Looks good. I wonder how much it will... "80 US dollars or 100 Can dollars". Well, I don't think this is the knife for me.

I have edc this for slightly over 6 months and am loving it! I live in Florida so I appreciate the corrosion resistance.

Looks nice. Interesting design 80 dollars... Oh.... I will still watch the video for skall daddy

I have this, got it cheaper due being an employee at a registered Benchmade vendor. It feels good in the grip and fits well on the back of the hip. Also big thing to mention! The other reason for the price on any Benchmade knife is that they all come with a lifetime warranty on it, if the blade breaks through natural wear and tear then you can ship the blade to Benchmade with proof of purchase (or register and account with them online) and they will fix or replace your blade before shipping it back to you good as new.

Oddly, my son and I were discussing this type of knife a couple of days ago! I think its OK for really skilled martial artists, but very limited, much like a karambit. It’s more a last ditch defense for most people. It’s hard to cut or really use it for anything else but a situation you get in where the winner dies at the hospital/ambulance instead of on the street.Check out the Fred Perrin Street Beat from Spyderco. It has a handle that resists disarms , like this, but a much more useful blade!

$80 tactical cardboard cutter

I agree with you about the price. I love the design, but damn. 80 dollars for me. Whereas that swrord-chette you reviewed was only 50.

I have a HK Plan D, which is exactly the same knife with a HK marking by Benchmade. After it discontinued Benchmade gave it a different name and a Benchmade marking- now it's $80 instead of a $50 knife. Knife design is overall good- small but functional. N680 isn't a good edge retaining steel somewhat like AUS-8, but takes a razor sharp edge and doesn't really rust at all with the durable coating. Sheath is definitely the WORST, even worse than the Ka-bar TDI which it was trying to compete with at the time. Both have 2" belt clip for police duty belt but doesn't work well with anything else, but at least Ka-bar keeps its knife inside the sheath. It's a good knife IF you can keep it around, as most people lost it due to the POS sheath with horrible retention. I was lucky enough to "just" drop it on the concrete and bent my fine acute tip right off, so I had a kydex sheath made for it with attachment hardware customizable , and throw away the original one that can't keep the knife inside when you want to, but hinders you from drawing when you need to. PS. It's surprisingly a good box cutter with the wharncliffe blade profile and a angled handle, which delivers a lot more force when power-cutting considering how short the blade is. You have to sharpen it a bit more than VG-10 or 154CM, but it's easy enough just like AUS-8. It's marketed as a self defense, last ditch knife for sure, but it doesn't need to be. It can be a handy little neck knife or an EDC tool if you DON'T use the original sheath

Happy Halloween everyone

The reason why it's worth $80 is because your getting more than a knife. Your getting a premium lifetime warranty on it so if it breaks via tip breaking off or things like that they will either fix it or send a new one free. plus the lifesharp service. So if you want maintenance on it via loose parts or you want them to sharpen it for you. Then send it to them and they will do that for free.

I got this and it’s the best knife I’ve ever had it lasted working with scrap. I lost it for a month on a trailer that had 1000s of lbs of scrap for a month with rain and snow it’s the best 90 bucks I’ve spend

The only reason I can think of it being $80 is because it's "made in USA" (which means nothing if you're not from USA). Personally the maximum amount I would pay for this is 30€ (whatever amount of dollars that is).

That wolf pug meme had me dying.

I have a benchmade Presidio axis folder, and it's one of the best knives I've ever used. It still has the factory edge on it and I've been using it for years. Benchmade is now and will always be my go to brand of knives, because of how they have stood up to the use I've put mine through. The price is a bit high, but, they have excellent customer support and a lifetime edge warranty, and for free they will put a factory edge back on your blade, so when you consider all the support you get, the price tag feels worth it.

Hey skall, I enjoy your videos (and your second channel). I was thinking, since winter is coming, what is your opinion on reusable hand warmers.. could you maybe do a review some time?

I just picked one of these and a 391 socp today. The azeria is by far the cheapest knife in my collection. I honestly didn't think I'd ever find one lol. I disagree with everyone saying it's too small to be used in a fight. Id rather draw this little fella than my 910 or 4170.

Reminds me of the Ka-Bar TDI. Be interesting to see how it compared to other knives of the same (or similar) configuration.

