Was interested and actually went to local dealer where I was told there were no military discounts and he would sell it to me at full retail. Lol!!! Just bought my second Chris Reeves. Sebenza 31 small 👌
I kinda dont understand why people love benchmade. Their QC has gone way down, they use substandard materials, and charge a huge premium just for the name on every knife they make.
Saw this in an email and had to have a look. Where else would i go but to Kole? “Waaahfer thin.” 😂. URL on the blade and the price kill it for me, but I’d buy it for ~$300
I can get a TRM Atom, a Maverick in Magnacut, a small Sebenza, a Hinderer and many more for less than the Narrows at 522.00. Boycott the Narrows if you want. I will. Every one has a right to there opinion.
I really wanted this knife, it reminds me of my Monolocks. Same materials but the monolock has a cool looking pocket clip and its cheaper. but it also has that stupid website etch on the blad. Monolocks are some of my favorite knives I said wtf as soon as I saw the price for the narrows my mistake, its the patent num etch on blade, not the website.
At 7:03 you asked how well they treated it. I believe the answer is they didn't. To my knowledge Benchmade doesn't heat treat their own knives, not even this grossly $$$ one. Instead, AFAIK, they farm all the stuff that requires skill like heat treating to Stack Metalurgy (same place used by lol Gerber for their heat treat) At least that's how its been for the last few decades or so. Good to know that paying the Butterfy tax gets you that Gerber level heat treat and legendary final QC for stufff like blade centering that Benchmade is ....known for.
I'm a little baffled by people's reaction to how thin it is, like that's some kind of engineering marvel. Take the scales off any knife with full liners, and voila! You have a knife that's just as thin as the narrows. If you ask me, it's a bog standard knife with liners; Benchmade just left out the scales, and charged an extra $400 for that omission. Especially with the comparison to the Para3.... "Look how much thinner it is!" Well, yes, that's because Spyderco included scales, which are necessary to make the knife comfortable to use.
it's very visually appealing. It's already well out of my range so i don't even care about the price lol...i really dig the blue accents on the Ti though...
The Narrows was a brilliant move by failing Benchmade to get everybody in the knife community talking about them again and getting them to consider their more reasonably-priced (!) offerings as actual bargains.
We sell hordes of these knives in the shop I work. I can't say they're failing or that people aren't talking about them. Their Full Immunity, new Taggedout, Bugout colors, and even the Narrows have brought people in to look at them over the last month. No one is asking about ZT or specific Spyderco models right now.
This is just a trophy knife something you put behind a glass case ,not EDC work knife I'm a strong believer of innovation and R&D but not when you pass it the price to the consumer we are the ones that ultimately decide whether or not we're going to purchase this item. We can find same materials on similar knives made overseas. American knife companies have become prima donnas
Benchmade hit the crack pipe before pricing the narrows. That's a 250/300 knife.. atleast the anthem was worth the price it's an integral so more $$ to make
I borrowed this knife from a friend and I hate saying it but I couldn’t stand the knife… I mean maybe at like $150-$200 max maybe idk… it was uncomfortable to use and felt flimsy and cheap to use… I am kind of falling off of benchmade as a whole. They raised the price of bugout to a number where the base model is the same price (more or less) as just far superior knives… idk to each their own but after a couple weeks of carrying the thing is kind of garbage imo… I’ll stick to spyderhole griptilians if a benchmade is to be used or bought/modified…
People say its bad beacouse of price. They dont know how good for price this time (2024) is this knife ond this is end of 500$ tech/spirit feeling blade. You teake something a little bit better for long 5years but for tripple price i am sure what I say. 2028y... and You say why knives is same year by year for more than i can earn in My job a month.
Thin and expensive indeed. It's also chippy s90v, no choil means like half an inch of dead space between your finger and the blade, detent is weak and the butt of the knife is no good for reverse grip. Knife kind of sucks.
@@TristateEDC My 940's disagree. Those don't go to work anymore. Also looking at the characteristics of the steel.. high hardness and low toughness. That's how you get chippy steel.
If I pay 500 I want to feel something worth it. Not a thin over priced knife. That knife should be maybe 300. Less material equals less cost unless it's game changing. I say boycott benchmade. They are screwing the community and money grabbing the fan boys loyalty
Expensive gimmick, and that’s coming from an old school Benchmade fan. Thin makes sense for the design of some things, but for me it doesn’t need to be a characteristic of a handle. I won’t be buying this one.
