@Benchmade Water Adira Inside-Out review: MagnaCut hardness, factory edge, lock test. 9 May 2024. 

The second video is already up: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3M1rhfVL5LI.html

I enjoy your videos. They are unlike most. You take deep dives into the inner workings of them, as opposed to some reviewers who talk about how bright and shiny they are while flipping them open and closed at least fifty times in the first three minutes. You are brutally honest. Thank you.

I’m a knife enthusiast and I actually like the change in box. I purchased multiple for gifts already for my fishing buddies

I really appreciate your reviews, man. Your test results are far more useful than other reviewers’ best guesses. 👍

Love to see the hardness testing! Subbed just for that.

Full transparency. I pre-ordered the Mini Adira. I sweat like a mad man and enjoy bringing a knife with me on the boat so corrosion resistance is a must. That being said, the box is a bit much. Out of every knife I own, I've probably only kept 2 boxes just in case I wanted to sell them later. I've thrown every other knife box and cleaning towel out. I plan on comparing this knife with the Magnacut Spyderco Paramilitary 2, and the Magnacut Cold Steel Recon M1 when they drop. Great review, thanks for taking the time to do this.

Thank you for clarifying how these knives fair against other brands and knives from the same brand.

One of the best knife channels out there

Thank you for your time and effort to share your experience and knowledge to educate us.

Been waiting for this knife for months. Ordered the Adira. It arrives Monday.

excellent vidéo, very informative, thanks a lot!

OMG I have three of that exact HOTO P1 driver & I love them! Thanks for the great info, I'm subbing for sure!

Just received mine. I actually really like the packaging. Very nice! The Adira is nice and light, razor sharp and feels great in my hand. Wish I could post pics. Extremely happy with my purchase. I baby my knives. I oil them when needed and give them extra care. Definitely worth the money!

My understanding is that the omega springs get a zinc coating over the stainless steel to enhance corrosion resistance, so it could be the matte looking spring was coated better.

Great review - $250 for plastic and aluminum isn’t appetizing to me - throw us a bone and drop a titanium back spacer in for Christ sake Benchmade!

Please do a review of the knife left in salt water to see if the knife springs corrode. Also the Adira vs Spyderco manix salt in magnacut would be great

You get all the good stuff my man. Good work on your channel

No doubt, it's the best chanel about knives.

Impressed by the scale of the box 😅 Seriously, the locks look tough !

Omega springs have been a pain for my benchmade 940. The omega springs broke within a month of me receiving the knife. I tried reaching out to benchmade several times about receiving parts and I never got a response. Albeit, it was in the midst of the pandemic. I had to resort to Etsy for replacement springs. They haven’t failed me.

Thanks for review

Great closing statement!

I've heard that the hardware on these is not corrosion-resistant, so hopefully these gain enough popularity for third parties to bother making replacement kits. Stainless looks better than black hardware anyway, and seems like a better match (to my eye) for the shade of blue on the scales.

I tried a couple out at a local store and man the big ones were super smooth and tight with no blade play in any direction. I was shocked by how sturdy it felt but the small ones were not that impressive still good tho

If these are just the regular omega spring steel I would not trust them at all in or near saltwater, no matter how polished the finish is. Every omega spring I’ve had break was due to moisture from humidity simply causing rust and eventual cracking. Also none of them had ever been near saltwater or even wet/submerged. Hopefully they went with extremely corrosion resistant components and parts on these but I again just wouldn’t trust these knives over something like Spyderco’s salt knives. I feel like Benchmade could have really made a great blue class water series with these but it seems like they went way “overboard” with the packaging/marketing to help explain why these knives are so much more expensive than a regular blue class knife. Unfortunately in turn it significantly increased the price making them further out of reach for those who might buy a blue class knife.

New sub here, im impressed by your thoroughness. Thanks for the extra effort.

Thanks for review. As for me - I would prefer Benchmade with full steel liners or with metal handle. Construction of these looks not sonbad for small, but for large model - doubtful. And thanks for hardness test - it is very useful and Benchmade keeps level, it seems. But I didn't understand this changes of hardness from 60 to 66. Do you have some thoughts about this difference?

Excellent review, thank you! How confident are you with the Hardness tester, did you ever crossreference it? I am interested in buying one. But all manufacturers say the tested material has to be of a certain mass / thickness (mostly 1kg or 0.5") which is a lot more than typical knife blades. Does the block do the trick enough? How does the coating/surface influence the hardness reading?