Benchmade is just in the next town away from me. Awesome people at there warehouse. If you want a Benchmade or any of the big brand knives, I recommend going to a knife show. Much better prices.

meh, the price and the fact that carrying a concealed fixed blade can cause legal problems in some states (esp if you don't have a CCW) makes this pretty deeply unappealing. I get that it's marketed to cops, but I asked the one cop I know about these things back when I first saw a video about one and she said something to the effect of: "Really? when have you EVER heard of an on duty cop using a knife for self defense? You know we have nightsticks right?"

my mora eldris....with added belt clip will do everything this does at $25.00 with a 8.00 Spyderco G-clip added to the plastic sheath. I'd go get one (Benchmade Azeria) IF it had a super steel or something.... but even Mora's steel is very very good on my boat around saltwater. PLUS, the Mora eldris sheath is easier in and out for EDC use, cutting fishing lines, ice bags, rope...etc. AND I bet, I could mess up a SOB really fast with the ''shave sharp'' edge I keep on mine. The key is the belt clip put on the Mora sheath. neck knife? NO WAY.on my side YES WAY! i HAVE SEVERAL VIDS ON DOING THE ADDED BELT CLIP. Best review on KZfaq, of this knife by far!!!!!! no one else shows wearing it. THANKS for the enlightenment👍

$80 IS a lot for that. I have several KA-BAR knives that are basically the same steel & finish, are larger, have most of the same features, the same grip, a somewhat better sheath with approximate features, and they all cost $20 - $40 less.

Good review. I didn't actually know about the pin-lock and I've carried mine for over a year! I got mine through a promotion for free when I bought my HK hendgun. One kind of neat aesthetic feature is that the grip pattern matches that on the HK P2000 and the HK promo knives come with an HK symbol in place of the Benchmade symbol.

Congrats on 1Mil! Skall!

I really like the ring pommel on Kerambitesque knives for retention, however there's a trick with it, when you are using it for unboxing, or whatever. I got it from the Bird and Trout, you can hang it from your pinkie while you're using the rest of your fingers.

Sorry late to this video. Can you confirm/deny that the clip can be removed and the two holes in the kydex can have paracord fed through so it could then be used as a neck knife? Also I think the main purpose of this knife is for firearm weapon retention. Someone is trying to get your sidearm from the holster, while one hand is securing the firearm the other is drawing this and then attacking the offender's hand/arm/wrist so you maintain control of your firearm.

Not a bad knife...now...WHATS IN THE BOOOOOOX!?

love this video, very helpful , very informative .

Very nice, but not worth that much imo. I have the CRKT Minimalist and SPEW. Also a SOG instinct... Far cheaper, almost the same thing.

These can also be on the belt upside down so you can deploy it using downward force in a grappling situation, which is stronger than an upward pull

Hey Skall, question for ya. I know you've done a "practicality" video for Skyrim weapons and how "realistic" the combat is in Dark Souls. Would you consider doing a video regarding Bloodborne and its trick weapons? I think that would make for a very interesting video!

That reminds me greatly of the TDI line if knives. Undoubtedly, that knife would fulfill the role of a weapon retention blade.

It's kinda adorable with that butterfly logo.

This is my favorite EDC fixed blade. I tell people it's a carpet knife, and that's what it basically is. A corrosion resistant 1" wharncliffe. Just sharpen it instead of throwing the blades away. Bazinga!

Something a lot of people don’t realize...when a knife company like Kershaw or Spyderco makes knives, a lot of their knives are made in Taiwan or China, etc.: companies that do this offset the price of their USA made knives making them cheaper priced. A company like Benchmade is more expensive because 100% of their knives are USA made. BM doesn’t use Taiwan and China to offset prices. (Of course, some people don’t care where their knives are made and some do [but the fact is I’m just trying to provide information for people who don’t understand why Benchmade knives are so expensive....there’s a reason behind it all]).

Hey I got one from Amazon for $64 It is an awesome little blade! Thanks for the review! Skol🍻

The handle looks a bit small for my taste though. Whether the blade is long or short, I prefer a longer handle so it can be gripped with all fingers.

Watch the part at 0:53 times, no disrespect but it sounds so funny. Great knife and nice reveiw. Helped me to confinse to buy it.

Thanks Skall

Hey Skall! It would be really nice if you could make a video about the different hardnesses of steel. I could look it up in some text somewhere but then I would miss seeing your face and shenanigans :D

Happy Halloween! and thanks for this review...

Walter Sorrels makes a knife like this in the TA line and he said it was requested by a friend who's a pro shooter and he wants to use the same motions to draw the knife for defense.

Hey Skall what do You think about Mora knives? Maybe You could do a vid about them?

I picked on of these up for about $45 USD. Not a bad little knife. You can find it cheaper as the HK Plan D. Same knife, but they run about $60 USD. Too bad the sheath is terrible.

I’ll stick to my little Buck 55. I just stick it in the change pocket of my jeans and take it everywhere. And nobody freaks out when I pull it out, because it looks like the knife everyone’s grandpa has.

I picked one of these up to carry as a last ditch defense tool, if necessary. It was one of the few designs I could find that was close to the Colonel Blades design (which I really liked). Although if I ever find myself pulling this thing intending to actually use it I’d probably be better off trying to get the fuck out of there. I wouldn’t really try to use it as an edc/general purpose knife imo. It was absolutely sharp from the factory, I’ll give it that. I think I paid right around $70, brand new - ordered through my local Benchmade Dealer. I agree the price on these is on the high side, especially considering the sheath it comes with isn’t all that great imo.

You gotta love the butterfly tax

Old man once told me if its between getting stabbed to death or cutting your hand grab the blade

i use the cs spike tanto for edc and the ER requiem. this aint bad dont underestimate a blade no matter the size.

