretty affordable. Either way, I would prefer a dulling cruwear or elmax over a river rock sharpened 440c or aus8.
I appreciate that you have a good amount of USA knives, which most all of the Benchmade are, AFAIK. I admit, I have a bugout 535-3 as my EDC, and have a Hidden Canyon for skinning, I could skin with the bugout if I really had to, I just prefer a fixed blade. My most cherished blade doesn't have a name, it's a 4" version of a clip point (mini bowie) that my dad gave me when I was about 4 years old, I have cleaned dozens of fish and taught myself to sharpen on. The old beat up leather sheath has my dad's initials carved into it. It can shave hair, but I broke the tip off using it like a screwdriver so it's been reshaped at the tip. I think it's time to pass it along to my own son...he only got to meet my dad once and he was young and doesn't remember. I have a couple other nicer knives, an Alan Kartzen (framelock) that is much nicer than the bugout with timascus...but it's too big in my front pocket, where I carry the bugout...in the end the Bugout wins...Let freedom ring!🗽
Benchmade is a great company. The knives are a little expensive but well worth it for the lifetime warranty and Lifesharp program. I still love the very first knife they made with ATS-34 Japanese steel which was called the Advance Folding Combat Knife. I carried this during me travels up in Alaska and through my camping trips in California. I still have the knife, and it still looks brand new. My daughter has laid claim to it and to the rest of my other Benchmade collection by saying, " Dad, when your gone, your knife collection is mine." 😂
Flyway= bird and trout knife. As in waterfowl flyways
Before you buy a Benchmade knife, take a second mortgage on your house.
most overrated knife maker imo
The Puuko is a great design, but I had to shim the inside of the sheath with layers of leather to keep the knife from literally falling out. What a waste of a nicely designed sheath, with a dangler no less! Didn’t anyone even check to insert the knife and turn it upside down? It needs to be at least a half-inch deeper, as well as tighter. Leather stretches, right? And you’re carryjng it HIKING IN THE WOODS?? I improved it, but as it is I have no real confidence with it in rough terrain. If I keep it I’ll have to have another sheath made.
I have 50 other Benchmades and am obviously a fan, but the overpricing is really getting old. $180 for a D2 Redoudt? $270 for that Bailout that was $220 MSRP two years ago? Seriously?
(By the way in your video you have it incorrectly priced at what it should be, $180, not what it is on your website, $270, and the Saddle Mountain skinner is incorrectly shown as $198 when on your website it’s $252, or up $30 from last year. You need to get someone to xref all the prices you show here against your website ASAP.)
FYI, also 12-18 months ago you could get a Steep Country for $120, now it’s $162. Yeah, that’s all a hard sell.
However, thanks for the overview, you definitely sold me a Taggedout, I didn’t know it had the Select Edge design. I have both the Saddle Mountain skinner and Hidden Canyon hunter in S90V Select Edge, and they’re amazing cutters, so I’m a fan of the technology. 👍
Try an Armatus sheath for your Puukko. Lots of styles to choose from. IDK, for me it has worked out great & they aren't very expensive.
@@6FeetDeep4U Thanks! I’ll check it out. Appreciate the recommendation.
I am so old when they said the best selling Benchmade knife of all time I thought "oh the Griptilian"
I clutch my nimravus near and dear forever.
Just received my first Benchmade 14:28 and it's really very good. Fantastic slim and lightweight knife.
I'm worried this will not be my last Benchmade knife!
You need to get a mini adamas
I pick mine up this week!
The Bailout is an awesome knife! Watch out as Benchmade has new colors for the Bailout shipping soon.
@@PeterShire WoW I really have enjoyed my Bailout and would love to get a back spacer to try that out. The glass breaker (sometimes) digs in my hand a little. Back spacers for the dugout are easy enough mainly because I guess of their populatity.
@@johnjoe3386 That is amazing John, I'm pleased you are enjoying it.
They have had a mini freak for a few years now in carbon fiber. I love mine
I feel like bench made completely forgot where they originally came from. And what made the company. Bench made needs to get back in their roots and bring back to Bench made 51 Morpho & Benchmade 67 Tanto Recurve & Benchmade 42 Balisong Knife Titanium Butterfly Knife. And they don’t need a charge a arm and a leg to get this done. Their prices are gone way outta control.
A fly way is the route taken by migratory birds.
Small knives like the flyway are nice for field dressing so you have good control over the tip while you're reached up the chest cavity freeing the top of the gut sack.
I love benchmade but my wallet hates them....my wallet hates me too
Same
Before you buy a bench made knife.
Step 1: take out a second mortgage
Bench made is beginner level try a hawk Deadlock
4 stitches on my finger using the saddle mountain skinner and to top it off it was on my birthday
Benchmades prices are getting fuckin insane
Considering quality yes but compared to hawk Deadlock they're cheap
Before you buy, know that you're going to need to sharpen that blade asap.
Benchmade's factory grind is appalling considering their price point. And I say that as someone that carries the 533BK-2 every day.
