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Just out of curiosity... what ever happened to the Immunity models. Those have been on pre-order for a long time now with no release date. Why are they not in the 2023 catalog?
 
Immunity models are in the catalog with a September release date. I've been looking forward to those. I'm glad they appear to be getting closer at least.

And the Super Freek is still in the lineup.
 
Hashishiin said:
"Asia" 🙄
There is a big difference between Japan, Taiwan and China. I gladly support the first two. The Taiwan and USA knives, top tier, and though I do not use it, the Chinese knives can take 380lbs torque, crazy for a China linerlock.
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My actual points on Spyderco's prevalent overseas manufacturing was:
1. The only reason to outsource to Asia (no matter which country) is to reduce cost, and the Taiwan spyders are typically the most expensive. I don't have any problem with manufacturing in 2 of the countries mentioned, but they better be cheap, or else why aren't I buying Made in USA???
2. It's embarrassing that the Taiwan factory is regarded as Spyderco's best, not the US.
 
The CLA auto in G10 @ $400 is nuts! Even with soft Magnacut. Only Medford and Hoback charge more money for a G10 folding/auto knife!
 
Do we know if these ridiculous prices are what dealers are actually going to charge, or are these MSRP numbers from Benchmade themselves? Because, there's zero way that they have thought things through if they truly believe a bunch of people will be onboard with the Narrows being over $500. I mean, let's be real. A Cold Steel Code4 offers this exact package for like one sixth(!!) the cost, except it has a stronger lock, and Cold Steel's S35vn is plenty tough and won't be giving up much to BM's M390 soooooo......???? What am I missing here?
 
mmyron1 said:
Just out of curiosity... what ever happened to the Immunity models. Those have been on pre-order for a long time now with no release date. Why are they not in the 2023 catalog?
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They announced them again this year in the videos like last year's announcement never happened as far as I can tell.
 
Quiet said:
Do we know if these ridiculous prices are what dealers are actually going to charge, or are these MSRP numbers from Benchmade themselves? Because, there's zero way that they have thought things through if they truly believe a bunch of people will be onboard with the Narrows being over $500. I mean, let's be real. A Cold Steel Code4 offers this exact package for like one sixth(!!) the cost, except it has a stronger lock, and Cold Steel's S35vn is plenty tough and won't be giving up much to BM's M390 soooooo......???? What am I missing here?
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That new Narrows is a beautiful knife. $500.00 knives aren't exactly unheard of here. For me the issue isn't if it's worth the $500.00 price, it's how does the knife compare to other $500.00 knives!
 
Gideons said:
The SOCP Benchmade 185 Fixed Blade was an interested shape, but too large to be practical/bigger than I would carry, when I first saw it I was hoping it was between a 5 and 5.5" blade. Maybe they will come out with a mini in the future.
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I'm not a BM fan, nor would I spend the money, but that is the one that caught my attention. It tugged hard at my inner mall ninja heart strings.
 
BM retail prices/MAP are 10% off MSRP. I agree that some of these prices are, let's say "optimistic". But I do like the sheer variety of new models and steels, pricing notwithstanding.
 
Sibyrnes said:
That new Narrows is a beautiful knife. $500.00 knives aren't exactly unheard of here. For me the issue isn't if it's worth the $500.00 price, it's how does the knife compare to other $500.00 knives!
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In which case, it’s an even worse proposition because $500 is when you start getting into customs and midtechs from very well known makers. 🤷
 
King of the Cheese said:
I’ll just wait until an overly-eager member buys a few of these things and they get dropped on the exchange NIB for -30%. Not gonna lie.
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It's a solid strategy. I love BM but I tend to play the long game and catch them on sale which happens frequently enough. I seem to be doing that more in general these days instead of instant gratification, especially with pricier knives. But I still throw money at knifemakers too. It's a disease!
 
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Do we know if these ridiculous prices are what dealers are actually going to charge, or are these MSRP numbers from Benchmade themselves? Because, there's zero way that they have thought things through if they truly believe a bunch of people will be onboard with the Narrows being over $500. I mean, let's be real. A Cold Steel Code4 offers this exact package for like one sixth(!!) the cost, except it has a stronger lock, and Cold Steel's S35vn is plenty tough and won't be giving up much to BM's M390 soooooo......???? What am I missing here?
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The Narrows is titanium vs aluminium for the Code 4, but that and the steel certainly ain't worth the over $400 difference to me.
 
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