Benchmade 3300 Infidel OTF

Reviewed 07/29/2013 by Chip

-Price Paid: $360.00
-Used for Self Defense
-Owned for Less than 1 Month

Comments:

Lets be honest, unless you are have used this knife in a true life or death scenario, as did a medic, (whose review I stumbled across while researching this purchase) who stated that he performed an emergency tracheostomy with this knife in Iraq, It is nearly impossible to give this knife high marks in the "Value" category.

That being said, it is probably one of the coolest knives I have ever seen, and I find myself attempting to justify the high cost of ownership by claiming it is very utilitarian because of its one handed deployment. The truth however is that it does what it does very well; It makes you justify it. How? It is scalpel sharp, intimidating, and sexy all at the same time.

My father always used to say that fishing lures weren't designed to catch fish, they were designed to catch fisherman, whether by gimmick or by pizazz.

Once the money is laid down, the lure had done its *intended* job. This knife kinda fits in that category, but it is still awesome x 10!

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Reviewed 02/13/2013 by Jeremy

-Price Paid: $285.00
-Used for Self Defense
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

I bought this knife while in Afghanistan and it was a steal at $285. I would have paid twice that price. The D2 steel is, and stays, super sharp! The spring is still tight and fast after over 3 years of use.

Reviewed 08/27/2011 by Tony

-Price Paid: N/A
-Used for Self Defense
-Owned for Less than 1 Month

Comments:

Let me start off here by saying that I have not purchased this knife (it would be illegal for me to do so), this is purely a review based upon getting my hands on test model that was at my local Gun Store.

Having said that "My God" what a knife with incredible technology behind it and only the highest quality materials used to build it...!!!

The inbuilt Automatic Safety will stop the the blades deployment is incredible stopping dead in it's tracks if it even touches a piece of paper and with a slight flick of the knife it springs into action.

The build quality is indeed world class and reflects the very finest quality that American Knife Making has to offer.

The name may not exactly be "Politically Correct" but who really cares, it is what it is a "Killing Machine" that without doubt could save both our Troops or Police Officers lives in a life or death situation.

The knives action is as smooth as a babies bottom (as the saying goes) and deploys first time every time with Authority.

With a price tag of nearly $400.00 on the surface looks expensive, but when you couple that it's for real life or death situations and the fact that the retail price is never the actual price this can be over looked.

Benchmade does offer special discounts to "Active Military and Police Officers", but this knife is so GOOD they should NOT be having to put there hands in there own pockets to buy one. We ask our brave troops to risk there lives every day for our freedom and this knife should be standard kit..!!

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