Before you buy......get extra omega springs.....and get ready to be without your knife for weeks....AND.....pay for shipping after paying the butterfly tax.
Or.....buy a Spyderco, Cold Steel, Kershaw, Civivi, etc.....and save your money and your time. My money goes to the Glesser's most of the time.....
I have had Benchmade knives for years now and play with them to the point of annoying everyone around me...but I've NEVER broken an Omega spring! Not sure how people manage to do that
Found the benchmade hater
@@chris9653 there seems to be more of them but more than a few comments like this keep getting deleted
Have 70 BM's and fidget them all the time... No omega spring have broker over 10 years I have these knives. Sorry for your personal experience but it doesnt set anything to the BM community.
I've broken three of them..... A griptillian, bugout, and Adamas...... Also two auto springs......had to pay to have them shipped after owning them no longer than a month....and had to drive to ship the autos a two hour round trip each..... I bought them at Whitaker's in West Louisville KY (I love that store though...it's no knock on them).
I have seen the deleted ones too......
I own dozens.....of Spyderco, Kershaw, Cold Steel, etc.....NEVER had a problem with any of them. I WANTED so bad to love Benchmade, but my experience has been nothing but bad. I'm sorry if that offends anyone....if you haven't had those issues that's awesome.
The Bugout was overpriced at $80 when it first appeared
spoiler: don't buy Benchmade
"doesn't need to be too fancy"
::buys $162 knife::
😂😂😂
Flyway is a reference to waterfowl migration routes…I’m going to guess based on its size and name that’s a “bird and fish” skinning or filleting knife
I demand a video of the Blade HQ shop !!!! show us around
I just got my Benchmade 940 Osborne, love the feel and quality of it, but I'd be lying if i said the Kershaw Iridium doesn't deliver the exact same feel and quality at a fraction of the price, sure the steel isn't AS good but D2 is still a good quality steel and came from Kershaw razor blade sharp, overall idk whether to call Benchmade overpriced or Kershaw an amazing underdog
Benchmade knives are decent build quality but are grossly overpriced. Any knife over $50 in today’s marked should have G10 or Micarta as a minimum.
I will never buy a benchmade again.
Overpriced and overrated.
I must admit, though..
The puukko is a great knife, unfortunately it has a terrible sheath 😢
And never forget, how important a glass breaker is 😂😂😂😂
I've got the original 940 in s30v and the bailout in aluminum and m4...for those I see complaining about the action being stiff,both of mine slicked right up after a day or two of fidgeting and will now drop shut completely on their own..... although they are pricey,I'm a fan.
When I feel like the action is too stiff, I just take a little bit of tension out of the hub bolt. An 8th to a quarter turn is usually enough.
Wow, glad I got my Benchmade's while the prices were still unreasonable, as I supported American manufacturing. Looking more and more like American manufacturing is becoming too expensive for even Americans.
Ive been collecting knives for 30yrs of all kinds and price ranges from Spyderco to Cold Steel to Zero Tolerance. Probably every folder you can think of but i have never purchased a Benchmade. They just dont impress me and i dont like the axis lock. Michrotech autos are where its at 👍 if you wanna be impressed
Benchmade knives 👎🏻
Over priced midget/mini midget knives
Every time I held on in hand it
Absolutely disappointing feel to them
Btw the meatcrafter that have featured in this video is not 180$, it is $450 f*cking dollars, and its dogshit flimsy and chippy af I bought it. Had if fail on lightly processing a deer quarter, and now can't even return it.
I carry a 940 with copper scales from Flytanium. Heavy but feels good to me. Feels more expensive like how a gold Rolex is heavy
So I guess the Barrage or mini Barrage are so crappy you don't include them?
I had a bugout in 20 cv grey g10 scales they must have blind workers working in quality control ended up selling I’ll never again buy a Benchmade it was my first bench made and my last
Honestly, Benchmade is the most overrated knife in the world. They are a decent knife (some of them), but completely over rated and over priced..
Don't like benchmade anymore. Anti gun discontinued bm42 and I got the s30v hidden canyon and am thoroughly dissapointed by the edge retention
🖕🏼 Benchmade
What he ment to say was that the Bugout has flex to it because it’s cheap. Way to overpriced! Benchmade stop smoking and make some sensible fricken decisions!!
When you know how much cost a knife to make. Benchmade and others différents brands, should make a looot, of profit !!
Conclusion: Benchmade needs to offer more blade options for their more EDC focused knives like the bugout and presidio. I'd love a sheepsfoot bugout. Their pricing is also getting kinda wacky on some of their knives. Bugout shouldn't be $180 new (200+ if you add even the slightest options like ends grivory)
Thanks for showing the flex on the meat crafter...guarantees I'll never buy it.
Why??? Why do I need to watch this before I buy a Benchmade? I can buy one without watching... really I can and I did but not from you.
For made a D2 steel and G10 handle, they made them for 10 dollars ..! Can you imagine ...
