The 99 Necron is a Massive Disappointment.

This is just really sad for a $400-$550 balisong.
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[@harrisonmather5606]

Honestly you should put this on the main channel so it gets more reach imo without backlash benchmade will never change

[@WillHirschFlips]

Oh we will be releasing a BIG review about these things ahaha

[@JonsBalisongBlunders]

Here's a little secret that a lot of people don't know about Benchmade, they as a company do not give a flying fuck about you. Sure individuals that work there probably have a ton of passion for the work they do but the corporate side of it just cares about the bottom dollar.

[@Cy1onRaider]

@@JonsBalisongBlunders this is why I have not purchased a Benchmade knife in years.

[@Rokosbasil]

​@JonsBalisongBlunders I'm starting to feel that way as well. The prices for mediocre materials on all their knives is embarrassing. They are trashing the brand. Won't be long till they will be under the glass at Walmart.

[@0Wheezy]

It's sad because I want a Benchmade Bali bad but I don't want this crap. I like the knife, but not for that price

[@vladonizer]

I don't think I would trade my $40 canyon for that

[@Rokosbasil]

I would. Canyon flips great for 40 bucks. I think you would as well.

[@Vanta444]

"These wings can(t) fly"

[@arkham10981]

It's a nod to the 1977 Ralph Bakshi film Wizards. Peace/Necron99 is a character in the film, he wears a red suit and has yellow eyes. The first benchmade Bali was designed by Jody Samson and nicknamed the Weehawk, also from the film. The knife might be crap but the lore is pretty neat.

[@WillHirschFlips]

That is really neat!

[@Ghost__flips]

Finally a balisong worse then the spider knife 😂

[@profex.]

this had the same energy as a parent who doesn't even have the energy to be angry, just enough to be genuinely disappointed

[@disuko]

love the new camera angles!

[@bigfuze320]

With this camera angle I thought this was a main channel vid lmao

[@Behindtheadrenaline]

For being such legends in the early balisong days to this disappointment is amazing, this was their chance to make such a comeback but with the weird options they choose, weird materials and insane price? If it was dipped in gold and thrown after me, I still wouldn't want it.

[@samhill88]

deylan doesn't even sell bent blades as blems, and benchmade sold a bent blade on a full priced product. This product is absolutely baffling to me, and has discouraged me from buying ANY benchmade products. I kinda wanted one of their folders, but now I don't want to support the company in any way.

[@montegastever8754]

Their 400 dollar knife is worse than another companies blemish 😂

[@MuhammadHamza-sl7cf]

@@montegastever8754 Worse than cheap clones...(below 50$)

[@defauaultz]

Ngl a bent blade out of the box is a defect not a blem

[@samhill88]

@@defauaultz that's why it's so crazy that it got shipped out like that

[@porterkeele]

you can tell it was really bad bc he was just sad and defeated and not angry

[@mightylion4704]

he's not angry - just disappointed.

[@mightylion4704]

3 Benchmade employees disliked this video

[@RageKilla12]

when you said the price then you said it just runs off just washers i started audibly laughing out loud because how absurd that is.

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

$550 for something you could make with a trip to the hardware store 😂

[@deathflips6640]

Wow that bend is horrendous. Looks like it's close to a full millimeter. I would guess they are heat treating after machining which is always a bad idea for precision parts like balisong blades. That's why Deylan does hard milling on the stock after he he treats it. Totally unacceptable. If I even bought raw steel stock and it was that bent I would demand a refund, let alone letting a finished product go out like that

[@sherlockbatmanholmes892]

Bench made never made sense to me. Knives that are ridiculously expensive with atrocious tolerances when you consider the price. Like I feel like they would be alright if they lowered their prices. But $400 for that trainer is unbelievable

[@lexar4035]

this further solidifies my choice to wait for the clone, I had a bent blade on my $35 naut clone and I was able to fix it and that's acceptable cuz it was only 35 dollars and a clone....the necron is LITERALLY a scam

[@y_noT42]

I am baffled how this knife came to exist, how did nobody stop this Also bent blade out of the box is absolutely crazy, Benchmade doesn't care about this product at all

[@MrHavoc21]

Honestly this is insane to me how a knife company this well known and has made balisongs before could create something so horrific. Its sad to see how expensive it is for what you are actually getting. Sounds and looks like it might be worse than the spider knife :).