I personally find Benchmade's edges to be rough but quite durable.

That setup is insane

so at this lower price point benchmade reaches beginner collectors that idealize that kind of packaging i know counter intuitive but i have been there (when i bought my own first $100+ knife my first call to the company was do they offer a collectors plaque)

These I have no interest In but was fun to watch! It's been a while since I bought a benchmade so who knows maybe I will pick one up.

Reason why I love Spyderco is they think of EVERYTHING including something as innocent as coating on some hardware. When creating their Salt series Spyderco tested everything inlcuding all hardware. They took 3 years testing out which screws would be the most corrosion resistant. I love that about then. But I dont feel that way at all about Benchmade. Case in point...coating on the spring.

MagnaCut at 60-62 hrc, no thx. MagnaCut is best at 63-64 hrc, max is 65,5 hrc. For example I like the Adamas 375-1 fixed blade, CruWear at 63-65 hrc is really good and with handle scales from tpgrips, it's really a great knife.

The boxing and extras, although just go in the closet, must be a business decision. Not sure how, but they somehow figured the increased price will more than cover the increase expense of the packaging and cloth. The knives remind me of my 585 (which I really like)in size and functional niche. Thanks for your educational and thoughtful reviews.

I love it. First time to your channel, and subscribed.

I think you also have the Spydeco Salt. Why not compare both knives in wet environment?

Over kill boxing yes.its a new knive line hype.still I like the knives there cool.moving like candy👍

I want the mini adira. Would you recommend it?

Very informative that you. I actually like the box.

Funny you should mention cross town rival Kershaw. They have been kicking Benchmades butt to the curb with budget prices , decent quality , and made in the USA Knives built only a few short miles from Benchmade HQ. The Bel-Air is a good example of a great quality USA made knife. It is available for only $140 delivered.

They are not hardness tester marks, they are material identification marks for different steels.

I just ordered a new polymer MSI to see if they have fixed the Ram-lok issue. On mine the gap on the Ram-lok is so tight I can barely see a space. I spine whacked it very hard. It looks like I'm hitting it harder than you are in the videos and I can not make it fail. The make date on the pocket clip is 03/2024. So I either just got a really great one or they are listening and have fixed the issue.

I think they may be using the giant box in an attempt to persuade the buyer into thinking they got a good value.

I wounder if you could dye the scales to your favorite color

I wish the handles were not hollow. I don’t want places for dirt and water to hide. The weight gain would be worth it to help keep it clean and make it easier to clean.

Very interesting video 👍🏼

Дяка, цікаво:)

I don't recommend stopping by the manufacturers booths at blade show, a few might try to shank you...

Just got my large Adira... it's says first production under magnacut??

For the first responder discount is that 30% off the MSRP or the MAP price?

Было интересно, спасибо за Ваш труд. Величина коробок позабавила, действительно комплектация излишняя

Totaly useless box. They can put this knife in a pelicase waterproof small case it makes more sence for salt/water using

$260 for a plastic knife? No thanks. Hogue does it better for almost half the money.

First! 💙🧡💜

Noble gases, noble steel, magnacut

Dude are you a fellow Virginian?

Cant wait to see all the people whine about the price, then put a set of poorly made, $150 aluminum scales on it.

I'm only showing %15 off for military Not %30

Personally, I think the packaging is a waste of space.....👏

Stay with you assessment of the knives, you're great at that, not at marketing or sales and packaging, that's a different skill set. Apple has become the biggest company in the world using better packaging, then other companies have followed simply because it works. The first impression can not be changed and the box and packaging is the first impression as to the look, quality and how the product make them feel. Just because you think it's a waste of money just means you are not in your lane as the big picture of retail is not just about the product it's self. It's also about how that product is presented to be sold. Why do you think a dentist office or lawyers office uses a young pretty girl at the front desk that probably can do anything except great you and answer the phone, it's because that first impression is a positive one and that counts a lot in making sales. It's done all over the world in businesses that want success. Because looks and first impressions are very important to people.

I click on all Benchmade videos just to give them a thumbs down and click the don’t recommend channel button. When you promote Benchmade you’re doing harm to the knife community, stop promoting over priced junk.