The Bugout is so over price but a nice knive but your paying for a name
I love Benchmade. The first I bought was a Reptilian, also.
idk if this guy has ever said he doesn't like something, if he doesn't that's because he actually loves it instead
Yea no that’s not why balisongs are called butterfly knives it is beacause there logo was a butterfly so that’s why it was called that
That Anonymous knife is cool ! If your hand gets slippery or oily very good guard on that .
Bad warranty!
One has to be a mindless snob with money to burn, or a naive beginner in knives, or both… to purchase a benchmade product
I love my 940 but I wish it had a lanyard hole. I put a deep carry clip on mine and I find it hard to fish out of my pocket. I think the Griptilian still reigns as the top outdoor/bushcraft single-blade folder and I love my CF Elite Bugout. Also, the Axis lock is my favorite lock and has been ever since it came out in the 710. Would love to see a lighter version of the 710.
As far as that boot knives with the open finger hole...don't ever put your finger in there if using as a defense weapon...
Benchmade is an absolute joke with their pricing. They are price gauging to the core. Not on my watch. No way
I feel like every auto I’ve ever handled from benchmade has waaay too much blade okay considering the price up against microtech and heretic. But I do like the pukka for a fixie and the bailout with original goat ti scales. I’ve been hard pressed to find anything that can dethrone my Brian Brown Raptor v2 for the price. And on skiffs, my god it’s gloriously smooth on the drop. With ergos like rassenti designs and a blade shape like the crk umnumzaan, how could you go wrong?
You guys are bad for my gun budget. Quit it. I’ve got enough knives! Quit making me buy more.
can’t wait for a shootout where the blade doesn’t wobble will they ever make one like that i own a shootout by the way and enjoy it a lot just the blade wobble man
Strangely I just want to say I like that simple striped long sleeve shirt
I like the saadle mountain ..! But with a window breaker it should be better. ^^
I have a 940 and two Bugouts but none of these get as much pocket time as my mini-Griptilian in its basic frn format.
Best knife Benchmade makes. It's too bad they discontinued it from the custom shop. I had a bugout too ended up giving it to my brother who's an electrician. For not having a full liner, I must say that knife stood up to some abuse. He would strip wires with that blade and it only ever had a small couple chips in the blade. He ended up loosing it and I forsure wouldn't buy another one at what they cost now , like $180. One thing I didn't like about it was it's a palm slicer when it dropped shut. . my mini grip has never chopped my paw. It sure was a cute Morel mushroom picking knife before I gave it to my brother but I share your same thoughts. Something about the mini grip! Everything about it is perfect for a pocket knife. The way it sits in your pocket, to deploying it, flicking it close all with one hand and then back into the pocket, shit is satisfying!
I like how you mentioned the Frn format too. Even tho I have the G10 one with 20 cv. The Frn one is the best. Just feels solid , don't know why ppl complain about the FRN, it feels good even with wet hands and is pretty durable even when dropped. At least way better feeling than the full sized grip. Too plasticky. Something to be said about something more compact, itll always feel more solid. Their G10 is so slippery. Im actually not a huge fan of the free flow design with spacers like all the G10 ones were. All the lint and dust and crap gets in there and yeah I just don't like it as much as the cheaper ones! The closed back is.the way to go. I don't want lint getting onto my blade! Even if you have a bunch of loose change in your pocket, those little coins could potentially get into the backspacers and dull up your blade. Keep rocking on with the mini grip 🤟
Why no one talk about benchmade brushcrafter 162??
The best is no longer made. The mini rukus is my favorite edc knife of all timr.
Thanks. Finally a video that isn’t 6 minutes long. More of the same please. More like the old Knife Banter.
Gonna need a spyderco one next
Hat guy should rehearse and have talking points. He’s hard to listen to.
Just bought the Super Freek and I'm amazed on the fit and finish. Wow. My new second favorite folder since the Manix 2
do you like it better than the Manix?
@@RandoWisLuL no, my al time favorite is the Manix 2 in G10. But this is the only Benchmade that feels great for me. I just don't trust a omega spring that's it. It's says second favorite now..
Hey said he’s from New England me too brother from Lowell dracut Massachusetts
From NH, but a Mainer at heart. Glad to see some New England love!
Love the claymore. I kept teetering on getting an adamas but i just prefer push buttons like the claymore, protechs, kolishnikoves
I was the same way about buttons until I got the Auto-Fact. Still love my push buttons, and I wish they made an Auto-Fact with a button, but I don't like the hexagonal stop pin BM uses in their push-button autos because if it rotates a bit your knife won't lock all the way. Plan on getting the Arcane next.
how do I determine if the autocrat is legal to carry in my city/state?
When he started flicking that grip as hard as he could, something came to my mind. Life-altering hand tendon slice. Scared the shit out of me
Hey, if the knife hasn’t “bit” you 🩸 it’s not really yours/broken in yet 🤷♂️
Just ordered a 940 Osborne of I get it monday