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@CuttingBoardReviews Precision cutting tools are what we specialize in and we sent out all our work for heat treat. When it came back it would take 30 min to an hour to clean and test depending on the size of the jobs. Wages 25 to 30$ an hour on average. I'm sure when we do it for anyone outside the company we would probably double that. But a single piece already disassembled would be done regularly free of charge. I've tested some of my blades while on lunch. Why would I post the company name and number? Do you know how the internet works?

@CuttingBoardReviews Did you estimate that using your mechanical engineering degree? Tell yourself what ever you need to justify that butterfly tax.

​@@CuttingBoardRxbenchmade pays machinists 18 dollars an hour (there is a job posting now). This was NOT a few hundred dollar job, stop simping for this horrid, anti american company that pays shit wages.

​@@CuttingBoardRxshows what your degree was worth lmao.

I own a few as well and I’m with you, I EDC blades with 440C all day every day for work as a finish carpenter. Easy to sharpen and if something happens like a break or I lose it I’m not that upset. I own a few very expensive knives that I get for birthdays and Father’s Day and they sit in my safe.

They’re still 160 at my local gun shop. Idk where people are getting ripped off

I don't know why the Bugout is so pricey. I handled one recently and it felt cheap and plastic-y.

​@@CuttingBoardRxi call bullshit on that list. If they are charging all that they are worse then the governments waste of time. Guess all that extra charging is why benchmade has enough money to donate to crazy California liberals and gun grabbers. Just look up benchmade donation history. Of course they started hiding it after people foundout. I value freedom and my constitution i will never support a company that goes against that.

I got a mini freak Jade limited edition, and it also has a horrible edge from the factory, it wont slice paper. I never messed with it and it has heen sitting in my pelican case since.

I've purchased 2 Benchmade knives, spent too much for both, and they both came in horrible shape. I returned one for refund outright it was so bad. The other I sent in for warranty repair and they sent it back in almost as bad condition that I received it in. When I tried to talk to them afterwards they wanted me to pay them more and said they can't help me otherwise. Really disappointing. It's the Brand name they've made & the fanboys who like knives but don't really use them much who keep the company alive I guess. Overcharge for a so so product and people who don't know any better just think it must be great quality.

Its a shame when companies like Benchmade who built great products and a good reputation and now deliver an average or below average product. Is it corporate greed, new management, poor quality control? I don't know enough about the company to say for sure. I grew up thinking they were one of the best production knife companies, today you won't catch me buying anything of theirs. Another company I can think of this has happened to recently is Klein Tools.

S90v is not a chippy steel, nor is it chippy due to its hardness... in fact s90v from BM is ran 59-60hrc... m390 at a proper hardness will be ran 62+ and elmax is typically run 61 to 63hrc. So no s90v is not chippy due to its hardness as its typically ran softer then both other steels you stated. If you got chippy S90V its because the heat treat protocol is poor or the edge was over heated from the factory edge. This coming from someone that's been a professional free hand sharpener for many years and sharpen and test many 100s of knives every year. Most people that say s90v is chippy and "hard to sharpen" is just repeating stuff they have heard someone else say and neither have any experience at all with it. S90v in a production environment is one of the overall highest performance stainless steels you can get your hands on.

I've heard of a few different companies S90v was chippy and that hard streels can and do chip if used roughly

​@@EDCandLace I'm new to high end knife world... and when i say high end I mean nicer than I'm use to lol I'm wanting to purchase a nicer leatherman than i have use and abuse my wave I like a nicer steal what's your thoughts 154cm or sv30 in a multi tool?

@@EDCandLace they have different HRC's because they are different steals...all 3 of them react differently because they have different properties

S90V isn't a hard steel, it does have a lot of carbides though

@@CuttingBoardRx cool thanks!

Personally, i’d rather buy a chris reeve knife for that price instead.

No way it takes them that long. I would bet they need to be doing at least 5 to 10 blades per hour. The hardness test might add an additional 5 minutes if its a long walk

@@CuttingBoardRx different one

14 degrees is a little much

@@CuttingBoardRx awesome! Thank you so much

Yeah I’ve worn out the spring and they made it a huge hassle to get replaced. Kind of a bummer considering the price I payed

Nope it was my first benchmade s30v mini grip. Broke a spring sent it in and was charged $15 for the spring and labor and $20 for return shipping

The clip I had on it was some generic ebay mini bug out style clip. Maybe they didn't appreciate that? Idk

@@CuttingBoardRx A great company that stands behind their product. Along with designing great knives, they also provide the best service in the industry. You’re so right about all the support they provide. It’s truly an investment into a lifetime knife. Glad they took good care of you. Shows the commitment they have to customers.

Probably less than $100 labor included.

Yeah, benchmades are glorified paperweights, especially when Buck knives do the same thing with EXCELLENT warranties at a fraction of the price. Hard pass for Benchmade. They're the Kimber of the knife world, overpriced for what you get in return and riddled with QC problems.

You asked for a new blade. Unless you completely ruined your edge, they won’t force you to buy anything.

@@CuttingBoardRx wasn’t talking about that particular knife. I’m talking benchmade as a whole today. The fact they significantly raised the price on all their bugouts just because you get 3 new colors is a joke. Same cheap materials but price hiked way up for literally almost nothing. Then that dumb new narrows knife for freaking $500 is hilarious.

@@CuttingBoardRx Congrats on your success and I mean it from the heart. The point I was making is that most of their work is CNC based machining, not old school like us. They have assemblers and finisher specialists but make nowhere near $85 an hour, more like $20/hr. They handle multiple returns within an hour, so the cost is spread among consumers by unit. Either way, I like BM and own a couple of their fixed blades like the 3v puuko but wish they were more reasonable.

@@CuttingBoardRx Now that I have seen it, I am happy to see an elegant knife surpass expectations in a torture test. BM made that M390 a monster. You are right, they did excellent with the warranty service.

You’re either lying deliberately or repeating someone’s bullsit.

@@CuttingBoardRx I respect your opinion, and I will look up this data for any understanding & knowledge of the facts. FYI, I never mentioned NRA, only 2A. And any corporation that chooses bottomline on a piece of paper, over the 2A, is no friend of America. PERIOD. It dosen't matter the reason, it's still yellow bellied Cowardice.

@@CuttingBoardRx ps. That is a real sketchy statement with, saying the NRA has done ALL or absolutely 100% NOTHING. you can tell when a statement is probably not true, with all those , always, 100%, every, all the time, etc... our Rights Trump everything else(specifically refers to bogus "laws". Thanks for your comment.

@@CuttingBoardRx I looked it up. Saying you are in support of the 2A, but yet providing free of charge, with no issues, destroying guns, is not supporting 2a. PERIOD. If you are so clueless to just believe what someone says over their opposite actions, well I think there's some SS who would say the same... anything to protect that bottom line; ie. Target, A-B, your buddy Garth Brooks...... their called Communist. There is a difference.

@@CuttingBoardRx I looked it up. I saw. I read. I listen. I just stated facts. If someone came to your business and asked if you would destroy 2a products, so that No One could ever you use them, what would you tell them Sir ? And thank you...

@@CuttingBoardRx and FYI, if you don't realize that it all comes from all directions, esp elite, but than who is really responsible, if We The People, have ourselves to blame...