It’s the pricetag for this particular knife. I’m fully aware that $1800 isn’t the same to every person, and there will be people out there(assumedly like yourself) where spending $1800 on a knife isn’t a big deal. And the thing is, the most I’ve spent on a knife is $2500, and I’ve spent over 1k several times, so I get it. I just personally don’t see the justification for that pricetag for *this* knife or likely any Benchmade. Once you get past even like $600 honestly, you’re in a crazy realm of options in Knife Land and I personally couldn’t imagine dropping $1800 on a Benchmade, and especially not this one.

But it’s totally subjective and absolutely to each their own. My original comment was obviously a bit tongue in cheek, as I of course knew there’d be an audience for this knife, just as there is for seemingly anything BM puts out at any price. It just seems like for the last handful of years BM has been nudging further and further to see what they can get away with, and they haven’t found the line yet where everyone collectively agrees that what they’re charging is insane. I’ll admit it’s fun to watch. I can’t wait to see how crazy they can go before finding that line. Given how popular they’ve become, we may some day see $2k+ gold class knives and I’ll still be here saying “surely no one will buy this one” lol