[@joe_lwrnc]

Hmm ngl I fell outta love with Will Hirsch videos but these new ones I really really like, this is nothing but an honest review and I love the energy a lot and the fact it’s not massively over the top

[@gianapung9029]

You know there’re some problems when the length of a single video for just one balisong is 45 min long

[@_Nathan-]

It’s really unfortunate that Benchmade refuses to listen to their customer base. It’s not just their balisongs either it’s ALL of their knives. Seems they’ve gotten too big to care. Can’t wait to see y’alls review on the main channel.

[@DylanLey]

Wow, play AND tap right out of the box?! Absolutely pathetic for a $450+ balisong.

[@neighborhood_k]

Alpha beast

[@furiousseasons1]

This was sad, yet very entertaining

[@sganicocchi5337]

a lot of loctite and unhardened screws are gonna need a soldering iron to heat it up and get it out, any cheap soldering iron will do but holy crap this is bad bad

[@vavorr]

THE BLADE IS CROOKED???? HAHAHA WHAT

[@spyroclone152]

The fact that your Nabalis Vulp, the Thomas Default, the myriad of my friend's clones that I've flipped, and even the Nabalis Canyon has better specs, build, qc, and performance than this insult of a paperweight speaks volumes for how out of touch Benchmade as a knife company is. It is so tragic that the originators that brought the term "Butterfly Knife," to life have fallen so low. I don't even know who this knife is supposed to be for in benchmade's cartoon dollar sign eyes. It's definitely not for knife collector edc enthusiasts, since the blade and construction look like it'll collapse in on itself if it were used as anything but a box opener. It's definitely the furthest thing from a balisong grail, since it's a living example of what to NOT do when designing a balisong. Above all, it's not even comparable to even the budget balisong scene in today's market, since this balisong fails on almost all acceptable qc fronts to justify its existence. To put in perspective, for $500, you can buy an LDY Cygnus, a Squid Industries Tsunami Trainer, a Machinewise Titanium Sasori, and a full menagerie of high-end knives that are built for customizable performance in mind. Nabalis made a balisong to look like freaking cheese, and that looks like it's built 100x better than what Benchmade presented here. And that warranty ... can this legally even be considered a warranty. Man, true capitalism at work here folks. Congratulations Benchmade! You have pioneered a new age in this hobby by making the first ever CCC Grail! What a freaking joke.

[@ibaraki_fan_ibaraki_e1266]

this cam angle is so simple and so good❤

[@TheFlyingFishy]

And these are the people that everyone names Balisongs after.... "Butterfly knife" 🤮

[@WillHirschFlips]

SO SAD

[@minarinami]

slayed💀

[@G0ATHR0B]

Yeah. Ima wait till it goes on clearance/discontinued then see what mods are still around.......

[@defauaultz]

The fact that for $50 less you can get a MW Tisori (if ur fast) is bonkers

[@jarrettm3728]

Or hom chimera

[@RingOfShameful]

Instead of throwing away warped heat treat parts, what we do at the machine shop (for parts where this is okay) is send it to heat treat a little oversized, and then when we get it back we grind them down to size. This means not only is it level but you also have a clean nice finish

[@Shoebill_Flips]

“The necron is a massive disappointment” never knew that I could relate to a balisong before

[@Zoinks3245]

This is so funny. You talking about how the necron has blade rub because the blade is bent made me realize my superfly, which should be in great condition is bent 😂 I was like “yeah mine has blade rub too even after tuning it, how is that possible?”

[@bochmcgee86]

Sadly, this is the epitome of corporate greed. As long as people buy it, which they will, then Benchmade won’t give a rats a$$…. Those bastards!!! Hopefully something can be done in the future about this. I think Ethan and Brandon are right as well, a lot of people don’t know this is an absolute rip off 🤢🤮

[@DylanLey]

Bent blade is freaking crazy

[@G_D_K]

For anybody considering buying a necron, bear in mind that you could instead buy 16 Nabalis G10s for the same price

[@colemank123]

im actually so let down. I have such good sentiment of BM in the balisong space. Sure, some of there bali's have missed the mark for me but at least were priced appropriately. Hearing they made a new knife that is this expensive had my hopes high that BM would set a new standard in the US space once again. $500 is where you really need to compete with the better balisongs ever put in production, and yet.. you summed it up perfectly its a betrayal. and please dont give it back to BM to rectify. this is the product they gave you, and ultimately one they would sell to the community. Maybe give them the opportunity, to be nice and also see how they react, but a main channel video with no criticism held back is deserved, and the most beneficial thing i think you can do for the community. Awesome videos, I never have commented on one before but this atrocity made me want to say something.

