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Benchmade Narrows
The Benchmade Narrows is the thinnest folding knife Benchmade has ever built. Its 6Al-4V titanium handle measures just 0.28 inches thick, 33 percent thinner than the Bugout, and Benchmade rates it at up to twice the Bugout's breaking force. The full size 748 launched in 2023 and the 743 Mini followed in 2024. Both carry a thin .08 inch drop point, Sapphire Blue PVD hardware, and blue anodized titanium thumb studs, and both are made in the USA as the most refined everyday carry in the Benchmade lineup.
How Is the Narrows So Thin?
A standard AXIS Lock needs steel liners on both sides and a pair of omega springs, and that sandwich sets a floor on handle thickness. For the Narrows, Benchmade removed the liners and omega springs and rebuilt the AXIS around a compact lock stud and torsion spring. The two milled titanium scales became the whole frame. You still get the ambidextrous pull-back release, now in a handle that nearly disappears in a pocket.
Benchmade 748 Narrows vs 743 Mini Narrows
The 748 runs a 3.43 inch Böhler M390 blade, 8.02 inches open and 4.58 closed, at 2.41 ounces. The 743 Mini drops to a 2.98 inch CPM 20CV blade, 6.95 inches open and 3.97 closed, at 1.98 ounces. The two steels are close cousins, both high chromium, high vanadium powder stainless with long edge life. Both sizes come in bare titanium or as the fully blacked-out BK-01 with DLC. Our comparison of every major knife steel covers M390 and 20CV.
Benchmade Narrows vs Bugout
The Bugout is the ultralight benchmark in polymer, and the Narrows is its titanium answer, thinner and stronger in the frame. The blade tells you how to use it. At .08 inches, it slices like a scalpel through boxes, food, and cordage, but it is built for cutting, not prying.