I have seen the same negative comments about these knives from various sources so I wanted to give my opinions, and take a look at them side by side as they are pretty close in the market. Check out my insta: @cristianoedc
Yes mine was very hard and I’m not that experienced with sharpening knives - I think this blade steel is very hard to sharpen anyway. I’d recommend something like a Worksharp.
Benchmade... down hill for years now. But not their prices. They seem to think their products are made by god and seem not to be aware of the market crushing them. Competition is delivering value while they are sleeping.