IMHO This Benchmade Arvensis Is Near Perfection, if they would have left the finger choil out and added a leather belt loop to the "Black Boltaron sheath" which is a variation of Kydex best I can tell by my research This knife would be PERFECTION... You Did such a nice job with this Video I had to watch it again, look forward to seeing more from you.

I used to have a military issue benchmade switch, the fucker could nearly jump out of my hand. best knife I ever had

The sheath isn't Kydex it's Boltoron, which is supposed to be more stable to high and low temps... That said, great review and I absolutely love mine. I have the DLC coated version that a have attached to my go bag. The grind lines on mine are perfect and I have to agree with you on the build quality of this knife.

I would like to see some action with this knife ... to peel apples and some basics wood cutting.

Hey man, really enjoy your videos and i'm stoked about this new Benchmade as well. Some time soon when you get the chance you ought to do another full knife collection video. It's just a suggestion. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the review. I bought one of these last night, even though I need another 6-7" fixed like a hole in the head. Just couldn't resist it at $160.00 shipped. Interesting comparison to the Buck 119..main difference being weight: 7.5 oz (no sheath, 10.5oz with sheath) for the Buck vs 11.74oz for the BM119 (no sheath). That's a significant weight savings for longer hikes. The Buck feels very light in hand, and retails for $55.00, a value that's may be impossible to beat for a quality USA produced knife from a great company. The BM119 sheath is not kydex. It is made of a tougher plastic. Do you have the total weight of the BM119 with sheath?

Love my Benchmade knives but it's hard to beat the Buck 119.

Say Heah, like I said, I like Scouting and long hikes, I wanted a steel to use in wet and snowy conditions, I luv my Busse Combat INFI Steel and one of my Fav's is my INFO Ratmandu, It's an excellent steel that covers both polls and climates. So I got the Aversis because of the steel and for what I'll be using it for, But for my fine tasks, I got the Bokor Ridgeback in 440c. and the two should match pretty close. I also have the Bokor Rold, But since it's more a semi steel I bought the Black. Again Thanx for a very formative review.

I seen this knife at my local knife store when I brought in a SOG tech Bowie to have them remove the the tech-loc and replace it with Leather upper I just like the feel of the Leather at the very least for the Belt Loop and I may get Benchmade and if I do I will have them do the same thing out with the tech-loc and in with the Leather Belt Loop. A leather belt loop moves more freely is more comfortable and I for one am not that lazy that I can't take off a belt to put a knife on. My Only other ding on this knife is the finger choil I Wish they would have gotten rid of it all together and brought the blade back within 3/16" of the guard. IMHO Most are to young or have been told by manufactures that got influenced by Big KZfaq Channels that this is a better way to hold a knife to make feather sticks etc... I have been using knives before they were cool lol, and having a blade going all the way back to the guard is Simpler and Easier to use just my opinion Enjoyed your Video tnx.

THE SECONDARY GRIND AND THE SWEDGE DO NOT LINE UP, AND I BET IT WAS NOT CHEAP

The knife is great the kydex belt fastener is to put it politely "crap". The fastener screw broke right away

It doesn't look like that thing is permanently riveted to the kydex. Looks like you can just unscrew it and remount for sideways mounting of the blade or whatever. Mine is coming in this week, and I'll probably put my tek-lok on it, if it fits. Did you keep this knife? I've hardly found any reviews of this thing. There's one "field test" video on youtube, and it looks promising i guess. I bought this thing even without the reviews because the design just looks ingenious by my standards.

I want this knife if it had the same steel as the benchmade 162 knife

Handsome looking knife 😎

I have this knife, love it.

very well said, very good detailed video. Do u still feel good about the knife & sheath? sorry, I'm on the fence between this one & the protagonist...?

Do you have any handle rattle? I have just had to send mine back.

Say Heah, I just ordered mine 10-6 for my B:Day, I also ordered the Bokor Ridgeback to team up with it. I specifically got it for wet and snowy weather, I will also team the new knives with either my G. B. Small Forest Axe or my H. B. 17" Agdor Hatchet and my Wicked Tough Saw I usually just carry a Haversack on long hikes. Eugene from Reviewsog.com. Made me the Axe Holster's, He's very reasonable and makes an excellent quality leather holster, So bring on the rain, If I waited for nice and sunny days, I would prolly miss 3/4ths of a year, Just exaggerating but yeah, I go out on rainy days, It's good practice for making fire in the rain, But anyhow that's why I got the 154 CM stainless and 440c of the Ridgeback. OH, I have the #162 Bushcrafter by Seibert and its one of my Fav's in that size.

I'll wait till it comes out in s30v

A donation of this to me would be much appreciated

Nice review..

Can you use a Blade-Tech Tek-Lok on the sheath?

Sheath is Boltaron, not Kydex. Everything you said about Kydex is true about Boltaron. Boltaron is a flimsier material than Kydex.

where did u get a black handled bushcrafter

sheath is gonna fill up with sand as soon as the grunt carrying it gets deployed.

man well said maybe you should give benchmade some pointers on there sheaths lol great review, I just can't believe how fragile the clip is they should have put more time into this .

Action, Action....?! :)