As for the welding, I don’t mind it. Most of the infidel’s blade play comes from that screw (where the welding is on this model) being loose. After applying some JB weld into the gaps of that piece my infidel has an amazing lock up.
Pull the blade to the 'half launchd' position, reassemble the knife, and then pull the blade fully forward until the open sears close and lock the blade. It'll then work just dandy.
Titanium is 30% heavyer than aluminium .why would you assume that the steel is any cheaper than the micro tech . Pull the switch to the closed position then put it together . Sure could do without the snotty uppity attitude . Now do the micro tech .bet you see the same thing . Watched a vid. it is damn near the same! Close enough for me to get the fake .as it is a much better deal ( i wouldn't carry this knife as edc or tactical ). Much more of a toy . All these fake bashing when the rip off for the real one is what should be bashed . I call it the price of hype !
The fakes have inferior steel and lie about it. Their internals are made from inferior materials and they lie about it. The edge geometry of their blades sucks. A real Benchmade Infidel comes with, among other things, a lifetime warranty, including replacement of the blade if broken. It might be nice if you'd figure out what the fuck you're talking about before you open your piehole again and sound even more stupid than you already do.
Why would you assume the steel is any cheaper than the Microtech? The whole thing is, why not the steel? It simply stands to reason that if they're going to make a shit copy, it's all going to be shit.
It's his video, so he could do without your shitty tone. I totally get the part of your argument that 400 bucks for a knife is for most, ridiculous. However to me, it sounds like you don't have much respect for intellectual property and the price of innovation. China is CONSTANTLY taking the designs of their international customers and then either changing very little or blatantly copying every detail and selling them the world over. Pretty scummy. And it's well known that grey market copycat products use shitty pot metal in place of quality components. Just a thought.
Usually I will pop out the two pins in the button and pull it off which detaches the button from the tension springs. much easier to work on and put back together.
My best guess is that the handles are made of pot metal. The spec sheet for the clones says that is a "zinc aluminium" alloy. Also they use pot metal for quick, cheap, and easy castings. Overall it's not a bad looking clone. I would like to mill some aluminum handles and replace the heavy ones and maybe I could make a decent knife ;)
Wish I would’ve bought a knock off. They are fidget toys. $300 + got it out of my system. Some China direct knives are good Gotta shop around. Ti 2022 BM 940 with good heat treated D2 for $40 is a good deal. Like it. Can cut regular every day stuff with it & i can also lose it just as easily as the $300 real thing. No butterfly tax for me.
Unless you put the screws back in it will not fire correctly . It needs to have tension with the screws back in. I wouldn’t want you working on a real one you’re absolutely right
Ya dude, that's not true at all. Is that shitbox in your profile picture assembled with the same idiotic lack of intelligence? In other words: does it run as trashy as it looks?
Hey is there any way you could do a video add on how the leaf springs are in the knife? I have a infidel 3350 and a dime got stuck in the ejection port and long story short I took the screws out and as soon as I pulled the cover off the leaf springs came out....I can't find anyone who knows how to reassemble them...n I don't have a lisenced dealer close so they can't ship it back if I send it in...thanks
I bought one from Wish. It came with a Benchmade warranty card . Id say Benchmade hired the company out of china to make these knives which they would have to make them with the great quality Benchmade is famous for . Just like Kbar did with the TDI knives
That's not at all what happened. What happened is a china factory bought a real knife, 3d scanned it, scanned all the literature, and made a fake. Stop lying to yourself
I bought one from Wish,and I am really pleased with it. The blade did come loose once but the instructions told me to wiggle the blade and push it back in. No trouble after that.
Just so you know the warranty voiding if you open a benchmade is totally not possible to enforce. Essentially they would have to lease knife to you to do so but you bought it it’s yours to do with any which way you want. They just don’t want to show stolen tech
This must be dirt cheap to produce. Benchmade must be making a killing on the real thing. I'm presuming this design is stronger than Microtech because the blade is supported from both sides, even if the supporting metal looks terribly thin.
Christian Newby no i havent tested the blade lock metal on my microtechs. im guessing that they are titanium or a high carbon metal. but that is just a guess. for benchmade knife like the infidel, im guessing the blade locks are titanium or high carbon aswell.
Well you get what you pay for, people always say fake isn't as good as real but they compare every aspect between the real and fake, you pay 10% of the real one for a fake what makes you think the fake has to be as good as real? Believe or not I've seen fake one outperform the real. I'm owner of microtech knife I paid over $500 for a otf and I love it but I ain't gonna say too much of bad things about the fake consider the price you pay for it.