[@nilsirrah7672]

$450 dollar washer trainer balisong is the new meta for sure

[@trevorgerland2254]

I am a Benchmade fanboy when it comes to folding knives, but this Necron is crazy bad/terrible, like will said, “for the balisong community.” I recently purchased the Talizong Z Tanto ($310) and Squid Krake Raken Titanium ($420.69 👌🏻) and those are 2 of the 10+ knives that 💩 all over the non-existent value proposition of the Necron. Benchmade CAN machine aluminum/titanium and the fact that neither of those elements are in the Necron should leave this knife in the sub $200 category easily. Bananas that this product came to market as it, but at that price point is truly mind-blowing.

[@jesse4530]

As I was watching this is was wondering why is Will's head floating, then I realized he matches the wallpaper! Urban camouflage.

[@lukenoble7411]

Thank god Ben is still doing bushing installs only way this hot garbage is even relatively feasible. My disappointment is immeasurable especially because I like the design

[@Lycan_blades]

Haha yea will flips videos yay!

[@Gamer_shark765]

They call me the 99 necron

[@Rokosbasil]

We knew it was a disappointment before it was released. Hardware sucks...washers yadda yadda yadda. I have been flipping this thing for a few days now and honestly, I like the feel. Reminds me alot of my ssv3 and rep. I haven't had any of the problems alot of people have been complaining about. No blade rub on my knife. Tune is actually pretty good for washers. Bouncy. Feels pretty close to bushings. I will agree that materials do not justify its cost. Some good ideas here just to much money. Hopefully they take these reviews to heart and give it another go. I really want them to succeed. Alot of history. Hopefully we can save it's life with some good pricing on some good mods. Let's start with some better hardware BM.

[@WillHirschFlips]

I feel the same way

[@uddhav1080]

i flipped one of them at the meet, and it didnt flip terribly, but it SHOULD NOT BE PRICED AT 400-500, at most its 150, mabye even 50

[@savagelocke5548]

SSV3 Is a solid knife. Im waiting for V4. Yes 150 bucks and comes with trainer blade and live blade. Ti Handles. Necron could have been so much more for just a little more effort ad-nd and materials.

[@huntersherrill]

makes me sad i love the look of the jade one and the blade looks really cool but i cant justify paying that much if it was only $100 id maybe consider it but as it sits right now its just sad and a huge disappointment

[@CruzThinks]

What’s good my ginger in law☕️

[@PhoenixStarYT]

This video got me to get completely disillusioned about Benchmade as a company. I used to think they were an amazing knife company, I used to think they were rad. Now I just think they're insulting the balisong community with this joke of a balisong. For the company who popularized balisongs worldwide, and who gave it the "butterfly knife" name, which everyone in the world recognizes today, this is just a sad balisong

[@CrayonLover69]

i used to think that benchmande was the best brand, and it was for a short while, then they wanted to shit out more products and i guess they fired their quality control team lol

[@VerbenaIDK]

i am baffled about the bent blade, principally for the 400-550 USD pricepoint i can tell by your voice throughout the video that you are in disbelief i am quite surprised on how bad this is

[@OliverRay-f1m]

I hope they come out with a v2 very soon cus I think bench made can make something good

[@namanienie123]

This video should be renamed to: the spider knife chronicles, trilogy Or the spider knife episode 3

[@freesoup9673]

ngl this doesn't seem just disappointing, its disgraceful and insulting towards the community.

[@Ripper_JeT]

Please sent one to ethan so i can see his week with video. That would be hilarious

[@MintSergal]

I'm late to this but, Benchmade has been known for a long while for having terrible QC. The only thing they do well is customer service. the blades on their folders are known to be gambles if you get one thats bent or not. It's sad. People see the butterfly and just think its good

[@JanTalens]

Let's make it high in price so people really want it. It's just a marketing trick. Unbelievable. My Chinese balisongs are probably better quality. Thx Will great content.❤ Just how it is.

