Benchmade 560BK-1 “Super Freek” Hype Vs Reality 

Thanks for your review. I am a proud owner of a new super freak and I am very happy with it. It's amazing, looks sexy, and is functional. The fact it's beefy was the deal winner for me. I am 6ft3 and 210 lbs, I tried to carry some lighter knives and I literally couldn't feel them on me! I washed a zero tolerence once because I left it clipped in my jeans. This will be my carry for at least a decade like my Gerber was.

It’s currently $252 after the price hikes. Has it held up well enough to be worth that price now? I’ve had my eye on one for awhile now

Such a good one, nice review. Good to see the thorough testing and hear about fatigued edge in real life application. Thanks for the knowledge bombs👍

Mine was gummy and not very sharp out of the gate, but after cleaning, tuning and re-profiling the edge…basically doing Benchmade’s job for them, it’s pretty sick now. Tougher than I would have imagined and super smooth…

Okay guys, I know I said it has red g10 liners, and this knife doesn’t have “full” liners per se. It has a different color g10 base layer glued to the grey and black g10. There are “partial” steel liners that support the axis lock, but there are not full steel liners like the mini griptillian. Sorry that I said liners, I didn’t mean to, and should have specified that.

Do u sharpen for a toothy edge or a polished edge on m4 steel? I just bought this knife i love it so far thanks for all u do bro great info

The Super Freak will be my next BM for sure. Such a great looking knife. Great review bro 👊

Thanks for the review. The strenuous cardboard workout was very instructive.

Love the Super Freek! Thanks for sharing brother!

I have the freek and want to change out scales. Would super freek be a straight swap?

I have the partially serrated. Also just ordered the plain edge. I freaking love the Supa Freek.

Dude the factory edge fatigue thing blew my mind. Never thought about that.

Great review, subbed!

Got one of these coming to me early next week! Do you notice any difference between benchmades M4 on this guy and spydercos M4?

The machines mess up the knife edges, I think that’s skynet’s first move against humans.

Just got mine today have to break it in. Nice video

The day Blade HQ listed the 560 I jumped on it, no regets and I overlook how difficult it is to get into the pocket. I kept the factory bevel but after seeing what you have done with yours the next time it's on the Wicked Edge I'm going to take off a couple of degrees as I think I'm leaving some performance on the table. I like the looks of the Super Freek better, nice review as usual. Buy the way, I agree with new blade edge fatique, for years I thought it was me and had no clue why after a couple of sharpenings I got the edge I wanted. What a relief to know I wasn't the only one experiencing this very frustrating phenomenon.

The coating is cerakote, their other coating is dlc. I think they use a 3rd one, maybe a nitride or something. Also, mine has loosened up nicely after about two days. Haven't disassembled it yet but I assume it will be similarly loosey goosey afterwards

Great Review Sir......

I have this knife and use it every day and the coating is as tough as you may think! Great knife though I've cut through tough stuff and it holds an edge well, little tough to sharpen if not experienced in sharpening. Also: as far as the edges not being blunted , I have working hands as an electrician so it doesn't bother me at all but if you don't have tough skin I can see how it might dig

Great. Now I want one!

For the price the original buyout is the best knife for the money. I have the 550 and I love my new auto Adamas. The bugout just rocks! I love the 535-3 the carbon fiber and s90v turned the original into a fine custom. The freak feals great I just haven't bought one yet. If it's as good as the bugout or the Adamas. It will be a very good knive.

Good Job Kenny🙏 This might be the best knife from Benchmade yet.. 940 was always icon but I never liked that knife, or not the knife itself but rather it's slicing potential (thin blade with pretty thick edge)..

I was kind of surprised to hear you using Heavy on the pivot. I have the KPL and the Heavy. My personal taste, I use the KPL on pivots, but use the Heavy on any "impact" type of applications. Heavy works great for triad locks, detent ball and track, things to that effect Ryan says. Great review, love hearing the various points of view on all these knives. I'm an Axis lock fan, so you know the rest...lol 👍👊👊👊👊

Sup Kenny!!! So what is hrc on this one? Great vid!

I’m new to really nice knives, and just got one for Christmas yesterday. Mine didn’t come with an awesome edge either. What do I need to buy to sharpen this guy to its full potential?

I've been wanting one pretty bad. Just so many and the funds just disappear too fast. I just picked up the Fact special edition

Blade shape for pocket knive should be pointy for small pocket knife jobs ! Hollow grind thin behind the cuting edge cuts butter !

