A Trip to Olean

Ethan Becker

Ethan Becker

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Hey Everybody.....

Spent the day with the Tooj, John Stitt (the guy in charge) and Joe Bradley.......Very productive time.... We talked over a bunch of new Becker stuff and I got to see a bunch of protos of other designers blades that will be coming out.....Very exciting stuff......I will be headed to the plant in the morning to see and thank the guys and gals who actually make the blades....... I have been hanging around this industry for thirty years and been a knife nut since I got my first hatchet at age seven......I truly believe that there is no better bang for your knife buck than the fixed blades made in Olean, NY........The CUTCO people have made a huge investment in state of the art cnc flat grinders to make the Becker blades as well as other stuff like the Zombie series...... They are trying hard to make as much of their product in the states as possible and I say yay to that........ Although I have not been at the sauce, I am flying pretty high on the days events.... Hope to share some pix tomorrow from around the plant so you can see how Beckers are made and who makes them......

All Best......

Ethan
 
Sounds like an awesome trip!
POIDH! (naw, we'll believe you anyway, Boss)
 
Always great to see you around Boss, even better when the words "New Becker Stuff" are in there ..lol
Hope your doing great, enjoy the heck out of the trip.
 
From the boss:

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Can't wait to see pics and hear more about this trip!

New Becker stuff? Once again, can't wait to see it.

Jeremy
 
Awesome. Looking forward to the photos. New Becker stuff, cool. :thumbup:
 
Can't wait to see what's in store next. Get some picks on how they make the stacked leather handles.
 
Thanks......

I got as much excitement as An old geezer could stand today.......Some really cool stuff coming and not all of it mine..... There probably is no better time in history to be a blade designer than right now and no better company to be working with than KaBar.......I saw some really cool shit today......Woo Hooooooo....!!!!!!.....Hot DAMN...!!!!!

Ethan
 
This thread I will be watching and waiting!
wondering what NEW STUFF we will see?! It must be some cool stuff if the boss is as excited as his posts suggest.
 
Gabeanator keeps talking about how cool a Becker tomahawk with BK2 handles would be...
 
That Gabe has hawks on the mind he does, he does......LOL..... Saw some stuff that would get his heart a beating today....

Ethan
 
I'm pretty sure you've got a customer for life in that boy...he had such a good time. Had to set him up a hawk target in the yard, he'll be ready to defend his title.
 
Thanks for sharing neat stuff like this with us Uncle E! I really enjoy your posts. :thumbup:
 
It would be great to see some photos of the people behind the knives. Makes everything more personal for me. Thanks for doing this.
 
Sounds like a great time! Glad to see you on the forums, it is great to have a connection to a creator and knife fanatic beyond his blades... Especially when that man is making some of the best blades on the market today (if not ever), with one of the best companies ever.

Thanks for the knives and thanks for taking us along.

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Sounds like an awesome time Ethan. I had yesterday off too ! I coulda made the trip down. Someday we will meet up. Looking forward to the new stuff..........all of it.v:D
 
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