[@finleyheilers4975]

This knife would probably be 200 if they didn’t use tungsten weights. Super expensive material and super expensive to machine

[@Slyfoxminis]

I’m here for the Necron slander 👏👏👏 Actually, slander is the wrong word, because everything you said is accurate and factual

[@jibb1es]

they resent that! slander is spoken, in print it's libel

[@Slyfoxminis]

@@jibb1es regardless, every Will said is true, so it wouldn’t slander or libel 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@awsomeman215]

You should make a video on how to dull your balisongs

[@WillHirschFlips]

I have one on this channel!

[@tuomas_knives]

This is so disappointing. They could have used titanium and/or bushings and make something great. And it's not even s35vn. This product is horse shit.

[@pez_flips]

Out of curiosity, what would you think an actually fair price would be for this guy if it were from another brand. Given all the QC issues and such

[@WillHirschFlips]

Like $100 at most, depending on brand.

[@mightylion4704]

Armed Shark if you are reading this......make it better, i'll buy one!

[@FrankToThePoint]

Always heat the locktight. Even a blow dryer can help.

[@SA8TER21]

Any small head torx that has factory loctite ive found boiling water in a small pot and dipping it into said boiling water will free up pretty much any loctite. Had to do that with my fragment folder from brs.

[@Sinful_Fool]

Seeing how most of the community didn't like the 6X and 8X series, the many mods for the 51, I don't have faith that Benchmade can make a good stock balisong for the price. The 4X series was good for its time, but that time is over and they don't hold up by today's standards and that legacy means nothing if they can't make good balisongs today.

[@joshuahays7191]

Don’t get me wrong I’m a benchmade fan. A lot of there classic designs have been absolutely perfected over the years but as will said they don’t have the facilities to produce a Bali to modern standards. It was a completely different game when they were last making balis

[@Christianfire18]

This is a 200$ balisong at it’s maximum, I was gonna say benchmade really knows how to make blades, but I guess not

[@hed1fsu]

Maybe ya found why they're so expensive. Only medical grade stainless is magnetic. Regular old stainless steel is not magnetic. Sooo either it's not actually stainless.. or it's ridiculously expensive stainless.

[@le.papillon.des.gamins]

Benchmade team losing gallons of sweat hearing what's said on the video right now... While people are preparing a rampage ☠

[@le.papillon.des.gamins]

they will never recover from that

[@meltdown537]

It's as if this is the first time benchmade has ever made a balisong. Bonkers!

[@Christianfire18]

Love this setup man

[@besewaxe4985]

the jade one is so cute why did it have to suck ;-;

[@CharlesBlank]

you would think for a BUTTERFLY knife benchmade would knock it out of the water. its literally called butterfly because of benchmade. but this is just another example of how removed from the knife community benchmade is. they give mediocre products with bad QC for top tier prices. just because they popularized balisongs and invented the axis lock they think they can pass of overpriced blades and people will still buy them. it sucks because im actually a fan of benchmade. my 531 is one of my favorite knives and got me into knives. but at this point they are just cashing off of their name.

[@jimmybriggs7287]

They do not care about Balisongs that is not where they make their money.

[@markus6167]

Benchmade operating on fanboys alone, been out of the competition for a while when it comes 2 folders & balis

[@TemporallyAnarchaic]

20:57 Having blade rub while frozen is definitely a centering issue instead of a tolerances or design issue issue... unless the blade is bent. (I'll keep watching and I HOPE that's not the case. Edit: Nevermind, what the hell.) That said, this piece of garbage is still an absolute afront to the balisong community. Even though they were free, you should send them back to Benchmade and tell them to keep them. Like, the community just needs to take a stance against this madness. Edit2: Seriously, is this a prank and this thing was actually made by Benchmark?

