Benchmade Just Deployed Its Most Stunning EDC Knife Ever

The smaller spinoff of the groundbreaking Narrows is breathtakingly sleek and light.

Published September 19, 2024

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Released last spring, Benchmade’s innovative Narrows quickly established itself as the pocket knife to beat in the premium ultralight space. Creating it involved a complete redesign of the brand’s patented AXIS lock, with a torsion spring replacing liners and omega springs in order to shave weight.

Perhaps most notable is how light the new knife is. The Mini Narrows tips the scales at a positively feathery 1.98 ounces.

The result was a super steel-bladed, titanium-framed beauty that’s 33 percent thinner than the brand’s best-selling Bugout, with two times the break strength and a weight of just 2.4 ounces. The effort did not go unnoticed, as the Narrows was named American-Made Knife of the Year at the industry’s biggest event, Blade Show.

How could Benchmade possibly follow that up? With a sequel that’s even more compact and light, of course. Today brings the long-awaited launch of the Benchmade Mini Narrows.

Benchmade Mini Narrows

Starts at $560

Benchmade Mini Narrows

As fans know, Benchmade has a winning track record of miniaturizing popular pocket knives. Among many others, the brand offers a variety of Mini Bugouts, Mini Osbornes and Mini Griptilians.

The upcoming Mini Narrows follows a familiar formula, carrying a similar design and materials in a smaller silhouette. Toward that end, it also boasts a slim, strong 6Al-4V Titanium frame and a Torsion Spring AXIS lock for smooth, reliable deployment.

Like the Narrows, it’s available in two colorways: gray titanium and black titanium. The former features sapphire blue hardware just like the original, while the latter takes a black-on-black approach.

benchmade-mini-narrows-versions — The Mini Narrows makes its debut with two different treatments: black titanium and gray titanium.

Size-wise, the Mini Narrows has an overall length of 6.95 inches (versus the original’s 8.02 inches) and a blade length of 2.98 inches (versus 3.43 inches for the Narrows).

The blade is a drop-point just like its predecessor, but the material is a bit different: CPM-20CV Stainless Steel (59-61 HRC) versus M390 Super Premium Stainless Steel (58-61HRC).

benchmade mini narrows reverse — With a blade just under half an inch shorter than the original’s, the knife weighs nearly half an ounce less.

Perhaps most notable is how light the new knife is. The Mini Narrows tips the scales at a positively feathery 1.98 ounces. It will also lighten your wallet slightly less, although not so notably: Both colorways will cost $20 less than their big brothers do.

Availability and pricing

The Benchmade Mini Narrows is available now. The MSRP for the gray titanium edition is $560, while the black titanium version is priced slightly higher, $580.