Impressively Thin. Absurdly Expensive - Benchmade Narrows

[@krefcenz]

They should change the blade to 7Cr17MoV and charge $750

[@13vrod]

I had one on pre-order. Ended up canceling and getting a sebenza.

[@leonardovu997]

@@13vrod which model sebenza?

[@13vrod]

I have a small polished frame and blade31 Magnacut elder wood. And a large carbon fiber inkosi insigno blade as well magnacut

[@Cid_1]

At lest when the blade gets dull, one can just continue to cut using the scales.

[@jonathandubel4829]

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 👌

[@mikereese15]

That thin is not my jam. Nor is that price. Congrats on not cutting yourself. 😊

[@kevykev8347]

I love Benchmade, but there is no way in hell that's a $500 dollar knife. No explanation they can give justifies the price.

[@Hungrybird474]

Same with the cF bugout 😂

[@wesb123]

The Butterfly Tax 🦋

[@fuloran1]

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.

[@seanmclaughlin3077]

I would pay for a hinderer on the secondary market way before i would consider, on second thought, nope wouldn't even consider!

[@kylelindberg7771]

heck, you could get a brand new eklipse for less.

[@albertptran]

Great review! Benchmade, where are you going with this?

[@fibitabit8423]

That piece of ugliness costs $715,- over here in the Netherlands..

[@ericpitre4031]

They trippin, ole bm. Piss on bm! Move here. Buy at better cost(other brands). Peace

[@justinmcvay5560]

I just said the same thing about you cutting yourself again 2:15

[@mateuszmorgiel6452]

Love this kind of review language. It's just right there :) this is how this knife breathe ')

[@jibb1es]

The gold classes look like Black Friday deals in comparison with the narrows in the catalog

[@MikeandIkes_EDC]

I want one, but not at that price

[@jimmyross1672]

keep on keepin on brother

[@BigHammerz]

At a price of over 500.00,Benchmade should have named the knife "Middle Digit"

[@sodathief]

the pricing is weird. how is a a 940 cheaper than a full immunity, and some bugouts?

[@bobdiekema5454]

$500 freaking dollars and you get the website on the blade! Even the worst Chinese knife doesn't have the freaking website on it.

[@joeisabella6811]

Woke up to you talking about receiving a bulging package. Today is going to be one of those days I feel...😂

[@Ashed_Out]

Im buying one for $300 used. I feel that is the right price point.

[@GatorAaron]

Narrowly escaped the drive to buy one jus' cuz.

[@Claudius_Nero]

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.

[@danzigrulze5211]

The only thing left for them to remove is the price.

[@lord.needham]

No thanks. Appreciate the look Kole.

[@redone7283]

😂😂😂😂 been waiting for someone to call it wafer thin!😊😊😊

[@Goontowne]

Skip ahead to 2:12 minutes for the actual knife content Also heard the GOON ALARM...someone needs to change some batteries, YIKES!

[@TristateEDC]

😂 the goon alarm, thanks for the warning goonmeister

[@scottyh.6992]

It is a nice knife, but that is Sebenza and Hinderer cheddar. If you are a hard core Benchmade collector, I can see it.

[@mstuehler]

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.

[@Goliath4497]

The worst is that ONLY THE HANDLES ARE TITANIUM, the rest is stainless steel (even the pocket clip)

[@DeffoZappo]

The clip isn't titanium? 😂 For 500$ eh. Benchmade keeps surprising me with how much they suck

[@WalkerTexasRanger45]

You can buy a Sabenza with magnacut steel large or small for less. 525 for M390 and titanium? Benchmade needs to come back to reality.

[@paullmight42]

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...

[@ericpitre4031]

We all like accents

[@CaptChet81]

The knife looks okay, but there are so many other awesome knives in that price range I would pick Before this guy

[@slayer7682]

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.

[@sinister_knife]

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

[@іѕоторє]

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.

[@andyhayward1261]

I dunno man it certainly hasn’t made me want to buy any of their other models. I think that’s a bit of a stretch

[@іѕоторє]

@@andyhayward1261 You aren't everybody. Thanks for your opinion. Cheers!

[@sammiches6859]

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.

[@іѕоторє]

@@sammiches6859 So my point is made. Thanks!

[@sethprice241]

I'm bulging in the middle too. All is talk about girth and width. Very satisfying.

[@michaelandrew8493]

You can get a sebenza for that much haha

[@arrowheadguys7637]

Benchmade's spec for their M390 is 58-61 so about what everyone else is doing.

[@edsaban572]

I agree with the price. But I mean come on, Tactile Rockwall little toe nail clippers is $300.

[@diezelvh4133]

And there heat treatment is even worse than benchmade. Fuk em both!

[@willb7713]

Hard pass. Good video Kole. Way overpriced.

[@cueball981]

Way being an understatement...

[@willb7713]

@@cueball981 Sometimes less is more 😉

[@jesseleep8921]

Not interested, and the cost hurts

[@baseballhunter42]

Putting a weblink on a knife this expensive makes it seem all the more a scam.

[@enriquescott2983]

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

[@scrick7112]

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.

[@jpolhamus71]

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

[@sinepari9160]

Seriously though. I'd even consider it at $350 but yeah.. hard NO. The SOG XR's work exactly the same for 1/3 the cost.

[@wesb123]

I might buy a Benchmaid one day, but I don’t really believe in taxation without representation 🦋

[@thechancellor842]

This is a huge no go for me! To expensive for what it is, to thin, crappy detent, crappy clip ect…

[@CHUCKIT]

I wouldn't pay $200

[@SpaceDave3000]

So a hotspot bugout? For $500? Nah.

[@Edgekeeper747]

Benchmade has gotten wayy out of control with their prices. I’ll take an easy pass

[@D2G10]

SOG Ultra XR is proof that ultra thin knife can be really good and be 4 times cheaper. No this one is a no.

[@williamlenderman387]

Yeah...no. Not even at half that price at which it would still be overpriced. At least in my opinion anyway.

[@jimmyross1672]

hello hello

[@weldernick3750]

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…

[@mateuszmorgiel6452]

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.

[@deadvikingtrolls]

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]

S90v is absolutely not chippy at all, at least not at an optimal heat treat.

[@deadvikingtrolls]

@@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.

[@mikeking6686]

2 BILLS TOO MUCH

[@KnifeandTactical]

🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩

[@Berserker26]

Looks like a car crash and costs too much. No thanks

[@Argonaut80]

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.

[@Rich_EDC]

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

[@Ratchman_5000]

Benchmade makes great stuff.. but to state the obvious, overpriced. Ps- keep up with your filter changes! 🤣

[@eriknash8783]

Custom or midrange for $500. GTFO

[@The_VietnAmerican]

🤢🤮

[@nolobede]

$522.00 LMFAO Overpriced, overrated garbage.