[@jibbelynibblets2905]

$500 for stainless steel liners and it runs on washers is crazy

[@elrapanda]

They used that flat pivot thing in the 6X series actually

[@kelvinbrowski4757]

if it takes you 45min to disasemble it, it shouldnt be a balisong worth 20$ imo, straight to the dumpster fire where it came from

[@rabbitszn]

Imagine sending a bent blade to someone to REVIEW! LMAO

[@vincentdefino1732]

I was watching another video where you make your own balisong or mod if im not mistaken if so do you have a shop

[@Rarararaul]

He really picked it apart

[@alysebusby487]

Yo I love your videos and I am new to flipping

[@WillHirschFlips]

Welcome to the hobby and thank you!! I hope you enjoy it!

[@BBoyDoma]

Can you please tell me where you found the hardware for the Benchmade 51?

[@grimflipz]

Just picked up a minty 51 . Seems like they are going downhill with their balis. Especially when they started out as a company making Balis. I’m really rooting for them. Also waiting on Microtech to make some damn Balis lol !

[@jibb1es]

I’m not rooting for them. I kinda think they’re just greedy corporate geezers living in their PNW fantasy world, expecting the everyday consumer to pay their whole paycheck for a stiff-out-of-the box $30 Amazon trainer quality. Benchmade is an insult to the flipping community and Filipino heritage

[@WillHirschFlips]

I WANT them to succeed. If Benchmade, the company that introduced balisongs to America, created a GOOD one?? That would be GREAT for the community! They would get GOOD balisongs into shops that have NEVER carried them before, and potentially spread the hobby to new places. It's sad.

[@jibb1es]

@@WillHirschFlips @WillHirschFlips I did want them to succeed in the past, but I don't think they can recover. They price their products, folders and fixed blades included, way too high nowadays. If I'm being charged that much, shouldn't it at least flip? My first impression of it was a model in store that binded up and wouldn't flip. I just don't see it at all, there's a clear disconnect between designers and corporatism at benchmade. They really fumbled the bag. Like others have said, I'd LOVE to be proven wrong, but I just don't see it with the necron or their potential overpriced future products.

[@brandon_crow1291]

Oh what a surprise Benchmade made something that is kinda trash that's priced WAAAAY more than it should be and has garbage tolerances...who could have ever seen that coming? 😂😒

[@RedBullet-zg8cu]

Chad 51 chilling on the table : 🗿

[@bradyca04]

This knife is not worth 500 dollars. The ldy cygnus? Is around the same price as this. If you have the money for this, please do yourself a favour and get a cygnus, or literally any other knif3 in the price range, you will more than likely be a lot less disappointed This thing has steel liners. No bushings! It Is the same build quality as a maxace ss2 ss3 and banshee for 4 times the price

[@bruulbrainsmasher1210]

Will, how did you get your 51 to not be a rattly tap filled beast? I just got the Flytanium blade and not only did the Benchmade screws strip almost immediately. The thing has the worst tap and play I've seen on a knife since the old days of flea market die cast specials. It's pretty much garbage. I have Chinese clones that put the BM51 to shame.

[@WillHirschFlips]

A LOT of effort haha, it isn't really worth doing anymore tbh. At the time back in the day it was one of the only options so it was something to do, but not anymore

[@savagelocke5548]

You sure that blade is bent? Does the thicknes taper toward the end?

[@Beeatyourceiling.]

* Bonk *

[@Rose-t4h]

It's too easy to dunk like this, it's a free throw 😂

[@ShadrikEaston]

benchmade seem to have apexed at the 4x series. the 51 was.. pretty good.. but after that, its just been a lackadaisical approach to putting out something that will return money.. they dont seem to understand the community anymore. wouldnt it be a good idea to just get input from real flippers... before trying to make a good flipper for them? i am so confused by them.

[@misterasaurusrex6645]

I just learned how to blue ball T6 screws 😂 7:00

[@WillHirschFlips]

🤣🤣

[@reefblip]

dang..

[@FrankToThePoint]

The worst part about this video is they're going to watch it and say all this but we see you flipping it we see it working no you can't have your money back. That's bullshit

[@presidentoatmeal9748]

Benchmade really, really relies on their name. Sad that a 78$ amazon bought Thomas Default, is leaps better than an over 400$ benchmade.

[@Florp3434]

Actually insane that this even exists. It makes a lot of sense considering bm's lack of care for anything but money, but oh my goodness. Actually such a worthless company.