These knifes are very easy to work on. Most people dont want to work on them due to expensive materials and not knowing how to fix them when they take them apart. If anyone has a knife that they cant get back together, shoot me a pm. I can work on them and will buy them if selling.
xxxknives com makes tons of copies. So don't buy anything from there unless you understand they are fakes. Just letting you know, I found this out today. Really interesting video, I have always wondered what an OTF knife looks like inside!
I have to fakes and both broke . But I Took both broken clones and made one solid one . It’s perfect . But even the real bench made sucked. Microtech is way better
Here is a link to a real infidel taken apart. Your right about the milling in the blade. That is ugly and horrible welding. The real blade and internal components are just as sexy on the inside as they are on the outside. Thanks for your videos! www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php/23727-Inside-the-Infidel-(Benchmade)
Stop bashing the fake one. It didn't cost $400 and it does exactly what the "real" one does. Most smart people would buy the clone because it costs A LOT less and does the same thing and who cares what the quality looks like on the inside because you are always looking at it from the outside. But nice video.
Lumlums LOL , Am not going to get into a pissing contest. The Infidel isn't the most expensive on the market. Look at Microtechs high end catalog. Producing a top shelf auto in the USA requires expensive man hours , expensive steel and expensive tools. People like you amaze me. Entitled to somethin 4 nuthin. Go buy from Chinese slave children , made of cheap pot metal with crappy welds. If $400 for a nice knife is too much for you then I suggest a different line of work. knifeinformer.com/benchmade-infidel-review/
I've never understood why this knife, which doesn't do anything proprietary, or revolutionary from a mechanical standpoint is designed so complexly inside.
does anyone know where a "canuck" could buy one of these in pieces of a kit sort of diy style, for the obvious reasons. I can't find them on Ali and dhgate won't ship to us frozen souls. I wish I could find a Mr Rogers that would send me the pieces in a could of birthday cards. Repinion at G mail dat com
As for the welding, I don’t mind it. Most of the infidel’s blade play comes from that screw (where the welding is on this model) being loose. After applying some JB weld into the gaps of that piece my infidel has an amazing lock up.
ive carried an infidel clone for about a year and a half now and it's done just as well as a titan otf and its very reliable
Pull the blade to the 'half launchd' position, reassemble the knife, and then pull the blade fully forward until the open sears close and lock the blade. It'll then work just dandy.
Cal, having worked on these types of knives, you are right, assemble in the "misfire" position, then pull to lock to load spring.
Cal Sorrows It’s better to put it in the closed position and reassemble
@@captainhowdy9557 why? Under tension is preferable?
@@mackhomie6 dual action knifes are never under tension as long as youre not pushing on the actuator
@@logannewcome I must have misread his comment back then, I have several d/a knives myself that I've worked on
Titanium is 30% heavyer than aluminium .why would you assume that the steel is any cheaper than the micro tech .
Pull the switch to the closed position then put it together .
Sure could do without the snotty uppity attitude .
Now do the micro tech .bet you see the same thing .
Watched a vid. it is damn near the same! Close enough for me to get the fake .as it is a much better deal ( i wouldn't carry this knife as edc or tactical ). Much more of a toy .
All these fake bashing when the rip off for the real one is what should be bashed .
I call it the price of hype !
The fakes have inferior steel and lie about it. Their internals are made from inferior materials and they lie about it. The edge geometry of their blades sucks. A real Benchmade Infidel comes with, among other things, a lifetime warranty, including replacement of the blade if broken. It might be nice if you'd figure out what the fuck you're talking about before you open your piehole again and sound even more stupid than you already do.
Why would you assume the steel is any cheaper than the Microtech? The whole thing is, why not the steel? It simply stands to reason that if they're going to make a shit copy, it's all going to be shit.
It's his video, so he could do without your shitty tone.
I totally get the part of your argument that 400 bucks for a knife is for most, ridiculous. However to me, it sounds like you don't have much respect for intellectual property and the price of innovation. China is CONSTANTLY taking the designs of their international customers and then either changing very little or blatantly copying every detail and selling them the world over. Pretty scummy. And it's well known that grey market copycat products use shitty pot metal in place of quality components.
Just a thought.
Usually I will pop out the two pins in the button and pull it off which detaches the button from the tension springs. much easier to work on and put back together.
Have heard people say some of the fakes have a better build than the real Infidel otf.
So I'll buy one if these. Disassemble, strip and refinish the handle peices with a tougher paint, and oil everything up inside to prevent rust. 👍
Uh.. cool?