Love my superfreek! Beats out my g10 griptilian. Btw, my knife is black where yours is grey and vice versa. Coating is cerakote.

The angle of the blade na d handle looks different on the Para 3 vs 2.

I agree for my hands the original Freek with the rubber handle feels better in hand. But if I was going to be pulling a knife in and out of my pocket 10 times a day for simple cutting tasks I’d choose my super Freek.

What did your blade hardness come up at?

Only benchmade I’ve bought that I had to turn that pivot literally at least 5 full rotations and still wasn’t free dropping. Ridiculously stiff. Bought it as a gift for my father in law so hoping it will break in with time but idk felt gritty and not smooth like all my other benchmades. Looks great though

I have this as well as the mini ( super ) Freek. I kinda wish Benchmade would come out with a full size super Freek in carbon fiber to match the mini.

I finally got enough time to finish this one. Loved the review and I may be the only person who wants an M4 blade for the Versaflex handle, lol.

Another great breakdown of the short and long-term ways that this knife may serve you.You are fast becoming my favourite knife channel, and I think that has a lot to do with the ways in which you differ from other reviewers-i get the impression that you try to put out content about the aspects of a knife which YOU would like to know before buying it, and not just using most of the video's time up with length, blade steel and other specs with a quick summary at the end. I at least come away from one of your videos feeling like I know almost as much about a knife as I can without getting it in hand. My favourite type of vid you put out are these hype Vs reality type, because it seems that whilst every other reviewer is scrambling to churn out content and quickly cycling from knife to knife, you are spending more time getting to know the knife a bit before releasing your opinions on it. Anyway, sorry if this is too much of an essay instead of a quick comment, suffice it to say keep up with the excellent content- a lot of us really appreciate it ;)

Hollow ground?

What do you use for sharpening your knives?

Did you ever test the hardness?

I keep saying it but it remains true I wish it was 3.5” so I could carry it legally. Seems like an amazing knife and I love the blade shape

The red liners aren't really liners. Its 1 piece of layered G10 the liners are BMs cartridge liners (like in the Griptilian) they're black steel. And the blade is Cerakote coated, it is heavy duty stuff, better than DLC or PVD. (Great review bro not trying to bust your balls just getting the details out there)

Its definitely a gorgeous knife . I don't get all the hype about the M4 , for the price I'd rather have 20CV , but its not , so I'll just keep my S30V model. I use mine for work and the Versa Flex handles feel great in hand , and its really not that bad on the pocket once you get used to it .

I'm still trying to decide between this and the hogue ritter:( wish I could get both.

The zt609 is a such a honey. I bought that to wear inside my suit when I got married haha

Cerakote?

You got the coating backwards. Benchmade uses DLC on 99% of their knives; the 560-1 uses Cerakote which is a well known brand that specializes in coating firearms. They've got in the knife's description on the website.

Nice edge polish.

Got one coming in the mail for 160$ new open box.

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Hollow grind? Is BHQ wrong?

Awesome video but i must say im more impressed with the fro 💪

Oh man s30v I thought it was m4

the rubber would make it a real pain to put in and out of the pocket ! it was a bad idea , like their customer disloyal high greedy prices ! and the bugout sold with a crappy rubber plastic handle well over $100.00 ? good grief the greed !!! benchmade and a few other greedy so called American knife co. ( that all use Chinese cnc machines to make production knives ) is why I buy the clones ! the steel BS hype when the average user will not be able to tell the difference without the label ! edge holding S30V is repackaged 440C ! S35VN is like XHP but XHP is better than S35VN and D2 is like XHP but D2 holds an egde just a little better ( all 56-60 hardness )! so in reality D2 is better edge holding than any of the BS hyped super steels ! XHP being one of my favorite steels but D2 is the best I'll settle for S35VN if I have to !

I just bought one. This guy is SILENT on the axis lock knob. Its sticks open, it is very rough and lack of smooth sliding. The knife will NOT close by gravity the blade stick less than 50% closed. The lock has a design defect wven after oil and repeated closing

I'm a Supa freek, Supa freek....

Built like a bull shark

I sent mine back after owning it for a day this is the most overhyped knife I've ever purchased. My fault for believing the hype 🤣🤣🤣...

Had one, traded for a Spyderco. To bad Benchmade betrayed us!

Are you still making videos? What's a good contact or email?