What Benchmade says:
Toughness doesn’t take a day off. The 273-03 Mini Adamas®️ cleans up nicely with marbled carbon fiber handle scales and bright accents, bringing refined style to this utilitarian pocket tank. Featuring an ultra-tough CPM-Magnacut️ blade—this time with a satin finish—and nodding to its predecessors with FDE hardware, this classy weekday workhorse is ready for the weekend.

CPM-Magnacut Super Stainless Steel (60-62 HRC)
A new stainless tool steel with a combination of toughness and edge retention with excellent corrosion resistance and strength.

Carbon Fiber
Multiple layers of crisscrossing carbon fiber filaments laminated together to create a strong and surprisingly lightweight substrate with exceptional stability and style.

Drop Point
Drops off the spine to the tip. Tip height is typically below the center line on the blade.

Quinn Knives' take:
This new variant of the Mini Adamas is pretty slick, and I think that was exactly what Benchmade was going for. The standard Adamas' are built for hard-use environments, and as such, look the part. But what about those of us that want the legendary toughness of the Adamas, but coupled with a more refined look? Enter the -03.