No it’s not the only unique OTF system is the deadcat
My best guess is that the handles are made of pot metal. The spec sheet for the clones says that is a "zinc aluminium" alloy. Also they use pot metal for quick, cheap, and easy castings. Overall it's not a bad looking clone. I would like to mill some aluminum handles and replace the heavy ones and maybe I could make a decent knife ;)
Too heavy to be aluminum, but non-magnetic, die-cast "pot-metal" heavy.
Zinc
It actually looks like it’ would be pretty strong overall but that weld point looks like a deal killer for me.
It's actually quite ingenious and simple on how it works.
pull the blade to mid travel then put it back together. lock the blade out and then retract it and viola
Wish I would’ve bought a knock off. They are fidget toys. $300 + got it out of my system. Some China direct knives are good Gotta shop around. Ti 2022 BM 940 with good heat treated D2 for $40 is a good deal. Like it. Can cut regular every day stuff with it & i can also lose it just as easily as the $300 real thing. No butterfly tax for me.
What kind of camera are you using. And is it set to auto focus. Also are you using a lateral arm for your tripod?
Can you replace the main spring with a stronger one? My spring is weak and won't eject the blade all the way out to the locking position.
The correct fix is to buy a new 20 dollar fake knife.
🤣🤣🤣
Get someone to mill some of the handle to make your knife lighter
👊
My infidel clone looks so much different internally
damn those fakes , hahahaha
Actually I am quite happy with my fake Troodon
Unless you put the screws back in it will not fire correctly . It needs to have tension with the screws back in. I wouldn’t want you working on a real one you’re absolutely right
That`s not true at all. I`ve done it many times myself without the screws. If it is reassembled properly.
Ya dude, that's not true at all. Is that shitbox in your profile picture assembled with the same idiotic lack of intelligence? In other words: does it run as trashy as it looks?
Hey is there any way you could do a video add on how the leaf springs are in the knife? I have a infidel 3350 and a dime got stuck in the ejection port and long story short I took the screws out and as soon as I pulled the cover off the leaf springs came out....I can't find anyone who knows how to reassemble them...n I don't have a lisenced dealer close so they can't ship it back if I send it in...thanks
Tons disassembly vids out now...looks complicated but take pictures or film it being taken apart..then u have a good go back to point.....
I bought one from Wish. It came with a Benchmade warranty card . Id say
Benchmade hired the company out of china to make these knives which they would have to make them with the great quality Benchmade is famous for . Just like Kbar did with the TDI knives
That's not at all what happened. What happened is a china factory bought a real knife, 3d scanned it, scanned all the literature, and made a fake. Stop lying to yourself
I bought one from Wish,and I am really pleased with it. The blade did come loose once but the instructions told me to wiggle the blade and push it back in. No trouble after that.
Awesome vid man, love seeing this stuff
Enjoyed the video was wondering what brand tool do you use to work on your knives. All have a blessed day Randy.
im surprised those screws didnt come pre stripped lol
I remember the first time I took apart my piranha rated r
Just so you know the warranty voiding if you open a benchmade is totally not possible to enforce. Essentially they would have to lease knife to you to do so but you bought it it’s yours to do with any which way you want. They just don’t want to show stolen tech
This must be dirt cheap to produce. Benchmade must be making a killing on the real thing. I'm presuming this design is stronger than Microtech because the blade is supported from both sides, even if the supporting metal looks terribly thin.
Its all about the tolerances and type of metal used. Not how many blade locks there are.
Joshua Witt do you by chance know what type of metal is used in the supporting metal?
Christian Newby no i havent tested the blade lock metal on my microtechs. im guessing that they are titanium or a high carbon metal. but that is just a guess. for benchmade knife like the infidel, im guessing the blade locks are titanium or high carbon aswell.
Put the blade midway out before assembly and you won't be fussing with it. ;)
Well you get what you pay for, people always say fake isn't as good as real but they compare every aspect between the real and fake, you pay 10% of the real one for a fake what makes you think the fake has to be as good as real? Believe or not I've seen fake one outperform the real. I'm owner of microtech knife I paid over $500 for a otf and I love it but I ain't gonna say too much of bad things about the fake consider the price you pay for it.
These knifes are very easy to work on. Most people dont want to work on them due to expensive materials and not knowing how to fix them when they take them apart. If anyone has a knife that they cant get back together, shoot me a pm. I can work on them and will buy them if selling.
You need to pull the blade till it locks up after you put it back together. As with any of them real or fake
Already mentioned, and more clearly.