It's def possible to disarm that, in ways you are unaware of apparently. However it'still would not be easy, needs two hands: 1 to hold the wrist/hand the others to eject the blade. Good luck doing it in the heat of actual combat tho.

Thank you so much for a great video, what would you suggest that would be a better fixed blade knife to carry that has a great clip for inside the waistband of shorts that have elastic thank you so much

Hey Skall, could I send you a knife to do a review and some destructive testing on?

Hey man! Great Work! Dude.... I want your opinion on something. What are your toughts on The Victorinox Hunter Pro, as a self-defense weapon, and as a camping/survival knife?

Is there an actual practical use for so-called self-defence knives? Possibly outside military scenarios? Not saying there isn't, just curious as to where would this particular sort of brutality/lethality be warranted.

Hi Skall, I usually find the “is this fantasy weapon effective” conversation about as boring as you, but I watched an old video of yours recently talking about center grip vs strap shields, and while I got to wondering about the Uruk-Hai shields featured in the Lord of the Rings films. 1 are they center grip or strap? (Maybe a dumb question I’m thinking strap but not sure) and 2, how effective not only as a shield but also as a weapon would they be?

Nice I like the negative angle, but I'd rather have something like, say the Spyderco Introvert with a finger ring for much better tactical advantage.

Would the chaos blades from God of war or kai's swords from kung fu panda 3 be practical? Or at least some kind of sword or other blade on a chain/rope? I enjoy your videos by the way, keep up the good work

Have you tested the Ka-Bar TDI? Seems similar in design, though with a fair number of differences.

Mucho bueno in my opinion. But I'm a karambit freak so it makes since that I like the design. Looks like it would make a great last ditch boot knife.

Nice minimalist knife

I can say without a doubt that the Ka-Bar TDI Law Enforcement knife is much better and much more affordable than this one. I'd recommend going to T5 Custom Kydex for a custom sheath for it too, it's a great value. You can get both of those for a combined total of about $60 depending on if you get it from Amazon or from Ka-Bar.

I'll just stick with my PM2 if I want a self defense small knife. Much more expensive yes, but you get much superior steel, portability and concealment, and most importantly PM2s in general have very high resale value and usually retain about 90% and sometimes even 100% so long as there's no rust and you haven't ground the blade into something clearly miss shaped (again very hard given the steel) so you could very decently regain the money.

Review the CKRT Obake!

Hey Skal. I was wondering how accurate the highlander character is in for honor. I’m wondering because he has a great sword and I have always wondered how great swords are used in combat and I’m wondering if highlander is a good representation of that.

will you do a video about the chinese polearm. the Ge or Ji (dagger axe) i for some reason like the polearm. or vid on asian polearms. love the videos.

is it marked as a defense tool? looks like it'd be killer for opening boxes and similar cutting tasks

Nice box cutter Skall.

English doubt from a spanish speaker: Which is the correct name for the case were you save the knife? Also, how is called the same thing but for guns? Thanks!

5:44 - 5:57 hehe

Is that a Davy Jones belt buckle?

I think colonel blades has the best punch design blade

Also great for fishing

If I find a hundred Canadiance, where do I send them to get the knife.

This one would be much better if made into a hawkbill type blade though...

It’s between 100 and 110€ in Europe.

Do you use all your weapons to open boxes (I’m looking at you, greatsword)

If you need a small tool knife of this shape, it looks decent for the price... Nicely designed. I don't need one :P

Lovely...

0:52 now that sounds fun to try say five times fast. I can hardly say molybdenum, lol

How does it compare to the KaBar TDI?

Review the 80 dollar pommel

I strongly believe that we should implement pommels on knives

When someone tickles skalls neck∆

cute little knife

Holy crap. $80. My tanto tip Emerson folding knife was only $40. I think I'll stick with that.

Sadly i don't geht it wet and dirty often -.-

To be fair though I wouldn't consider it a weapon, it seems more of a small fixed blade utility knife. Maybe the designer and the person who did the marketing weren't on the same page!

Personally, If I pay more than $75 for a knife, I’d expect a high end steel and ergonomic construction in mind. I own knives priced around $40 today that are equal in construction to military knives. I’ve served in the german military for 6 years and their equipment was nothing short of astounding. Anyways, that was my little tidbit, take it as you will. Cheers, -Nightshade

Ten years ago, the age of the father was four times the age of his son. Ten years hence, the age of the father will be twice of his son. What are the present ages of the father and his son?

You mean God made this knife? Amazing! Can I pray for one?

KABAR TDI is sub $40. I'll stick with that

dat belt buckle tho...

KZfaq algorhytm is not showing this video

sooo... weaponized box-cutter?

Very nice, I'm lovin it.

Nice knife but the scabbard is too big for the knife.

2:37 actually, looks kinda small.

I live less than 2 minutes from benchmade!

Intriguing

K-bar TDI...

Glorified box cutter!