You were putting the run slot that is the top springs on the blade you need to pull the blade up
Thanks Man! Like a Pediatrician,You always Deliver!
You mean obstetrician.
Where can I get a clone
Dhgate out of China they have several price range from $20 to about $50 Free shipping
That fake looks pretty real! 😳 Is Sportsmans Warehouse a reputable company? I don't want to get ripped off on a $400 knife...
Yes.
Hey,,are they identical on the insides,between the real and Chinese version!?!,anyone know
Yea to a extent but the finish is so awful inside. The mechanics look to be the same but he didnt take off that rail that covers the springs.
xxxknives com makes tons of copies. So don't buy anything from there unless you understand they are fakes. Just letting you know, I found this out today.
Really interesting video, I have always wondered what an OTF knife looks like inside!
how long did it take to receive it?
I'll stick with the real deal. At least you have a warranty.
Ah benchmade has stolen ideas from the deadlock for the new infidells. Bordering on patent infringement
No, they haven't
Where did you buy it?
can't remember
hey do you buy knives also
Your forgetting that some of the weight is coming from that fine lead based paint ;)
You're forgetting how to spell you're
Stupid you have to have blade free floating when disassembling and assembling any OTFs.
Oh gee, thanks for enlightening the poor souls who don't give a fuck how to fix a cheap knife.
*launched.
It’s not that complicated but You were un able to assemble it 🤔 And try to shoot the blade out with no torque screws back in 😬
I have to fakes and both broke . But I Took both broken clones and made one solid one . It’s perfect . But even the real bench made sucked. Microtech is way better
Is "to" anything like "two"? And knife elitists are cringe as fuck
Their called sears
Here is a link to a real infidel taken apart. Your right about the milling in the blade. That is ugly and horrible welding. The real blade and internal components are just as sexy on the inside as they are on the outside.
Thanks for your videos!
www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php/23727-Inside-the-Infidel-(Benchmade)
where can i get a clone?
+Gary Lee go check aliexpress.com or dhgate.com both should have it and different variations
Stop bashing the fake one. It didn't cost $400 and it does exactly what the "real" one does. Most smart people would buy the clone because it costs A LOT less and does the same thing and who cares what the quality looks like on the inside because you are always looking at it from the outside. But nice video.
Lumlums , I'll take the real deal along with the lifetime sharpening and warranty. You can have your cheap copies.
You get what you pay for.
Thats true and don't get me wrong I love benchmade just a bit overpriced.
Lumlums
LOL , Am not going to get into a pissing contest.
The Infidel isn't the most expensive on the market. Look at Microtechs high end catalog.
Producing a top shelf auto in the USA requires expensive man hours , expensive steel and expensive tools.
People like you amaze me. Entitled to somethin 4 nuthin.
Go buy from Chinese slave children , made of cheap pot metal with crappy welds.
If $400 for a nice knife is too much for you then I suggest a different line of work.
knifeinformer.com/benchmade-infidel-review/
Lumlums D2 Tool Steel, Titanium internals, a lifetime warranty, and 3 combat deoloyments and no failures set this apart from the chinese made one.
I wouldn't pay a cent for a counterfeit because I have integrity and value quality.
Not a bad weld for a baby 😂
Blue collar skills are about the cringiest thing to brag about/critique. Like, of course the uneducated retards doing manual labor suck.
@@jamesstephenson2346 I was making a joke about the fact that a child in a sweat shop most likely made the knife.
YOU BROKE IT, LOL...........Now you have to do a video that shows it working or I'll remind you about it on all future comments, AHAHAHAAAA
Said Mike, seconds before he was blocked until the end of time
It looks similar to the internals of those cheap lighter otf knives
And similar to the real infidel.
@@jamesstephenson2346 HEY JAMES
I've never understood why this knife, which doesn't do anything proprietary, or revolutionary from a mechanical standpoint is designed so complexly inside.
Because the design need the complexity to works. Study mechanics and you will understand.
does anyone know where a "canuck" could buy one of these in pieces of a kit sort of diy style, for the obvious reasons. I can't find them on Ali and dhgate won't ship to us frozen souls. I wish I could find a Mr Rogers that would send me the pieces in a could of birthday cards. Repinion at G mail dat com
God vid sir !
If you don’t know anything and you don’t know how it works why are you making a video
LOL!!!!!!
Now he knows how it works and knows a spring wont fly out and be lost.. It was worth the 20$ if he broke it rather then the real 500$ knife .
Lol. Ha
The weakness is the 2 pins holding the trigger